In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Dean Blumberg, professor of medicine and chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital.
Topics today include:
- L.A. County unveils plans to drop some mask rules once COVID conditions improve.
- Californians feel less optimistic about the pandemic than they did last spring.
- San Francisco physicians start petition calling for state to pivot on school COVID guidelines.
- Opinion: The smallest kids still lack a vaccine. The F.D.A. must leave no uncertainty.
- A different COVID-19 vaccine debate: Do we need new shots?
- Omicron variant's "milder" severity likely due to more population immunity, according to Harvard researchers.
- Johns Hopkins analysis finds lockdowns only reduced COVID-19 death rate by 0.2%.
This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.