Vehicles wait in line at a COVID-19 testing site at the Miami Beach Convention Center during the coronavirus pandemic, Sunday, July 12, 2020, in Miami Beach, Fla.

Why — and How — COVID Mutates

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 15, 2021

Paul Bieniasz, virologist and a professor at The Rockefeller University in New York City, breaks down what scientists know so far about the COVID-19 variants.

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