NEW YORK, NEW YORK – FEBRUARY 24: People wait in line to sign up for their vaccination appointment … [+] at the York College coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination site on February 24, 2021 in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens borough in New York City. On February 19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the opening of two State-FEMA community-based sites for the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine in Brooklyn and Queens and encouraged eligible individuals to get vaccinated. The sites, which will operate between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily, have the capacity to administer 3,000 doses per day. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) Getty Images Random variation is an essential component of all living things. It drives diversity, and it is why there are so many different species. Viruses are no exception. Most viruses are experts at changing genomes to adapt to their environment. We now have evidence that the virus that causes Covid, SARS-CoV-2, not only changes but changes in ways that are significant. This is the twenty-third part of a series of articles on how the virus changes and what that means for humanity. Read the rest: part one, part two, part three, part four, part five, part six, part seven, part eight, part nine, part ten, part eleven, part twelve, part thirteen, part fourteen, part fifteen, part sixteen, part seventeen, part eighteen, part nineteen, part twenty, part twenty-one, and part twenty-two. In a hostile takeover of sorts, SARS-CoV-2 variants have emerged the world over, threatening progress made towards ending the… Click below to read the full story from Forbes
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