Ron Fouchier explains why increased transmission of SARS-CoV-2-variants has not been demonstrated, and their ability to displace ancestral variants is due to greater fitness, much like influenza virus antigenic variation leads to better fitness and replacement of previously circulating variants.
Hosts: Vincent Racaniello, Kathy Spindler, and Brianne Barker
Guest: Ron Fouchier
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