Virus of genocide

 As India emerges from the deadly second wave of Covid, another mutant version of the Delta strain first detected in India, and called as Delta plus variant, has been found in 22 cases across three states including Maharashtra, and over which the union health and family welfare ministry has warned people against what was described as a “variant of concern.” Ever since coronavirus first hit the world in 2019, it has been constantly mutating with a long list of new variants. RNA viruses like SARS-CoV-2 (coronavirus) constantly mutate to make more copies of themselves. Most of these mutations end up being disadvantageous to the virus and therefore disappear through natural selection. Sometimes the mutated virus improve the ability to attach more tightly to human cell, thus enhancing viral replication. Such mutations have resulted in several new SARS-CoV-2 variants which have led to outbreak clusters and in some cases, to global spread. These variants are broadly classified as variants of interest, concern or high consequence. In simple explanations, the variants have adapted themselves to their environment and able to spread faster and more fatally. The SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern generally spread from person to person at least 20% to 50% more easily. Also, SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern can also lead to more severe disease and increased hospitalizations and deaths. Another concern is that these new variants can escape the immunity elicited by natural infection or our current vaccination efforts. The Delta Plus also shows stronger binding to receptors of lung cells and potentially reduced monoclonal antibody response. It may also show resistance to existing treatment protocol for Covid. There are concerns over whether current vaccines will be effective against the Delta Plus. Maharashtra, which has reported most of these Delta Plus cases, is already preparing for a third wave. The worry stems from the fact that very little is known about this strain, now in nine countries – US, UK, Portugal, Switzerland, Japan, Poland, Russia and China besides India.SARS-CoV-2 was earlier in 2019 known as the Wuhan virus, in recognition of the place where it first appeared. This virus and subsequent mutant strains have caused the world’s worst havoc- infecting 18,05,43,825 people and resulting in the deaths of 39,11,024 people. Even the economies of all developed nations were shattered. While all countries in 2020 suffered huge contractions in their economies, only China showed positive growth. For instance, the GDP growth of UK was -9.6 percent compared to 2019; India contracted by -7.5 percent but only China showed growth of +4.9 percent for the same period. There are mounting evidences that the deadly virus did not arrive accidentally but intentionally and it continues to baffle the world because of its incredible pace of mutation and fatal consequences. All fingers point to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (China). The experiments on bat virus was ongoing in China since 2010 and with participation of America’s U.S. National Institutes of Health backed by US Health Advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci. Further scientific evidence point to a cover of the mishap at Wuhan, which accuse the Chinese of “retro-engineering” to make it look like the virus evolved naturally from bats. The world continues to suffer because of the virus and no stone should be left unturned to expose the truth and impose accountability for the genocide.