Director of Harvard Global Health Institute says we are ‘going to see more variants’

Dr. Ashish Jha, a physician and the director of the Harvard Global Health Institute, said on Sunday that the U.S. and world is “going to see more variants” as the coronavirus spreads.

“What I think people need to know is we’re going to see more variants. And the reason we’re going to see more variants is a global pandemic, and when large outbreaks are happening around the world we’re going to see more variants. And, of course, the best way to suppress it is to get the world vaccinated,” Jha told host Chris Wallace on “Fox News Sunday.”

Jha noted, however, that he is “not particularly worried” about the mu or lambda variants yet, but said health officials will “follow the data.”

He also said he believes the vaccines  available in the U.S. “are going to hold up,” adding that officials will have to “pay attention to the data.”

Jha also touted the effectiveness of getting inoculated in protecting against COVID-19, telling Wallace “this is all a vaccine-preventable disease now.”

“So none of this should be happening,” he added.