New Variants, Old Protocols
Residential Spread
English - January 31, 2021 20:11 - 55 minutes - 9.53 MBNews Commentary News Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
This week, we talk new COVID variants--which are far more contagious--and schools that aren't updating their protocols to address these new challenges.
"Still going to the grocery store? With new virus variants spreading, it’s probably time to stop": https://www.vox.com/22220301/covid-spread-new-strain-variants-safe-grocery-store-n95-masks-vaccine?fbclid=IwAR3Cu9YpfO4rcotJY69qxJkJ-vRzuJsBEB4kD3dwQNVyfBbXq5uC0hT34ok
"What you can do to avoid the new COVID variant right now": https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/19/well/live/covid-b117-variant-advice.html
"Emerging Coronavirus variants may pose challenges to vaccines": https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/health/coronavirus-variants-immunity.html
Transcript: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lE0auZq30yamn15t0LRifDE7nIOfL-9BDX9wSMP3Td4/edit?usp=sharing