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Today, Explained

The virus gets more contagious

Today, Explained

Vox

News, Daily News, Politics

4.310.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Viruses mutate, but this time it’s different. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:33.7

Would you say your greatest weakness is crippling in security, selfish and elazy?

0:37.5

A lack ambition, stubborn, argumentative, jealous, lonely and people of love. I only wash

0:41.3

my hands after someone else in the bathroom. I don't know why I just told you that.

0:44.8

Me, Jen. You were such a brave little tool, Jen.

0:48.8

Extraordinary and original series.

0:50.9

Why are you so free? Maybe I should take my brow off.

0:53.2

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0:58.9

It's a new year and there's lots of alarming talk about new mutations in the coronavirus.

1:09.7

And today we're going to explain the news with the help of Brian Resnick. He's a senior

1:14.1

science reporter here at Vox.com. Brian, what's the virus up to?

1:18.5

There are some concerning things about mutations in the news. And then there are also some

1:23.7

things that about it where we don't have to freak out, freak out. So if I can walk you,

1:29.9

you want me to walk you through it.

1:31.0

Okay.

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