Russian professor called the hypothesis of the emergence of the omicron strain
Skoltech professor Bazykin: the omicron strain could appear when a virus mutated in the body Russian Skoltech professor Georgy Bazykin told version of the emergence of the omicron-strain. According to the expert, it is hardly possible to reliably know where the omicron-strain came from, but the most probable hypothesis is that it could appear with the mutation of the original virus in a patient with a long postcoid. He stated that a new variant of the coronavirus could be in a long-term COVID-19 patient with a suppressed immune system. “There are a lot of such patients now known. Perhaps there was some person with suppressed immunity who was sick for a long time, “Bazykin said. So, the virus in the patient's body for a long time has accumulated many mutations that allow one to survive in a situation of suppressed immunity and after that “Jumped into the general population.” “But