Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times, Author at Lookout Santa Cruz

‘Worrisome’ California and N.Y. coronavirus variants raise specter of new outbreaks

by Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times March 1, 2021

California and N.Y. mutant coronavirus variants are ‘worrisome’ according to Dr. Anthony Fauci. Fauci’s comments Sunday on several national news programs echoed those of the director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Dr. Rochelle Walensky.

LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 24: Yuyao Lui, 76, receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from LA City Firefighter Paramedic Joseph Franklin as the LA City CORE mobile team is staging a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Chinatown for senior citizens, in an attempt to improve access to the vaccine among vulnerable populations. Chinatown on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times).

COVID Today

As threat of mutant COVID variants grows, vaccinations and mask wearing remain essential

by Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times and Melissa Healy February 26, 2021

UC Santa Cruz epidemiologist Marm Kilpatrick has unlocked clues to whether COVID-19 vaccines prevent vaccinated people…

Vaccine Watch

A ‘fully vaccinated’ cheatsheet: Can I hug a friend? Eat indoors? See a movie?

by Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times, Luke Money and Chris Megerian February 25, 2021

There’s still a risk if one person has been vaccinated against COVID-19 and another person hasn’t been, experts say.

COVID Today

California’s reopening road map: What can reopen and when after the COVID-19 surge has subsided

by Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times February 24, 2021

What the road map for reopening California after COVID-19 surge might look like

Firefighter Anthony MacDougall administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Carmen Limeta at a mobile vaccination site in L.A.

COVID Today

New optimism that COVID-19 is finally dwindling as some herd immunity sets in

by Soumya Karlamangla and Rong-Gong Lin II / Los Angeles Times February 20, 2021

In Los Angeles, for example, so many people now have immunity to the coronavirus from past infections and vaccination that transmission is slowing and inching toward herd immunity.