New Variant on the Block
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Hey waddayaknow? There are more variants in the news. Back when Omicron was first making headlines at the end of last year, we made a Breaking News Consumer's Handbooks: Variant Edition. Brooke spoke to Katherine J. Wu, a staff writer at The Atlantic who covers science, to review the steps a news consumer can take to stay informed minus the anxiety.
Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Variant Edition
(Andrea Latimer/WNYC)
For a linkable text equivalent, a pdf version is available here.
This is a segment from our December 3rd, 2021 program, Pigeon With A Mustache.