{"id":11342,"date":"2021-07-29T12:43:22","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:43:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ehealth\/?p=11342"},"modified":"2021-07-29T12:44:57","modified_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:44:57","slug":"what-you-need-to-know-about-covid-19-variants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ehealth\/2021\/07\/29\/what-you-need-to-know-about-covid-19-variants\/","title":{"rendered":"What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Variants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11344 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ehealth\/files\/2021\/07\/iStock-1304835356-1024x549.jpg\" alt=\"What You Need to Know About COVID-19 Variants \" width=\"700\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ehealth\/files\/2021\/07\/iStock-1304835356-1024x549.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ehealth\/files\/2021\/07\/iStock-1304835356-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ehealth\/files\/2021\/07\/iStock-1304835356-768x412.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ehealth\/files\/2021\/07\/iStock-1304835356-1536x824.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ehealth\/files\/2021\/07\/iStock-1304835356-2048x1099.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ehealth\/files\/2021\/07\/iStock-1304835356-1200x644.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/ehealth\/2021\/07\/29\/what-you-need-to-know-about-covid-19-variants\/#espanol\">Para leer en Espa\u00f1ol, por favor haga clic aqu\u00ed<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We all want to move past COVID-19 and get back to normal life. Unfortunately, the delta variant of COVID-19 is infecting large numbers of people across the nation, mostly among those who are unvaccinated. How should you react to this news?<\/p>\n<p>To get the latest information on COVID-19 and the variants, we posed some frequently asked questions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/doctors\/henry-fraimow-md\">Henry S. Fraimow, MD<\/a>, Epidemiologist and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/services\/infectious-diseases\">Infectious Disease<\/a> Specialist at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/\">Cooper University Health Care<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A virus variant, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), happens when viruses \u201cchange through mutation\u201d as they replicate. The changes are common and expected to occur.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How are virus variants discovered?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Currently, the only way to find variants is by looking at the virus strain found in a person who has had a recent positive COVID-19 test. Scientists examine the nucleic acid sequence of the virus to identify any differences from the original COVID-19 strain. An effort is underway to examine the virus strain in as many COVID-19-positive individuals as possible to track how many people have a variant strain.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How many virus variants are there?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Right now in the U.S., there are dozens of virus variants. Most of these are not cause for concern because they do not behave differently than the original COVID-19 virus. All of the variants generally cause the same symptoms, but some spread faster.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>How concerned should we be about COVID-19 variants?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Although most of the variants discovered to date are no more dangerous than the original COVID-19 strain, some can be a bit worrying. The new virus strains we are concerned about show changes in specific regions of the nucleic acid of the virus particles. Changes in certain parts of the virus, especially on the spike protein that attaches to human cells, can raise red flags for researchers.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers have identified five variants currently circulating in the U.S. that show these changes to the spike protein. This list includes the delta variant. These changes cause variants to behave differently from the original strain, making them more transmissible, as is the case with the delta variant. Variants have the potential to be more lethal, but this has not been the case with any current variants of COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Should we be concerned about the delta variant?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The delta variant is currently the most transmissible variant found across the U.S., accounting for 83% of new U.S. COVID-19 cases, according to the CDC. This variant has a 50% greater transmission rate than the first variant found, which explains its rapid spread.<\/p>\n<p>If you are fully vaccinated, you should not be too concerned. The antibodies from current vaccines are very effective in protecting you from infection. The vaccines are not 100% effective, but most people who are vaccinated will not get very sick should they become infected. However, because this variant is so easily transmitted, it is dangerous for unvaccinated individuals in communities with a low vaccination rate because it could spread quickly throughout those communities.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Do the available vaccines provide the same level of protection against variants?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All three of the vaccines that have Emergency Use Authorization from the US. Food &amp; Drug Administration (FDA) have been found to be highly effective in preventing infection from COVID-19 and the current variants, which include the Pfizer-BioNTech (two shots), Moderna (two shots), and Janssen J &amp; J (one shot). While it is still possible to be infected after vaccination, the evidence shows that all of the vaccines are effective in preventing severe illness, hospitalization, and death.<\/p>\n<p>Vaccination remains the most effective way you can prevent being infected, being hospitalized, or dying from COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For the latest updates on COVID-19 from Cooper University Health Care, click <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/patients-visitors\/coronavirus-covid-19-information\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"espanol\"><\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"tw-target-text\" class=\"tw-data-text tw-text-large XcVN5d tw-ta\" data-placeholder=\"Translation\"><span class=\"Y2IQFc\" lang=\"es\">Lo que necesita saber sobre las variantes de COVID-19<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Todos queremos superar el COVID-19 y volver a la vida normal. Desafortunadamente, la variante delta de COVID-19 est\u00e1 infectando a un gran n\u00famero de personas en todo el pa\u00eds, principalmente entre las que no est\u00e1n vacunadas. \u00bfC\u00f3mo deber\u00eda reaccionar ante esta noticia?<\/p>\n<p>Para obtener la informaci\u00f3n m\u00e1s reciente sobre COVID-19 y las variantes, planteamos algunas preguntas frecuentes a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/doctors\/henry-fraimow-md\">Henry S. Fraimow, MD<\/a>, Epidemi\u00f3logo y especialista en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/services\/infectious-diseases\">enfermedades infecciosas<\/a> en <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/\">Cooper University Health Care<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Fraimow proporciona informaci\u00f3n sobre las variantes del virus COVID-19 \u2014 qu\u00e9 son, c\u00f3mo se descubren y si las vacunas disponibles brindan protecci\u00f3n suficiente.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00bfC\u00f3mo se descubren las variantes de virus?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Actualmente, la \u00fanica forma de encontrar variantes es mirando la cepa del virus que se encuentra en una persona que ha tenido una prueba COVID-19 positiva reciente. Los cient\u00edficos examinan la secuencia de \u00e1cido nucleico del virus para identificar cualquier diferencia con la cepa COVID-19 original. Se est\u00e1 realizando un esfuerzo para examinar la cepa del virus en tantos individuos COVID-19 positivos como sea posible para rastrear cu\u00e1ntas personas tienen una cepa variante.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00bfCu\u00e1ntas variantes de virus existen?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>En este momento en los EE. UU., Hay docenas de variantes de virus. La mayor\u00eda de estos no son motivo de preocupaci\u00f3n porque no se comportan de manera diferente al virus COVID-19 original. Todas las variantes generalmente causan los mismos s\u00edntomas, pero algunas se propagan m\u00e1s r\u00e1pido y pueden resultar en m\u00e1s hospitalizaciones.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00bfCu\u00e1n preocupados deber\u00edamos estar por las variantes de COVID-19?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aunque la mayor\u00eda de las variantes descubiertas hasta la fecha no son m\u00e1s peligrosas que la cepa COVID-19 original, algunas pueden ser un poco preocupantes. Las nuevas cepas de virus que nos preocupan muestran cambios en regiones espec\u00edficas del \u00e1cido nucleico de las part\u00edculas del virus. Los cambios en ciertas partes del virus, especialmente en incremento de la prote\u00edna que se adhiere a las c\u00e9lulas humanas, pueden generar se\u00f1ales de alerta para los investigadores.<\/p>\n<p>Los investigadores han identificado cinco variantes que circulan actualmente en los EE. UU. Que muestran estos cambios incrementados en la prote\u00edna. Esta lista incluye la variante delta. Estos cambios hacen que las variantes se comporten de manera diferente a la cepa original, haci\u00e9ndolas m\u00e1s transmisibles y potencialmente m\u00e1s letales.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00bfDeber\u00edamos preocuparnos por la variante delta?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>La variante delta es actualmente la variante m\u00e1s transmisible encontrada en los EE. UU., y representa el 83% de los nuevos casos de COVID-19 en EE. UU., seg\u00fan los Centros para el Control y la Prevenci\u00f3n de Enfermedades. Esta variante tiene una tasa de transmisi\u00f3n un 50% mayor que la primera variante encontrada, lo que explica su r\u00e1pida propagaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>Si est\u00e1 completamente vacunado, no debe preocuparse demasiado. Los anticuerpos de la vacuna lo proteger\u00e1n de infecciones o de enfermarse gravemente si se infecta. Sin embargo, debido a que esta variante se transmite con tanta facilidad, es peligrosa para las personas no vacunadas en comunidades con una tasa de vacunaci\u00f3n baja porque podr\u00eda extenderse r\u00e1pidamente por todas las comunidades.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00bfC\u00f3mo pueden afectar las variantes a la inmunidad colectiva?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Las variantes no afectar\u00e1n necesariamente el logro de la inmunidad colectiva siempre que las personas contin\u00faen vacun\u00e1ndose, ya que las personas no vacunadas continuar\u00e1n propagando el virus. Aquellos que no est\u00e1n vacunados deben recibir la vacuna lo antes posible para crear inmunidad colectiva dentro de los EE. UU. Y permitir que el virus COVID-19 y cualquier nueva variante disminuya en la poblaci\u00f3n de EE. UU.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>\u00bfLas vacunas disponibles proporcionan el mismo nivel de protecci\u00f3n contra variantes?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Aunque la mayor\u00eda de las vacunas disponibles brindan una fuerte protecci\u00f3n contra todas las variantes actuales, tener ambas dosis de una vacuna de dos dosis proporciona una mayor tasa de protecci\u00f3n. Estas incluyen las vacunas Pfizer, Moderna y AstraZeneca. La vacuna Johnson &amp; Johnson de una sola dosis tambi\u00e9n protege contra las variantes, pero parece brindar una protecci\u00f3n ligeramente menor que las otras.<\/p>\n<p>Es comprensible sentirse aprensivo al escuchar informes de variantes, pero todas las vacunas disponibles ayudan a proteger contra las variantes. La informaci\u00f3n que tenemos hasta ahora sugiere que estas vacunas seguir\u00e1n siendo eficaces y siguen siendo nuestra mejor herramienta para prevenir la transmisi\u00f3n y la enfermedad.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Para obtener las \u00faltimas actualizaciones sobre COVID-19 de Cooper University Health Care, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cooperhealth.org\/patients-visitors\/coronavirus-covid-19-information\">haga clic aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Para leer en Espa\u00f1ol, por favor haga clic aqu\u00ed We all want to move past COVID-19 and get back to normal life. Unfortunately, the delta variant of COVID-19 is infecting large numbers of people across the nation, mostly among those who are unvaccinated. How should you react to this news? 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