It is easy to distinguish scientific language and expert-speak: Scientists talk about variants, "experts" about strains and mutants. If a mutation makes a virus so different that it is a new strain, scientists will give it a new name like SARS-CoV-3.
It is easy to distinguish scientific language and expert-speak: Scientists talk about variants, "experts" about strains and mutants. If a mutation makes a virus so different that it is a new strain, scientists will give it a new name like SARS-CoV-3.
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