Elder care and COVID
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Older adults are at increased risk for severe illness or even death from COVID-19, and risk increases with age. In this episode, Steve is joined by Dr. Chandana Das, Lead Physician with the Healthcare Outreach Unit in the Department of Public Health and Dr. Pingting Nie, who is the Associate Chief of the Healthcare Outreach Unit in the Acute Communicable Disease Control Program in the Los Angeles Department of Public Health.
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