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Setting it Straight video edition: What we know about the virus

16 Sep 2021

Setting it Straight video edition: What we know about the virus

In this special video edition of Setting it Straight, Nobel Laureate Professor Peter Doherty explains what we know about the SARS-CoV-2 virus so far, why it is so different to the flu, and why the vaccines are incredibly effective, despite some transmission in fully vaccinated people.

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