Opinion

The Coronavirus Variants Are Here. Can the Vaccines Keep Up?

MUTANT STRAINS

The mutations aren’t yet a reason to panic, say doctors and epidemiologists. But they are a reminder that we’re not nearly out of the woods.

Tarpley Hitt
Tarpley Hitt 

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Tarpley Hitt

Tarpley Hitt

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