patel: it may not. it will likely reduce spread if someone is vaccinated, but this is all part of this phrase, layered levels of protection. we have been saying this for months. the vaccines plus the masks plus ventilation, it sounds like a lot and a lot of people are rolling their eyes and a saying they don't want to deal with this anymore. neither do we. nobody wants to deal with this anymore. it is because we were not following these strategies early enough that we are in this. now we have a more contagious variant that is begging for us to screw up. liz: we are getting an alert that it is time for a break. we are back with dr. alok patel. we are also back with two truths and a lie. hopefully i do better this time. dr. patel: i have faith in you. which one of these is not true. we are looking at general covid headlines. a, early studies show pfizer and jj booster raise anti-body levels by nine and three times pe respectively? b, a florida judge ruled against governor desantis's ban on mask mandates.

alok patel. dr. patel, we addressed governor newsom's vaccine mandate for teachers and school staff. now let's talk about something else. a few studies today. one i found interesting. . it seems to suggest moderna may be more effective against delta than pfizer appeared what do we know about that? dr. patel: this was breaking news. i just learned about it a few minutes before we went on air. the important thing is both vaccines, according to this preprint study, still showed above an 80% efficacy against severe illness from what i read. we need to further evaluate this. people should not read this as pfizer not being effective or johnson & johnson not being effective and they must get. numbers are changing. if you have the option, get any shot available to you. . it is possible that right now, given this delta variant season, in this preprint study that moderna might be doing better. kristen: also breaking news today, the fda supposedly will be authorizing booster shots for immunocompromised individu

patel, do you agree? >> i do agree. similar to measles, which is an appropriate comparison, there is a long-term sequelae measles. so if someone says that my child was positive for covid- 19, remember that a lot of kids can develop long hauler symptoms. >> absolutely. do not go away. we are going to continue this conversation over on facebook live right now we can speak with senator >>> thank you so much for joining us today on this interacted show. we have 15 seconds left so i guess you give your one truth, not two truths and a lie. what is one truth? >> follow the science, stay positive and we can through this. remember >>> breaking tonight as we come on the air, the new milestone in the race to vaccinate. 50% of all americans now fully vaccinated the cdc reporting the highest single day covid total in exactly three months. the deadly surge of the delta variant overwhelming hospitals. florida reporting the most admissions. 60% of hospitals in the state expecting critical staffing shortages in the next week. doctors wa

patel: it is difficult.been through and their patients and resilience throughout the pandemic and i agree the most important thing to do it say the child is symptom addict so let's sort it out but one of the best -- quick things to differentiate between wildfire smoke exposure versus covid-19 is the acute onset. how quickly a child develops symptoms. if children are saying my eyes burn when we open a window or my chest feels tight, it is hard breathing, there is a correlation. you have tiny particles, smaller than a strand of human hair, becky get inside your mate -- nasal passages and into your lungs and cause irritation. that will be different than a longer symptom course. things like fever, bodyaches, runny nose, especially a loss of taste or smell is more likely covid-19. i should say more likely. you will not lose taste or smell from wildfire smoke exposure. the last point to make quickly in addressing what we set about the lairs of mitigation, i don't think it's fair to say if the smoke is bad outside

for more we are joined by co-director j patel in austin, texas. book with dr. rupa marya, titled, "inflamed deep medicine and the anatomy of injustice.” your fm is makg its way through film festivals. it is interesting, it comes out at the same time as "inflamed: deep medicine and the anatomy of injustice." talk about the theme of this and why you did it. raj: if there is a connection -- and i think there is a deep one -- if we are to address the climate crisis, we are to address the origins of covid, the pandemic, we need to engage in a kind of decolonization. that is what rupa and i were talking about. and talk about deep medicine, we mean repairing the bonds that have been severed by colonial capitalism, bond between human beings, between human beings and the rest of the web of life. what we are doing is learning certain kinds of agro-ecological techniques to farm the land, but also that you cannot end hunger without addressing gender ineqlity. not justnequality withinhe ho but ineality beeen cotries. hejourneto the utedtate was e that rlly wan

patel.ryone indoors should be wearing a mask regardless of their vaccination status. it's part of this broader recommendation. really a change in recommendation that said even vaccinated people should be masking indoors in places with higher transmission. basically the entire country at. this point. really pushing the masks and the administration officials are aware of the issue. places like florida where there is a ban on mask requirements and they're looking at things they can do to help out school districts. >> all right, shannon pettypiece for us on friday. i want to get back to some more questions. the schools at this pandemic, dr. patel and dr. ho tez are back with us. let's get to this question from shirley. are children mostly getting covid from each other or from adults? also, what should parents have on hand if they get sick. >> first to your point, yes, yes, and yes. we know that children are getting and giving the virus to each other. we know they giving and getting it from adult

patel unfortunately, government coveted patel cannot just ended. ebony jade so we knew this is hilton something that doctor anthony jade you're going hilton to have to live kavita patel with. >> something something you've enough to live. with there was some progress reported today by the white house, the nation has passed an important new milestone, 50% of all americans have fully vaccinated and another major corporation has joined those issuing vaccine mandates. american airlines are requiring their employees to be vaccinated by this fall. it's the first major airline to take this step. amazon says all workers in its u.s. warehouses will be required to wear masks on the job starting monday. new jersey's governor is ordering all students, teachers, and staff members to wear masks inside of schools one school begins next month. and a judge in arkansas today temporarily blocked the state from enforcing its ban on mask mandates. that ruling came after lawmakers -- he wanted them to consider rolling back the ban for some schools as covid cases continue

alok patel. dr. patel so many new developments. >> so many. good to digitally see you as well. >> you have been working hard on two rounds to help us wrap our heads around the latest abutments. facebook friends could help me with this, try to guess which one is alive. >> the vaccines are still 90% effective at preventing hospitalizations, or only the fda will evaluate data before recommending a booster shot for everybody. not just the immuno compromise. >> so, folks, i am going to rule out b because that is absolutely true. the vaccines are effective at preventing hospitalizations. even with delta. i see some of you are saying c is the live. some say a. i think the cdc also needs to evaluate data. i am going to say c is the life. >> final answer? >> let me check. we have people all over the place. >> you are correct. you are astute. it is important for people to know this. this has been reported -- it is kind of a reversal in the order when it comes to recommending vaccines or any interventional matters. the white house give out first and made

minal modha covers sport for ampere analysis, and sanjay patel is directing manager of the hundred fornd and wales' cricket board. sanjay, the hundred has got matches on every day. you want to bring cricket to a new wider audience — how are the ratings going for it so far? what are the tv audiences like? well, we're a week into the hundred and we've been absolutely delighted with the reaction, both in stadia and on broadcast. over the first week, we've reached 8.4 million people. what's really important to us is 3.3 million people who never watched cricket before this year. so that suggests we are reaching a new audience. and we were just blown away by the two opening games — the women's opening game got 1.9 million, which was the peak, which is great for the women's game in domestic cricket. and the men's peaked at 2.5 million — so, so far, we've been really encouraged and blown away by those figures. we'll be hearing more from you on that later, as well as brian henderson, director of cricket for sky sports. but let's start with gb�*s gold medals, and the olympics coverage on tv this

kavita patel, dr. peter hotez, thank you very much. >>> as new york's governor urges businesses to turn away unvaccinated customers, florida's governor is barring schools from mandating that children wear masks. this comes as the sunshine state is grappling with a surge in cases and hospitalized covid patients. joining me now is florida's commissioner of agriculture and consumer services who is running against incumbent ron desantis for governor. commissioner freed, thank you very much for coming to "the reidout." let me read a tweet that you put out if i can find it here on my sheet. yes. you put it out today. what are you waiting for, nikki freed says. governor desantis needs to issue an emergency order for covid-19. talk more about that. what would this emergency order today? >> the emergency order would allow us to pull down additional funds from the federal government to increase our testing back here in the state of florida as well as more vaccination locations. right now we're seeing a surge, as

ama: let's get to sandhya patel for the latest weather situation. sandhya: that tropical depression ida falling apart from the category form -- category 4 storm when it made landfall, but it is still dumping heavy rain across parts of the gulf coast states. it is expected to continue into the ohio valley, the tennessee valley area. weakening further, but flooding is still a big threat with that system. in the bay area, it is a quiet pattern. vera -- area of low pressure will continue to drop the temperatures. we do have a cooler pattern setting up. a live look from the east bay hills camera and visibility is fine. cooler weather will be noticeable. napa down 13 degrees from 88 today. it will be a lot cooler in fairfield. 10 degrees cooler in concord, from 95 to 85 degrees. air quality along south lake tahoe is in the moderate range. we are expecting better air quality in the bay area. already seeing it san francisco and santa cruz. as the on short -- the onshore winds causing problems with the red flag warning in the sierra nevada. we will see bette

patel, this is terrifying.iven the resistance we have seen from some republican governors, how well do mitigation strategies work when it comes to school safety? >> we are learning, alicia, that mitigation strategies, when used together with, especially, vaccination, with anyone eligible, but on top of that masks indoors, and being able to ventilate. that means fans, filters, open doors. and third, helping to put a testing strategy together with that, and distance, if possible. all of these things in sync, in harmony, can keep schools and daycares open an in-person. we have the evidence mounting about the opposite. that if you have even one unvaccinated teacher who has symptoms, and doesn't wear their mask consistently, that one teacher can infect half of a classroom. and oh she'll join can then go on to spread the virus to other adults who are unvaccinated. it's devastating to see this. and as you know, this can be prevented. >> dr. patel the president today mentioned his administration offering booster shots

patel. dr. patel, how does this designation affect those unvaccinated and on the fence. do you think the president clearly trying to sway people, convince them that now is the time to go get that shot, are we seeing any evidence that might happen? >> yeah, kate, we are. he cited some increase in numbers and i think we'll see even more of a bump from this full approval. i've been in contact with several patients of mine who were literally citing this lack of full approval as a reason to be concerned and they did, first of all, they were surprised and they said, oh, do you think this is too fast? i said, no, it has been very, some have criticized it has been too slow as you have said and they are willing to come and get it. they did ask. is pfizer better than the others, et cetera. it's been nice, kate, we have data to show that our vaccines are holding against delta and against hospitalizations. so now is the time to get them. and pfizer's approval, hopefully soon with moderna approval will help them start today and give options as we go forward. >> all right, dr. patel,

ama: let's get to sandhya patel for the latest weather situation.dhya: that tropical depression ida falling apart from the category form -- category 4 storm when it made landfall, but it is still dumping heavy rain across parts of the gulf coast states. it is expected to continue into the ohio valley, the tennessee valley area. weakening further, but flooding is still a big threat with that system. in the bay area, it is a quiet pattern. vera -- area of low pressure will continue to drop the temperatures. we do have a cooler pattern setting up. a live look from the east bay hills camera and visibility is fine. cooler weather will be noticeable. napa down 13 degrees from 88 today. it will be a lot cooler in fairfield. 10 degrees cooler in concord, from 95 to 85 degrees. air quality along south lake tahoe is in the moderate range. we are expecting better air quality in the bay area. already seeing it san francisco and santa cruz. as the on short -- the onshore winds causing problems with the red flag warning in the sierra nevada. we will see better ai

patel.ybody's wearing now, given the delta variant particularly if you'll be in an indoor space, flying or on a subway, do we need to upgrade? >> so upgrading in terms of quality of -- >> n95, masks that are more than this basic 50-cent mask. >> sure. i would say if you're definitely in an area which is basically the whole country right now of high transmissibility, the better the mask, the better off you are protecting on top of the double masking. i know there's a short supply on the kn95s and they're not easy to get and they can be pricey. what i'd like to see is more people acknowledging that we need them properly, nose and mouth and make sure you can't see through the masks because if you can, not good enough and if you have the luxury and ability to, upgrading can always be a benefit. >> dr. patel and dr. cass, you are awesome. thank you for answering so many questions in one hour. that does it for me this hour. thank you for joining me on this q and a as we head back to work. we'll be

patel: absolutely. i am seeing a spike of people needing a test because of exposure, especially with the delta variant, but also a huge increase in people who had exposures in general. saying i was with a friend or i was at work and all of a sudden someone tested positive and we are worried. it is pretty rampant. if you are vaccinated, your odds of getting symptomatically must severe illness are magnitude lower than if you are unvaccinated. larry: thank you for your time, have a great weekend, give alora a hug for me. dr. patel: she is giving you a virtual hug. larry: so cute, have a great weekend. dion: san francisco will soon require proof of vaccination against covid-19 to enter many indoor businesses. in many cases, you can show your vaccine card or a photo of your vaccine card as proof, but as fraud rises, many businesses will rely more on the state's digital covid-19 record. julie has a look at how it looks and what to do if your digital record is incomplete. >> the state of california has a recor

. >> joining us now is doctor kavita patel, former obama house health care consultant. doctor dr. james e. k. hildreth. >> doctor patel, is a situation with children now a different condition was close to the delta variant? >> lawrence, good evening to you. children now comprised of the largest group of individuals. so we have seen so many sheer numbers of cases, lawrence it's troubling to see, most hospitals of in texas, especially children hospitals, are at 100 capacity. not only covid, but largely. covid we have to watch this closely. in the past we did not attribute the previous day strains to be worse in children. but it still feels that way. the numbers just given the fact that there are so many unvaccinated children that are illegible for the most part that we are seeing this, and it is troubling. and the degree at which we saw -- we saw signs of this earlier, the cdc had the study of about a third of children ages 12 to 17 actually needed hospitalizations and up in icus. and a lot of them have comorbidities. so we're kind of dealing with the fact that they need

patel, as you rightly know. i hope you can help us understand the data that's come out from this medical study saying the risk of breakthrough infections for people who got moderna appear to be 60% lower than the risk for pfizer recipients. can you explain to me as a layperson shall i may not be getting when i see the headline what those numbers mean. does it mean we might see boosters recommended earlier for those who got pfizer versus moderna? how do you read this? >> overall when you start hearing about boosters is regardless of what vaccine you got, you would need a booster shot. not trying to specify which vaccine you had. the study is showing, as you mentioned, it's not peer reviewed. in this case, moderna seemed to be a little more effective than pfizer. you have to look at the details. details are showing in a couple of instances some of the people they looked at ended up having pfizer for longer than they had moderna. it could be a time issue that the pfizer was in their body longer so it wore off, vers

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kavita patel. our thanks. coming up, why lindsey graham was on fox news today talking about president biden impeachment. and later, the lieutenant governor of texas had some rather controversial thoughts when it comes to who is to blame for the spike of cases in his state. spoiler alert. he's not blaming his boss. footnote, his boss has covid and its anti mask. all of it as the 11th hour is getting underway on this last week night of this busy week. night of this busy week give you so little for your old or busted phone, you just end up living with it? i don't think so. verizon lets you trade in your broken phone for a shiny new one. you break it... we upgrade it. you dunk it? crash it? yikes. doggy bone-it? ha-ha! slam it, wham it, strawberry jamit? we upgrade it! every customer. current, new or business. up to $800 for the 5g phone you want. because everyone deserves better. put my phone in the washer... and the dryer. [swords clashing] - had enough? - no... arthritis. here. new aspercreme arthritis. full pr

patel to stay with us. dr.thing that came to mind because it has been a concern around the country. that is the issue of mental health. how does the mental health issue become a factor either as an increased problem or not when you are dealing with people in the middle of a storm like this that all of a sudden may be with no power, that are having to hunker down together, that are dealing with not being able to be mobile? i mean, does this, and can this affect mental health situations? >> yeah, rev. thank you for bringing it up. because it is something that we saw after katrina. and i am 100% confident it will happen now. we saw it immediately, within days, there was a spike and an increase in anxiety and symptoms related to depression. and then even more concerning, rev, initially children, because of the actual physical displacement and just the stress it put on their lives and future -- they were at a much higher risk. and rev, even years later, two thirds of children surveyed were experiencing ptsd. so this

patel, we want to get to you also.louisiana where you are, cases are riing so rapidly that some places have to ration care. we've been here before. i can't believe we're talking about this again. you have warned hospitals may hit a breaking point unless major changes happen. what do those major changes look like? >> it's extremely frustrating. i think for health care workers, they're just exhausted and mentally tired. we have finally the magic bullet we've been looking for throughout this pandemic. we need more people to get vaccinated. i'm also concerned we won't vaccinate ourselves out quick enough because it takes time for the vaccine to kick in. i think lockdowns are difficult to enact with doesn't public pressure that government officials are facing. so it's frustrating for health care workers at this point. >> certainly. >> dr. patel, while we have you, how bad is the situation in your state? i ask because on that map i look at the new cases in the past 14 days. except for vermont and the dakotas, it really is st

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kavita patel.and drama playing out in arkansas over vaccines and masks. talk about what's happening there? >> reporter: so the governor has been very clear that there will not be any sort of vaccine mandate in this state, even though you have obviously a large employer in tyson, making that decision for their employees, but the governor here, governor asa hutchinson is calling a special session to try to reverse legislation he signed just a couple of months ago that largely banned mask mandates and asking the general assembly to amend that to make it possible for schools to enact masking rules if they want to. the governor has been holding these town halls, he calls them covid conversations, all across the state, trying to get people to get vaccinated. he had one in northwest arkansas not far from where we are, just a couple of days ago, and when he was talking to residents in asylum springs, the hospitalization in the state is very real and serious and urging them to get vaccinated. through all of

viraj patel, thank you for joining us.ing up on this program, we speak to the vice president of the french business lobby group. their conference taking place in paris. this is bloomberg. ♪ anna: welcome back to the european market open. a half-hour until the start of european trading. futures on the back foot, losing momentum in the asian session. if we were getting excited about the rebound in tech stocks, something has faded. some weakness in those indexes in china. let's pause our thing about the tech sector and think about another factor driving these markets for many months, that is the delta variant and the fight against covid-19. in the u.s. context, what have you been looking at? mark: one of the important things is the virus is impacting markets now more than it has in quite some time. we have had a real human tragedy in terms of fatalities, but it seems like it is becoming more of a market factor than for quite some time, because the situation in the u.s. is looking really bad. in europe we are making progress w

alix: that was my interview with the ceo of lyondellbasell, bob patel. that does it for me here on commodities edge. catch us every thursday at 1:00 new york time. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> welcome to bloomberg markets. i am matt miller. we continue to follow the developing story out of afghanistan where there have been at least two explosions in kabul and the u.s. government, pentagon have confirmed u.s. service members have been killed. for more, we will come retired u.s. retired brigadier general mark commit. clearly a tragedy no matter how you look at it, who is responsible. what kind of response, though, should the u.s. be prepared to give? >> i think we know what president biden wants to do. he is having a national security meeting now and he has to make the decision whether he wants to say this is over, let's finish the mission and not put anybody else at risk, or if he wants to say we made a pledge to the american citizens and the siv holders that we will get them out, so that may cause us to extend mission. matt: how important is it to get our afg

patel, but they said that it was not needed, but watching the data closely, so help us to understandt prompted the change here? >> it is right question to ask, geoff, because many of the americans and the doctor are asking the same thing. what the cdc released today falls into several categoing da. specifically israel, and also, data inside of the united states from the mayo clinic, and that from new york state showing that the vaccine is decreasing over time, and also a slight increase in hospitalizations amongst vaccinated long-term residents, and that is the source of many of the unfortunate deaths at the beginning of the pandemic, and so it is making sense to do a time-based release, but geoff, i can tell you that there are thousands of people figuring out september 20th, if i can get the booster, so between now and then we have to figure out how to communicate this and the fda has to do some things to go out to get the authorization, and not just go out to get it. >> and other health agencies have to figure out the best practice for kids with vaccines 12 and under, and many are

patel. how much do you think of a game changer could the fda full authorization of the pfizer vaccine be? >> it is a big game changer, maybe not for obvious reasons. there are definitely individuals that are hesitant, want to wait for full approval, i think it will pave the way for businesses, schools, cities and jurisdictions to mandate the vaccine and do it even though it is legal, do it without reservation. >> a lot of southern states are grappling with shortage of nurses and icu beds. the vast majority of it caused by people not vaccinated. i know, i have seen the headlines in papers, doctors, nurses getting burned out like we saw at the beginning of the pandemic. what is going on in florida? >> reporter: there's such anxiety and frustration with those who are not getting vaccinated that this morning in palm beach county, close to 100 doctors in white coats, some coming off their shifts on covid wards, others getting ready to go on, gathered right here. you can see from drone show that s

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kavita patel joining us >>> up next, the most unlikely best friends, "inspiring america." >>> finally tonight, a story for the ages here's boyd huppert of our minneapolis affiliate kare >> reporter: two houses separated by a fence. benjamin olson in one, just turned 2. mary o'neill in the other, just shy of 100. >> this is yahtzee >> reporter: both found themselves pandemic prisoners >> i'm playing against myself >> he has never really had any other friends. >> reporter: until mary and benjamin -- >> hi, benjamin! >> reporter: -- found each other >> here it comes whoo we call it cane ball >> his first best friend >> whoo! bubbles. >> reporter: mary's grand and great grandkids all live far away but now new photos of benjamin and baby brother. >> the closest thing to grandchildren i have around here >> reporter: and as the pandemic eased its grip benjamin discovered -- >> you're going to open the fence >> reporter: -- the grass is even greener when you can share a friendship same side of the fence >> whoo. that's nice dirt >> reporter: days passed when their yards remained empty >> i mi

margie patel with us, senior portfolio manager, which barely describes the experience she has.ne of the most optimistic notes on this economy and the need to participate in markets i've seen in weeks. define, describe your optimism. margie: my optimism is really based on the way the fed operates nowadays. the fed used to be cyclical. they slammed on the brakes, slowed the economy, then fled the system with cash and economy ago. now they are on this secular easing. no sign at all there will be any tightening on the horizon for the foreseeable future. that says to me we will not have what we think of as a normal cycle, we will just have steady growth in the economy. maybe a little slower from the covid bounce back, but enough to make it a good market for equity investors. tom: the conundrum of your successes pricing yield versus dividend growth. which has the high ground now? margie: you definitely have to look at equities for all the uncertainties, simply because, on a yield basis, they are very competitive. with investment grade bonds, the average yield of the s&p for example i

let's check in with with meteorologist sandhya patel. >>> unfortunately we'll continue to see impacts from those fires this weekend. let me show you the satellite picture. you will see how dramatic this view and disturbing it is, all that smoke moving in from those wildfires into the bay area. our air quality has been impacted. we've been seeing poor air quality even unhealthy at times. right now the worst of it is in the moderate to poor category. other parts of the region around the state of california where the wildfires are, very unhealthy to hazardous. as you look at the smoke forecast, briefly tomoyou want outside, it might improve but not for long. tomorrow afternoon and evening we see moderate air quality and that's why the air quality advisory extended through tomorrow, moderate air quality expected the next couple days, that smog hard to miss tonight. i'll be back with a full look at the smoke forecast and when things will get better coming up. >>> abc7 news reporter amanda del castillo continues our team coverage in the east bay where readings show the air was unhealthy for

patel explained the extra dose. dr. patel: there is no doctor's note or health records needed. it is based on the honor system. you will be on the honor code to say you have a weakened immune system. ama: the cdc says some people have already gotten a third dose. dan: with cities like san francisco making vaccination mandatory for indoor activities, more people are attempting to register their vaccine digitally with the state. millions of digital records have been delivered to date. but our reporter found out the process has not been easy for everyone. melanie: californians have options when it comes to proving they are vaccinated. you could care your card with you, take a picture on your phone or register your vaccine record digitally with the state. this lafayette resident figured the last option was the safest. >> the state and the country are headed that way and i wanted to be in the system as opposed to having this card i might not use in the future. melanie: he and his wife both received the pfizer vaccine. >> her registration went swimmingly, got the qr code right away.

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let's check in with with meteorologist sandhya patel. >>> unfortunately we'll continue to see impacts from those fires this weekend. let me show you the satellite picture. you will see how dramatic this view and disturbing it is, all that smoke moving in from those wildfires into the bay area. our air quality has been impacted. we've been seeing poor air quality even unhealthy at times. right now the worst of it is in the moderate to poor category. other parts of the region around the state of california where the wildfires are, very unhealthy to hazardous. as you look at the smoke forecast, briefly tomorrow morning if you want to get outside, it might improve but not for long. tomorrow afternoon and evening we see moderate air quality and that's why the air quality advisory extended through tomorrow, moderate air quality expected the next couple days, that smog hard to miss tonight. i'll be back with a full look at the smoke forecast and when things will get better coming up. >>> abc7 news reporter amanda del castillo continues our team coverage in the east bay where readings show th

anchor: abc 7 news meteorologists sandy patel is here. when it used to rain and i would call you puddles patel? i'm going to go with smokey sandy today. >> is not good, but it works. anchor: its alliteration. it's all i can do, it's friday afternoon. >> that his name i do not want. let me get rid of that smokey sandy by tomorrow night. we will change it all up. we do not want cranky larry, that's for sure. larry, let me show you a picture right now, you can see there were murray layer and the smoke, it's really hard to sell -- to tell which one is the fog in which one of the smoke because even though we have the sea breeze coming in, that sea breeze is describing some of the smoke over the ocean and drawing it right in. the air quality is still suffering. 63 in the city, 67 in oakland, those temperatures being held down once again because of the snow -- the smoke. let me step aside so you can get a view of the emeryville camera looking down at downtown oakland. look how hazy it is. just awful air there. 68 in santa rosa. 80 in fairfield.

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sandhya patel monitoring that doppler for us. sandhya: that's right.he hour here. dion and dan, i want to show you live doppler seven. because we've had the monsoon moisture moving in from the south. we are seeing thunderstorms in the sierra nevada which obviously we don't need right now with so many wildfires burning. but off the coastline, also multiple radar returns showing up. now, this morning, we had a couple of isolated showers in the north bay. some sprinkles. and that's certainly still a possible -- still possible as we look at live doppler seven. most of this is not hitting the ground. but offshore, there are a few drops showing up. let me show you the hour-by-hour forecast later on tonight, we'll continue to see some of those mid and high level clouds moving in. look at what happens tomorrow morning. a little bit of green showing up which means there is potential for a couple of drops tomorrow morning. still going to see some more mid and high level clouds. as remnants of tropical storm kevin continue to move through the bay area. here's a l

kavita patel. what sort of precautions should families be taking if they have children who aren't eligible for vaccinations? >> you should always try to opt for outdoors space and not anything that is suggestive. and even when you're indoors, it can be safe if everyone is masked. i would definitely mask the children. and if you're vaccinated yourself, you should wear a mask because we now know that even vaccinated individuals might get infected. the risk is incredibly small, but again, if we're trying to keep our kids safe and they're unvaccinated, a mask will always be a great layer of protection on top of your vaccine. >> we know that the delta variant is more contagious than previous versions, if you will, of this virus, but are they more dangerous to children? >> so far the data shows that it is not more dangerous than previous strains, but you'll notice we're seeing a lot more cases of children, and that has to do with the fact that more and more people are vaccinated except for children. so t

kavita patel. always good to see you. this is in many ways a personal segment. all of us are assessing our thoughts. everyone is in a really different situation. before i get to the individual piece of this, i want to ask sort of a public health piece of this which is should the main focus now be on these booster shots or fda approval among whom we're watching cases? >> great question, alicia. no. we have so many americans that need to get their first shots. that is not to minimize the importance of boosters, but, alicia, if every person eligible for boosters got one and every single child, we would still not make enough of a dent. to your point, i do think we need to have a vaccine approved or authorized at least for under 12. alicia, i'm going to be honest. the rates of vaccination in 12 to 16-year-olds is about 1/3 which tells you that there are vaccinated parents who are not vaccinating their teens and i suspect we'll see similar patterns with children. no, the most important thing is to get as many adults eligible today vaccinated. >> so that is the public

and rather be lucky than good and we already had doctor patel booked for our broadcast tonight whencame in. that makes us fortunate indeed. let's start with your reaction to this word on boosters for those already fully vaccinated. welcome news we had growing information around the world that are immunity wanes and increases overtime. especially in light of the delta variant can be a risk factor as well as the potential to be an asymptomatic carrier with the delta variant fully vaccinated but be able to pass it on to people because it's so infectious. it is welcome news and i look forward hopefully to the logistics around this and we don't want people making mad rushes to pharmacies like we saw earlier this year. >> let's speculate as to how this might happen. will people go back to the site of their initial if they have a card? there initial inoculation? will people be able to bring their card to any inoculation site? drugstore, doctor's office, to get that third? realizing it's early yet and it might be speculation on your part. >> yeah, since i've been given out vaccines and spec

patel.cision, but i think fair to say, dr. patel, that people should get the vaccine either way, that this approval is coming. >> yeah. that's right. good morning to you all. look we now have a pretty unprecedented occurrence with hundreds of millions of people that have received these vaccines and now we're months into this and have, of course, been able to look at side effect, safety protocols. i would not hesitate to recommend the vaccine to anybody regardless of their immune status. we now have data about that. but as you and joe discussed full approval will help not just individuals, we're already seeing increasing number of vaccinations over a million in the last 24 hours and that's been sustained in the last couple of days. it will pave the way for requirements or mandates that employers or schools or cities are looking at. >> we have 190 americans that have been vaccinated, and i'm curious, 189 million that have been vaccinated. have gotten shots. i'm wondering why is it that it's ta

patel in a moment and let's go to kate larsen. a san francisco hospital said it might offer a booster shot and is getting attention nationwide and from the white house. >> reporter: the white house, fda and cbc cdc are all waiting in. sick doubled the san francisco is calling it a supplement, not a booster. by the end of the week, san francisco general hospital said they will get a second mrna shot. pfizer or moderna, to people who got the single dose johnson & johnson vaccine. in response, the fda and cdc issued separate statement saying they do not recommend additional vaccines at this time and use of a covid vaccine outside the current scope would not be authorized. today, during a briefing, white house press secretary responded to our report about san francisco's extra dose. >> again, no different, we will not be making decisions but that is not reflective of the guidance. >> reporter: the deputy director of health at dph also spoke this afternoon and said they aligned with cdc guidance and have full confidence in all three va

patel, i just don't know what else it takes to convince parents of 16-year-olds and younger childrenotection. >> laurngs, nothing breaks my heart more than to have to tell parents if their child comes into clinic or e.r. and urgent care that they have covid that we need to isolate them and separate them. can you imagine? any age having to be physically removed from your parents so that you don't put others at risk and it breaks my heart. i don't know what to say except that i have been trying a different tactic with my patients, saying, look. i get it. this is all very scary. why don't we break down what it is you're scared of. the good news we are showing people across the country are listening. vaccines are going up not as fast as i would like them but it's something i want to continue. get your children vaccinated and ask the questions you need to ask for all parents out there. >> this has been challenging for medical professionals in a way that in certain ways that nothing else ever has including this need to try to communicate the urgency of this and watching what fails in that