We Answer Your COVID-19 Questions as New Variants Spread

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4.2 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Covid 19 cases are on the rise again as various Omicron subvariants spread. Epidemiologists warn that people may not have as much immunity to new variants compared with previous strains of the virus. It can be hard to keep track of changing guidelines such as when to wear a mask or schedule vaccine boosters. Evaluating the risk for summer travel can be confusing. We take your questions about new Covid 19 variants and discuss the latest news, research, and where we are in the pandemic. Guests: Dr. Bob Wachter, professor and chair of the Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Dr. Yvonne (Bonnie) Maldonado, professor of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology and Population Health Chief, Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases Stanford University School of Medicine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.4	Weeks of camp canceled, weddings postponed, long-planned vacation scuttled.
1:00.8	That's been summer, as I've experienced it and heard about it from friends and colleagues.
1:05.7	The Bay Area is finally trying to have a normal summer, and it's not quite working out as planned.
1:10.2	New variants have continued to emerge and flourish driven by evolutionary pressure,
1:12.6	and we're in the trans-pandemic mode,
1:17.8	not quite like we were in 2020, but still living unlike any time before March of that year.
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1:45.0	Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. You know what this show is. We're still in the coronavirus pandemic. People are still getting sick. And even now, in a relatively calm part of the summer,
1:50.3	300 COVID deaths are still being reported each day. It's a far cry from the worst days of the pandemic.
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