In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with UCLA’s Dr. Kim-Farley.
Topics today include:
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LA cancels thousands of COVID-19 vaccinations for Friday due to new vaccine shortage
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COVID-19 was spreading in China before first confirmed cases, fresh evidence suggests
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Pfizer vaccine is highly effective after one dose and can be stored in normal freezers, data shows
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A professor of medicine estimates we’ll have herd immunity by April
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These doctors want to pick their COVID-19 vaccine, fearing reactions, lower efficacy
Guest:
Robert Kim-Farley, M.D., professor of epidemiology and community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; he served as the director of the Division of Communicable Disease Control and Prevention at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health from 2004-2018 and is a former senior official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the WHO