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Published February 10, 2021
Women’s Health spoke to Thomas Russo about the reports on the different strains of COVID-19 that are emerging. “Most of these mutations have no functional consequence—it doesn’t change the virus’ properties or how serious a disease it causes,” he says. But, in some situations, a series of mutations can spread and create what’s known as a variant of the original virus.
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