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With low vaccine rates and new variants, it's no surprise COVID-19 cases are rising around the country. We've been talking about the JN.1 variant, which is estimated to account for 21% of new cases last week. So how worried do you really need to be?

To answer those questions and more, KCBS Radio news anchors Eric Thomas and Margie Shafer spoke with Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, professor at Stanford School of Medicine specializing in pediatrics, infectious disease and epidemiology

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