peter chin hong. thanks so much for joining us. a lot of people will be out celebrating the warriors at this parade. you mentioned it's safer to be outdoors, but any other precautions we should take? should we just wear a mask if we can? >> i carry one with me like an umbrella. i think, you know, washing hands. we've seen a lot of strep throat and diarrhea diseases. those things are also going around. >> let's talk about the childrens vaccine for six months to five-year-olds. parents have been waiting for this. the dosage are so small, and they're a different number of shots, why is that? >> pfizer is smaller because they wanted to make sure there's no side effects. they're both very effective. you would get very similar efficacy with two shots of moderna versus the three shots of pfizer. instead of giving a higher dose and restarting the trial, pfizer said we'll give three shots working really well compared to kids that are older. >> and one message for parents really hesitant about giving shots to their young babies? >> i think w

doctor peter chin, hong infectious disease expert at ucsf. always appreciate you. >> coming on and joining the program. have a good night creighton for you to thank you. thanks, doctor. good evening. still to come tonight, new statistics just >> tesla is responsible for nearly 70% of car crashes involving vehicles with partially automated driver assist systems. that's according to statistics collected by u.s. safety regulators over a 10 month period. and according to the report, tesla's crashes happened. plow vehicles were using autopilot traffic aware, cruise control or other driver assist systems that have some control over speed and steer it in total. the crashes involving driver assist systems killed 6 people of the deaths. 5 occurred in tesla s. >> still ahead, lawmakers on capitol hill try to come up with ways to combat inflation as the federal reserve announces the biggest interest rate hike in. about day. federal reserve announcing of the biggest interest rate hike in almost 30 years trying to get a handle on inflation. president bide

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this is the time now when we can stop it from getting advanced doctor peter chin-hong, as although being in direct contact is the most likely way of getting the disease. it could somehow spread sexually. that said he has this advice. it's all about harm reduction. i think you want to have a honest conversation with the going to be intimate with. >> and use your generalized. you say this is what i do with everyone. i'm going to be you know how you're feeling. are you doing you know, and you know, you take it from there. >> to recess stasio kron. 4 news. all right. well, a lot to take in over the summer and to protect yourself but for a lot of you are planning outdoor activities. a lot happening in the bay area this week. started the week with the lawyers and now we go into the weekend with the proper age on. i'm excited. is the weather going to hold up for it? market street, 2 parades, one. can you believe that? a betty. everywhere. lots of confetti. i the day. clean that up fast, though, at the worry is for. it's already a go single piece of confetti. those 2 bever clean that up. >> a lo

peter chin-hong who believes this measure will be temporary so alameda can get over this spike in cases. >> i think a lot of us were thinking, it's possibly going to come back again. >>> our nation, reeling from a series of recent deadly mass shootings, 10 lives lost in the buffalo supermarket, 19 children, two teachers, killed in you molly, texas, and this week, four people killed at a tulsa hospital. president biden is renewing his pleas to congress to act on gun legislation. his proposals laid out last night in a rare evening address from the white house. president biden is stressing like others, enough is enough. >> absolutely right, president biden, speaking sharp and stern words last night, speaking directly to the american people, and laying out specific actions he wants congress to take on gun laws. >> how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innocent american lives must be taken before we say, enough? >> the president, laying out specific actions ranging from strengthening background checks to banning assault weapons or at least freezing the age of purchasi

joining us now for more insight on this is doctor peter chin. hong from ucs af doctor chin hong, thank you so much for joining us. my pleasure. dan, thank you. so what's different with this new shot? >> so what's different is that it's a cocktail of different variants. it includes the original variant as well as a suit variance, which is of like omicron. so it's a mixture. they have different choices. they said, well, should we just increase the dose of the booster? should we omicron with something else or should we just use omicron? so it turns out if you use omicron alone, all omicron plus something else like the original variants. you get 10 item bodies being produced and it's much better against omicron than the regular booster. >> doctors a certain age group that's being targeted with this new booster. >> we don't really know yet. but in this study, they looked at middle age and older adults. so i suspect the initial rollout will probably be in. we know older but, you know, time will tell whether or not they will release data in the younger popu

peter chin hong. >> what's been happening that is we have seen more and more cases. these cases do not have known contacts. that means that it's in the community and not being diagnosed. if you look at the uk, they are diagnosing maybe five times as many cases as the u.s. so it minds me of early on in the covid pandemic when we are just seeing the tip of the iceberg. we have a pcr test. it's just really trying to be deployed now. it's a little bit tough because it's hard to recognize these lesions and to get access to the tests in a timely fashion. >> i want to talk about that because a lot of people will be going to museum, amusement parks, going to be around people. what can we do to protect ourselves? >> on the big scheme of things, monkey pox is not going to be a great threat to the general population at this moment. monkey pox, you know, only truism is not being intimate with somebody who is ill. if you see a suspicious rash, try to get it evaluated. if you are being contacted as a contact with somebody with monkey pox, don't panic. there are vaccines, there are

peter chin-hong, a infectious disease specialist. he believes that this will be temporary. >> a lot of deja vu for a lot of people out there. >>> our nation reeling from a series of deadly mass shootings. ten lives lost in the buffalo supermarket. 19 children and children killed in uvalde and now, this week, four people killed in a tulsa hospital. president biden is renewing pleas for congress to act for action. in a rare evening briefing, he stressed that enough is enough. >> that's absolutely right. good morning, laura. president biden speaking directly to the american people and laying out specific actions he wants congress to take on gun laws. >> how much more carnage are we willing to accept? how many more innocent american lives must be taken before we say enough, enough. >> reporter: the president laying out specific actions ranging from strengthening background checks to banning assault weapons or at least raising the age to purchase them from 18 to 21. also, arguing that this issue is not about taking away second amendment r

this is the time now when we can stop it from getting advanced doctor peter chin-hong, as although being in direct contact is the most likely way of getting the disease. it could somehow spread. >> sexually that said, he has this advice. it's all about harm reduction. i think you want to have a honest conversation with the going to be intimate with. >> and use your generalized. you say this is what i do with everyone. i'm going to be you know how you're feeling. are you doing you know, and you know, you take it from there. >> theresa kron, 4 news. >> coming up tonight the senate moving forward with new gun legislation. we have the latest developments on the push for more gun control and the fda officially moving to ban one of the more popular vaping devices. the reaction tonight. when big tobacco's products were found out to be killers, they promised smokers safety. they called it a filter. but this filter wasn't safe or useful, just small and made of microplastics that have endangered us all. for far too long, they have polluted the earth. they're literally everywhere. there's no need t

peter chin-hong. should we be alarmed? >> there is good news and bad news. the bad news front, it is keeping a lot of disruptions, people are taking off to take care of people who are ill. students have finals, graduations and some of those are being disrupted. on the good news front, the hospitals are generally pretty quiet and that's a testament of the high rate of vaccination and boosting in the bay area. >> you mentioned graduations and things. that's what's going on right now. graduations, memorial day just passed. 4th of july coming up not too far away. a lot of people want to get out and have fun and be around other people. can we expect a spike? think about it when the we were back in november, we saw the spike with the holidays and beginning of the year, we saw that spike. should we expect any spikes like that again? >> i think that so many people have been infected recently, we will see an increase in cases but hopefully, it won't be an exponential rise. i think that you're right. memorial day, all those gatherings that occurred will come back over

peter chin-hong. we appreciate your time. >> thank you, raj. >>> our question of the day, would you consider getting this vexing? eric says he is totally down for more protection. another says maybe if the evidence warrants it. rob says he has not had any and he never will. >>> let's move on and have some fun. it is 10:20 pm in boston and the city is buzzing on the eve of game three. they are ready to show off some of their road magic. today the warriors practicing at the td garden in boston. they have 17 championship banners there. the warriors have four but, they are cool and confident. let's bring in anthony florez. he is there and he's got some friends with him. >> this city is ready and the players are ready. even the celtic stance team is ready. ladies! they are going to get going here. this is a lot of fun. to be in the nba finals is a big deal. the celtics are going for a record 18th championship in the warriors are chasing their fourth title in the last eight years. no player is probably faci

infectious disease expert peter chin. hong on how monkeypox cases are escalating like never before.but adding, there are ways to slow things down. really trying to break that chain of transmission and then to fit ways. i think about it. trying to protect yourself and then trying to protect others. the doctor says most cases come from prolong skin to skin contact with someone with open, visible sores. this concept that we're trying to get up out, reach and awareness to everybody. if you don't feel that stay home. frank is with san francisco public health department, all of our surrounding counties are coming together to to work on ways to keep this >> in minimal out or, you know, experience is happening. this is the time now when we can stop it from getting advanced doctor peter chin-hong, as although being in direct contact is the most likely way of getting the disease. it could somehow spread. >> sexually that said, he has this advice. it's all about harm reduction. i think you want to have a honest conversation with the going to be intimate with. >> and use your generalized. you s

infectious disease expert peter chin. hong on how monkeypox cases are escalating like never before. but adding, there are ways to slow things down. really trying to break that chain of transmission. and that 2 ways, i think about it. trying to protect yourself and then trying to protect others. the doctor says most cases come from prolong skin to skin contact with someone with open, visible sores. this concept that we're trying to get up out, reach and awareness to everybody. if you don't feel good, stay home. frank is with san francisco public health department, all of our surrounding counties are coming together to to work on ways to keep this >> in minimal out you know, experience is happening. this is the time now when we can stop it from getting advanced doctor peter chin-hong, as although being in direct contact is the most likely way of getting the disease. it could somehow spread. >> sexually that said, he has this advice. it's all about harm reduction. i think you want to have a honest conversation with the going to be intimate with. >> and use your generalized. you say thi

infectious disease expert peter chin. hong on how monkeypox cases are escalating like never before. but adding, there are ways to slow things down. really trying to break that chain of transmission. and that 2 ways, i think about it. trying to protect yourself and then trying to protect others. the doctor says most cases come from prolong skin to skin contact with someone with open, visible sores. this concept that we're trying to get up out, reach and awareness to everybody. if you don't feel good, stay home. frank is with san francisco public health department, all of our surrounding counties are coming together to to work on ways to keep this >> in minimal out you know, experience is happening. this is the time now when we can stop it from getting advanced doctor peter chin-hong, as although being in direct contact is the most likely way of getting the disease. it could somehow spread. >> sexually that said, he has this advice. it's all about harm reduction. i think you want to have a honest conversation with the going to be intimate with. and use your generalized. you say this i

this is the time now when we can stop it from getting advanced doctor peter chin-hong, as although being in direct contact is the most likely way of getting the disease. it could somehow spread. >> sexually that said, he has this advice. it's all about harm reduction. i think you want to have a honest conversation with the going to be intimate with. >> and use your generalized. you say this is what i do with everyone. >> i'm going to be you know how you're feeling. are you doing you know, and you know, you take it from there to recess. stasio kron. 4 news. >> still ahead on the kron 4 morning news. a water main break left several blocks of the city of concord under water. we're going to tell you how it happened and what they did to fix it. meanwhile, the warriors made their pick in the nba draft. we're going to tell you who's going to be tell you who's going to be joining the dubs next season. what can i du with less asthma? with dupixent, i can du more.. catching my train... making moves... ♪ making a connection... a train connection. that's how you du more with dupixent, which helps pr

infectious disease expert doctor peter chin. hongd kron 4 news there have been several surges in cases in the past year. new variants have popped up. masks have come off and then back on again in some counties in some settings, proof of vaccine requirements have faded away with 77 million vaccines administered according to the state's covid-19 website. the fda is just about to decide on a vaccine for kids between 6 months and 5 years old. plus, there are more treatments for people who are sick like paxlovid. we're getting better at treating people with serious disease. but again, we don't know what's going to hit in the fall. i personally, i don't think it's going to be that we won't deal with. well, unfriendly overall, the bay area, we've hunkered down really well for 2 years. so if there's any time to take a little bit more arrests but still protect itself is right now because we have so many tools available. >> as for what the next year holds, well, there could be booster shots in the fall. >> in the newsroom, i'm justine waldman.

this is the time now when we can stop it from getting advanced doctor peter chin-hong, as although being in direct contact is the most likely way of getting the disease. it could somehow spread. >> sexually that said, he has this advice. it's all about harm reduction. i think you want to have a honest conversation with the going to be intimate with. >> and use your generalized. you say this is what i do with everyone. >> i'm going to be you know how you're feeling. are you doing you know, and you know, you take it from there to recess. stasio kron. 4 news. >> well, for your money this morning, state law enforcement officers and public safety workers will soon get pandemic bonuses. according to an agreement between governor newsom and the unions. each employee including chp officers, state correction officers and park rangers will all get $1500 bonuses about 42,000 state. public safety workers are eligible for those bonuses to those checks will be going out. >> in the east bay, thousands of gallons of treated water flooded the streets at monument boulevard. this happened after a water mai

. >> ucsf infectious disease expert peter chin-hong says the kids need to get vaccinated. many are getting sick with the micron. >> one of the shocking statistics i saw recently that surprised me, the rate of hospitalizations in under 5-year-olds was much higher during omicron than other age groups because they were not vaccinated and omicron causes a lot of mucus and inflammation and kids' airways are really small, even a little bit of mucus can compromise the airways. that's why protecting them as much as possible would be, you know, i think in everyone's best interest. >> cdc says despite kids 5 to 11 being eligible for the vaccine since november, fewer than 30% are fully vaccinated. >>> museum of the african d diaspora is getting a jump on the celebration. art with plenty of fun. mardi gras band performed on mission street. attendees are glad to see people coming together to honor the newest federal holiday. >> great to see more public institutes celebrate juneteenth. >> great way to join with the community and bring people in to learn about black art and celebration.

. >> doctor peter chin-hong, appreciate your perspective, have a good evening. >>> let's move on now, an interesting story about politics and housing. a candidate is bowing out of the race because he can no longer afford to live there in berkeley. he posted this message on his official campaign website yesterday. he explains that his roommate recently made the decision to leave the bay area and that decision put his own future in limbo. he writes as a 38-year-old director of a nonprofit i don't want a random roommate in an overpriced rental. i also can not afford a one bedroom in the district let alone the entire city without struggling. at this point in my life i will not. he goes on to say i have the mobility and resources to avoid overcrowded housing, long commutes and homelessness. but so many are not. those are the people we need to fight for. doing extensive reporting on our housing crisis, nice to see both of you. greg, why are you throwing in the towel and are you leaving the bay area? >> yeah. first of all, thanks for having me. i wish it were under better circumstances and i

peter chin-hong from ucsf. we heard from your colleague dr. rutherford. so maybe a spike, but a half million people were at pride, they were from all over the bay area. if we see a spike, when will it come and how long would it last? >> well, i think we may see an increase in cases. probably more than that, we'll probably see a slow of the sense of normal. we're still in the descent phase. i think in the state we're down about 10% in the last week or so of cases. hospitalizations are still holding steady for the last month or so. no big spike there. deaths a little bit down. so i think overall we're doing okay. but we may just have a slower descent. >> yeah. okay, fourth of july weekend is coming up. we always know that means a lot of people will gather. any advice before this holiday weekend? >> yes, i think fourth of july there's still a lot of virus circulating around. i think santa clara, san francisco, and san mateo are the number one, two, and three counties in the state with the most cases right now, so i think just be aware of that. the usual, i t

infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong says simply wearing a condom on its own isn't going to protect you from monkeypox. >> he says it's spread most efficiently other ways. and that's what people need to know so they can protect themselves. >> skin to skin contact with an open sore, then possibly a respiratory secretions for more than 3 hours so deep because saying prolonged face-to-face, contact, et cetera. >> chin-hong says well, cases will likely increase, most will recover without even needing treatment. he says the focus now should be on taking responsible steps to protect yourself. >> don't be intimate with anyone who's obviously sell so no, look out for people flu-like don't be intimate, but somebody was an obvious rash and they look like hurt. these that goes to saying anyway for these other things. and if you want reduce risk for, though, although there's less that right now condom use would be another tool that you can bring out of the tool kit. >> the world health organization is recommending those who have fully recovered from the confirmed case of monkeypox. w

peter chin hong. simple question, why are cases on the rise again? is this the fallout from memorial day and graduation season? >> there are several reasons. not really sure this is a real increase yet. it could be that after memorial day we expected a delay in reporting. but maybe more people are venturing out to do testing to get eligibility for some institutions. what i'm really looking at is hospitalizations, and at ucsf we don't to be relatively flat if not going down by a few cases a day. >> so the hospitalizations are still stable which is very good news. summer vacation now. families and kids going on some trips whether it's, you know, in a car or plane. what if one of the family members tests positive. you just kind of have to scrap the plan and then reschedule? >> no, it all depends on when you want to travel. if a family member tests positive, you can exit isolation earlier than ten days if you have a negative test. if a family member is eligible, try and get it because we've seen that people drop faster on the medication. these are the th

peter chin hong says so far there have been no noticeable outbreaks due to large outdoor events like the chinese new year parade or music festivals. masks are still required in stations and on trains. sfpd will be taking steps to ensure the parade route is safe and secure for pedestrians, so be prepared to be dropped off a few blocks away from the action if arriving in a cab or ride share. and officers encourage people to be aware of surroundings. >> we'll have a lot of police officers in and around the venue. feel free to flag us down, say hi. if you see something suspicious, say something. >> reporter: it will be all hands on deck for the san francisco police department at this massive event. in san francisco, nbc bay area news. >> he mentioned bart and cal train are adding extra trains to help you get to the parade. bart plans to add 12 trains in addition to its normal weekday service. and an important note, red and yellow line trains from the east bay headed into the city will not stop at the montgomery street station before the parade. bart is also boosting staffing and adding e

raising concerns for infectious disease specialist at ucsf doctor peter chin. hong, he says these false negative test results can happen for several reasons. >> the first having to do with the immune system in those who are vaccinated. they new system is already wrapped up from all that. >> those antibodies flooding around from the vaccines. you've gotten tense out that at-home testing the engine test more than virus particles to 10 positive. so you can imagine that you start feeling sick earlier than having unifier pick up a positive on a test. doctor chin-hong says. >> at-home test results can also vary depending on where you take the sample from its really >> starting out in the lodge airways and back in the throat before moving up to the nose. so in this particular variant, it turns out that most of the action is happening in the throat. >> that's why he recommends swabbing the back of the throat. in addition to your nose when using antigen tests combine a sample from mia throat nose apart from the it factor, it's somethisg that has spots by the uk for some time

peter chin-hong of ucsf says it was the right move amid a widespread and likely underreported bay area surge. >> we should be masking indoors at this point there is a lot of virus circulating. and of course the numbers that are official are not the actual numbers. it's probably two, three, even more times what the actual numbers are. >> reporter: at one alameda county gym, those looking to get their sweat on in the early morning hours win. so i had to go back to mycar, grab a mask. >> reporter: among the bay area counties that put on the united front at the beginning o to do it takes to the vulnerable. and just very interested in the science to see how effective it really is. >> in general, i'm okay with it. it's just it's kind of annoying to go backwards. i thought we were moving forward. >> reporter: around the city of alameda, most businesses had dusted off their old mask mandate signs and had them taped up in windows again by friday afternoon. dr. chin-hong says it's important to not only mask up, but move from a cloth mask to at least a surgical mask. and keep this in mind when pu

doctor peter chin-hong says the rashes and lesions calmly start in the general area after a few days and he moved to the face and inside them out and then to the arms and to the palms. the cdc expanded their vaccine recommendation for monkeypox to people who think they may have been exposed. >> doctor chin-hong says anyone can get monkeypox but a large number of cases are being reported among men. he describes monkeypox is having a long incubation period of up to a month compared to covid, which is commonly just a few days. usually you think about the vaccine preventing something this only in the future, but in the monkeypox case is actually almost acting like a drug because of that long incubation period. doctor, tamir says in addition to a limited supply of that in a dose vaccine, there's also issues with adequate testing supplies for monkeypox. there's a national shortage up the spots necessary. >> to to that type of testing. and we're experiencing that at the local level here as well. >> doctor chin-hong says monkeypox is commonly spread by prolonged skin to skin contact. he says

ucsf, infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin. hong >> the cdc should maintain its vaccine recommendation for those under 18 for a variety of reasons. individual protection protection of of the increased confidence with the i'm not getting gauge community in the era when when few restrictions available, full urgency of normals letter maintains the emergency phase of covid-19. is over bay area. doctors also caution. the next variant could cause more disease in kids. and if that happens, getting the vaccine now will make them better prepared. dan kerman kron, 4 news. children under the age of 5 in contra costa county can get their covid-19 vaccine. health officials say that shots were being offered at these county run vaccination clinics. the >> antioch site, it is located at the nick rodriguez community center. parents can take their kids to the richmond memorial auditorium and in conquer. there's a site in the clinic on oak grove road. the hours of each site are lifted are listed rather on our website. kron 4 dot com. vice president ka

ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin. hong> while hfc recommendation for condoms is likely out of an abundance of caution. he says monkeypox does spread most efficiently other ways. and that's what people need to know so they can protect themselves skin to skin contact with an open sore. >> then possibly a respiratory secretions for more than 3 hours so deep because saying prolonged face-to-face, contact, et cetera. >> chin-hong says, well, there are treatment options available, most recover without the need. for treatment. and while he believes cases will increase, he says panic is not the answer. taking responsible steps to protect yourself is. >> not being intimate with somebody was obviously ill is a good thing. number 2 you know, looking rashes lesions particular in the gentilly area. and if you want reduce risk for, though, although there's less that right now condom use would be another tool that you can bring out of the 2 camps. the world health organization is suggesting those who have fully recovered. >> from a confi

ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong says >> no longer recommending vaccines ignores the benefits children get from them for short will increase about a response. and it's likely that it will prevent serious disease, a slight station and that vaccine mandates for >> diseases that kill fewer trove, fewer children every year than covid does. but measles and i think everybody agrees that we need to protect children from measles. so i think this is just very ill-advised idea. uc berkeley, infectious disease specialist doctor john schwartzberg agrees. >> saying it's premature to make these changes, especially considering the uptick in child hospitalizations. >> during the omicron surge and while urgency of normals letter maintains the emergency phase of covid-19 is over. doctors. caution, we don't know what's ahead and where best to protect ourselves. now for these doctors to suggest that we're in a very different stage of the pandemic and don't need to worry about a lot of these things. >> it's just really inappropriate. it would advise and something i hope people do take

infectious disease expert doctor peter chin. hong told kron 4 news there have been several surges in cases in the past year. new variants have popped up. masks have come off and then back on again in some counties in some settings, proof of vaccine requirements have faded away with 77 million vaccines administered according to the state's covid-19 website. the fda is just about to decide on a vaccine for kids between 6 months and 5 years old. plus, there are more treatments for people who are sick like paxlovid. we're getting better at treating people with serious disease. but again, we don't know what's going to hit in the fall. i personally, i don't think it's going to be that we deal with. well, unfriendly overall, the bay area, we've hunkered down really well for 2 years. so if there's any time to take a little bit more arrests but still protect itself is right now because we have so many tools available. >> as for what the next year holds, well, there could be booster shots in the fall. >> in the newsroom, i'm justine waldman. k

doctor peter chin-hong says the rashes and lesions calmly start in the genital area after a few days and he moved to the face and inside them out and then to the arms and to the palms. the cdc expanded their vaccine recommendation for monkeypox to people who think they may have been exposed. >> doctor chin-hong says anyone can get monkeypox but a large number of cases are being reported among men. he describes monkeypox is having a long incubation period of up to a month compared to covid, which is commonly just a few days. usually we think about the vaccine is preventing something this only in the future. but in the monkeypox case is actually almost acting like a drug because of that long incubation period. doctor, tamir says that testing supplies for monkeypox are just as limited as vaccine supplies. >> he says that there's a national shortage of the specific type of swab used to collect samples that are sent to the state lab in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> and you can find more information on monkeypox on our website kron 4 dot com. just scan that qr code with y

ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong says no longer recommending vaccines ignores the benefits children get from them for short will increase the antibody response and it's likely will prevent serious disease, a slight station and that we have vaccine mandates for. >> diseases that kill fewer children, fewer children every year than covid does. but measles and i think everybody agrees that we need to protect children from measles. so i think this is just very ill-advised idea. uc berkeley, infectious disease specialist doctor john schwartzberg agrees. >> saying it's premature to make these changes, especially considering the uptick in child hospitalizations during the omicron surge. and while urgency of normals letter maintains the emergency phase of covid-19 is over. doctors. caution, we don't know what's ahead and where best to protect ourselves. now for these doctors to suggest that we're in a very different stage of the pandemic and don't need to worry about a lot of these things. >> it's just really inappropriate. it would advise and something i hope people do

doctor peter chin-hong says the rashes and lesions calmly start in the genital area after a few daysmoved to the face and inside them out and then to the arms and to the palms. the cdc expanded their vaccine recommendation for monkeypox to people who think they may have been exposed. >> doctor chin-hong says anyone can get monkeypox but a large number of cases are being reported among men. he describes monkeypox is having a long incubation period of up to a month compared to covid, which is commonly just a few days. usually we think about the vaccine preventing something this only in the future. but in the monkeypox case is actually almost acting like a drug because of that long incubation period. doctor, tamir says that testing supplies for monkeypox are just as limited as vaccine supplies. >> he says that there's a national shortage of the specific type of swab used to collect samples that are sent to the state lab in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> and we're tracking the number of people reported to be infected with monkeypox right here in the bay area. at last che

be wary with a possible case of monkeypox in alameda county, ucsf, infectious disease doctor peter chin-hong. so is understanding how the disease can spread is critical in stopping we pay attention to people we're into minute with. i think that's a primary way that people are getting transmissions right now. the majority of cases are presenting with lesions that might look like a boil. and while monkeypox is contagious, a doctor says it is not in the same class as covid-19. and to give you some perspective. >> you can be. >> exposed to someone for 15 minutes and get sars-cov 2 that causes covid. by you need to be exposed to somebody for more than 3 hours. i close range to get monkeypox. >> what we've learned from this outbreak is that it is capable of spreading. well outside of africa. and spreading to diverse communities. but frankly, this outbreak has really exceeded anything we've seen in the past. >> doctor john schwartzberg with uc berkeley school of public health says quick action to treatment will be vital. it's going to require effort to control it. >> and that effort is. being put i

ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin. hong says. >> while hfc recommendation for condoms is likely out of an abundance of caution. he says monkeypox does spread most efficiently other ways. and that's what people need to know so they can protect themselves. >> skin to skin contact with an open sore, then possibly a respiratory secretions for more than 3 hours so deep because saying prolonged face-to-face, contact, et cetera. >> chin-hong says, well, there are treatment options available, most recover without the need. for treatment. and while he believes cases will increase, he says panic is not the answer. taking responsible steps to protect yourself is. >> not being intimate with somebody was obviously ill is a good thing. number 2 you know, looking rashes lesions particular in the gentilly area. and if you want reduce risk for, though, although there's less that right now condom use would be another tool that you can bring out of the tool kit. the world health organization is suggesting those who have fully recovered. >> fr

ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong says he expects most children to have minimal to no side effects. mostly because it's a smaller dose. the moderna vaccine is one quarter of the adult dose. and as for children, 6 months to 5 years old, the pfizer vaccine is one 10th. and for children, 6 months to 4 years old. to me, it's really an insurance policy. just like when you vaccinate kids, everything. >> prevention, is something that you don't want to get in the future? whether or not that's measles, mumps and rubella. >> all covid. he also added that adults often catch covid from children in this age range because when they're sick, they can't isolate and need to be cared for the la course. tell me they're expecting a second baby any day now. we were just talking today with this exciting news and looking at trials for kids under 6 months, we 100% do it again. we spoke with stanford children's health and they say they plan to offer vaccines to children under 5 next week. >> and they're already preparing live in user amanda hari kron. 4 news. amanda, thank you. castro va

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ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong says he expects most children to have minimal to no side effects. side actually >> lower probability in kids compared to older kids and adults. when you look at and so on. so i think that's really good news. we don't expect any mayo card, right? as so inflammation of the heart because that goes that young adults and older teen males because it tracks with testosterone the moderna vaccine is one quarter of the adult dose and is for children 6 months to 5 years old. the pfizer vaccine is one 10th. >> and for children, 6 months to 4 years old, the little course. tell me they're expecting a second baby any day now. we were just talking today with this exciting news and looking at trials for kids under 6 months, we 100% do it again. >> we spoke with stanford children's health and they say they plan to offer vaccines to children under 5 next week. >> and they're already preparing for that live in the newsroom. amanda hari kron, 4 >> in travel news today, canada set to lift its covid restrictions for travelers visiting the land of the m

ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin. hong says. >> while hfc recommendation for condoms is likely out of an abundance of caution. he says monkeypox does spread most efficiently other ways. and that's what people need to know so they can protect themselves skin to skin contact with an open sore. >> then possibly a respiratory secretions for more than 3 hours so deep because saying prolonged face-to-face, contact, et cetera. >> chin-hong says, well, there are treatment options available, most recover without the need. for treatment. and while he believes cases will increase, he says panic is not the answer. taking responsible steps to protect yourself is. >> not being intimate with somebody was obviously ill is a good thing. number 2 you know, looking rashes lesions particular in the gentilly area. and if you want reduce risk for, though, although there's less that right now condom use would be another tool that you can bring out of the tool kit. the world health organization is suggesting those who have fully recovered. >> fro

so joining us right now to talk about this is infectious disease expert doctor peter chin. hong from ucsf. thank you so much for joining us here during kron. 4 news at 3. >> my pleasure, justine. so let's start with what's happening in alameda county. the indoor mask mandate in most public indoor settings is now a requirement >> how did we get to this point and do agree with this decision? >> so i mean, i got to this point because like you mentioned, the hospitalizations are going up. you know, that in the state they've gone up about 50% in the last 2 weeks. so to take alameda's perspective, they went from about 50 hospitalizations about a month ago to about 100 when he compared to january. it's about, you know, 4 times, 400% that so it's about it was what, 400 hospitalizations due to covid and peak of january. so there's still some room to go and like you mentioned, that case rate, however, is like super high in the community and it's probably an underestimate of the actual number of cases. so hospitalizations ticking up cases, a sky high. they're getting a little bit but what

ucsf, infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin. hongees. >> the cdc should maintain its vaccine recommendation for those under 18 for a variety of reasons. individual protection protection of of the increased confidence with the i'm not getting gauge community in the era when when few restrictions available, full urgency of normals letter maintains the emergency phase of covid-19. is over bay area. doctors also caution. the next variant could cause more disease in kids. and if that happens, getting the vaccine now will make them better prepared. dan kerman kron, 4 news. >> children under age 5 in contra costa county can get the covid vaccine. health officials say shots are being offered at these county run vaccination clinics to listed on your screen. the antioch site is located at the nick rodriguez community center. parents can also take children to the richmond memorial auditorium. and in concord, there is a clinic site on oak grove road, the hours for each site i listed on our website at kron 4 dot com. >> it's a hot topic extending

infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong says simply wearing a condom on its own isn't going to protect you from monkeypox. >> he says it's spread most efficiently other ways. and that's what people need to know so they can protect themselves. >> skin to skin contact with an open sore, then possibly a respiratory secretions for more than 3 hours so deep because saying prolonged face-to-face, contact, et cetera. >> chin-hong says well, cases will likely increase, most will recover without even needing treatment. he says the focus now should be on taking responsible steps to protect yourself. >> don't be intimate with anyone who's obviously sell so no, look out for people flu-like don't be intimate, but somebody was an obvious rash and they look like hurt. these that goes to saying anyway for these other things. and if you want reduce risk for, though, although there's less that right now condom use would be another tool that you can bring out of the tool kit. >> the world health organization is recommending those who have fully recovered from the confirmed case of monkeypox. w

raising concerns for infectious disease specialist at ucsf doctor peter chin. hong says these false negative test results can happen for several reasons. >> the first having to do with the immune system in those who are vaccinated. they new system is already wrapped up from all that. >> those antibodies flooding around from the vaccines. you've gotten tense out that at-home testing the engine test more than virus particles to 10 positive. so you can imagine that you start feeling sick earlier than having unifier pick up a positive on a test. doctor chin-hong says. >> at-home test results can also vary depending on where you take the sample from its really >> starting out in the lodge airways and back in the throat before moving up to the nose. so in this particular variant, it turns out that most of the action is happening in the throat. >> that's why he recommends swabbing the back of the throat. in addition to your nose when using antigen tests combine a sample from mia throat nose. >> apart from the it factor, it's something that has been by the uk for some time.

be wary with a possible case of monkeypox in alameda county, ucsf, infectious disease doctor peter chin-hongs understanding how the disease can spread is critical in stopping we pay attention to people we're into minute with. i think that's a primary way that people are getting transmissions right now. the majority of cases are presenting with lesions that might look like a boil. and while monkeypox is contagious, a doctor says it is not in the same class as covid-19. and to give you some perspective. >> you can be. >> exposed to someone for 15 minutes and get sars-cov 2 that causes covid. by you need to be exposed to somebody for more than 3 hours. i close range to get monkeypox. >> what we've learned from this outbreak is that it is capable of spreading. well outside of africa. and spreading to communities. but frankly, this outbreak has really exceeded anything we've seen in the past. >> doctor john schwartzberg with uc berkeley school of public health says quick action to treatment will be vital. it's going to require effort to control it. >> and that effort is put in place to know. and

doctor peter chin-hong says the rashes and lesions calmly start in the general area after a few days and he moved to the face and inside them out and then to the arms and to the palms. the cdc expanded their vaccine recommendation for monkeypox to people who think they may have been exposed. >> doctor chin-hong says anyone can get monkeypox but a large number of cases are being reported among men. he describes monkeypox is having a long incubation period of up to a month compared to covid, which is commonly just a few days. usually we think about the vaccine is preventing something this only in the future. but in the monkeypox case is actually almost acting like a drug because of that long incubation period. doctor, tamir says that testing supplies for monkeypox are just as limited as vaccine supplies. >> he says that there's a national shortage of the specific type of swab used to collect samples that are sent to the state lab in san francisco. i'm rob nesbitt kron. 4 news. >> and you can find more information on monkeypox on our website. kron 4 dot com. just scan that qr code right

ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong says no longer recommending vaccines ignoresrom them for short will increase about a response. and it's likely that it will prevent serious disease, a slight station and that vaccine mandates for >> diseases that kill fewer fewer children every year than covid does. but measles and i think everybody agrees that we need to protect children from measles. so i think this is just very ill-advised idea. uc berkeley, infectious disease specialist doctor john schwartzberg agrees. >> saying it's premature to make these changes, especially considering the uptick in child hospitalizations. >> during the omicron surge and while urgency of normals letter maintains the emergency phase of covid-19 is over. doctors. caution, we don't know what's ahead and where best to protect ourselves. now for these doctors to suggest that we're in a very different stage of the pandemic and don't need to worry about a lot of these things. >> it's just really inappropriate. it would advise and something i hope people take to heart. dan kerman kron. 4 news. >>

so we caught up with ucsf doctor peter chin-hong. he in. he said it's important to look at other parts of the country that have already seen recent surges to try understand what we may be up against. >> all eyes will see what will happen in the next few days. whatever happens if we look at what's happening in rhode island, massachusetts, new york there, any side to come down. so we're crossing our fingers that this will be temporary if at however, be a 4 and ba 5 are looking around. pso that may complicate things >> yeah, that variant of covid is definitely creeping around. i'm sure you know, someone who has covid, we have a lot ou events going on. people are traveling. weddings are in full yet covid cases are up. it's good to just kind of keep that in mind. and remember, we are still in this pandemic. do things too, protect yourself. of course, those who are getting covid say that the symptoms aren't so bad least. if you have that booster and all the shots, no darya. james, we'll send it back to you. we're going to continue to monitor thes

infectious disease expert doctor peter chin. hong told kron 4 news there have been several surges in cases in the past year. new variants have popped up. masks have come off and then back on again in some counties in some settings, proof of vaccine requirements have faded away with 77 million vaccines administered according to the state's covid-19 website. the fda is just about to decide on a vaccine for kids between 6 months and 5 years old. plus, there are more treatments for people who are sick like paxlovid. we're getting better at treating people with serious disease. but again, we don't know what's going to hit in the fall. i personally, i don't think it's going to be that we deal with and friendly overall. the bay area we've hunkered down really well for 2 years. so if there's any time to take a little bit more arrests but still protect itself is right now because we have so many tools available. >> as for what the next year holds, well, there could be booster shots in the fall. >> in the newsroom, i'm justine waldman. kron. 4

ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong says no longer recommending vaccines ignoreshe benefits children get from them for short will increase about a response. and it's likely that it will prevent serious disease, a slight station and that of vaccine mandates for >> diseases that kill fewer children, fewer children every year than covid does. but measles and i think everybody agrees that we need to protect children from measles. so i think this is just very ill-advised idea. uc berkeley, infectious disease specialist doctor john schwartzberg agrees. >> saying it's premature to make these changes, especially considering the uptick in child hospitalizations during the omicron surge. and while urgency of normals letter maintains the emergency phase of covid-19 is over. doctors. caution, we don't know what's ahead and where best to protect ourselves. now for these doctors to suggest that we're in a very different stage of the pandemic and don't need to worry about a lot of these things. >> it's just really inappropriate. it would advise and something i hope people take t

here's ucsf infectious disease expert doctor peter chin. hong. >> you can be. to someone for 15 minutes and get sars-cov 2 that causes covid. by you need to be exposed to somebody for more than 3 hours. i close range to get monkeypox. >> there are vaccines for monkeypox available now. no one has died from this disease. and as we get ready for summer, the city of danville is asking people to apply for lifeguard and swim instructor positions the entire country right now faces a lifeguard shortage and that could become an issue as more people head to the water to beat this extreme heat. and speaking of that, let's talk a bit about our forecast as we take a live look outside at the bay bridge. i believe this is traffic moving along quite nicely. people headed out to get their weekend start a bit early kron 4 meteorologist mabrisa rodriguez here with all of the high and easy details for yeah, hot. certainly being the key word there, stephanie. we're running about 10 to 20 degrees above average. >> remember, it's still technically spring. so we should be ranging anyw