What's the Best Scenario for the Pandemic?

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Transmissability becomes the more significant factor. We have so many more people getting infected that even though there's a smaller percentage over all of severe cases, that absolute number is so large it does still overwhelm the health care system. And i'm guessing the way around scenario too, which sounds much in scenaria one, is making sure people get boosted and take safety precautions.

Thanks to South Africa, the world now has some data on omicron’s severity, transmissibility, and whether or not the vaccines will protect us from it.

Today’s show was produced by Miles Bryan with help from Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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