Russo Discusses How Vaccines Will Work Against New COVID-19 Strains

Thomas A. Russo, MD, professor of medicine and chief of the Division of Infectious Diseases, is quoted in stories on how effective COVID-19 vaccines will be against the new variants of the virus that have been detected. “It’s most likely that if we lose some degree of protection with this variant or variants yet to be described that the disease in those that are infected will be likely mild and you’ll be less likely to be hospitalized and less likely to have a bad outcome,” he said.