Why You Shouldn’t Panic About ‘Deltacron’ Yet
Photo: Lightspring (Shutterstock) Last week it was flurona. This week it’s something called “deltacron.” We’re primed to go “oh shit” when we hear about a new variant, because we’ve been…
What You Need to Know About the Omicron Variant
Photo: Arif biswas (Shutterstock) Omicron is the latest variant of the virus that causes COVID-19. Like Delta, it’s been designated by the World Health Organization as a “Variant of Concern”…
Where Do COVID Variants Come From, Anyway?
Photo: Brandon Bell (Getty Images) Variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 didn’t really make news until this year, despite the virus spreading around the globe all through 2020. There’s…
How Worried Should We Be About the Delta Variant?
Image: Lightspring (Shutterstock) The virus that causes COVID-19 has been a successful one from an evolutionary perspective, getting to see the world and expanding its little family tree. (Its been…