Episode 1508 • • 2:32:44 - 2:34:16
1508: 2022 Best of End of Show Mixes Special
COVID-19 Summer Wave and BA.5 Variant
The BA.5 variant fuels a new wave of COVID-19 cases in New York City and Long Island during the summer of 2022. Officials return to recommending indoor masks as the virus "keeps finding new ways to threaten us." The segment also notes the emerging concern over monkeypox, as health experts struggle to keep up with multiple outbreaks simultaneously.