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Podcast: Mayo Clinic Talks
Episode: Mayo Clinic Q&A: COVID-19 metrics improve, expert still urges caution
Description: This episode is shared from Mayo Clinic Q&A and was recorded in March 2022
Guest: Gregory A. Poland, M.D. (@drgregpoland)
Host: Halena M. Gazelka, M.D. (@hmgazelkamd)
Hospitalizations and deaths due to COVID-19 continue to decline, leading to some optimism about the way forward from pandemic to endemic. But experts still urge caution as the omicron subvariant, named BA.2, has quickly become the dominant strain in the U.S.
"When you look around the nation, all of the metrics, with the exception of BA.2, have fallen precipitously," explains Dr. Gregory...