TY - SOUND AU - Baric,Ralph TI - COVID-19 epidemiology and variants: new challenges and future of the pandemic T2 - Interviews on Covid-19, PY - 2021/// CY - London PB - Henry Stewart Talks KW - Coronaviruses KW - COVID-19 (Disease) KW - Epidemiology KW - Research KW - COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- KW - Coronavirus Infections KW - COVID-19 Vaccines KW - COVID-19 KW - epidemiology KW - transmission KW - virology KW - Dexamethasone KW - Drug Development KW - Drug Resistance, Viral KW - Genetic Variation KW - Mutation KW - Pandemics KW - remdesivir KW - SARS-CoV-2 variants KW - SARS-CoV-2 KW - genetics KW - pathogenicity N1 - Audio interview; Title from title frames; Contents: Emergence of new variants and their new evolutionarily advantageous traits -- Probability of the emergence of additional variants and a new strain of SARS-CoV-2 -- Potential immune escape mechanisms of a theoretical new SARS-CoV-2 strain -- What can governments and individuals do to reduce the probability of emergence of additional variants -- Efficacy shown to date by COVID-19 vaccines and their projected impact in controlling the pandemic -- Update on current COVID-19 treatments (including convalescent antibody therapy, Remdesivir and dexamethasone) and the importance of the time window for their administration; Access restricted to subscribers UR - https://hstalks.com/bs/4580/ UR - https://hstalks.com/bs/p/1060/ ER -