294 - Dr. Michael Osterholm on the Race Between COVID-19 Variants and Vaccines, How the Pandemic Looks Different than a Year Ago and How Children are More at Risk Now

While one-third of Americans have received their first COVID vaccine dose, COVID cases in parts of the U.S. are at their highest levels since December because of new variants that are more contagious. Dr. Michael Osterholm, an infectious disease expert, and adviser to President Biden talks with Stephanie Desmon about the critical place we're in now, his fears for children who are both more likely to spread and be sickened by the B.117 variant, and his worries about newer variants that might not be thwarted by current vaccines. KEYWORDS: viral mutation; child health