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COVID-19 AMA: Did California Get A Boost In Vaccinations Due To Lottery, Black Angelenos Have Highest COVID Case And Death Rates And More

By AirTalk Staff
Published Jun 23, 2021
Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer attends a Covid-19 mobile vaccine clinic the Watts Juneteenth Street Fair on June 19, 2021 in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. - The US on June 17 designated Juneteenth, which marks the end of slavery in the country, a federal holiday with President Joe Biden urging Americans "to learn from our history." (Photo by Patrick T. FALLON / AFP) (Photo by PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images)
Los Angeles County Public Health Director Dr. Barbara Ferrer attends a Covid-19 mobile vaccine clinic the Watts Juneteenth Street Fair on June 19, 2021 in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
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COVID-19 AMA Did California Get A Boost In Vaccinations Due To Lottery, Black Angelenos Have Highest COVID Case And Death Rates And More
In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Dean Blumberg from UC Davis. Topics today include: Did California’s vaccine lottery boost vaccinations? Black Angelenos have highest COVID case and death rates 10% of world’s population is fully vaccinated, data shows Pandemic worsens in Africa as more contagious variants spread Over 150 Texas healthcare workers resign or were fired over mandatory vaccination policy LA Police commission wants LAPD to look into legality of mandating vaccinations for those folks CDC to discuss rare heart problems in young, vaccinated people Delta variant detected in all states except South Dakota Guest: Dean Blumberg, M.D., professor of medicine and chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children’s Hospital; he tweets @DBlumbergPedsID

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Dean Blumberg from UC Davis. 

Topics today include:

  • Did California’s vaccine lottery boost vaccinations?

  • Black Angelenos have highest COVID case and death rates

  • 10% of world’s population is fully vaccinated, data shows

  • Pandemic worsens in Africa as more contagious variants spread

  • Over 150 Texas healthcare workers resign or were fired over mandatory vaccination policy

    • LA Police commission wants LAPD to look into legality of mandating vaccinations for those folks

  • CDC to discuss rare heart problems in young, vaccinated people

  • Delta variant detected in all states except South Dakota

Guest:

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