Your Covid Questions, As Fourth Pandemic Year Approaches

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Politics, News, News Commentary

4.6 • 656 Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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California is set to end its Covid-19 state of emergency on February 28. But the virus is still very much a part of our lives, driving ongoing concerns about emerging variants, long covid and the vulnerabilities of the immunocompromised. That’s what KQED’s Digital News team discovered when it asked its online audiences to share what they most wanted to know about Covid in 2023. We’ll answer those questions and take yours. Guests: Carly Severn, senior engagement editor, KQED News Dr. Peter Chin-Hong M.D., infectious disease specialist, UCSF Medical Center Dr. Erica Pan, California State Epidemiologist and deputy director for the Center for Infectious Diseases, California Department of Public Health Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:43.6	From KQED in San Francisco, this is Forum. I'm Mina Kim. The White House announced this week
1:05.9	it will end the nation's coronavirus public health emergency in May. California is doing it even sooner,
1:12.5	ending its COVID state of emergency at the end of this month. But the virus is still very much
1:17.8	part of our lives, driving ongoing concerns about emerging variants, long COVID, and the
1:23.2	vulnerabilities of the immune compromised. That's what you told KQED when we asked for your questions and reflections about the impact of COVID in 2023.
1:33.3	We'll hear those and more after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Mina Kim. The Biden administration is letting the coronavirus public health
1:54.0	emergency expire in May, and California is ending its own COVID state of emergency earlier on February 28th.
2:02.4	So what does it mean to live with COVID in 2023?
2:06.3	What are you wondering about or most concerned about now as we prepare to enter the fourth year of the pandemic?
2:13.2	KQED's digital news team has asked our online audiences who weighed in with a host of questions about what's on their mind and what they want to know.
2:21.7	We'll address those this hour.
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