Toolkit: What You Need to Know About the Variants

In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt

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🗓️ 18 January 2021

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

If you were worried that a new host would mean a completely different show, let this Monday Toolkit ease your fears. Dr. Bob poses your questions about the so-called UK and South African variants to virologist Angela Rasmussen and evolutionary biologist Paul Turner. You'll get answers about what the variants mean for the vaccines, how they affect kids, how to adjust your behavior in response to them, and much more.

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Here’s a link to CDC’s webpage on the new COVID-19 variants: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/transmission/variant.html
Check out this article about the CDC’s prediction that the UK variant could become the dominant COVID strain in the US by March: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/coronavirus-variant-dominant-us/2021/01/15/4420d814-5738-11eb-a817-e5e7f8a406d6_story.html
Learn more about ‘The Swiss Cheese Model of Pandemic Defense:’ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/05/health/coronavirus-swiss-cheese-infection-mackay.html
Read about Andy’s temporary role in the Biden administration: https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/14/politics/andy-slavitt-biden-covid-team/index.htm
Learn more about Dr. Bob Wachter and the UCSF Department of Medicine here: https://medicine.ucsf.edu/

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0:00.0	So I got a box in the mail the other day and you know I'm not usually thrilled with the
0:06.7	box usually it's not always for me.
0:08.4	This time it was from well before.com and I obdled up and there were a whole bunch of masks
0:14.4	including what they call their premium 3D Pro KNN-D5 mask which I started wearing when
0:21.4	I was in crowded places and became stable for me during the winter and during the holidays
0:26.4	and with a new variant circulating I don't really want to get COVID I can't take packs
0:31.1	love it so there's also other viruses there's fires all kinds of reasons why having a whole
0:37.2	box of masks around made me really really happy.
0:40.1	So I am always happy when the box shows up as it's now started to do they actually are
0:44.6	sold through a subscription which is kind of a game changer because you can work through
0:49.0	your masks and then you always know that the KNN-D5s are going to show up again.
0:54.7	So thank you well before go to well before that's w-e-l-l-b-e-f-o-r-e.com slash in the bubble
1:02.8	or use the code in the bubble for an extra 10% off site wide.
1:09.3	Mental health challenges are affecting people in the US at high levels particularly among
1:13.0	adolescents.
1:14.0	At CVS health mental health is just as important as physical health.
1:18.4	That's why they're making mental well-being services more accessible, less complicated,
1:23.5	more convenient and more inviting.
1:25.9	CVS health is doing this by creating new programs encouraging care to discussions and providing
1:31.3	increased access to digital tools and telehealth services.
1:35.1	CVS health is there to help learn more at CVS Health.com.
1:41.8	Let me know.
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