Listen to hosts Samantha Spiers and Wildcard Cameron discuss the new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19. Discussion include what is a variant, where did these variants appear, and should we be worried.  

Post production by Scott Stronach.   

Sources: 

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/transmission/variant.html 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/12/21/uk/coronavirus-variant-uk-intl/index.html 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variant_of_Concern_202012/01 

https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Coronavirus/Japan-finds-new-COVID-virus-strain-distinct-from-UK-and-Africa-types  

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/feb/15/new-zealands-auckland-covid-outbreak-is-uk-variant-says-ardern 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/06/health/mutations-coronavirus-vaccine-evade/index.html 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.01.18.426984v1 

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/21/dr-fauci-says-covid-vaccines-appear-to-be-less-effective-against-some-new-strains.html 

https://www.cnn.com/2021/02/14/health/who-mission-china-intl/index.html  

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/23/health/uk-variant-cdc-review/index.html  

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