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:

• What’s the difference between a variant and a strain?

• What are the effects of delayed scheduled surgeries?

• COVID-19 finally declining in L.A. County

• Getting a vaccine appointment is...complicated

• J&J seeking approval for one shot vaccine 

• In trial, AstraZeneca vaccine 75 percent effective against U.K. COVID variant

Guest:

Dean Blumberg, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital