Everything you need to know about the sixth wave of COVID

A nurse walks to take care of a patient infected with the COVID-19 at the intensive care unit on Jan. 5, 2022. (Photo by NICOLAS TUCAT/AFP via Getty Images)

By The Big Story

Posted April 6, 2022 2:38 am.

Last Updated April 6, 2022 4:55 am.

In today’s Big Story podcast, hospitalizations are climbing again in parts of the country, and cases are rising in others. It’s deja vu all over again. It’s clear we’re in for at least some sort of Spring rise in COVID-19, driven by the BA.2 subvariant, but how bad could it be? Is it possible this is a sign of a virus playing itself out? What can people who are worried do to protect themselves?

And … haven’t we done this enough by now? Will we ever figure this out?

GUEST: Colin Furness, infection control epidemiologist at the University of Toronto

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