Talk Of Alaska

A Capstone Clinic employee prepares a COVID-19 test at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport on Jan. 5, 2022. (Jeff Chen/Alaska Public Media) COVID-19 case counts continue to decline and CDC guidelines, mask mandates and mindsets, are all changing, with many people shedding masks in public. Schools across the country are relaxing or ending mask mandates. Will cases spike in coming weeks? What do Alaskans need to know to help keep infection rates down? Alaska’s top doctors help to clarify the way forward. Listen: HOST: Lori Townsend GUESTS: Dr. Joe McLaughlin, State Epidemiologist Coleman Cutchins, Clinical Pharmacist, State of Alaska Dr. Lisa Rabinowitz, Staff Physician, State of Alaska & Providence Medical Center PARTICIPATE: Call 907-550-8422 (Anchorage) or 1-800-478-8255 (statewide) during the live broadcast. Send an email to talk@alaskapublic.org (Comments may be read on air). Post your comment during or after the live broadcast on social media (Comments may