Omicron, a variant of covet 19, does not have a spike protin. And what we've applied more recently for is to protect the imuno compromise,. who are the small percentage of people who can't respond to a vaccine. This why we need all of these. We need the vaccines, but we need these monoco landbys.
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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