THURSDAY, JULY 14
PROGRAM # 9684 12:00 PM PT
Risks of Not Getting Children Vaccinated against COVID-19.
“If you’ve had Covid already you don’t need to be vaccinated.” A public health expert joins this program to debunk this and other myths, with a focus on those parents who are still hesitant to vaccinate their children. Is the vaccine safe for kids? When can kids get the vaccine or booster shot? What is the risk of not vaccinating them? How do you compare the risks of the vaccine versus getting sick with COVID-19 in children, especially in the little ones under 5 years old? These questions and more are part of this conversation.
Guest: Dr. Lucía Abascal, Public Health Physician, Director’s Office, California Department of Public Health, Sacramento, CA.
BA.5 Variant Worries. An expert on the science of COVID talks about new concerns about the number of new infections by BA.5 and the long-term effects of Covid. She discusses the ability of the virus to rapidly develop new mutations, especially as it infects immunocompromised people. She also discusses the challenges to develop new vaccines that may specifically protect against the new variants.
Guest: Dr. Lorena Zuliani-Alvarez, Virologist, Immunologist, Member of the Covid Research Team, UCSF, San Francisco, CA.
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