
A virologist on COVID variant XBB 1.5
The Decibel
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Introduction
The world health organization says we're seeing the most transmissible strain of COVID yet. This sub variant, XBB 1.5, is quickly becoming the dominant strain in the US and Canada. Dr. Angela Rasmussen is a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the University of Saskatchewan. She's here to tell us about this sub variant - and why she really doesn't think we should be calling it the Kraken.
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