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point wsoe hope they go o autnd get osboters. on the 10% ofal cifornians eligleib have goentt boosters. theres istill so wmeork to be nedoy bthe oppele. i hope we rise to thecc oasion. >> why do you thinkhe t booster uptakes i slower even in califoiarn than exctpeed? do you think people have gotten foinrmation ncsie they g tothe origin salhots thamat ke them hetasint or do you think it is the belief in that the orinagil vaincces are so effecti aves ey were andhe tre is noee nd? >> the arere sever raleaso tnshe rsfit is there w aas mixed conversaonti early on talking abt ouwho reallyee nded the booste vrsersus not. the differceen is time has apsed since then and there is a sialgn of crineased hoitspalizations in vaccitenad niseors. at is the reonas why they should get the booster. the cosend reason is if you look at nioatnal trends, the states

for leadin tghe bstooer run our ates he ulwod not iminage. ey are usually states seen a recent surge likide aho and montana. new york, califorani and new jers aeyre the btootm of the list. in the bauecse we look aunrod, sweee thingars e going well. hweave heard the pashreha tt we have beeson well vacnacited partulicarlyn ithe bay area. iou wld encougera usot n to be complacent. i amot n thator wried but i stillhi tnk there is some room to go. >>al cifornia pubc lihealth fiofcialsre a saying even thghou e thcdcas h notom ce outnd a saidhi ts, ifou yre an aadult, gohe aadnd a get your booster. e you inha tt camp? >> total.ly we need a silempr role. was wayoo t complex borefe. i- -colorado isoi dng it now. liforniane, w york announced eyth would dito . thi ink itak mes it eieasr for peop tleo deternemi wthheer or

not they want a boteosr because sometisme when y'o're traliveng, uon w a bstooer to pverent infeioctn ev tenhough yoaru e precotted aingast of the disease. y sayou are travelintog eure.op yodou n't want to be stuck in europend a not bebl ae to get back i tnhe u.s. becseau you veha a posite ivtest. >> manhey alth offiaicls have said aub sstantialum nber of childrenou wld need btoe ccvainated if cmuomnities a treo acevhie herd immunity. theres ia new sdytu on the sue rgin theni uted kgdinom ttha mashy ed some ghlit on this. in rpsurise of surispres, what has beehan ppening iequtly the u.k. ichs ildren an'r't down dviring the rect ensurge in -- a nreow dringvihe t recent surge tinhe u.k.. a child ageiv fe to 11 is i than0 5 tesim more lilyke to be fectedha tn an orve 75-yeaolr-d in the u.k. it is turninthg e tables a

little bit. that ibes cause thu.e k. has laggedac vcinating aledoscents and younr gechildrenom cpared to the u.s. they are t ohenes lefwht o are unvaccinedat. that is a horblrie risk ctfaor for rrcaying infection even though y mouay not g aets sick yourself. > what is theak te away for us? >> te akaway is immunize asan my people as possib.le thfie rst vacce inas the most importt.an take yrou ks idfivend a older of all ages to get theirho sts. if thera gndparent tsake the kidsi, know th satome cteenrs areff oering theoo bstero tthe andparen atst the sa tmeime. one st sophopping. >>ta sying with europ ae,ustria started a lockdo.wn but onlyor f thenv uaccinated. theyan c only veurnte out for seesntial errands. i can't see that happening in the u.s.ut b what do you make of the ugtoh approa?ch >> i think iist interesngti and going wrehe the sciceen is. most ofhe t high health care

utilizatn,io hospitazalitions, death, reservoir of virus ourccs in the unvciacnated. ifou y wand teto make a swift move that doenos t sthu down the economy, you focus on that p.ou aurista has the lesowt ccvaination teras in eureop and it is already rulesting in an tick in ccvainatnsio. there is a fe inassociated with it. if you get caugh st,omething like 40 or $5000,0 if theyat cch you ingog to the gym for example ifou y are unvciacnated. >> i want to tkal about cow'' footllba team. we have enbeep rortingn othe outbakre. p47ositive secas. w31ith sympmsto. at first, we tughoht it was mostly asymptomatic. nymaeo pple cann uotnderstand howha tt can happen with a9% 9 ccination rate tinhe program. someeo pple intererptha tt as eth vacci nneot doingts i job. we heav aie vwer hereha tt says

why get the vacneci or boosrte when thedoy n't st yopou from gettin wghat you areac vcinated for? how are u yoseeing ts?hi >> i see it in p aosite ivlight. isn't ritemarkable ofll a those people w ghoot iecnfted no one ntwe to the sphoital? ift i w aaseg rular cidov andndd evpraccinati, ona lot of indivialdus becausthe ey include all indiduvials partf ostuff would ha gveone to t hheospital. number two, it maske sense whit a ghhi contact sport andit wh winning vaincce immunity atth you caspn read infection. nuermb three, vaccine nisot the lyon mitigatnio strategy. in some teams like t nhefl, cus stanford introducing testing, t nooftebun t at se ompointit ma team or ge iveveryoneoo bsters if they e areligible. >> an artic ilen the mek rcon e thtestingto sry pntoied out

at higy hlsensitive pcr chines weer used on the ayplers and osthe can dettec active virus for up to d90ays d procedu false posivite surelts. i'm lia ttle consefudec bause he always rorepted thatcr p was the gold sndtaard. are we implygin they are flawed because th aeyre too ssientive? >> it dendpes on when you are doing th pecr. i will give y touhe situation they a trealking autbo. say you had covid and i swabbed you erevy day for 20ay ds. kni ow from heotr studies ttha ter aboudat ys seven or so, anytnghi i pickeupd n oyou is probablyot n going tbeo alive. but you slltiav he aboutev sen days of veli virus. in the fooaltblea tmhe wn i do pcr,t imaye bdeadir vusut b i don''no kw at what point dan atrc a of the tractjeory that rson is. ifhe ty're symptomicat, and tyhe are potisive, iou wld not call it aot p -- f aalse pitosive given the fa scto my anpeople are sipotive.

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weapons we have and we have not seenlu f since fruebary of 2020. if we areet gting it,t i is going to be aad b season stmo peleop think. >> ratio says my dahtuger is 13 dan mediclyal fralegi. shldou she get a boost?er cember 3il wl be sixon mths. we don'knt ow if she got the johnso& n johnson opfr izer or moderna but gi pveeople the protoloc. >>he t rule is not egilible for boosrste for those under the age of8. 1 dweon't know whatoo bsters do in thapot pulaonti yet. with a robust immune system even thoughay mbe ait ltle bit agfrile buthe t iunmme system may be rusobt and leliky, it is going to take her daughter yobend six mthons at thitis me. >> last questn ioand that as we repoedrt on two w neoral mecidines by pzefir and mcker at could tatreov cid.

me doctors are clialng this our picenillin montme. ydoou tnkhi so? yes. i am so ciexted abouitt . it has sevaler implicaontis for real life. can uyo imagine the fooaltbl players ttgeing stteed with codvi -- thegey t caldle in some pills,he ty go to walgrnsee, ey pkic it up a tndhat llwi increa tseheir viral carriage by veseral days, probably inbrging em onto the field sooner. you can also give those pills to the people to have been in ntact with a pndrevent the spre oadf infectn.io for twbio g reasons, i thkin esthe argoe ing to be game chanrsge. they also cost a l lotess than moclnoonal antodibies. about 700 dolla arsou crse mparedo t$2100. >> it unsods when eyth are fully on t mhearket, ty hecoulchd ange lot of thingins cluding allowings uto fullyas ee strerictions. enwh do we thi tnkhey wille b prapoved? >> the merckil plas w ---

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licafornia state university system, graduatioran tes went up this past year although officis aladmit tyhe have meor work to do when it comes to improving equity. runninusg now is cs''s asstsiant cevi chancelr lofor udent suesccs initiavetis. thanks smuo ch for jnioing us. >> thanks r fohaving me. >> howuc mh to graatduion rates incrseea thipas st year? could it has bn eea terrific year. many of us are fdon ofay sing it is never been aet bter timeor f students in csu in terms of adgruati ronates. adgruation resat are ruptudre we measeur our rat iesnev seral ffert enrate -- veseral dierffent waysuf sfice it to say that f sortudentsro fm all ckbagrousnd so if y aoure a student micong to usro fm high school, if you'r' coming to us fr aom transfestr udent fmro coitmmtee to colle, geyour rates aret a all-timhie ghs along with w loincometu sdents, sdetunts of coloanr d those owh are the rsfit in the firamilies to come to colgele.

y>>ou credia t 10-year-dol prraogm calledra gduation itiniative 2025 for arbeing uifrt or tl elus abouthe t initiative. >> fivyee ars ago,e wstarted th iisnitiative. folks y manot knowha tt we are the larstge most diverse ivunersity steysm in theat nion. with 23 campusessssssssss s to have mia llion stenudts udying aout r campus.es the gduatio initiative binds us together as a csu family and commits us to ambitious graduation rate goals we set for the year 2025. our goal is to be first and best amongst our peers not only in the trim it is diversity of students we lay in the doors but also in terms of the students we hope crossed the commencement stage. >> what kinds of concrete support or actions were taken to ensure students could graduate? >> that is a great question.

we set these goals for each campus individually and the way we did it was we looked at. institutions across the nation and for each one of our 23 campuses, we set goals for them to be top amongst their peers. in terms of the plans of how to meet those goals, we left it up to the campuses and asked them to develop plans for catapulting student success rates into 2025. we are going to see that for we are identifying best practices and sharing them with campuses across the system to >> do to get any easier for students to get courses because not being able to get courses was kind of a barrier to kids graduating in four or six years even. >> it is always a challenge. you talk to her students and that is the number one thing they will say. it is often a challenge to get courses. we are finding that campuses are being a lot more intentional and making sure students have access to those courses they need when they need them.

it is things like these across the board that we are instilling the help of all the csu family to better support our students and course availability is toward the top of that list. >> even though you are celebrating higher graduation rates, i know that one not so bright spot is equity gaps increase for underrepresented minority students. can you talk about that and how you plan to address that? >> maybe a little context, when we talk about equity gaps, we are talking about the difference in graduation rates between students of color and their peers and low income students and their peers. that has pretty much remained flat. those differences are there. all we are enjoying all-time highs across all graduation rates, we are seeing is all boats are rising. i am incredibly proud our chancellor has challenge the entire csu community to think differently, to pull out all stops and to close those equity gaps. we have a plan at the system

office and our campuses have plans to redouble their efforts over the next few years to ensure students from all backgrounds regardless of the money in their pockets or the zip codes from which they hail have equal opportunities to succeed. >> in read some articles recently about public schools. maybe this is more the high school level, middle school about ensuring kids don't fill their courses. is csu also doing something to try to reach that goal where students achieve true learning? you are not lowering the standards yet you are ensuring students don't funk. -- don't funk. >> it matters differentially for our most marginalized students. we are taking a systemic look at the courses in the first two years specifically the high enrollment courses with low success rates. we are looking at ways we can redesign them and support our students better. a couple examples are providing outside of the classroom tutoring support or peer support

with those courses. another example in the research that has shown to be beneficial is providing more support structures. you probably remember when you went to college we had a midterm exam, maybe a final exam and that was it. two chances to do well. were looking at opportunities to let students prove in additional ways across the board they can succeed. additional tests, additional checks for understanding and additional support along the way. >> csu's additional -- assistant vice chancellor for student success. think you for sharing what you are doing at csu. coming up next, we will talk to coming up next, we will talk to the heads of one group vying to ♪ ♪ on more thing you can rely on. one of many cost-saving medicare advantage benefits from scan health plan for 2022. call today, or ask your agent about scan health plan.

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