2022

"COVID is still killing hundreds a day, even as society begins to move on"


The Los Angeles Times interviewed Dr. Vickie Mays about the mental health impact of the 1 million deaths in the U.S. attributed to COVID-19.

Roshan Kalghatgi was shocked when his 73-year-old mother tested positive for the coronavirus in July, nearly 2½ years into the pandemic.

“I thought it was a fluke,” the Redwood City resident said. “I made them do it again.”

His mother, Manisha, had eluded the virus at a Pennsylvania assisted living facility as COVID-19 devastated group facilities for the elderly. She had avoided infection again when she flew across the country to join Roshan and his family in San Mateo County, where she would tickle her 4-year-old grandson and faithfully follow his repeated requests to show him her belly button.

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Vickie Mays
Vickie Mays
Health Policy and Management
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Dr. Kristen Choi
Kristen Choi
Health Policy and Management
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Dr. Kenneth Wells
Kenneth Wells
Health Policy and Management
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Burt Cowgill
Burt Cowgill
Health Policy and Management
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Rosenstock
Linda Rosenstock
Environmental Health Sciences Health Policy and Management
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Leah Vriesman
Leah Vriesman
Health Policy and Management
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Arlene Fink
Health Policy and Management
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Jody Heymann
Jody Heymann
Epidemiology Health Policy and Management
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Corrina Moucheraud
Corrina Moucheraud
Health Policy and Management
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Dr. Daniel Eisenberg
Daniel Eisenberg
Health Policy and Management
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Michael Ong
Michael Ong
Health Policy and Management
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Dr. John Lu
Z. John Lu
Health Policy and Management
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Yusuke Tsugawa
Yusuke Tsugawa
Health Policy and Management
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Ron Andersen

Dr. Ron Andersen is the Wasserman Professor Emeritus in the UCLA Departments of Health Policy and Management.

Health Policy and Management
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Patricia Ganz
Patricia Ganz
Health Policy and Management
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James Macinko
James Macinko

Professor of Community Health Sciences & Health Policy and Management, and Associate Dean for Research

Community Health Sciences Health Policy and Management
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Jeanne Miranda
Jeanne Miranda
Health Policy and Management
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Dr. Naomi Zewde
Naomi Zewde
Health Policy and Management
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Dr. Thomas Rice
Thomas Rice
Health Policy and Management
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Julie A. Elginer

EMPH Academic Program Director with expertise in healthcare marketing, finance, and reproductive health policy, teaching in the EMPH, MPH, MHA program

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Dr. Stephanie Taylor
Stephanie L. Taylor

Nationally recognized health services researcher and sociomedical scientist with 25+ years' experience in effectiveness and implementation research.

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Gerald Kominski
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