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.
Today’s topics include:
- Daily coronavirus cases triple as pandemic worsens
- L.A.County suspends outdoor dining amid spike in COVID cases
- Astra Zeneca & Oxford University say COVID-19 vaccine is highly effective
- Now the U.S. has too many ventilators, and too few specialists to operate them
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