george rutherford says we need to go out of our way to keep transmission low. >> unfortunately, this is the time of holidays and travel and family reunions and parties. you know, and unfortunately, this year, the advice is going to be just don't do it. >> reporter: keep gatherings to immediate family, like annandaand jared. they know grieving through loss is not worth the risk. >> asymptomatic spread is risk. >> reporter: the governor did say he is open to travel from states where the level is high but there are no official plans for that yet. >>> and today we focussed on health. the rest of the week we will look at how the holidays are affecting all of our building a better bay area consent areas, such as education, the economy, the changing workplace and race and social justice. all this week we hope you'll join us for that programming. now let's turn to the weather forecast. ama, the ferocious winds are finally beginning to die down around here. >> relief for some of the people getting hit hard. sandhya? >> yeah, at the lower elevations, the winds have eased quite a bit, ama and t

>>doctor george rutherford from ucsf thank you for your time and your expertise we we really appreciate it thank you. >>thanks very much thank you we will be following of course the latest on the president's condition throughout the night and the weekend. >>while the i r list is finally getting shorter for the forty-niners the team will once again be without quarterback jimmy garoppolo on sunday head coach kyle shanahan says nick mullens will get the start and after his performance last week the team should be feeling pretty good mullen said 343 yards one touchdown and 0 interceptions in that game against the giants shanahan said he's been crisp in practice and just adjusting to this week's offensive game plan. some good news on the injury front star tight end george kittle and wide receiver deebo samuel are expected to play on sunday. >>it's great getting cattle back, you know we're close last weekend. then you don't. i think those oil was tough a little bit about the jordan reed because how well he was playing and everything and we lost him during the game but be able pull that off an

george rutherford says we need to go out of our way to keep transmission low. >> unfortunately, this is the time of holidays and travel and family reunions and parties. you know, and unfortunately, this year, the advice is going to be just don't do it. >> reporter: keep gatherings to immediate family, like annandaand jared. they know grieving through loss is not worth the risk. >> asymptomatic spread is risk. >> reporter: the governor did say he is open to travel from states where the level is high but there are no official plans for that yet. >>> and today we focussed on health. the rest of the week we will look at how the holidays are affecting all of our building a better bay area consent areas, such as education, the economy, the changing workplace and race and social justice. all this week we hope you'll join us for that programming. now let's turn to the weather forecast. ama, the ferocious winds are finally beginning to die down around here. >> relief for some of the people getting hit hard. sandhya? >> yeah, at the lower elevations, the winds have eased quite a bit, ama and t

. >> reporter: epidemiologist george rutherford is not on the committee but knows some who are. >> there'sdistrust of the vaccine going around as it is that if this, if a committee like this takes an extra week, and that encourages a greater proportion of people to get vaccinated it's hugely important. >> do you have any concern that this new committee could delay people getting a vaccine as soon as possible? >> i think this is a one-meeting, let's make sure we get a look at the data and give a thumbs up. >> reporter: even if vaccines do get emergency approval this year, governor newsom said people should not expect widespread distribution until 2021. kate larsen. >>> struggling small businesses may be able to apply for a cash infusion. two santa clara supervisors want to launch a $100 million loan program to provide low-interest loans to small businesses impacted by covid-19. one supervisor says it's really rare to have relief funding come from the county level. >> it's become clearer and clearer that if we bawait for t state and federal governments to step up we could be waiting a very l

george rutherford. good to see you again. >> afternoon. >> hope you've been well. i want to start with the president's treatment and recovery at the white house. his doctor said he has had no symptoms since returning to the white house from walter reed. is that reassuring? >> yes, it's reassuring. you say he's about day six of his symptoms -- symptoms start last thursday -- day sevenish is when people continue to get well or get very bad very quickly. so we have today, tomorrow, those are all kind of moments of truth. so things are going well. they're going well. that's good news. >> and is there usually with these patients, covid patients just one cycle or are there multiple cycles, multiple ups and downs? >> there are a lot of ups and downs in any clinical illness but this precipitous crash that goes on around day seven historically has gone up. most people do pretty well for a while and then get much worse. most people get much worse. do well for a while and then get much worse. >> these days are critical. i want to get your assessment. everybody on social media

. >> reporter: epidemiologist george rutherford is not on the committee but knows some who are. >> there's enough distrust of the vaccine going around as it is that if this, if a committee like this takes an extra week, and that encourages a greater proportion of people to get vaccinated it's hugely important. >> do you have any concern that this new committee could delay people getting a vaccine as soon as possible? >> i think this is a one-meeting, let's make sure we get a look at the data and give a thumbs up. >> reporter: even if vaccines do get emergency approval this year, governor newsom said people should not expect widespread distribution until 2021. kate larsen. >>> struggling small businesses may be able to apply for a cash infusion. two santa clara supervisors want to launch a $100 million loan program to provide low-interest loans to small businesses impacted by covid-19. one supervisor says it's really rare to have relief funding come from the county level. >> it's become clearer and clearer that if we bawait for t state and federal governments to step up we could be waiting

of the country's very clearly in a 3rd wave, you see san francisco virology professor doctor george rutherford says covid-19 cases nationwide have increased more than a 100% since september now running about 60,000 cases a day, rutherford took part in an online forum thursday afternoon along with physicians from wisconsin, which is in the midst of that 3rd wave. >>the last 7 days we've had a to the rate of between 1820%. so we 100,000 total cases about 4 weeks ago see if wisconsin and we're very close to nearly 200,000 just within the last 4 petes that 18 to 20% positivity rate in wisconsin. >>compares to a 2.6% positivity rate in california. we're experts say cases have plateaued and so far there's no evidence a 3rd wave has begun. >>3 doing much better job of being parent. i'm asking to wearing masks in public and. keeping socially distance. we've done a good job of preventing transmission in places like nursing homes which would show up to severe. severe cases. i think we have a very robust testing policy i think we have a white mature contact tracing. program statewide but rutherford says

george rutherford at ucsf agrees with corsi on the indoor dangers. >> we really should be in a red tiere we do a lot of testing, we get dropped a little bit. we get a little credit for that and that takes us down to the orange tier. make no mistake, there is still a lot of transmission going on. >> reporter: masks are required when indoor patrons aren't eating or drinking, something we didn't see at park tavern wednesday night. corsi says if you are going to eat inside, open windows are key. >> opening windows in a restaurant is generally really good and you're going to get good air flow simply because the exhaust fans in the kitchen are sort of at a greater risk of being exposed to covid-19 indoors. >> you don't want people having to shout across the table because the greater thevoice, t greater the number of particles that come out of your respiratory system. >> reporter: dr. rutherford says 6-foot table space is key and if the restaurant has air conditioning, asking if there is a merv-13 filter may also addl, fire. some of the firefighters haven't had a break, going from wildfire to

now a comparison california's positivity rate is under 3% for all as you professor doctor, george rutherford says that of mask wearing and social distancing or not adhere to during the holidays, california can find itself back in the trouble zone. >>my advice is to minimize risk at all times that means not getting lots of people together from lots of different pods if you will from lots of different bubbles. just try to have as much of the south side as possible. and cranky people separate so that if you have you know 2 families there have 2 tables. >>well a recent study projects an additional 167,000 people will die of covid-19 by february. but the study also indicates that you can cut that number in half by wearing masks so keep your mascots and we are 11 days away from the november, 3rd election in their final debate last night president trump and joe biden showed voters vastly different visions for america. they clashed over the coronavirus pandemic and the economy they have different views on climate change and health care on bradley has more. >>final debate the pandemic took center sta

george rutherford at ucsf agrees with corsi on the indoor dangers. >> we really should be in a red tier, but because we do a lot of testing, we get dropped a little bit. we get a little credit for that and that takes us down to the orange tier. make no mistake, there is still a lot of transmission going on. >> reporter: masks are required when indoor patrons aren't eating or drinking, something we didn't see at park tavern wednesday night. corsi says if you are going to eat inside, open windows are key. >> opening windows in a restaurant is generally really good and you're going to get good air flow simply because the exhaust fans in the kitchen are sort of sucking air into the kitchen and it has to be replaced from somewhere. >> reporter: a restaurant playing loud music or a loud tv may also put you at a greater risk of being exposed to covid-19 indoors. >> you don't want people having to shout across the table because the greater the amplitude of your voice, the greater the number of particles that come out of your respiratory system. >> reporter: dr. rutherford says 6-foot table spac

george rutherford, agrees with course i on the indoor dangers. >> we really should be in a red tier. but because we do a lot of testing, we get credit for that and it takes us down to the orange tier. >> masks are required when they aren't eating or drinking. something we didn't see at the north beach neighborhood on wednesday night. corsi says if you eat inside, open windows are key. >> opening windows in a restaurant is generally good. you generally get good air flow because the exhaust fans are sucking it into -- >> a restaurant playing loud music or a loud tv may also put you at a greater risk of being exposed to covid-19 indoors. >> you don't want people having to shout across the table because the greater the amplitude of your voice, the greater number of particles that come ut off your respiratory syst system. >> corsi says if the restaurant does have air conditioning, asking if there's a mrv 13 filter may also add to your safety. jr stone, abc news. >>> after being shut down, san francisco's house of prime rib is preparing to reopen. this is video from the traditional dinner.

. >> reporter: ucsf lead epidemiologist george rutherford says we need to go out of our way to keep transmissiontunately this is a time of holidays and travel and family reunions and parties, you know, and unfortunately this year the advice is going to be just don't do it. >> reporter: keep gatherings to immediate family as amanda and jared know grieving through the loss is not worth the risk. >> asymptomatic spread is real. >> the governor said he's open to imposing restrictions to travellers coming from states where covid transmission is high, but there are no official plans for that just yet. stephanie sierra, abc 7 news. >>> all right. thank you, stephanie. abc 7 will have more stories like this one all week focused on the new way to holiday as we build a better bay area. today we're focused on your health. the rest of the week we will look at how the holidays are affecting our building a better bay area content areas, including commit, education, the changing workplace and race and social justice. who's supporting prop 15? joe biden. biden says, "every kid deserves a quality education and e

between 18 20% in comparison in california word about 3% or less ucsf vi rolla g professor doctor, george rutherford says if people don't wear a mask and socially distance during the holidays. california we could find ourselves back in the trouble zone. >>my advice is to minimize risk at all times that means not getting lots of people together from lots of different pods if you will from lots of different bubbles. just try to have as much of the south side as possible. and cranky people separate so that if you have you know 2 families there have 2 tables. >>we're looking california. now the weather cooperates we kept things going outside think of the east coast. a recent study projects an additional 167,000 people could die by february. the study also indicates that we can cut that number in half if we all wear masks. >>we are 11 days now from the november 3rd election and in their final debate president trump and joe biden showed voters vastly different visions for america, they clashed over the coronavirus pandemic and the economy and they had different views on climate change and health care greg

george rutherford. >> we're doing the right things. we've decreased the effective reproductive number. we're limiting transmission. and it's all going in the right direction. >> reporter: especially here in the bay area. state data indicates the rate of transmission in san francisco, contra-costa, san mateo, solano and napa counties is declining. while spread is stable in marin and santa clara counties. sonoma county is the only one reporting a slight increase. but as rutherford pointed out -- >> we've been here before, right? we were doing great at the end of may and it got away from us. we don't want that to happen again. >> reporter: california's positivity rate has declined slightly over the past two weeks, but the governor made it clear today the 14-day averages for both hospitalizations and icu admissions don't always give te full picture. >> if i put up a seven-day slide, that slide would show a positive increase, not a decrease. the same would be true of the icu admissions. if i put a seven-day slide, it would show an increase

george rutherford is not on the committee but knows many of the experts who are. >> enough distrust of the vaccine going around as it is that if this, if a committee like this takes an extra week and that encourages a greater proportion of people to get vaccinated, then it's hugely important. >> do you have any concern that this new committee could delay getting people a vaccine as soon as possible? >> i think this is a kind of a one meeting, let's make sure that we get to look at the data and then give thumbs up. >> reporter: even if vaccines do get emergency approval this year, gur newsom says people should not expect widespread distribution up till 2021. kate larsen, abc7 news. >>> in the south bay a new plan to help struggling businesses. santa clara county businesses will vote on a $100 million program. provide low-interest loans to programs. it is rare to have relief funding coming from the county level. >> it's become clearer and clearer that if we wait for the state and federal governments to step up, we could be waiting a very long time with great hardship for small businesses

>>ucsf or allah g professor doctor, george rutherford he took part in an on line forum today with a physicians from wisconsin. so right now wisconsin is reporting a positivity rate of 18 to 20%. just to give you a comparison positivity rate is just under 3%. but doctor rutherford says if mask wearing and social distancing or not it here to during the holidays, even california can find itself back in the trouble zone. >>my advice is to minimize risk at all times that means not getting lots of people together from lots of different pods if you will from lots of different bubbles. just try to have as much of the south side as possible. and cranky people separate so that if you have you know 2 families there have 2 tables. >>a recent study projects an additional 167,000 people will die of covid-19 by february but the study also indicates said that you can cut that number in half simply by wearing a mask doctor anthony fauci the nation's top infectious disease expert is scheduled to speak with bay area leaders next week. >>set to discuss the pandemic of course and logistics for lowering case number

compare that to here in california where we're under 3% ucf f's of i raleigh g professor doctor, george rutherford says that if people wear masks and socially distance during the holidays, california could find itself. in a good situation if they don't that things could get worse. >>my advice is to minimize risk at all times that means not getting lots of people together from lots of different pods if you will from lots of different bubbles. just try to have as much of the south side as possible. and cranky people separate so that if you have you know 2 families there have 2 tables. >>we're talking about thanksgiving out die outside you know just with that like 2 or 4 people in a lot of people are doing that a recent study projects an additional 167,000 people could die by february. but that number could be cut in half just by all of us wearing masks that's what the research finds let's take a look at the numbers across california and the bay area with more than 894,000 people now testing positive and over 70,000 deaths in california in the bay area. include 1670 people who have died of covid. >>w