COVID Variants Inevitable as Long as Virus Continues to Spread, Doctors Say
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Tribune Review: The virus that causes covid-19 has mutated again and again, and experts say new variants will continue, in part because of the nature of the virus and also because large swaths of the population choose not to be vaccinated.
“It’s not different than what we see with the flu virus every year,” said Dr. Carol Fox, chief medical officer of Excela Health. “It changes often, and that’s why we need to get a new flu shot annually: because there are different variants that exist.”
