Will the hype over mutation cause the public to ignore future warnings of mutation? What needs to happen for the social, political and public health standpoint before we can cam people down with respect to these new variants. There's a viral illiteracy that needs to be combated as well as the viruss i don'taretly. You don't want people going off and talking about crazy things. We need education here. I think that there is real reason to be concerned, and we should all try to prepare as much as possible.
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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