Viruses mutate to adapt to the human condition.
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Mutations new type of corona virus The cause of Covid-19 is influenced by the behavior and condition of humans as the host. The regulation of human life is therefore expected to suppress the Covid-19 virus mutating.
“The mutation will affect it, it (the virus) lives in people. It lives in different people, it’s easy to mutate, people’s food is different, then the antibiotics are different, the antivirals are different, so it will definitely mutate,” said an epidemiologist from the University of Indonesia. Indonesia, Tri Yunis Miko Wahyono, Wednesday (28/7).
Because the virus adapts to human and environmental conditions, he said, mutations occur and allow new variants to emerge.
The Andalas University epidemiologist, Defriman Djafri, who is also the Dean of the Faculty of Public Health, Andalas University, said the same thing. Defriman said viruses need a host to be able to replicate and reproduce.
In the case of Covid-19, the SARS-CoV-2 virus as the agent of the Covid-19 disease, the human host is the host. Then the environment as a supporter of host interactions.
The virus, according to him, mutated to be able to adapt to human conditions and the environment so that it could survive. Defriman said the more transmissions, the greater the potential for mutations to occur.
To avoid mutations, it is necessary to control humans so that transmission does not occur and of course mutations do not occur. “If humans don’t want to be regulated through restrictions, adapt smartly, by understanding risk factors, exposure pathways and adhering to health protocols intelligently,” he said.
source: Between
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