The effectiveness of the Paxlovid pill in treating COVID-19 is discussed, along with the importance of preventive measures and the role of vaccines in minimizing the severity and transmission of the infection. The chapter also explores the new FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccines and emphasizes the need to reassess alarm levels and adapt to the evolving understanding of the virus.
Seems like everyone’s got Covid again. Vox’s in-house epidemiologist, Dr. Keren Landman, delivers the good news and the bad news about Pirola.
This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens and Siona Peterous, edited by Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Amanda Lewellyn, engineered by David Herman, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram
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