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Why scientists are tracking COVID-19 BQ.1.1 variant

October 5, 2022

Andy Pekosz, professor of microbiology at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, explains why scientists are tracking the spread of COVID-19 BQ.1.1 variant, which has shown to be the one most likely to escape vaccine immunity as well as some antibody treatments.

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