‘It should have been given a new Greek letter’: New coronavirus variant surges
"I don’t think these omicron boosters [expected in that fall] are going to cut it. Prepare to be underwhelmed." (Andrew Noymer)
Orange County’s COVID-19 `Wave’ Continues
"What struck me is we passed 18% positivity. ... We're in a wave of Covid." (Andrew Noymer)
Orange County’s COVID-19 ‘wave’ continues
"What struck me is we passed 18% positivity. ... We’re in a wave of COVID." (Andrew Noymer)
‘Worst Variant Yet’: Bay Area COVID Surge
"Coronavirus is not killing nearly as many as it was last fall and winter, and experts do not expect death to reach those levels again anytime soon." (Andrew Noymer)
With COVID surging, Los Angeles may soon require masks
"People would be like, ‘There’s this crazy new flu that’s killing people in June.’" (Andrew Noymer)
Experts rue simple steps not taken before latest COVID surge
"That would be all hands on deck," (Andrew Noymer)
Maps tie Santa Ana’s contaminated soil to car pollution 100 years ago
"Lead soil contamination in Santa Ana is quite clearly anthropogenic," (Shahir Masri)
LA County Limits Monkeypox Vaccine To Certain High-Risk Angelenos
"This is not going to blow up like COVID, but this outbreak is going to have legs. It may be like syphilis and it'll just sort of be around." (Andrew Noymer)
2 new wildly contagious variants keeping Southern California COVID cases high
"New variants come along and they outcompete the old variants," (Andrew Noymer)
OC COVID-19 hospitalizations, infection rates remain high
"We still need to keep things in perspective. We’ve seen much worse,” he said. “But I think it’s going to get worse. But my biggest concern remains next winter. It’s the winters that give us the big walloping." (Andrew Noymer)
