COVID-19: Will existing vaccines protect against the omicron variant?

Infectious diseases specialists Dr. Isaac Bogoch and Dr. Susy Hota discuss whether existing COVID-19 vaccines will help protect people against the omicron variant and if people should change their behaviour.

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00:00 How concerned are you about this variant?
01:04 What questions does the omicron variant raise?
02:23 Moderna says its working on specific booster
03:08 Should we be doing anything differently now?
04:45 Boosting international vaccine equity
06:13 Will this variant be keeping you up at night?

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