immunity
Columbia, SOUTH CAROLINA — As the omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 took hold across the globe in late 2021, it became readily apparent that the pandemic had entered a new phase. Having experienced a previous COVID-19 infection or being vaccinated still left many people wondering how vulnerable they...

![This scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2 (yellow)—also known as 2019-nCoV, the virus that causes COVID-19—isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells (blue/pink) cultured in the lab. [credit: NIAID-RML] electron microscope image of SARS-CoV-2](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/vero-covid-19-24h-hi_i034-rk.jpg?itok=gtpzsPRT)