In our continuing series looking at the latest medical research and news on COVID-19, we speak with nurse and UCLA professor Kristen R Choi.

Topics today include:

• Dodgers will have a fully vaccinated fan section - is that safe?

• Do we need to wear masks indoors?

• According to one study, CA’s coronavirus variants are 20 percent more infectious

• Healthcare workers are burned out by the pandemic 

• Is Covid now riskiest for young people?

• There’s no evidence that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are unsafe for pregnant people 

• India reaches record for daily infections

Guest: 

Kristen R. Choi, professor of nursing and public health at UCLA; registered nurse practicing at Gateways Hospital, based in Echo Park