Tag: Mutations
Why are there so many new Omicron sub-variants, like BA.4 and BA.5? Will I be reinfected? Is the virus mutating faster?
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By now, many of us will be familiar with the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. This variant of concern has changed...
What’s the difference between mutations, variants and strains? A guide to COVID terminology
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Living through a global pandemic over the past year has seen all of us expanding our vocabularies. We now understand terms like PPE,...