Abstract

We examined the coronavirus classification and evolution through its multiple mutations that have increased its transmissibility rate up to 70% globally, threatening to undermine the promise of a number of emerging vaccines that primarily focus on the immune detection of the Spike trimer. The safety and effectiveness of different vaccination methods are evaluated and compared, including the mRNA version, the Adenovirus DNA, Spike protein subunits, the deactivated virus genres, and the live attenuated coronavirus. Mutations have been long considered as random events, or mistakes during the viral RNA replication. Usually, what can go wrong will go wrong; therefore, repeated transformations lead to the extinction of a virus. On the contrary, the aggregate result of over 300,000 Covid-19 variants has expanded its transmissibility and infectiousness. Covid-19 mutations do not degrade the virus; they empower and facilitate its disguise to evade detection. Unlike other coronaviruses, Covid-19 amino acid switches do not reflect the random unfolding of errors that eventually eradicate the virus. Covid-19 appears to use mutations adaptively in the service of its survival and expansion. We cite evidence that Covid-19 inhibits the interferon type I production, compromising adaptive immunity from recognizing the virus. The deleterious consequences of the cytokine storm where the CD8+ killer cells injure the vital organs of the host may well be a Covid-19 manoeuvring to escape exposure. It is probable that evolution has programmed Covid-19 with an adeptness designed to debilitate key systemic defences to secure its subsistence. To date the infectiousness of the Covid-19 pandemic is exponentially increasing, denoting the possibility of an even more dangerously elusive, inconspicuous, and sophisticated version of the disease.

Highlights

  • The corona virus is a positive Ribonucleic Acid (RNA) virus enveloped by a membrane that was first identified in Wuhan in 2019 (SARS-CoV2 or Covid-19)

  • We examined the coronavirus classification and evolution through its multiple mutations that have increased its transmissibility rate up to 70% globally, threatening to undermine the promise of a number of emerging vaccines that primarily focus on the immune detection of the Spike trimer

  • The corona virus is a positive RNA virus enveloped by a membrane that was first identified in Wuhan in 2019 (SARS-CoV2 or Covid-19)

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Summary

Coronavirus Evolution

The corona virus is a positive RNA virus enveloped by a membrane that was first identified in Wuhan in 2019 (SARS-CoV2 or Covid-19) It is classified under the beta coronaviruses category along with SARS-CoV (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) and MERS CoV (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome). Unlike the MERS-CoV that uses adenosine deaminase complexing protein 2, known as Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (CD26), as its primary receptor, both SARS-CoV and Covid-19 (SARS-CoV2) target and fuse with the angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) that serves as the viral portal into the cell. During their multiplication process, all viruses evolve to outlive the immune counterattack. These mutations appear to enhance the effectiveness and transmissibility of Covid-19, in contrast to other types of coronaviruses which are adversely affected by repeated mutations, eventually becoming extinct

Coronavirus Composition
The Kinship between SARS-CoV and Covid-19
Covid-19 Neutralizing Antibodies
Immune Memory
Vaccines
Vaccines’ Comparison
Covid-19 Mutations
Findings
10. Conclusion
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