It is nonetheless unfounded to postulate the worsening of the Covid-19 situation, losing precious sleep over what humanity may suffer because of the mutation. All stakeholders need to worry less about mutant variation and emphasize more on masking, distancing, and vaccination, adhering to the very essence of preventing transmission. How our immune mechanism protects usWhen our body is exposed to invasion by a harmful virus, our immune mechanism protects us against an external attack response via three main mechanisms: 1. A virus, in order to continue its life, has to be able to enter a host cell and replicate. Initially antibodies are able to recognize viruses as foreign bodies and promptly neutralize them rendering them useless in infecting host cells.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 29, 2020 18:22 UTC