The Latest on California's Coronavirus Surge and Vaccine Rollout

KQED's Forum

KQED

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.2 • 726 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2020

⏱️ 55 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Following the winter holidays, California could see a coronavirus surge on top of a surge. Projections vary wildly. It all depends on whether we heed the travel warnings and stay-at-home orders. The state passed 2 million cases on Wednesday. Now hospitals and their employees are bracing for the worst. Meanwhile, we place our hopes in the vaccines. We’ll start by hearing from a registered nurse and researcher who participated in one of the vaccine trials. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Support for KQWED podcasts comes from Landmark College, commemorating 40 years of educating people who learn differently, with programs on campus and online for both students and professionals.
0:12.0	Learn more at landmark.edu.
0:14.7	Support for forum comes from Broadway SF, presenting Parade, the musical revival based on a true story. From three-time Tony-winning composer
0:24.0	Jason Robert Brown comes the story of Leo and Lucille Frank, a newlywed Jewish couple struggling to
0:30.8	make a life in Georgia. When Leo is accused of an unspeakable crime, it propels them into an
0:37.1	unimaginable test of faith,
0:39.3	humanity, justice, and devotion. The riveting and gloriously hopeful parade plays the Orphium
0:46.1	Theater for three weeks only, May 20th through June 8th. Tickets on sale now at BroadwaysF.com.
0:55.6	From KQED.
0:57.0	From KQED.
1:15.6	Coming up on Forum, we get the latest on the state's coronavirus surge and its vaccine rollout plans. California's share of U.S. coronavirus cases has
1:22.1	increased dramatically, and COVID-19 patients are flooding hospitals, especially in hard-hit Southern California.
1:29.4	For many health care workers, the arrival of the vaccine has been crucial.
1:33.9	Now, state officials are deciding who will get the next batch.
1:37.6	We'll learn more after this news.
1:39.3	Thank you. This is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. As California embarks on a large, complicated, and urgent
2:05.8	vaccination campaign with COVID-19 cases at their highest levels, state officials are weighing
2:11.3	who should get the next round of vaccines after health care workers and nursing home residents
2:16.0	and how to communicate the vaccine safety and effectiveness
2:19.8	in order to increase uptake.
2:22.4	Joining me to begin the hour is Kristen Choi,
2:24.9	a nurse and professor and researcher at UCLA
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from KQED, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of KQED and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.