Aw COVID-19 de bi nyu tin? Wetin na dɛn tin ya we dɛn kɔl vayrɔs we dɛn kɔl vayrɔs (COVID-19 Variants)? Mek wi no di rayt tin!

Yu mɛmba aw wi ɔl bin de fred we di Covid-19 pandemik bigin. Nyu nyuz, nyu tin dɛn bin de ɔltɛm. Afta sɔm tɛm, pipul dɛn bigin fɔ tɔk bɔt ‘variant’ we difrɛn frɔm di ɔrijinal vayrɔs. Yu bin de yɛri ɛn si tin dɛn lɛk Alfa, Delta, Omicron na TV ɛn na nyuspepa. So, bɔku pipul dɛn bin de wɔnda wetin na dɛn ‘variant’ ya, aw dɛn de divɛlɔp, ɛn if dɛn denja pas di ɔrijinal vayrɔs. Mek wi tok abaut am simpul, fo we we yu go andastan, and fo padi we tide, okay?

Lɛ wi si fɔs wetin na vayrɔs?

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, vayrɔs na wan rili smɔl smɔl tin we wi nɔ de si. Bɔt fɔ tɔk di kɔrɛkt tin, i nɔ gɛt layf ɛn i nɔ gɛt layf. Na tin we rili strenj. Dɛn vayrɔs ya nɔ kin ebul fɔ liv fɔ dɛnsɛf, dat min se dɛn nɔ kin ebul fɔ liv ɔ bɔn pikin fɔ dɛnsɛf. Fɔ dat, dɛn nid fɔ slip insay wan sɛl we gɛt layf, ilɛksɛf na animal ɔ mɔtalman. I tan lɛk se tifman brok insay os ɛn yuz di tin dɛn we de na da os de. Afta di vayrɔs dɔn slip insay wan sɛl, i de yuz di tin dɛn we de insay da sɛl de fɔ mek kɔpi fɔ insɛf, dat na, bɔku bɔku nyu vayrɔs dɛn. Na so wan vayrɔs kin skata insay wi bɔdi.

So aw dɛn vayrɔs ya kin chenj? Lɛ wi lan bɔt mutation.

Imajin se yu de mek wan tawzin kɔpi fɔ di sem pej na fotokɔpi mashin. Yu tink se ɛni wan pan di kɔpi dɛn kin kɔmɔt jɔs lɛk aw dɛn rayt di fɔs wan? Nɔ, nɔto so? Sɔntɛnde, di kɔpi dɛn kin difrɛn smɔl. Sɔntɛm smɔl dɔt kin kɔmɔt mɔ, ɔ lɛta nɔ kin pe atɛnshɔn smɔl, ɔ di kɔlɔ kin difrɛn smɔl. Na so vayrɔs dɛn de.

We vayrɔs de muf frɔm wan sɛl to ɔda wan, dat na we i de mek kɔpi fɔ insɛf, sɔntɛnde smɔl mistek dɛn kin apin we i de kɔpi. Dis na wetin wi kin kɔl ‘mutations’ na mɛrɛsin. dis mכtεshכn dεm na chenj dεm na di jεnεtik infכmeshכn fכ di vayrus, dat na di bεs bluprint fכ di vayrus. Dɛn chenj ya kin rili smɔl, ɛn sɔntɛnde dɛn kin bi rili big, impɔtant chenj dɛn. Nɔto ɔl di muteshon dɛn de bɛnifit di vayrɔs. Sɔm muteshon kin mek di vayrɔs wik, ɔda wan dɛn kin mek i strɔng ɛn spre kwik kwik wan.

So, wetin na dis ‘vayrɔs vɛryɔnt’?

we wan vayrus de du wan כ mכr mכtεshכn, we de rεsult in nyu jεnereshכn fכ vayrus dεm we rili difrεn frכm di כrijinal vayrus, wi kכl am ‘variant’ . Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, na klos fambul to di ɔrijinal vayrɔs, bɔt i gɛt smɔl difrɛns bikɔs ɔf dɛn muteshon dɛn de. dis difrεns kin mek di bihayvya fכ di nyu vεryכnt, lεk di spid we i de spre εn di siriכs sayn dεm, difrεn frכm di כrijinal vayrus.

Di korona vayrɔs we de kɔz COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) sɛf dɔn gɛt di sem kayn chenj, ɔ muteshɔn, as tɛm de go. Bɔku nyu we dɛn dɔn kɔmɔt insay di tɛm we di pandemik de. Yu go dɔn yɛri bɔt Alfa, Dɛlta, ɛn Ɔmikrɔn.Lɛk. Ɛni wan pan dɛn tin ya sho sɔm difrɛns frɔm di ɔrijinal vayrɔs. Fɔ ɛgzampul, we di Delta variant kam, di kɔndishɔn fɔ di pasɛnt dɛn bin wɔs smɔl. We di Omicron variant kam, i spred rili kwik.

Aw yu de gi nem to dɛn jɛnɛreshɔn ya?

We dɛn no nyu kayn vayrɔs, dɛn nid fɔ gi am nem. If nɔto dat, i kin rili kɔnfyus fɔ mek sayɛnsman dɛn, dɔktɔ dɛn, ɛn pipul dɛn tɔk bɔt am. Di Wɔl Ɛlth Ɔganayzeshɔn (WHO) de bifo fɔ gi dɛn nem ya. Dɛn kin yuz lɛta dɛn we de insay di Grik alfabɛt (e.g., alfa, beta, gama, dɛlta). Dis sistamat nomenklature min se no mata usay yu de na di wɔl, ɔlman kin ɔndastand di sem strayn klia wan witout ɛni kɔnfyushɔn.

Aw dɛn nyu we ya difrɛn frɔm di ɔrijinal vayrɔs?

we nyu vayrus vεryכnt kכmכt, i kin difrεn frכm di כrijinal vayrus pan difrεn we dεm. Lɛ wi tek wan luk pan wetin dɛn bi:

• Di sik we pɔsin kin gɛt: Sɔm nyu kayn vayrɔs kin skata kwik ɛn izi bitwin pipul dɛn pas di ɔrijinal vayrɔs ɔ ɔda kayn vayrɔs. Dat min se wan pɔsin we gɛt di sik kin spre di sik to sɔm pipul dɛn we gɛt wɛlbɔdi. Yu kin mɛmba aw di Omicron strain bin spre kwik kwik wan bitwin pipul dɛm we i bin fɔs apia. Dɛn bin ripɔt se i kin pas ɔda kayn sik dɛn.
• Di kayn sik ɛn aw i siriɔs: Di sayn dɛm fɔ sɔm kayn vayrɔs, lɛk fiva, kɔf, trot we de at, ɛn i nɔ kin izi fɔ blo, kin difrɛn frɔm di wan dɛm fɔ di ɔrijinal vayrɔs. Dɔn bak, di sik we sɔm difrɛn we dɛn kin gɛt kin rili bad, i kin mek pɔsin go na ɔspitul ɛn sɔntɛnde i kin ivin day. Yu go mɛmba se we di Delta variant kam, bɔku pipul dɛn bin gɛt prɔblɛm, ɛn ivin ɔspitul dɛn bin ful-ɔp.
• Vaysin ɛn aw wi de ansa to mɛrɛsin: Wi kin gɛt vaysin fɔ protɛkt wi frɔm COVID-19. Dɛn mek dɛn vaysin ya fɔ tɔch di ɔrijinal vayrɔs ɔ di men strayn dɛn we bin de da tɛm de. Bɔt sɔm nyu strayn dɛn nɔ kin ansa di vaysin dɛn we wi bin gɛt. Dis min se di protɛkshɔn we di vaysin de gi kin ridyus smɔl (di vaysin ifɛktiv). Dɔn bak, sɔm pan di tritmɛnt dɛm fɔ COVID-19 nɔ kin wok fayn agens dɛn nyu kayn sik ya. Dis na di men rizin we mek sayɛnsman dɛn de wach dɛn kayn tin ya ɔltɛm.
• Riinfɛkshɔn: Sɔm strayn kin mek pɔsin we dɔn wɛl frɔm COVID-19 bifo, sik bak. Ɔ ivin pɔsin we gɛt ful vaysin kin gɛt nyu infɛkshɔn (breakthrough infection). dis na biכs di mכtεshכn dεm na di nyu strayn de mek i at fכ wi imyun sistεm fכ no am as nyu vayrus, כ biכs di prכtekshכn we dεn bin de protεkt bifo tεm nכ go du.

Wetin mek nyu we dɛn lɛk dis kin kam?

Dis na kwɛstyɔn we rili impɔtant. Ɛnitɛm we wan vayrɔs de skata bitwin pipul dɛn, dat na, ɛvri tɛm we i pas frɔm wan pɔsin to ɔda pɔsin, da vayrɔs de gɛt di chans fɔ mek bɔku bɔku kɔpi dɛn fɔ insɛf. Na we dɛn mek dɛn kayn kɔpi ya, di chans fɔ dɛn ‘muteshɔn’ we wi bin dɔn tɔk bɔt bifo tɛm kin go ɔp.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, di mɔ di vayrɔs de skata na di sosayti, na di mɔ di chans fɔ mek nyu chenj dɛn apin ɛn nyu we dɛn go kɔmɔt.

Dat min se di mɔ we wi de kɔntrol di we aw di vayrɔs de skata, na di mɔ i nɔ go izi fɔ mek nyu, we kin mek di vayrɔs denja. Na dat mek fɔ wɛr fes mask, was yu an ɔltɛm, fɔ kip soshal distans, ɛn mɔ fɔ gɛt vaysin, de kɔntinyu fɔ impɔtant. Dɛn tin ya kin ridyus di chans fɔ mek di vayrɔs skata.

So aw wi go protɛkt wisɛf frɔm dɛn vayrɔs strayn ya?

Dis na di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl. Bɔku tɛm, di sem tin dɛn we wi bin du fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm di ɔrijinal korona vayrɔs go ɛp bak fɔ protɛkt wi frɔm dɛn nyu strayn ya. Nɔ wɔri, wi stil gɛt kɔntrol. Ivin if di vayrɔs chenj, wi sefty mɛsej nɔ go chenj so.

"Di bɛst tin na, ilɛk us kayn vayrɔs, sɔm simpul, ɛvride abit dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ protɛkt wisɛf ɛn di wan dɛn we wi lɛk."

Lɛ wi si wetin i bi:

• Get yu COVID-19 vaccines on time: Dis na tin we rili, rili impɔtant. Sayɛnsman dɛn de ɔpdet di vaysin dɛn ɔltɛm fɔ mek dɛn ebul fɔ gɛt nyu kayn vaysin dɛn. So fɔ gɛt ɔpdet vaysin ɔ bɔsta doz de gi bɛtɛ protɛkshɔn agens di strayn dɛn we de skata naw. Sɔm pipul dɛn kin tink se, ‘A dɔn gɛt ɔl di vaysin dɛn we a bin dɔn tek trade, so wetin mek a fɔ gɛt ɔda wan?’ Bɔt tink bɔt am, i tan lɛk se wi de ɔpdet di softwe na wi fon. As di vayrɔs de chenj, di vaysin nid fɔ chenj fɔ kip am. Pan ɔl we di vaysin nɔ kin mek 100% pan pipul dɛn nɔ sik, i kin ridyus di risk fɔ sik, fɔ go na ɔspitul, ɛn day bad bad wan.
• Wash yu an ɔltɛm wit sop ɛn wata: Dis na kɔmɔn tin fɔ ɔl sik, bɔt wit di COVID pandemik, wi dɔn no se i valyu mɔ. Na di bɛst ɛn izi we fɔ kil di vayrɔs dɛn we kin de na wi an. Wi fɔ rɔb sop ɛn wata pan ɔl di say dɛn na wi an fɔ at le 20 sɛkɔn (lɛk di tɛm we i tek fɔ siŋ di "Happy Birthday" siŋ tu tɛm). Yu kin yuz bak wan tin we dɛn kin yuz fɔ was yu an we gɛt rɔm we sop nɔ de. Ɔmɔs tɛm insay di de wi kin tɔch wi fes we wi nɔ no? Ɛnitɛm we wi tɔch wi an, if vayrɔs de pan am, i kin izi fɔ go insay di bɔdi tru di yay, nos, ɛn mɔt.
• Gɛt tɛst if nid de ɛn de na os if yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm: If yu gɛt sɔm sayn dɛm we yu tink se na COVID-19, lɛk fiva, kɔf, nɔs we de rɔn, trot we de at, ɔ we yu nɔ de blo fayn, go du COVID-19 tɛst kwik kwik wan., dat min se yu fɔ gɛt Rapid Antigen Test ɔ PCR tɛst. Dɔn bak, i rili impɔtant fɔ de na os ɛn de fa frɔm ɔda pipul dɛn so dat yu nɔ go gɛt di sik. Ivin if yu gɛt smɔl kol, tink se ‘na jɔs kol’ ɛn go na do wit ɔda pipul dɛn, if na Covid, yu go infɛkt sɔm ɔda pipul dɛn we yu nɔ no.
• Mek shɔ se di briz de blo fayn na os, rum, ɛn wokples: We yu opin domɔt ɛn winda, dat de mek di tin dɛn we de na di ays we kin gɛt di vayrɔs nɔ bɔku. Dis impɔtant mɔ na say dɛn we pipul dɛn kin bɔku ɛn we dɛn kɔba insay os. If di briz we gɛt di vayrɔs trɔp na wan ples, ɔlman na da rum de gɛt mɔ chans fɔ blo am insay.I tan lɛk rum we ful-ɔp wit smok. We di winda dɛn opin, da dɔti briz de kin kɔmɔt ɛn nyu, klin briz kin kam insay.Dis kin mek di vayrɔs nɔ bɔku.

So, wetin na di tin dɛn we wi fɔ mɛmba frɔm dis stori? (Mɛsej we dɛn kin tek go na os)

Okay, wi don tok plenti abaut COVID-19 Variants. A op se yu dɔn gɛt sɔm ɔndastandin afta yu yɛri ɔl dis. Fɔ dɔn, na di impɔtant tin dɛn we yu fɔ mɛmba:

• Vayrus dεm de כltεm sכm sכm chenj dεm, כ ‘mכtεshכn’ . Dis na dɛn natura l prɔses, ɛn wi nɔ go ebul fɔ stɔp am.
• dis nyu jεnereshכn fכ vayrus dεm we de chenj dis we dεn kכl dεm ‘variant’ . Wi dɔn si sɔm kayn we dɛn de ɔlsay na di COVID-19 pandemik.
• Sɔntɛnde, dɛn nyu kayn sik ya kin skata kwik kwik wan, kin mek pɔsin sik bad bad wan, ɛn nɔ kin tek di vaysin smɔl . Bɔt nɔto ɔl di strayn dɛn kin rili denja pas dat.
• Di impɔtant tin na dat, simpul tin dɛn de we wi kin du fɔ protɛkt wisɛf frɔm dɛn strɛs ya. Simpul tin dɛm lɛk fɔ gɛt vaysin di rayt tɛm, fɔ was yu an ɔltɛm, fɔ de fa frɔm ɔda pipul dɛm if yu gɛt di sik, fɔ de na say we briz kin blo fayn, ɛn fɔ wɛr mask if nid de, kin mek big difrɛns.
• Nɔ panik, bɔt tek tɛm. Yu fɔ no bɔt sayɛns infɔmeshɔn we de kam bɔt di sik dɛn we de prɛd ɛn nyu kayn sik dɛn. Na di say dɛn nɔmɔ we yu kin abop pan fɔ gɛt infɔmeshɔn. Fɔ fala di advays we dɔktɔ gi yu.

Mɛmba se if wi ɔl wok togɛda ɛn wit rɛspɔnsibiliti, wi go ebul fɔ kɔntrol dɛn kayn sik ya. If yu gɛt ɛni kwɛstyɔn ɔ dawt bɔt dis, nɔ ɛva fred ɔ shem fɔ aks yu famili dɔktɔ ɔ lokal wɛlbɔdi ɔfisa.

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