Omicron The Road Again with Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
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🗓️ 29 November 2021
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Scientists in South Africa announced on Thursday that they detected a new variant of the coronavirus: Omicron. Cases caused by the variant have been identified in almost a dozen countries, but not yet in the U.S. Epidemiologist and host of “America Dissected” Dr. Abdul El-Sayed gives us a better sense of what we know and the much bigger amount of things we don’t.
And in headlines: Ghislaine Maxwell’s federal trial starts today, legendary Black fashion designer Virgil Abloh died after battling cancer, and South Korea announced plans to build its own metaverse.
Show Notes:
Washington Post: “Officials: Variants ‘haunt’ world with vaccine imbalance between rich and poor nations” – https://wapo.st/3lgDGTp
Politico: “Omicron raises concerns about global vaccine equity and hesitancy” – https://politi.co/3lhIDLr
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, November 29th, I'm Gideon Resnick. |
| 0:09.0 | And I'm Tracy Duffy Rice, and this is What A Day. |
| 0:11.6 | Reminding you that this year's leftovers from Thanksgiving are valid as Hanukkah presents. |
| 0:16.0 | Yeah, so if you forgot to buy something and the turkey is still fresh, you have our |
| 0:20.4 | blessing to gift it. |
| 0:21.4 | To honor tradition, you should make the turkey presents last for all eight nights. |
| 0:26.2 | Just build them into different shapes. |
| 0:28.0 | On Today's show, The Trial Against Gullin Maxwell begins today, plus legendary black designer |
| 0:36.6 | Virgil Ablo has passed away. |
| 0:38.5 | But first, our last episode before Thanksgiving focused on COVID, and unfortunately, this one |
| 0:44.6 | does too. |
| 0:45.8 | We are announcing B-1-1-5-2-9 as a variant of concern named Omicron. |
| 0:50.9 | That was a World Health Organization official last week after scientists in South Africa |
| 0:54.4 | announced on Thursday that they had detected a new variant of the coronavirus, Omicron. |
| 0:58.9 | Yeah, and we don't know how serious this is so far, but what we do know is that the |
| 1:04.3 | Omicron variant has an apparently high number of mutations, ones that could possibly make |
| 1:09.9 | it more transmissible, and also better, elevating vaccine protection. |
| 1:14.8 | As of Sunday night, cases had been identified in almost a dozen countries, but so far, it |
| 1:19.4 | has not been identified in the US. |
| 1:22.0 | That's as of yet. |
| 1:23.7 | Although public health experts are saying that it is likely to be here by now. |
| 1:28.4 | Here's Dr. Anthony Fauci on ABC's this week yesterday. |
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