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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Mayo Clinic Q&A: January Bringing an Omicron Surge
Description: This episode is shared from Mayo Clinic Q&A and was recorded in January 2022
Guest: Gregory A. Poland, M.D. (@drgregpoland)
Host: Halena M. Gazelka, M.D. (@hmgazelkamd)
The rapid spread of COVID-19 due to the omicron variant continues, and experts expect a January surge across the U.S.Â
"This is spreading unlike anything we've seen in the U.S.," says Dr. Gregory Poland, head of Mayo Clinic's Vaccine Research Group. "Over the last seven days, we're now averaging about 400,000 or so new cases a day."
While people who are fu...