Medicine’s Amy Edwards and Mark Cameron discuss novel COVID variant and suggests ways to avoid it

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Women’s HealthAmy Edwards, associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the School of Medicine, and Mark Cameron, associate professor in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences at the School of Medicine, discussed a novel COVID variant circulating around Europe and offered their advice on how to avoid it. “With so many very contagious variants, I think the days of having one dominant variant are gone,” said Edwards. “Being up to date on the latest COVID-19 booster is a protective measure we can take right now,” said Cameron.