Doctors say the worry is that new variants won't be as mild as omicron, and potentially more contagious.
But doctors say the worry is that new variants won't be as mild as omicron, and potentially more contagious.
Smith says it’s possible we’ll treat COVID more like the flu – creating new versions of the vaccine each year to keep up our immunity. Smith says he expects to be treating patients for COVID throughout his career, but predicts the strategy and formula of vaccines could change.
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