These Endless Coronavirus Mutations
Shortly after the global campaign to control infection with the SARS-CoV-2 virus using mRNA COVID-19 shots began in the United States on Dec. 14, 2020, one of the concerns expressed by some scientists and doctors was that mass use of the bioengineered products might cause the virus to mutate and lead to variants and subvariants, […]
Tracking the Mutations of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus
As is the nature of viruses, the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19 disease symptoms continues to mutate. Some scientists estimate it evolves at a rate of two new mutations every month, although most changes are minor and considered clinically unimportant.1 2 Depending on the type of genetic changes that occur, mutations can affect disease symptoms, […]