Episode Synopsis
The good news is the virus is retreating. The bad news is its shape-shifting in a way that might give it a new advantage. Scientists studying how SARS-CoV-2 is evolving within individual patients figured out why it’s mutated faster, and with greater consequence, then they anticipated last summer. Will vaccines be able to keep up?
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