New strains of COVID swiftly moving through the US need careful watch, scientists say

Post Date: 
2021-01-25
Source: 
USATODAY

Viruses live โ€“ if you can call it that โ€“ to replicate themselves. They hijack cells, including our own, and use them to make copies of themselves.

But every time a virus like the one that causes COVID-19 copies itself, as it does millions of times inside each infected person, mistakes can happen.