Global Health Inequity: Examining Omicron Through The Lens of HIV/AIDS

<p>The <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/01/health/omicron-first-us-case-california.html">first Omicron COVID-19 variant case was confirmed</a> in the state of California this week. But there is a lot we don't know about this new COVID-19 variant.<br> <br>On today's episode of <em>Health Affairs This Week</em>, <em>Health Affairs</em>' 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. </p><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/12/02/fact-sheet-president-biden-announces-new-actions-to-protect-americans-against-the-delta-and-omicron-variants-as-we-battle-covid-19-this-winter/">President Biden Announces New Actions to Protect Americans Against the Delta and Omicron Variants as We Battle COVID-⁠19 this Winter</a> (White House)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.npr.org/2021/12/01/1060531196/world-aids-day-2021-covid-19-similarities-inequities">What the AIDS crisis can teach us about the COVID pandemic response</a> (<em>NPR</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.unaids.org/sites/default/files/media_asset/2021_WAD_report_en.pdf">2021 Worlds AIDS Day Report</a> (UNAIDS)</li> <li> <a href="https://hivgov-prod-v3.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/NHAS-2022-2025.pdf">National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States 2022-2025</a> (White House)</li> </ul><p>Subscribe: <a href="https://feeds.transistor.fm/health-affairs-this-week">RSS</a> | <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/health-affairs-this-week/id1542851834?uo=4">Apple Podcasts</a> | <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/6PrckGFlwVI1QTNASEtaNQ">Spotify</a> | <a href="https://castro.fm/itunes/1542851834">Castro</a> | <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/a-health-podyssey/health-affairs-this-week">Stitcher</a> | <a href="https://deezer.com/show/2044382">Deezer</a> | <a href="https://overcast.fm/itunes1542851834">Overcast</a></p