Is the Omacron Variant Still Effective?

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Maderna: The older boosters are still effective against this newer omacron variant. Maderna says the picture of what the fall boosters look like might be starting to shape up. They have new data this morning at looking at a combo booster that protects against both omicron and the orig a strain of the virus. But these boosters aren't expected until fall at the earliest.

Surging cases, Paxlovid rebounds, and apathy everywhere. Vox’s Dr. Keren Landman explains how to navigate the do-it-yourself era of the pandemic.

This episode was produced by Victoria Dominguez and Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.

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