Coronavirus Conversations: The latest on COVID-19 variants and rapid testing

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With several vaccines approved, health authorities around the world are racing to inoculate populations before new, potentially more dangerous, variants of the coronavirus spread. What are the implications of the COVID-19 variants? As part of The World’s regular series of conversations on the pandemic, and as a special in our podcast feed, reporter Elana Gordon moderated a discussion with Harvard epidemiologist Michael Mina.

Find more of our Coronavirus Conversations series here: https://www.theworld.org/coronavirus-conversations

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