Episode 833
COVID-19: can the new variant defeat vaccines
Do Covid-19 vaccines prevent disease but not infection or infectivity, and will be new variant overcome the protection conferred by vaccination?
Naked Scientists, In Short Special Editions Podcast · The Naked Scientists
December 23, 202023m 41s
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Show Notes
Kim Hill talks to virologist Chris Smith about Covid-19 in 2020, in retrospect and right now. What's the situation with global access to vaccines for the new coronavirus, and will the "new variant" emerging in the UK defeat the present vaccine repertoire? Where did this variant come from, what does it tell us about how viruses evolve, and is the UK looking at another lockdown post Christmas? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
covid-19coronavirusSARS-Cov-2pandemicvaccinevaccine hesitancynew variantlockdownviral evolutioninfectivity