Letters to the Editor

A reader asks about coronavirus mutations

By Science News Staff

- More than 2 years ago

Cover of June 6, 2020 issue

Viral heritage

Lab experiments are needed to see if mutations in the new coronavirus change how the virus infects cells, Erin Garcia de Jesus reported in “The new coronavirus is mutating” (SN: 6/20/20, p. 7).

Reader Roger W. Yoerges asked if a person could be infected with multiple forms, or variants, of a virus at once.