Everything We (Don’t) Know About Omicron
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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 1 December 2021
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
In November, South Africa alerted the world to Omicron, a new strain of COVID-19. Then, as cases began to pop up worldwide, the World Health Organization labeled it a “variant of concern.” What do we know about Omicron, and just how worried should we be?
Guest: Dr. Katelyn Jetelina, assistant professor with the School of Public Health at UTHealth and author of Your Local Epidemiologist on Substack.
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| 0:32.8 | When I asked Caitlin Jettelina how her thanks giving it gone, |
| 0:36.5 | she didn't talk about the turkey or the football or even her in-laws, |
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