In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Timothy Brewer, epidemiologist and professor of medicine at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health.
Topics today include:
- Moderna begins the next phase of its Omicron-specific booster trial. Study finds antibodies drop 6-fold over 6 months.
- Israeli study finds slightly higher-than-expected rate of myocarditis among vaccinated boys.
- A 15-month-old has died of COVID-19 in L.A. County.
- California exceeds 8 million coronavirus cases; adds 2.5 million since New Year’s Day.
- There’s one population that gets overlooked by an “everyone will get COVID” mentality.
- Sacramento City Unified pushes student COVID-19 vaccine mandate deadline to Feb. 28.
This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.