Andy breaks down everything you need to know about the Omicron variant with epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina. They cover what we know about Omicron's transmissibility, the severity of illness it causes, and how it impacts immunity – whether from vaccination or prior infection. They discuss why Omicron worries scientists, how quickly the mRNA vaccines could be tailored to fight Omicron if needed, and what the emergence of this new variant says about global vaccine equity.

 

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Check out these resources from today’s episode: 

 

• Get the latest Omicron news here: https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/omicron-covid-19-variant-11-30-21/index.html
• Here is President Biden’s full address about Omicron: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTzOB11JIw8
• Watch Andy discuss the Omicron variant on MSNBC: https://www.msnbc.com/stephanie-ruhle/watch/slavitt-says-he-has-spoken-with-white-house-about-omicron-variant-127525445736 
• Check out Katelyn’s posts at her Your Local Epidemiologist Substack: https://yourlocalepidemiologist.substack.com/
• Read the WHO’s update on Omicron that Katelyn mentions in today’s episode: https://www.who.int/news/item/28-11-2021-update-on-omicron
• Find a COVID-19 vaccine site near you: https://www.vaccines.gov/ 
• Order Andy’s book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165 

 

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