How worried you should really be about the new COVID variant, according to infectious disease experts
How worried you should really be about the new COVID variant, according to infectious disease experts
- August 17, 2023
- Daniel Parker, CPIP and public health, Parade, Aug. 17, 2023
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"But there are sufficient new mutations for us to watch this one with a careful eye," says Dr. Daniel M. Parker, Ph.D., an associate professor of population health & disease prevention at the University of California, Irvine. … This [COVID] variant, as with others, should be treated with respect," Dr. Parker says. "Vaccination helps reduce the severity of infections, but it doesn’t mean that you cannot become ill and transmit the disease to others."
For the full story, please visit https://parade.com/health/eris-eg5-new-covid-variant.
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