I'm Going to Rattle Through a Few of the Questions

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The main calculus for research coto going forward is how quickly we up date vaccines to keep up with the virus. We've had a lot more questions, but i think i'm going to rattle through a couple of them now because there are things that we really aren't in a place to answer yet. And if people want to hear more about long covid, then hyde and i did speak about that on last week's cronopod il. Put a link in the show notes so that you can see where to find that and hear a little bit more about the difficulties of studying on covid. But for now, i have a good day to thank your seat sort of

Several weeks after the Omicron variant was first identified, it has quickly spread across the world. Early data are showing clear signals that the latest variant of concern is able to evade immunity and spread at a rate faster than any other variant to date. But many questions remain unanswered about the severity of infection, the protection afforded by natural and vaccine-derived immunity, and the impact Omicron could have on the global pandemic response. In this episode, we delve into the very latest studies to take stock of where we are so far and, in a Coronapod first, take on questions sent in by Coronapod listeners.

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