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mariners -- awareness month and the police chief has found a way to support the cause, by the transformation as a result of the community coming up to support him. but first, covid-19 booster shots. pediatric vaccines and mask mandates. a lot to catch up on so we want to get started with our special correspondent, dr. patel, thank you for being here. i know you have a two truths and the like to go started to let's jump in. >> ok, now i can hear you. -- kristen: i thought you were going to make two truths and a live even more effective. >> you're going to tell me which of these is not true. there might be a typo.

which is not true, is it a, the moderna booster after a johnson & johnson shot increased antibodies 76 fold and was a 35 fold increase after the pfizer in tech shot, so those are people who started with jj and the two boosters, or is it two, merck will submit authorization for the authorization of the antiviral pill, or is it three, only 33% of pregnant women between these ages are fully vaccinated question mark which is not true? larrykristen: this is difficult. if you're playing along i want to see your responses. i'm going to rule out c. there is a lower percentage of pregnant people who are fully vaccinated sadly for the cdc, which has been urging all pregnant women to get vaccinated. so ongoing to say the lie is

one. tricky. i'm going to say its one, because i don't think that number is out yet. that is not even fully legitimized but i guess you mean in a trial, that still sounds high to me. some going to say one, though some of our viewers are saying two and others are saying a and b, because you made it tricky, we normally go with a, b and c. >> we threw a curve ball. kristen: if you want to yell at me -- but our viewers are sink two as well. i am split. >> the viewers are correct, two, whatever you want to call the second one, that is wrong. they submitted data on monday for the emergency use authorization, so we don't need to wait until next week, they submitted and we will see what happens. a does seem like a high number,

even when i read this i was like wow, that is high. we can talk more about the johnson & johnson shot in the potential for booster soon, this is a small study which we have to pay caution to, it was a short moment in time can get small groups. those people who got a j&j shot the moderna booster give them a huge boost in antibody levels and they also got a huge boost from the pfizer biontech shot which pushes on the theory with mixing and matching. c is important as well because pregnant women are at an increased risk and so are their developing babies, because of misinformation we have a lot of work to do in terms of getting this population immunized. kristen: i'm a little ashamed of myself because i actually reported on merck submitting data but i thought it was additional set, bad on me in good for our viewers on facebook live, two thirds of whom got it right.

let's follow up on the booster conversation. the government starts hearings tomorrow to approve boosters for johnson & johnson and turnout. some news for j&j, today it todt j&j submitted week data, what does that mean? >> this is why this is going to be important, they have submitted data and it may have been too soon as opposed to waiting for the full six months and the dead out was only looking at the level of antibodies there is not a lot of real-world data to show that the booster shot is needed in the johnson & johnson vaccine. we look at what the data companies put out there and realized this is an early press release, we want to see the fda coming through everything to make sure that the j&j shot with the j&j booster may not be better than getting a different booster. it obviously the company themselves are not going to put that forward. kristen: right.

let's touch on this because it's related, a study today shows people who got the j&j vaccine initially they be helped more i other rands -- b and not its own. >> absolutely and this is what we were talking on with two truths. you and i have speculated about this for a while and this is not a new concept in vaccine science. heterologous immunity coming from two different vaccines. in layman's terms, it's like you're getting two different tools can work synergistically to densify the virus in the future. and remember, moderna and pfizer biontech are different type of vaccine, and mrna vaccine many vector vaccine was what johnson & johnson is. it's possible having two of them is a better outcome. an important thing is all of these studies are measuring antibody levels and that is only one component of the immune response that is fighting off

sars-cov-2. they are not talking about the memory component. still a valid argument to say boosters may not be needed for every civil member of the population, only those who are high risk. that's why we say until the recommendation comes out, the average person does not use -- need to spread. kristen: do you think the johnson & johnson booster will even be offered even these developments and the fact that it has been viewed as the less effective one? dr. patel: there have been a lot of jokes about johnson & johnson being less effective, i would be surprised if it was offered as a booster and not a hybrid booster with moderna will pfizer, but we have to think about availability for vaccines worldwide. i do see the fda coming out and saying you can preferentially get a moderna user if you got johnson & johnson, for the 50

million americans who got the johnson & johnson shot the first time it needs to get whatever is available to them if they are high-risk. and we know that people who already got vaccinated, from the data we have seen from june on, you are still very well protected against hospitalization or death. kristen: you said worldwide so that will help me pay that, the u.s. is loosening travel restrictions by opening its land borders with canada and mexico to fully vaccinated foreign travelers. do you think this signals a new phase in our pandemic management? -- ? dr. patel: i do because in the early days, part of the reason the pandemic was spreading is because of open borders and people were focusing on closing the board from china, the delta variant does not care what borders are closing, it will spread as quickly as it can and diseases are one flight away. anyone looking at vaccine restrictions saying oh my gosh, this is control, think about any

time you have flown to other countries, especially sub-saharan africa or asia, you need to show vaccinations. this is not a new concept and it will be here to stay. kristen: i have a challenge for you. we have three viewer questions on facebook that i want you to handle in a minute. dr. patel: [laughter] kristen: if someone is pfizer fully vaccinated and gets the booster shot soon, i would dr. patel feel about spending holidays with families who are not vaccinated indoors? dr. patel: are not a fan of the family not being vaccinated but it's a conversation with your family. and testing. we have to go back to what we were doing last year, testing and potentially quarantine to make sure everyone is safe. it's faster to get everyone vaccinated. kristen: when will the mrna be

updated to handle more strains? dr. patel: as needed. with the delta variant representing 95% of the coronavirus in this country, and the vaccine working well, it's not needed at the beauty of the technology as it is almost like a plug-and-play game, so the new variant shows up a new vaccine can be turned around quickly. kristen: martha jean, should i get a booster? i am four months pregnant. dr. patel: talk with your physician, if you have underlying medical conditions which you do being pregnant, but this is a conversation you should have. when in doubt, if you have an underlying medical condition, if you are at any level where you are being exposed on a regular basis to people who may be positive, you should get a booster and i commend you for asking that question, especially because you are pregnant and you are doing the best for your own health and that may be. kristen: we are going to squeeze

in one last one, after costly -- contra costa county is considering following others lead to partially lift the mandate in gyms and offices where they can be certain everyone is a vaccinated and over 12. do you feel ok with that? dr. patel: i do, if they are verifying every person is vaccinated, it comes down to your own of it -- individual risk, but there has to be something people can look forward to to getting the vaccine and saying we do the right thing, we are verifying everyone in here is vaccinated and if you want to take off your mask, especially in a gym where it sucks to run on a treadmill with a mask on, feel free. that is the right way we should be looking at this with those metrics. kristen: dr. patel, thank you. you got me on two truths and ally. -- they live. going to head back to the drawing board. dr. patel: you are an all-star. kristen:

kristen: october is breast cancer awareness month and the police chief has found a creative way to support the cause. he challenged the community to raise $2500 for breast cancer research and promised he would do something very eye-catching and hair-raising if you will if they help you meet that goal. needless to say this was exciting so people delivered and he delivered, which is amazing. he is logging in with us right now i think.

the suspense is building. you cannot wait to find out what that was. i assume. all right. are you ready? joining us is sebastopol police chief kevin kilgore. nice hair. >> thank you very much. kristen: quite a transformation, we show the picture that part and has a view and now the pain care. this was a promise kept, what was the deal? >> our goal was to raise awareness and provide support to our local community. we wanted to raise at least $2500 and i told our personnel at the police apartment and the community if we were able to raise that $2500 i would die my hair 00 -- dye my my my my my my

here we are, very pink. kristen: who did it for you? what product did you use? >> i did not do it myself, i was afraid i wouldn't up losing my hair, so instead i had somebody who was a professional to it so it was done the right way. kristen: and you donated the 2500 dollars to which organization in the north bay? >> they will go to the north bay cancer alliance located in santa rosa, california and it supports all of the north bay area, providing support, research and a bunch of resources to those who have been stricken with this horrible disease and those who are survivor heroes and those who are lost. kristen: it is amazing you have raised $2500 and still more, even though you know helping care. >> absolutely, we are going to

the end of the month and we hope to raise more. kristen: are you surprised by the support and engagement with the public question mark -- ? >> i'm not surprised, this is a thing we do on oregano basis as a police to permit throughout the country. this is one more way for us to connect and build a relationship with our community. our communities are always very positive and willing to provide support in these matters and this is one more way for us to do that. kristen: are you getting lots of complements? what feedback are you getting as he walked into the department today? >> i had wide-eyed looks and folks who work on commending the color. it certainly does better for me now that it hides my gray hair. and it has been fun. i have enjoyed it. kristen: probably more unique. i know your department has

always been supportive and you wear the pink ribbon on your uniforms during october, so this is something different. i got to ask, how long will you keep the look for? >> i will keep it until the end of the month and then we will move on to our next support for what is known as no shave november and support prostate cancer and men's health. that will be the next thing where i will have a beard, but the pink hair will remain until the end of october in support of breast cancer awareness month. kristen: you are new to the department, i believe you assumed your role early this year. how has it been going? you came from socal, ucla. >> i did, it's been great, the community and the department have been fantastic. i'm enjoying the city and being able to get out and meet all of our community members and those outside of our community but part of sonoma county. it has been a fantastic

experience and i'm thrilled to be here. kristen: i want to share comments on facebook live where we are streaming this show from viewers. this one says keep your hair that way, robert says nice hair, he says the chief should keep it that way, it looks hot. alex says that is awesome, everyone is loving it. you will have to go bigger next year. >> we will find some thing. kristen: for folks who still want to donate, how can they contribute? >> you can use venmo on police department -- facebook page, sebastopol police department, or come to the station where we have a domains -- donation box. kristen: looking pretty in pink, congratulations, great job and congrats to your community. >> i appreciate it.

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hello, colonial penn? kristen: a little boy in american camera -- kenyon is celebrating beating cancer for a second time. -- american canyon is sobering beating cancer. >> nine-year-old tony loves w w e pro wrestling like some of the other kids at this chase center attending monday night raw, but he has bettered cancel -- battled cancer and not just once but twice. after seven years of chemo, 15 blood transfusions, 11 surgeries and 34 spinal taps, he is cancer free as of this past august. with w wep in town we reached out to his favorite, pro wrestler sasha banks who was born in fairfield and sent tony items when he was in the hospital. she responded with tickets,

ringside for the warrior and three others. >> i screamed out loud. cooks he took his uncle and cousins, and night to remember for a boy who is but most of his life in a hospital. sasha banks not when her bite monday, but tony says she is still the boss. are you going to be yelling for her? >> i'll just say i love you. >> he is nothing you read cancer, he is thinking about living and nothing is going to stop in. >> especially not on this night in his element with other warriors. j.r. stone, abc 7 news. kristen: we will take a break on

kristen: pg&e has notified 25,000 customers in northern and central california they may have their power shut off through that psps program starting tomorrow. let's bring in spencer christian. spencer: the winds are light to breezy right now, higher than elsewhere in higher elevations but we expect an increase in wind overnight into tomorrow. i should not stay overnight but more tomorrow morning into the afternoon. we will have a red flag warning in effect tomorrow. from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. for solano county. even though that is the only region of the bay area for which a red flag warning is issued, there are fire concerns in other regions because there will be dry, dusty winds over higher elevations in other parts of the

bay area as well. right now we have moderate breezes, some gusts near the coast up to about 21 miles per hour, for most areas where we have rater fire concerns like higher elevations of the north bay at east bay, winds are light at the moment. let me sw you the w they are not very strong at the moment, 15 to about 25 -- two about 20 miles an hour in the windy locations, we expect an increase in wind beginning tomorrow morning and through the afternoon. speaking of tomorrow, there is a big baseball game tomorrow. kristen: i heard. spencer: game five, the dodgers coming to face the giants, a decisive game to decide who will go on to the national championship league series. tomorrow at 6:00, clear skies, breezy, cool but not cold. 61 degrees when the game starts, first pitch. last pitch in the mid-50's

chile is the game goes on. anything else you want to know? kristen: i want to know, the game. how windy is it going to be in the sense that could affect the way the ball travels? in game three in l.a., they were the final hit, that was a fly out and we caught it near the fence but it could have been a home run if it were not for the wind. spencer: it would have been. even the giants announcer said that because baseball guys know that ball was well hit, it was going to go out. kristen: could we see something tomorrow or something could have been a home run but will be because of the wind? spencer: it's hard to say, we don't have to have strong winds across the region for high fly balls to get caught up in the wind. it's not likely to be as much of a factor tomorrow evening here

in san francisco as it was that night in l.a.. but because we do expect to have fairly strong wind generally across the region tomorrow, those winds will start swirling around our work and even if they don't hold the ball, it an adventure in the outfield. kristen: you would know, you were an outfielder. spencer: and i played in a lot of wind. kristen: so no excuse for the dodgers. going back to tomorrow's wind speeds, how does it prepare? -- compare? spencer: it will be more windy in some spots but less across the region. the wind gusts in solano countyy will range from 25 to 35 miles per hour, not so strong as earlier in the week. kristen: thanks so much. we will both be back here at

4:00 today for abc 7 news. more weather your way, stay tuned for world news tonight and we will see you back here tomorrow. tonight, breaking the supply chain gridlock. and its growing economic toll. shortages on store shelves across america. cargo ships bottlenecked off the u.s. coast, unable to unload on the docks. president biden vowing to tackle the massive disruption, saying the port of los angeles will begin working around the clock, 24/7. and once on land, the struggle to find truck drivers to deliver the products. why americans are paying more for many hard to find items. and how this could impact your holiday shopping. news on a new study tonight about mixing and matching covid booster shots. researchers calling it effective, saying no matter which vaccine booster, everyone

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