Viral genetics now lie at the heart of the most important question about the pandemic: Will we eradicate COVID-19 for good, or will it be something, like the flu, we live with — and die from — every year? Brian O’Roak, co-director of the SARS COV-2 genome sequencing center at Oregon Health and Sciences University, is searching for and studying viral variants in Oregon. OPB health reporter Amelia Templeton tells us more.
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