New COVID Subvariant? New Boosters? Answering Your COVID Questions with UCSF’s Dr. Peter Chin-Hong

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4.2 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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COVID cases nationwide and in California are increasing at summer’s end. The state’s positivity rate from PCR tests is almost 12% as of mid-August, and wastewater data indicate that the new omicron subvariant, EG.5, is on the rise. But reported case rates are still far below peaks from last winter; UCSF’s Dr. Peter Chin-Hong told the San Francisco Chronicle, “people should not be worried but should not tune out.” We’ll learn more with Dr. Chin-Hong and hear about the new fall booster and the latest research into long COVID and take your COVID questions. Guests: Dr. Peter Chin-Hong M.D., infectious disease specialist, UCSF Medical Center Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:50.3	At least one hospital in the Bay Area is reinstating its mask mandate. Kaiser Permanente Medical
0:55.4	Center in Santa Rosa wants patients, staff, and visitors to mask again as the region and the state
1:01.2	see an uptick in COVID-19 cases. With that and the rise of new subvariants, many are wondering
1:07.3	how worried to be. UCSF's Dr. Peter Chin Hong told the San Francisco Chronicle
1:12.7	that people should not be worried,
1:14.8	but should not tune out.
1:16.9	Chin Hong joins Forum to explain
1:19.2	and to take your COVID questions.
1:21.1	Plus, we'll learn about a new fall booster
1:22.9	and a new long COVID study.
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