A COVID and Omicron update with Jeremy Faust, MD

<p>This expedited episode of The Podcast by KevinMD is a COVID and Omicron update. I interview <a href= "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremy-faust-b951b448/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">Jeremy Faust</a>, an emergency physician who can be reached on Twitter <a href= "https://twitter.com/jeremyfaust?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@JeremyFaust</a> and on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jeremysamuelfaust/" target= "_blank" rel="noopener">@JeremySamuelFaust</a>. He also publishes the newsletter, <a href="https://insidemedicine.bulletin.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Inside Medicine</a>.</p> <p>How worried should we be about the Omicron variant?</p> <p>Is Omicron less virulent than the Delta variant in South Africa?</p> <p>What is the vaccine response to Omicron?</p> <p>Should we continue with holiday gatherings and travel?</p> <p>What about natural immunity versus vaccine immunity?</p> <p>Where are we in terms of therapeutics?</p> <p>Why haven't we heard more about fluvoxamine?</p>