COVID-19: IS IT MUTATING?
Oct 29, 2020
2 minutes
by DR JEREMY ROSSMAN
Viruses replicate during the infection process. For most viruses, replication results in many errors, which means that viruses like the flu mutate rapidly. This can lead to treatments and vaccines becoming ineffective, and is one of the reasons why we need a new flu jab every year.
Coronaviruses will accumulate mutations, but they do so at a slower rate because
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