An all-audience-questions episode, including:

If I’ve been exposed but haven’t gotten sick, how long until I’m safe to be around other people?
Are any of the currently-approved COVID vaccines better than the other ones available?
How long until I need to get re-vaccinated for RSV
If I’ve had shingles, do I still need the shingles vaccine?

To send us a question in advance of next week’s show, write to: coronacalls@kpfa.org
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Corona Calls for 11.24.2025 – the outlook for flu season

A weekly update on new research and developments concerning COVID-19 (and occasionally other infectious diseases that hit the news).

We take questions via call-in during the live broadcast, Mondays at 7:33am Pacific, streaming via kpfa.org. Podcasts with show notes go up later the same day. Between live shows, we take questions via email at upfront@kpfa.org .

Our guest most weeks is Dr. John Swartzberg, clinical professor emeritus of infectious diseases at UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health. Our question-wrangler most weeks is Brian Edwards-Tiekert, host of KPFA’s morning public affairs program, UpFront. 

Music: Now Son by Podington Bear, licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 International License.