>> hi, kristen. how are you? >> my goodness. >> i wanted to introduce everyone to my new coanchor, who has had about 62 hours of real-world experience giggly endowment, introducing alora lamb patel. >> oh, my gosh, such an adorable baby, and so smart looking. takes after her mom. m. dr. patel, i had to get that in there, but truly love both of you. you and your wife, congratulations. she is so good. >> thank you. look at her. >> if you are on facebook watching us, please just write dr. patel about how adorable this baby is, oh, my gosh, you are so lucky. lucky. lucky. luc. >> thank you. >> ica cry coming. i'm a mom, so i know. it's happening. don't be afraid.

>> i'm honored that she looks like her mom. >> you know what, this is fantastic. thank you for sharing her with us. if you see a baby crying, you know how that goes in first couple of days back dr. patel, thank you. congrats, so happy. >> she had to make an appearance. >> kaman, she is good for ratings. a keeper up there. >> we will bring her back in about two minutes, don't worry. >> i do know that even though you are so busy as a new dad not getting any sleep, i don't even see bags under your eyes, i don't know how you do it. you are busy creating new to truth and the lie to learn about all things covered. i understand this first one, which we are ready ready ready baby edition, right? >> we had to incorporate a little bit of the baby addition in here. she's going to make another appearance for one of these questions. audience, please tell me which one of these is not true. starting out with a, the vaccine supply may outpace demand in about 2 to 4 weeks, according to polls. or is it b, my new costar has

covid-19 antibodies, thanks to her vaccinated mom. or is it c, united states about supply, ready to be deployed, depending on what happens with the pause, which we just got an update about 40 minutes ago. which one of those is not true? >> okay, keep that up there. folks, help me out. you know how this goes. a, b, or c, which one is the lie? you know, i want to say b is definitely true. >> it is true. >> right? >> she threw her hands out, so everyone knows. >> right, by the way, i just want you to know, we are getting tons of congratulations here, jill says congrats, dr. patel, she is adorable. tom barton says, congratulations. they are asking for her name again, it's alora, right? >> her name is alora lamb patel. that's elora.

her name is greek, chinese and india. >> just your typical there. she started crying again. she was happy that we rolled out b. let's go back to the graphic. i think we were still deciding between letter a and c, which was the lie. most people are saying a, it outpaces demand. dr. patel, i do think, i'm going to go against the grain here, partly because i like to make trouble like that, but also because i think that, i think it's more than 4 million j&j we have ready to go. i do think that supply may take a while still before it outstrips demand. i'm going with c, but i recognize our viewers are going with letter a. post on like their plausible. you tell us. >> a is actually unfortunately true. attentive hard to believe. kristen, just about six weeks ago, you and i were talking about the increased demand for vaccine, but according to

kaiser data and poles, we may see that tipping point. we were going to see a larger supply to people actually out speaking vaccines. you know in the past couple of weeks, we have dips for the first time below 3 million jobs a day. this is not good news. this is basically telling us, we need to reach those people that don't want to get vaccines and we need to address vaccine hesitancy. c is not true. the united states actually has 9 million j&j shots, ready to be administered. you know, i'm glad that we saw that recent update from the cdc, the independent review committee, to actually get these vaccines out there. here's the thing, the j&j vaccines are not sitting in some storage in her in the corner of the united states. they've already been distributed to federal land, counties, hospitals, and there's a lot of places we actually need this like resource less intensive shot. i'm glad the update has been made and i'm glad that c is wrong and we have to have 9 million shots, because we need those 9 million shots in arms. >> all right, oh, look at her.

i keep getting out of topic, because i just want to look at elora. i think our viewers feel the same. tell me if you feel the same on facebook live right there. that is her moment of zen. this is really why we are getting the vaccines, right? we want to keep our kids healthy. a lot of the younger kids have not gone vaccinated under 16. dr. patel, let's talk about the j&j, right? the panel in the last hour as you said, recommending that we lift the pause. is not because they reached a decision that the j&j vaccine is not causing the rare cases of blood clots we have, or is it because they think yes, it might have, or we don't know, but that the benefits of vaccinating people far outweigh the few cases, i think it's like 15 women out of like 1 million shots given. >> the latter is really what it comes down to. the benefits far exceedingly far outweigh the potential risk. so you can't say that it doesn't directly cause them.

it's just so incredibly rare, it's hard to make that link. but it is pretty and the committees came out and said hey, if you fall in this age demographic or have any type of personal history of a blood clotting or bleeding disorder, it's best to check in with your physician to make sure it's right for you. but again, 16 cases out of millions of shots administered, meaning that the odds of this actually happening to someone are incredibly low. but i do respect the need for the transparency and to do the due diligence, and what most people recognize right now, any medication you take, any supplement, any vaccine is going to have these extremely rare side effects listed. which sometimes the million or less than that. i'm not concerned about the actual side effect. i'm glad that the information is out there. i hope people understand that the safety profile is well- established, as well as the efficacy profile. this is an important shot for those people who are in a place

where there's no refrigeration or i'm sorry, no deep freezing or people who just want that one and done shot. you know, kristen, you brought this up two months ago, is also time to start looking at the global population and where the shots can make the bies difference , in terms y, can'st. the first time we chatted i can't stop smiling because elora is so cute. so many of our viewers are noting , she is smiling. susan says, adorable. i know, we can get over it. dr. patel, two quick questions, because we are almost out of time. as you know, university of lavonia, uc, all the california systems said they wanted students vaccinated before coming back to campus in the fall. once these get full, not just emergency use of approval, which of course we expect. most people praise this, but there is some criticism. what are the factors people should think about and consider when they way this, and whether they think it makes sense and why it's necessary? >> i think the biggest factors people should consider, number one, this is not new. so the idea of requiring vaccines, not only in private businesses, but in schools, has been around for decades.

we actually see what happens when we lift those restrictions. if you try to go to a school now, you enroll your child, or your child goes to university, i shouldn't say child, your older team, there are vaccine requirements. they are already there and they are there for a reason. right now, we can look not only in the united states for cases throughout the world, where the surges are being driven by young people who are not yet vaccinated, for whatever reason it may be. so it's not only important that we actually get young people, the 18 to 24 demographic vaccinated, because we've seen places like michigan, where they can absolutely drive spreads, but also universities have been doing this. it's important and i'm glad we now have the safety wherewithal to support it and show that, it makes a really big difference. >> elora and i take issue with the fact you corrected yourself taking kids for college and then amended to teens. we think when she is 12, she will be ready for harvard, but that's just my guess. >> she might. >> i also want to ask you, people are talking about the air travel mask mandate, by demonstration put that out, but it expires may 11th.

multiple expected ministration to extend it, but of course it can be extended forever. so at what point do you think the federal government and the airlines can or should drop the mandate to wear the masks in flight? >> i think it's really difficult for the federal government to come out and make a stance while we still have, you know, not an optimal vaccination rate. so there's two factors that come into play, will we get enough people vaccinated to the point where we are less concerned about not only people getting themselves sick, but about transmission. also, we will have to see an update from the cdc about transmission from people that are vaccinated, which will then influence the max mask mandate. people out there saying, hey, i'm vaccinated. why do i care if someone out on the street is vaccinated or not? i'm protected. remember, we are all actually in this together. you think about public health, your think about the fact we are not only trying to prevent further outbreaks, we are trying to protect those people that may not have a protection, such as those that are immunocompromised, who are really young, or those who haven't gotten the shot yet. >> dr. patel, congratulations to you, your wonderful wife,

and adorable, wonderful, smart, angelic baby elora. thank you for sharing her with us. best of what you. welcome to parenthood. >> rink you. she will be back, don't worry. don't worry, san francisco, she will be back on here soon. >> absolutely. we count on that. take care. i wish we could just watch that for the whole next 20 minutes, but we have great guests coming up for you as well. interesting topics. coming up next, the creator of fog

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own font? a local typographer decided to have san francisco is a unique city, so it deserves its own style, even in the text and lettering. ben's auto created the fog city font, appropriate name, and been doing this now to share it be okay, thank for joining us. >> hey there, thank you. how are you doing? >> just great, a lot of people here know you. are those that don't, you are freelance journalist, historian, and amateur typographer. so what inspired you to create a uniquely san francisco font? >> i love san francisco. i love san francisco's history, and i love the built environment history. i love things that are part of the built environment that maybe you don't notice, but that inform your sense of the place. i did some research on the san francisco street signs, i'd love them since i moved to the city, that sort of iconic black on white big rectangle. and as i was doing the research, going back to the 40s

and 50s, i realized there was a brief period of time when the san francisco sign shop was making signs using this unusual typeface, that seemed to be kind of a custom thing they cooked up, and not like an official federal standard. and i liked it a lot. so i thought, why should, i should revive this. i should reconstruct it, if i can. >> by the way,, what you are looking at there, that is the typeface, that is the font, showing some typical san francisco words, if you will, escape from alcatraz. described that, like what is the look and feel you were going for? i know you said you kind of want bold and blockage, but soft around the edges. talk about that, how does that reflect san francisco? >> yeah, i mean, i think it's not that the result is something that was on our street signs, that is not something that i designed, i think i want to try to capture it in the typeface. the original text was embossed. those were now bold and embossed. and they would've been made with a block of metal or

bagging the blade of metal. the original text would've been really sharp edged. as a kind of got embossed, it would soften a little bit and paint the letters on top. and i liked how sturdy and also with character that had. and i think if you see that error of films in san francisco or if you are alive it the time, i have notes from people who were, that kind of defined the streetscapes around you. >> yeah, no. it feels familiar and nostalgic, but also, yeah, kind of strong. i want ask you, what is the font the city currently uses for its street signs? i think we do have a graphic in which we show a and sign, and talk about the personality of that typeface or that font we have now versus your fog city font. >> well, that is, the history is kind of interesting. that font is actually, it's the same font that you see on highway signs. it's a federal font from the federal highways ministration. it's been around since the late

40s, early 50s. it's often referred to as highway. it's the same when you see driving down 580 but you usually see it in uppercase and lowercase, lots of text. a looks a little different when it's used in san francisco in all caps for decades, for our street signs. and the last eight or nine years, it's been used in mixed case in san francisco, which was a controversial decision among design people, but was i think a requirement of some of the federal funding that the city got. >> interesting. what about the apple san francisco font? a few years ago, they came out with one called san francisco, but i think it got mixed reviews, right? >> well, it is pretty good. i don't think it's designed, i think for them, that's no modest to their corporate and cultural home, more than an attempt to reflect the city. it's actually apples second font named san francisco. the older one is from the 1980s designed by a wonderful demographer named susan.

it is very fun and funky. i think that would actually does kind of reflect the city. my fog city gothic i hope harkens back a little bit earlier to sort of the midcentury, the midcentury gothic i guess, you know, or of the city. i think black and white films, i wasn't around then, but invokes something for me. >> why are fonts so important to people, to a city, to companies? >> the design, the design language of what's around us is, you know, whether it's intentional or design, impacts our memories, places, even if we are not paying real close attention to the details, we recognize them when we see them again. and when we move from place to place, when those details change, we can feel the change. so topography is, i am and amateur topography are and i will try to speak for topography here, but topography is important part of the visual language of the world we live in. >> all right, finally your fog

city gothic font is for sale now on your website, fog city gothic.com. i see it, how much does it cost? does that entitle you to use it personally or commercially? >> right now it is $5. it's a good deal, use it for your documents, fund san francisco, whatever you want to do. it entitles you to use it in your pdfs and your word documents, if you want to create a corporate logo or whatever, the details are on there. there is some uses that you want to get in touch for, but basically you can download it and use it like you would other fonts >> got it back and have any officials reached out to you? mac city officials? i do a lovely note from the guy who runs the county sign shop, who, i read a history article, he kind of was on the history part of it, but that is, you know, i think people who are familiar enough with the city history, it's resonated with them as a thing they've kind of been aware of and backgrounds, and to have it, to have the history brought forward, i love

sharing history. >> all right, it is new and it's a classic at once. ben's auto, thank you so much for sharing fog city font. perhaps when it's time for new city street signs, someone from the department out to you. we will see. we will see, you'll keep us posted, right? >> it

yep. all right. marilyn, you're looking forward to the oscars, me too. the oscars are this sunday here on abc7, we know just who to turn to when it comes to breaking it all down. bay area film critic for killer movie reviews.com and behind the scenes on public radio exchange, andrea chase joins us now. really great to see you again. boy, it has been too long. >> it has been too long. what a year, right? just all around. >> i know, all around.

it certainly been an unusual year for hollywood, right? to say the least. was the biggest to look for this sunday, one of the headlines? what's unusual, and what's notably different? and let's separate that into the award show itself, and also the nominations. >> well, the biggest thing is of course, they extended the qualifying time for a whole two months, as they were trying to regroup and figure out what exactly they were going to be doing. this year, where theaters were closed, and yoand yoand yoand qualifying runs in los angeles and new york. they also opened it up to streaming services, so something never had to play in the theater. you could still just have that streaming run. we got a few nominations out of that too. the sound of metal, for example, getting the best nod. >> yeah, years ago, oscars became a trending hashtag, due

to the lack of diversity amongst the nominees, especially in the acting categories. let's talk about whether this is a watershed year, who are the breakthrough nominees? i know steve, furman i, what else? in >> there is the first south asian, who was nominated. and that in itself, the other thing to know about minard, this is a film mostly in korean, and it still embraced by the academy. a very small film, embraced by the academy. a gives me so much hope, because after i thought the first thing i thought of, this is maybe the most american film i have seen in a long time, and maybe ever. i can't think of one that is more the embodiment of the american dream. and who is being nominated for it? stephen nguyen. >> how about chloe, first woman of color, for nomad land? that's everything leading up to the oscars, right? >> exactly, exactly. she is a very talented filmmaker, making films for a long time. and for her to come in to get a

nomination, and all of these winds leading up to it, in the award season is again, very heartwarming. this is someone who has been applying her trade and she has not in any way compromised her vision and her filmmaking skill in making this film. which is why she attracted the talent, like princes of dormant and david. francis of course is nominated, again, for back back back back actress. she is probably the favorite at this point. >> okay, give me all your favorites, productions and all the major categories. >> francis mcdormand, she can't do anything wrong, can she? she is perfect as this woman who chooses how solicitous. she is very specific about that. >> sorry, just because of graphics, can we get you started with best picture, who is your pick? >> absolutely, absolutely. best picture, there are so many. a promising young woman is one that just speaks to me so much. because here is another film,

it's a small film, it is speaking to an issue that comes out of the me too movement, but it's much more, speak more to the insidious nest of how women are treated as commodities. it's written and directed by efforts time future film director, who is better known to all of us as in >> so promising young woman, sorry, we gotta move along. promising young woman and nomad land. like if i have to, it's hard to pick just one. that the other big problem with the oscars, isn't it? >> i know. okay, we know you went for francis mcdormand for actress, what about best actor? >> best actor, you know, it's probably going to be chadwick boseman. this is absolutely the last time we will be able to nominate him. i've got to say, a mod as a heavy metal musician, losing

his hearing is phenomenal, because you just he and his eyes, as he begins to realize, he will never get his life back. it is a very intense performance. but stephen nguyen also, a quiet performance but very intense, very intense. >> all right, andrea, don't go away. i want to continue to pick your brain there for a few more minutes on facebook live. we take a short break i want to let folks know you can watch the oscars right here on abc7, live coverage begins sunday morning at 10:00 and continues all day with special on the red carpet coverage, leading up to the 93rd academy

i'm here for you, babe. have a good one. >> have a good weekend. thanks so much for joining us on this interactive show,

getting answers today. hopefully you caught the top of the show because dr. patel joined us with his new coanchor, a new baby girl, elora lam, so adorable, so smar tonight, the breaking news late today on the johnson & johnson one-shot vaccine. the vaccine will resume here in the u.s. with a warning now. the cdc saying cases are very rare, revealing 15 known reports now of rare blood clots, possibly linked to the vaccine. out of nearly 8 million shots. all of the cases in women. many of them in their 30s. three of the women died. but tonight, deciding the benefits outweigh the risks. the vaccine will now come with a fact sheet for medical professionals, and the symptoms to look for. dr. jha standing by to answer your questions. also tonight, the stunning images coming in from india.

the virus and the widening toll. the u.s. navy called in to he