Omicron is outrunning vaccines

1 big thing

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🗓️ 2 June 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summer is unofficially here, with people across the country going out, traveling, and dropping masks more than in months past. But case numbers over Memorial Day weekend were almost 6 times higher than at this time last year, and COVID vaccines aren't keeping up with the new variants that just keep coming. Plus, the golden age of remote work is ending. And, why it’s more important than ever to get enough Vitamin D. Guests: Dr. Celine Gounder, editor-at-large for public health at Kaiser Health News and Axios' Hope King. Credits: Axios Today is produced by Niala Boodhoo, Erica Pandey, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Alex Sugiura, and Lydia McMullen-Laird. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go deeper: Omicron is outrunning the vaccines designed to fight it Musk's WFH warning amplifies threat level for workers Soak up the sun Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:31.0	Good morning.
0:33.0	Welcome to Axios today.
0:35.0	It's Thursday, June 2nd.
0:37.0	I'm Erica Pandey, Infernala Buru.
0:39.0	Here's what you need to note today.
0:41.0	The golden age of remote work is ending.
0:44.0	Plus, white's more important than ever to get enough vitamin D.
0:48.0	But first, today's one big thing.
0:51.0	How to stay safe as Omicron Outruns vaccines.
0:56.0	Summer is unofficially here,
1:00.0	with people across the country going out, traveling,
1:03.0	and dropping masks more than in months past.
1:06.0	But case numbers over Memorial Day weekend were almost six times higher than at the same time last year.
1:11.0	And the COVID vaccines aren't keeping up with the new variants that just keep coming.
1:15.0	So where does that leave us for the next few months?
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