For months scientists have been warning us that if global vaccination rates didn’t lift - new, potentially more dangerous strains of Covid-19 could emerge.

Now it looks like their fears might have been realised with the emergence of the new Omicron variant. 

Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton on the threat posed by the Omicron variant, and how vaccine hoarding by rich nations is helping prolong the pandemic. 

Guest: Senior reporter for The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton.

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