COVID infections are on the rise, as a fourth wave is underway across the country. 

Immunity from both vaccines and prior infection have allowed the majority to live out a so-called COVID normal. 

But the reality of long covid and the immunocompromised means we’re still seeing serious consequences and deaths. 

Today, national science reporter Liam Mannix, on the new Omicron variants and how we can best protect ourselves and others this summer.

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