Nature Podcast
Nature Podcast
Feb 5, 2021
Coronapod: Variants – what you need to know
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Researchers are scrambling to understand the biology of new coronavirus variants and the impact they might have on vaccine efficacy.


Around the world, concern is growing about the impact that new, faster-spreading variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus will have on the pandemic.

In this episode of Coronapod, we discuss what these variants are, and the best way to respond to them, in the face of increasing evidence that some can evade the immunity produced by vaccination or previous infection.


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