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The first Omicron COVID-19 variant case was confirmed in the state of California this week. But there is a lot we don't know about this new COVID-19 variant.
On today's episode of Health Affairs This Week, Health Affairs' Leslie Erdelack and Rob Lott discuss what's known (and not known) about the new variant, global health inequity, and how the HIV/AIDS epidemic can inform the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Related Links:
- President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans Against the Delta and Omicron Variants as We Battle COVID-19 this Winter (White House)
- What the AIDS crisis can teach us about the COVID pandemic response (NPR)
- 2021 Worlds AIDS Day Report (UNAIDS)
- National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States 2022-2025 (White House)
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