Robin Schoenthaler, MD
6 min readFeb 8, 2021

Dr. Robin’s Covid-19 Updates

Q&A On Variants

Ten Questions, Many Answers

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How come we are all of a sudden hearing about variants?

Good question. But let’s start at the start.

What is a variant?

A virus’ goal in life is to

a) get into somebody’s cells and

Robin Schoenthaler, MD

Covid-Translator. Cancer doc: ~Three decades at MGH. Writer and storyteller: Moth Grand Slam Champion. Mom. www.DrRobin.org, @robinshome, robinshome2@gmail.com