More countries in Europe are easing COVID restrictions; and several U.S. cities and states that had tough COVID precautions in place are gradually lifting them. San Francisco even is loosening its indoor mask requirements. But not in Los Angeles County. When should restrictions be eased?  Doctors want everyone now to where N-95 and KN-95 masks--out with the old cloth and thinner surgical masks. But there are lots of questions on how to wear them, for how long and if they can be reused; so we'll try to answer some of them.  We've talked about that subvariant of omicron, it's "little brother" the B-A-2. Well it's officially here in U.S., with a handful of cases reported in Los Angeles County. Is this the start of something much more ominous? And remember back to the early days of the pandemic when everyone was buying up all the alcohol? Sales were great. But now some alcohol makers are running out or supply. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices