Do not obsess over new Covid variant: Gov. Gwen

CEBU – Governor Gwendolyn Garcia has called on the public not to fixate or be obsessed with the U.K. Covid-19 variant, saying, the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and even the World Health Organization (WHO) have pointed out that there is no evidence yet to prove that the new variant is deadlier than the original novel coronavirus.

Quoting a CDC report, Garcia said the new variant is not as deadly as Covid-19. “Viruses constantly change through mutation and new variants of a virus are expected to occur over time,” she said reading a CDC advisory.

“Tungod kay RNA man ni siya, ang genetic code ani nagsige'g kausab depende og kinsa ang host organism ana ug ang environment, mag-mutate in order to survive,” she said, adding that since Covid-19 started in 2019 it has gone through several mutations.

She further cited that “new variants emerge and disappear, and other times, new variants emerge and persist” still depending on the host and the immune system of the host, among other factors including the environment. 

In the same CDC report, it said multiple Covid-19 variants have been documented the US and in other countries but it was only in the UK that conducted a genome test. 

“But does it mean deadly? Angay ba nga kahadlokan, angay ba nga karon mag sige na pud ta og share sa Facebook ‘hala naay bag-ong variant panago namo tanan. Kamang mo ilawom sa inyong mga katre, panira mo sa inyong kwarto kay naay bag-ong variant,” Garcia said.

She also emphasized that Cebuanos, including so-called medical experts and self-appointed social media experts, should look into a more important issue to be answered: How severe and fatal is the UK Variant? 

“I hope you do your own study, pagtuon mo. Information is readily available, dili sa Facebook ha, ayaw nang Facebook kay colored kaayo na. Ang inyong mabasa nga ni share anang iyang i-share kadto ra pud ni support sa iyang stand. You Google it, pangita sa tanan nga balita and kadto mga credible sites. Basaha unya kamoy timbang-timbang,” she added. (Vanessa L. Almeda)

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