As 2021 winds down, you were probably hoping that we had seen the back of conspiracy theories and the worst of Covid-19, but with a new variant and changes to the vaccine comes a new wave of falsehoods to scare people.

To cut through the panic and sort fact from fiction, The Quicky speaks to an infectious diseases expert to find out exactly what you need to know about boosters, Omicron and vaccinating your kids.

CREDITS 

Host: Claire Murphy

With thanks to: 

Associate Professor Sanjaya Senanayake - Infectious Diseases Expert based at the Australian National University in Canberra

Producer: Claire Murphy

Executive Producer: Siobhán Moran-McFarlane

Audio Producer: Ian Camilleri

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