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The Nuance

The Coronavirus is Mutating. It’s Unclear if That’s a Problem.

Here’s what you should know

Markham Heid
Elemental
Published in
6 min readJul 16, 2020

The novel coronavirus has mutated, and the mutated form of the virus now accounts for most cases in the U.S. and across the globe. That’s the major finding of a recent study, published July 3 in the journal Cell, which also found evidence that the mutated coronavirus…

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Markham Heid
Elemental

I’m a long-time contributor at TIME and other media orgs. I write mostly about health. I grew up in Michigan, but these days I live in southwest Germany.