March 7, 2022 – World Surpasses 6 Million COVID Deaths, Mask Mandates For Kids

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: Worldwide death toll from COVID surpasses 6 million as pandemic enters its third year.  Why have some people never caught COVID? The answers may help protect us all.  L.A. child care providers say mask mandates kept kids safe, and they’re not ready to drop them.  Vaccination rates among teens and young adults remain low, as two Southern California teens die of COVID.  Data analysis shows deaths among the vaccinated in California rose sharply with Omicron.  Lack of awareness and limited supply limit rollout of COVID antibody treatment Evusheld.  A surge in cases challenges China’s “zero COVID” approach.  This program is made possible in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a private corporation funded by the American people.