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The omicron variant and scicomm
Somewhere between the middle of India’s second major COVID-19 outbreak in March-May this year and today, a lot of us appear to have lost sight of a fact that was central to our understanding of COVID-19 outbreaks in 2020: that … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Fauci, COVID-19 pandemic, delta variant, omicron variant, science communication, scientism
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Panicking about omicron
The new omicron variant of the novel coronavirus has got everyone alarmed – which is darkly ironic. This variant has reportedly racked up more mutations than previous variants of concern, including the delta, with virologists and epidemiologists from South Africa … Continue reading
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Tagged COVID-19 pandemic, COVID-19 vaccines, delta variant, omicron variant, virus transmissibility
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