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COVID-19: Vaccine Rollout, Biden’s Pandemic Plan And More

By AirTalk Staff
Published Jan 14, 2021
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 13: People wait in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in a parking lot for Disneyland Resort on January 13, 2021 in Anaheim, California. California announced that effective immediately, all residents 65 or older are eligible to receive the vaccine. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
People wait in line to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in a parking lot for Disneyland Resort on January 13, 2021 in Anaheim, California.
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COVID-19: Vaccine Rollout, Biden’s Pandemic Plan And More

In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, Larry Mantle speaks with Dr. Kimberly Shriner, infectious disease specialist at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena.

Today’s topics include:

  • New study estimates 1 in 3 residents of L.A. County have had COVID

  • California allowing residents over 65 to get vaccinated - is that true for L.A. County?

  • California counties asking for more vaccine 

  • COVID-19 vaccine rollout has been...messy. What’s the cost of that?

  • Biden releases pandemic plan

  • Should there be tougher enforcement for mask wearing? L.A. City Council thinks so 

  • New flight rules - travelers need to have clean bill of health when it comes to COVID 

  • LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner says students must get vaccinated when it’s an available

Guest:

Kimberly Shriner, M.D., infectious disease specialist at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena