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Athens News Matters: A New COVID Variant Could be on the Horizon

Dr. John Drake,
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Dr. John Drake, Director of the Center for Ecology of Infectious Diseases at the Odum School of Ecology.

Like the rest of the US, Georgia has dropped mask mandates and other coronavirus restrictions. But as the BA.2 variant of Omicron spreads around the world, our hopes for a covid-free summer may be premature.

Dr. John Drake, Distinguished Research Professor and Director of the Center for the Ecology of Infectious Diseases at the Odum School of Ecology, joins us to talk about what Georgians might expect from the latest coronavirus variant.