How are vaccines holding up against new COVID-19 variant?

A healthcare worker at the Jackson Health Systems receives a Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine from Susana Flores Villamil, RN from Jackson Health Systems, at the Jackson Memorial Hospital on December 15, 2020 in Miami, Florida.
A healthcare worker at the Jackson Health Systems receives a Pfizer-BioNtech Covid-19 vaccine from Susana Flores Villamil, RN from Jackson Health Systems, at the Jackson Memorial Hospital on December 15, 2020 in Miami, Florida. Photo credit Getty Images

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS RADIO) – As a new variant of COVID-19 hits the United States, experts are looking at how well our vaccines are holding up against the novel strain.

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To answer your questions, KCBS Radio news anchor Margie Shafer spoke with Rishi Goel, immunologist at the University of Pennsylvania, on "Ask An Expert."

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