# The "Double Mutant Variant" ... ...

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-double-mutant-variant/941028>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [April 29, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-double-mutant-variant/941028 "2021-04-29T12:03:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-double-mutant-variant/941028/1 "2021-04-29T12:03:47Z")

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… … … shouldn’t be called the “double mutant variant” because it makes no scientific sense. [**Here’s why.**](https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/04/24/988744811/people-are-talking-about-a-double-mutant-variant-in-india-what-does-that-mean)

In any case, will this never end? I honestly think I will end up getting a seasonal “COVID shot” much like people get seasonal flu shots.