February 8, 2022 – California’s Indoor Mask Mandate To End - Not L.A. County's, Lessons Learned From The Pandemic

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Robert Kim-Farley, professor of epidemiology and community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.  Topics today include:  California’s indoor mask mandate will expire on Feb. 16 for the vaccinated.  L.A. County’s mandate will remain in place until transmission levels fall.  Lessons learned as we enter year 3 of the pandemic.  The future of the pandemic is becoming more clear.  Deer populations could harbor the coronavirus long term.  The BA.2 variant of Omicron is spreading rapidly across Europe.  Previously uncatalogued mutations of coronavirus are popping up in California sewage.  California appears close to changing school masking rules.  This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.