Do COVID-19 vaccines protect against variants? Also, what is a variant?

Описание: Dr. Seema Yasmin answers your questions about the COVID-19 vaccine and coronavirus variants: Should I get a COVID-19 vaccine if there are new variants? What is a variant? Are COVID-19 vaccines effective against new variants? Should I wait to get a COVID-19 vaccine while the variants are being studied?

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Dr. Seema Yasmin is an Emmy-award winning journalist, medical doctor and author of four books. She trained in medicine at the University of Cambridge and in journalism at the University of Toronto. Dr. Yasmin is director of the Stanford Health Communication Initiative. She served as an officer in the Epidemic Intelligence Service at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and is a medical analyst for CNN.

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