There was never really a question that we would see variants of the COVID-19 virus — it’s what viruses do, and the more cases you have, the greater likelihood there is of variants developing. Dr. John Brooks, an infectious disease specialist and our Chief Medical Officer, shared some information on what the variants are, what they mean for vaccine efficacy and what the future may hold. • What are variants and what do they do? Variants result for changes in the RNA of a virus. In the variants we’ve seen ...