//Expert: Race between variants and vaccines in US will be a close call, but eased restrictions aren't helping

Expert: Race between variants and vaccines in US will be a close call, but eased restrictions aren't helping

Experts say there’s a tough race between COVID-19 vaccinations and a contagious variant that’s rapidly spreading across the U.S., threatening another dangerous surge — and the eased restrictions only further complicate things.”It’s going to be a close call,” Dr. Ashish Jha, dean of the Brown University School of Public Health told CNN on Tuesday. “We are vaccinating really well, that’s the good news. These