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Covid Vaccines and Variants: What Will it Take to Get Out of This Pandemic

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Published 5 Aug 2021

Subscribe for free to get all episodes of NOVA Now on Apple Podcasts at https://apple.co/2U5GyYp With the emergence of new variants of the coronavirus, including Delta, COVID-19​​ infection continues to spread rapidly across most of the world. In most U.S. states, a surge in cases is reigniting conversations about the country’s response to the pandemic. Dr. Alok Patel speaks with a leading epidemiologist and a specialist in infectious diseases to gain perspective on pressing concerns, from vaccine effectiveness and boosters to vaccine hesitancy, misinformation, and inequity at a national and global scale. NOVA Now is a production of GBH and PRX. It’s produced by: Terence Bernardo Ari Daniel Jocelyn Gonzales Isabel Hibbard Sandra Lopez-Monsalve Rosalind Tordesillas Julia Cort and Chris Schmidt are the co-Executive Producers of NOVA. Dante Graves is Director of Audience Development. Sukee Bennett is Senior Digital Editor. Christina Monnen is Associate Researcher. Robin Kazmier is Science Editor. Lorena Lyon is Digital Production Assistant Devin Robins is Managing Producer of Podcasts at GBH. Our theme music is by the DJ that makes it rain with funky beats, DJ Kid Koala. © WGBH Educational Foundation 2021

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    @casualgamer75833 years ago Hooman memory is short. It will take a few waves and a lot of deaths in the immediate neighbourhood before people learn how to live with the guard up. . ...Expand 1
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    @CherryBlossomHill3 years ago Out of all the people you could have chosen to interview, you chose the person who stated that california had achieved herd immunity in june in time for californias end to all restrictions? 3
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    @twonumber223 years ago Time and a lot more deaths, apparently. 2
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    @ughIdontwantto3 years ago Big yikes at pitying people who have been screwed over and denied access to basic healthcare for generations, instead of holding the us healthcare industry . ...Expand
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    @saind41703 years ago In the future i' ll be going through my jackets pockets, coming across a face diaper and remember back to that funny year everyone went a crazy mad . ...Expand 3
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    @casualgamer75833 years ago Hooman memory is short. It will take a few waves and a lot of deaths in the immediate neighbourhood before people learn how to live with the guard up. . ...Expand 1
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    @ughIdontwantto3 years ago Big yikes at pitying people who have been screwed over and denied access to basic healthcare for generations, instead of holding the us healthcare industry . ...Expand
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    @saind41703 years ago In the future i' ll be going through my jackets pockets, coming across a face diaper and remember back to that funny year everyone went a crazy mad . ...Expand 3
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    @casualgamer75833 years ago Hooman memory is short. It will take a few waves and a lot of deaths in the immediate neighbourhood before people learn how to live with the guard up. . ...Expand 1
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    @ughIdontwantto3 years ago Big yikes at pitying people who have been screwed over and denied access to basic healthcare for generations, instead of holding the us healthcare industry . ...Expand
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    @saind41703 years ago In the future i' ll be going through my jackets pockets, coming across a face diaper and remember back to that funny year everyone went a crazy mad . ...Expand 3
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    @casualgamer75833 years ago Hooman memory is short. It will take a few waves and a lot of deaths in the immediate neighbourhood before people learn how to live with the guard up. . ...Expand 1
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    @ughIdontwantto3 years ago Big yikes at pitying people who have been screwed over and denied access to basic healthcare for generations, instead of holding the us healthcare industry . ...Expand
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    @saind41703 years ago In the future i' ll be going through my jackets pockets, coming across a face diaper and remember back to that funny year everyone went a crazy mad . ...Expand 3
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    @casualgamer75833 years ago Hooman memory is short. It will take a few waves and a lot of deaths in the immediate neighbourhood before people learn how to live with the guard up. . ...Expand 1
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    @ughIdontwantto3 years ago Big yikes at pitying people who have been screwed over and denied access to basic healthcare for generations, instead of holding the us healthcare industry . ...Expand
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    @saind41703 years ago In the future i' ll be going through my jackets pockets, coming across a face diaper and remember back to that funny year everyone went a crazy mad . ...Expand 3