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BBC New interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA FSPH professor of epidemiology, about how to lower the risk of infection from the Omicron or Delta variants.
The BBC interviewed Dr. Anne Rimoin, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health professor of epidemiology and the Gordon-Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health, about how to lower the risk of infection from the Omicron or Delta variants.
“We have to get very clear about what people can do to be as safe as possible,” Rimoin said. “Those things are, of course, getting vaccinated, getting boosted if you are already vaccinated, wearing very high quality masks, (and) throwing in testing where you can.”
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