“Next generation” booster jabs for COVID-19 became available in the UK this week. But no one expects them to quash the coronavirus. So, how can science get ahead of the virus? It’s a question science writer David Quammen grapples with in his new book “Breathless: The Scientific Race to Defeat a Deadly Virus.” Quammen talks with The World’s host Marco Werman.
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