January 20, 2022 – Test Result Timelines, Breakthrough Infections, Latest On Hospital Conditions

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with infectious diseases physician and professor of medicine at UCSF Dr. Monica Gandhi.  Topics today include:  C.D.C. says post-infection immunity was very effective against Delta, but vaccines still offer the best defense.  Omicron leaves testing labs overwhelmed, causing frustrating delays to get results.  Even as Omicron starts to ease in California, hospitals facing grim conditions.  California approaches pandemic record for all hospitalizations.  Why are men more likely to die of COVID-19? It’s complicated.  Can vaccinated people who get a breakthrough infection start living like it’s 2019?  As L.A. schools backtrack on COVID vaccine, dozens more districts push to mandate it.  This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.