Discussed in this episode:

A measles outbreak centered in South Carolina has just topped 700 cases, and spread to at least one person in California.
Influenza deaths are topping COVID deaths this season. (Influenza rates *appear* to be starting a decline, but it’s not uncommon for flu season to see a second peak.)
Doctor Swartzberg is shockingly sanguine about the pattern COVID seems to have settled into.

 
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Corona Calls for 02.02.2026 – Is influenza headed for a second surge?

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.