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A close-up view of the spike proteins in COVID.

Watching the Virus Mutate

Jan. 26, 2022


The public demand for COVID-19 vaccines has dropped, writes Doug Livingston in the Akron Beacon Journal Monday, Jan. 24, “But the pandemic is far from over, health experts and public officials warn.

“There are enough unvaccinated individuals, plus those with waning immunity, to fuel future surges, giving the virus room to mutate into something even more contagious and less manageable.”

Angelo DeLucia, Ph.D., an associate professor of molecular virology and cancer biology at Northeast Ohio Medical University, was among experts who spoke to the Beacon Journal for the article.

Read the Akron Beacon Journal article

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