The next phase of the pandemic
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 28 October 2021
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Summary
Today on Post Reports, we talk about the latest news on vaccines for young children, booster shots for adults and at-home coronavirus tests for us all. Physician and columnist Leana Wen offers her advice on the next phase of the pandemic.
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Leana Wen is an emergency physician and contributing columnist for The Post. Her newsletter, The Checkup, offers the latest research and advice on such questions as which booster shot to get and how to safely gather with family for the holidays. You can find it and subscribe at Wapo.st/checkup.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't know about you, but for me, I feel like I keep getting these news alerts, saying |
| 0:07.1 | basically we're making progress in this fight against the coronavirus, that cases are |
| 0:13.1 | slowing. |
| 0:14.1 | Kids will be vaccinated soon. |
| 0:15.9 | We're going to have widely available at-home test kits. |
| 0:20.2 | We have boosters. |
| 0:22.4 | But are we making progress? |
| 0:25.3 | Or is this just a bunch of news alerts? |
| 0:31.2 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. |
| 0:34.4 | I'm Alexis D. Owl in from Martin Powers. |
| 0:37.9 | It's Thursday, October 28th. |
| 0:40.6 | Today, we try to figure out answers to some of these questions. |
| 0:45.5 | And we thought who else to turn to, but Dr. Lena Wen. |
| 0:49.8 | She is a practicing emergency physician and contributing columnist at the post. |
| 0:56.0 | There's a lot happening in COVID-19 news right now as we're learning how to live with |
| 1:01.0 | this pandemic. |
| 1:02.4 | And that includes boosters, vaccines for children, and how we can get access to widespread rapid |
| 1:08.5 | testing. |
| 1:09.8 | We started by asking Dr. Wen, what's the latest on vaccines for kids? |
| 1:17.8 | While we had great news this week that I hope will be official by next week, which is |
| 1:23.4 | that the FDA advisors voted strongly in favor of recommending vaccines for children 5 to |
| 1:31.6 | 11 years old. |
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