Reopening America

Effort to Update Vaccines Not Keeping Up With Rapidly Changing Variants

<p>As we get through the current wave of Covid infections, it seems that the effort to update vaccines can’t keep up with the changes in the virus itself.  While still dealing with the Omicron variant, we are seeing subvariants that appear to be more resistant to antibodies and evade protection from previous infection.  Clinical trials are under way for updated vaccines, but the FDA will decide this summer if we will move forward with them.  Caitlin Owens, healthcare reporter at Axios, joins us for what to know.</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

We have shifted into a new phase in the coronavirus pandemic. We are social distancing, washing our hands, wearing face masks, and we are Reopening America. Oscar Ramirez from the Daily Dive Podcast updates you on any new information about the virus and vaccine development, but will focus on how cities, states, and industries affected by the shutdown are opening back up.