This chapter discusses the impact of mutations in the spike protein of the new COVID variant, highlighting how it can make it harder for our immune system to recognize the virus. It also includes an interview with a hospital epidemiologist who shares the increase in hospitalizations due to COVID.
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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