Today marks the end of the three year public health emergency in this country, put into place when the COVID pandemic first hit January 2020. The news is confusing for many, who, on one hand have seen many aspects of life return to "normal," but on the other, still see evidence of the virus' prevalence around us every day. 

For more on this and to answer your questions about this next phase, KCBS Radio news anchors Margie Shafer and Eric Thomas spoke with Dr. Yvonne Maldonado, Professor of global health and infectious diseases at Stanford..