The Omicron Variant with President of Regeneron, George Yancopoulos

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🗓️ 7 December 2021

⏱️ 55 minutes

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What is the Omicron Variant? On this episode, Neil deGrasse Tyson and comic co-host Chuck Nice discuss the emergence of the new Omicron Variant of COVID-19 with biomedical scientist and president of Regeneron, George Yancopoulos.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Star Talk.
0:04.0	You're a place in the universe where science and pop culture collide.
0:10.0	Star Talk begins right now.
0:15.0	This is Star Talk.
0:17.0	You know, you're as Tyson here, you're a personal passenger, physicist.
0:20.0	You've got a special installment today.
0:23.0	It's sort of an update on the COVID-19 virus.
0:27.0	In particular, Omicron.
0:31.0	Oh my God, we got Omicron.
0:33.0	I got Chuck Nice, co-host here. Chuck, how you doing, man?
0:36.0	Hey, Neil.
0:37.0	Got right. All right.
0:39.0	Omicron, I mean, I know it's very serious, but I know it's a letter of the Greek alphabet,
0:45.0	but the only thing I know about Omicron is Omicron Percy I-8, which is...
0:50.0	Oh, is that from Star Trek, okay?
0:52.0	Some planet in Star Trek.
0:54.0	Yes, that's right.
0:57.0	Well, neither you nor I have expertise in this subject.
1:00.0	And so we found someone who does.
1:03.0	And it is Dr. George Young Comblis, who is president and chief scientist of Regeneron,
1:12.0	Regeneron, a biomedical company, actually right up the street here in Tarrytown, New York.
1:17.0	And we don't normally invite CEOs onto the show because we just don't...
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