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Today, Explained

BA.5 and DIY Covid

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.3 • 10.3K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Surging cases, Paxlovid rebounds, and apathy everywhere. Vox’s Dr. Keren Landman explains how to navigate the do-it-yourself era of the pandemic. This episode was produced by Victoria Dominguez and Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained   Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Coming up on today explained we're gonna hear from-

0:03.0

Knock, knock.

0:06.8

Who's there?

0:07.8

New variant.

0:08.8

No!

0:09.8

Go away!

0:10.0

Coming up on today explained VOTS' in-house epidemiologist on the newest sub variant BA5.

0:23.6

It's surging.

0:24.6

They're little to no restrictions.

0:27.0

We are officially in the do-it-yourself phase of this pandemic in the United States.

0:32.2

Oh, and Pax Lovid might make you feel better, but watch out for that rebound.

0:37.6

More on that too.

0:38.6

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