Preparing for the Omicron Wave (with Trevor Bedford)

Andy begins with his guide to navigating the holidays now that Omicron is in our lives. Then he explores the cutting-edge science of this new variant with computational biologist and MacArthur "Genius Grant" winner Trevor Bedford. Andy and Trevor cover Omicron's possible origins, the latest on how our current vaccines are holding up to it, and when he expects an Omicron wave to hit the United States. We're learning more about Omicron every single day, and no one's better at explaining what we know and what it means than Trevor.

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Check out these resources from today’s episode:

• Read more about how the Pfizer vaccine is holding up to Omicron: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-59582006
• Check out more about the decision to expand booster access to 16- and 17-year-olds: https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/12/09/covid-vaccine-boosters-16-17-year-old/
• Keep up to date on Omicron with The New York Times’s live blog: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/12/10/world/covid-omicron-vaccines
• Check out The Bedford Lab at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center: https://bedford.io/
• Find a COVID-19 vaccine site near you: https://www.vaccines.gov/
• Order Andy’s book, Preventable: The Inside Story of How Leadership Failures, Politics, and Selfishness Doomed the U.S. Coronavirus Response: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250770165

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