Want to stop COVID virus mutations? Get vaccinated, says expert
Dr. Rontgene Solante, head of the Adult Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine unit of the San Lazaro Hospital, said the unvaccinated become a "reservoir" for mutation because they do not have enough antibodies.
"This is where people that are not vaccinated, who are immunocompromised, they will be the reservoir of these viruses. Chances are they will be the one source of this infection and at the same time, they can also be at high risk of getting the more severe infection," he said. "That’s the importance why we need to vaccinate everyone, especially for those unvaccinated because mutation will only occur among those that are unvaccinated, among those that are immunocompromised. So we need protection for these populations so that there will be less mutation and less transmission of this COVID virus," he said.
Preliminary evidence shared by the World Health Organization suggested that Omicron, which had considerable mutations from the original strain, is highly transmissible and could dodge some antibodies.
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