Jakarta: Australian Griffith University Epidemiologist Dicky Budiman said the transmission of the D614G corona virus mutation is 10 times faster. D614G’s spike protein is very effective in attaching to and infecting humans.
“D614G this mutation becomes a strain dominant at this time. Talking about the speed of transmission, it is indeed much more effective in attaching to receptors from humans. So it is true that the transmission can be 10 times more effective, “said Dicky Medcom.id, Thursday, September 3, 2020.
Although the transmission is faster, it does not mean that the D614G mutation becomes more dangerous in the infected body. The D614G mutation is said to be more dangerous because of the speed of infection.
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“Is D614G a mutation that is very dangerous and makes more deaths or not? This is what is still being observed by the research center. In other words, if it occurs in people who have risk factors, it means that they will experience health problems more quickly so that death,” he said. “explained Dicky.
Dicky also illustrates the speed of D614G infection. He assumed that the D614 mutation corona virus was able to attach to humans up to 90 percent.
“If the corona virus was 100 viruses, the previous type could only stick to 20 of them. However, the mutation (D614G) can stick up to 90 of them,” he explained.
This means that it is time for the community to increase prevention and self-protection measures. The presence of this mutation indicates that the corona virus is still developing in the community.
“From this D614G we have to self-evaluate, whether our health protocol has been carried out optimally. How much is the percentage? 50 or 60 percent can’t. We have to implement 100 percent of the health protocol,” he concluded.
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