alok patel. hello, dr. patel. hey kristen, see i was about to say hello dr. z. but hey kristen, it's good to be here with you. yeah. no, i'm not the dog. you are see the guy in the white coat. the doctor. okay? i'm sorry, i usually like to dress dapper for our show, but i have to run to the hospital after this and switch out of my clark kent costume. always look dapper no matter what you're wearing. just don't try the garbage bag thing but viewers if you're playing along, you know, dr. patel is going to start us off with a round of that good two truths and a lie. we are talking about bivalent booster eligibility edition. so simply put based on the current recommendations. tell me which one of these three hypothetical individuals is not recommended to get the new booster shot. is it a 10 year old who has asthma got a code booster in june or is it be a 65 year old who got their last booster in february got covid in may or is it see a 35 year old who completed the vaccine primary series in 2021, but is not yet gotten a booster. take a look. tell me which one of the

alok patel talking all things medical dr. patel you wanted to respond to some tweets today.d to tweets. i just had to pick out a few i would respond to so if we throw them up we can read them and we can respond to them kristen. don't fight too hard there. okay, but let's let's go ahead and talk about them. i gotta i could be professional with my with my fighting. so here's one you know, and this is a very popular sentiment right now. the new shot is gonna be released on the population without any human clinical trial. they can't be bothered to produce even fraudulent data. it's gonna get e-way though. there's no emergency. you plan to take it. you may just deserve whatever happens to you. now, there's there's obviously some frustration and there's a negative sentiment in this tweet right now. but again we talked about why there's no human clinical trial data because they're bassiness off of what they previously saw what they buy valid vaccine and with 600 doses that have already been given it isn't realistic to be able to get human trial data on this one right now with enoug

for the pbs newshour, i'm alok patel.udy: investigations of the january 6 capitol attack are still underway. but as husband and wife reporting team, peter baker of the new york times and susan glasser of the new yorker explain in their latest book, to understand what happened on january 6, 2021, it is necessary to understand what happened on january 20, 2017, the day president donald trump took office, and all the days in between. and that is the focus of their book, "the divider," which is out this week. we welcome you to the newshour. this is an eye-popping book literally from the first page, when you lay out the premise that the attack was the inexorable culmination of a sustained four-year war on the institutions and traditions of american democracy. peter, that is a stunning statement about the president of the united states. >> it really is, but that is the case here. january 6 was not an outlier. it was predictable. if you pay attention to everything he was talking about, trying to turn the institutions of american

alok patel, always so full of knowledge when it comes to the covid boosters, the monkeypox vaccines as well. i know you want to answer some questions that you have been receiving from folks on twitter. what you have? >> i like to scour some tweets and look to see what people are talking about. i picked out a few ones that represent important points of conversation. let's pull up the first one. i will read it and respond to it. there really important talking points. this one is very important. once upon a time kids were allowed to smoke, we stopped exposing kids to cigarettes when we learned it was bad. we learned covid harms kids brains and health, yet letting kids get exposed to covid, this is why i think it is important. when it comes to covid-19 and kids, we often look at debt and hospitalizations as the only metric in saying that is what we have to worry about. that's not true. we want to keep schools open, of course. we want kids to go back to their normal lives. we want to make up for the gaps lost, we cannot ignore long covid or what it may do to kids. we want to make sure all p

elop patel alok always great to be with you. thanks for your time. and thank you.hink the pandemic is over? that's what the president said. well, dan, my take will be supplemented by the take of multiple public health officials across this country. but no the pandemic is not over in terms of two basic definitions. there is no conserved textbook definition of endemic but most experts agree that endemic means that there's a constant presence of a disease. we don't yet know what covid is really going to do this winter. we suspect they'll be less debts and illness, but we don't really know and then also endemic seems to now have taken this political kind of public perception that covid-19 is no longer arthrit. it's not a big deal when we all know that's not true given the fact that 200,000 people have died from covid-19 this year alone. we're still seeing several hundred deaths a day. so in both terminologies it is not yet over. the pandemic is not over and in your judgment and those of other public health officials. it has not yet transitioned to an endemic problem. i

alok patel shared his advice for staying safe. if anyone out there feels like they might be ill.ay to stay home. it's okay to stay away not just related to monkeypox, but for any other disease or can or virus or anything that you may have you don't want to spread it to others. the right thing to do is to be selfless and protect your community great advice covid vaccines and booster shots will also be offered at the folsom street fair. it happens tomorrow from 11 am to 6 pm. now to the latest covid-19 headlines the rollout of the new updated boosters has been slower than health officials expected nearly four and a half million people have received shots in the last three weeks, california has updated mask rules officials are no longer recommending masking indoors if community levels are low masks are also now optional in correctional facilities and homeless shelters. bart's current mask mandate will expire october 1st, but the general manager can reimpose a mandate if local or state officials do. and as covid cases and hospitalizations remain top of mind. there's also worry that t

alok patel, a pleasure to have you here.gio. great to be with you. i want to talk about what's going on here. we have dangerous heat setting records to the west. triple digit heat expected salt lake city, 100 degrees for the last seven days in a row. it is not just the heat. we have red flag warnings in effect. we have fires burning. we're looking lisa: happy labor day to you. clear skies and mild temperatures but enters the heart today with our excessive heat. . warning through thursday looking at record high temperatures and no relief until the weekend. highs in the mid to upper 90's on the peninsula, 100 degrees in san jose. 107 i santa rosa with over 110 possible in our inland valleys. the >>> time now for our skin care survival guide with skin care guru vanita rattan. she has tips we can all use, but she specializes in skin of color, which often means a different kind of tlc than caucasian skin. >> vanita has a new book that is beautiful called "skin revolution: the ultimate guide to beautiful and healthy skin of colour

alok patel a weighed in with me earlier today on abc 7 news at 4.th officials across this country, but no the pandemic is not over in terms of two basic definitions. there is no conserved textbook definition of endemic but most experts agree that endemic means that there's a constant presence of a disease. we don't yet know what cova's really going to do this winter we suspect they'll be less debts and illness, but we don't really know and then also endemic seems to now have taken this political kind of public perception that covid-19 is no longer arthritis. it's not a big deal when we also know that's not true given the fact that 200,000 people have died from covid-19 this year alone. we're still seeing several hundred deaths a day. so in both terminologies it it is not yet over. the pandemic is not over and in your judgment and those of other public health officials. it has not yet transitioned to an endemic problem. is that correct? because a check of monkeypox cases in the bay area. san francisco still has the most nearly 800 at last check. ther

alok patel who is joining us doc. what do you think about masks on bart?if you were getting on a bar train, let's say in five minutes. would you wear a mask? elderly be completely honest. i still would be wearing a mask, but i want to stress that that is an individual risk assessment also kind of depends on how crowded the bart is but i think what's important is that we're paying attention to the community level. we're actually following those guidelines and if it goes below a certain metric, then it is fair to lift that mandate in the same way. la county is lifting mandates and they've been listed across the country, but this doesn't take away from the fact that individuals can still be at risk, especially if they're a vulnerable so lifting a mandate does not necessarily mean that we're completely out of the woods when it comes people becoming severely ill. yeah, and the message can change depending on the situation and along those lines president. biden said the pandemic is over yet. we still have hundreds of people dying every day from covid the demogra