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Balancing risk and safety as states ease mask mandates

Season 2022 Episode 47 | 6m 57s

The average number of daily new COVID cases in the U.S. from omicron has finally dropped below the peak of the delta wave. But the nation is still averaging more than 145,000 new cases and 2,400 deaths per day, leaving many people with questions about balancing risk and safety. Katelyn Jetelina, an epidemiologist at the University of Texas, joins John Yang to discuss.

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