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What hospitals expect as omicron rapidly spreads

U.S. hospitals have a heads-up on omicron — but that doesn’t mean they feel ready to deal with what could be a huge wave of patients infected by the new variant of the coronavirus.

NPR’s Will Stone talked with hospitals across the country to find out what they are expecting.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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