bob wachter and his wife katie, who has caught covid. they live in the same household but they are in different rooms, because dr. wachter is trying not to catch covid well taking care of her. simone wants to know, with the family of four, mom and dad and eight-month-old are positive but the five-year-old is not yet. if the five-year-old ends up testing positive, can we take the masks off or is there a possibility of recirculation? >> you can take your masks off. once you have it, you won't get it again. in the short term. you might get it again three months from now, but everyone who has it, they don't need to be isolated anymore. it is important to recognize, people often assume one household member has it. everybody has got it. . . don't even be careful that's not right. the household attack rate is 40%. 40% of people who live in a household with someone who has it will get it. you have a 60% chance of not getting it. even though i was exposed to katie, and there's a decent chance i will get it, i have not gotten it yet and i'm careful

doctor bob wachter, chair of the ucsf department of medicine, doctor wachter, thank you for your timetonight. it seems like we keep getting new variants. they keep getting more infectious. how are people supposed to process their day-to-day lives now more than 2 years in masks are largely gone for a lot of people. how are you supposed to go on? >> well, they're not gone for me. and i think they probably shouldn't be gone for a lot of people. >> yes, as you say, the variance have gotten worse. the original omicron was more infectious than delta. and the second version was more infection that now the new version is even more infectious cases are going up. and so i think it's prudent for people to be a little bit more careful. it doesn't mean going back to the heights, the pandemic, but it does mean exercising some level of caution. so an indoor space, but it's crowded these days, i am masking up. i still do not want to get covid. i've managed to dodge it so far. and i still think it's a reasonable thing to do. even if you're not required to wear a mask. i think it's an individual decisi

bob wachter who tweeted, it was a big time surge. that the true number was likely 2,000 cases per day. adding if you're trying to stay well, time to up your game. >> the cases reported are likely underestimates. >> reporter: he is the assistant health officer and said it is difficult to calculate the true number of cases in santa clara county. as for when this surge might level off, he says he's been looking at computer models from the state. >> those models are predicting that the peak of the surge may come in mid june. i think, you know, there is a famous quote that says all models are wrong. so we use this for our purposes but they're not a crystal ball to predict the future. >> reporter: bottom line, wear your mask for now and make good choices. >> when cases are going down, i think people can perhaps be a little more relaxed. now that cases are going up, now is a great time to buckle down and take the steps to protect yourself. >>> let's talk a little about the weather outside. really warm today ine places. of course, where you

bob wachter despite taking numerous precautions. his wife has come down with the virus after a recent conference abc 7 news. anchor kristen zetalked with both of them on our 3 pm show getting answers. they did ask that everybody be vaccinated and show proof of vaccination, but what they didn't ask was that everyone tests themselves before the first day of the conference and throughout the week the best you can do is these vaccinated and if you're going to be taking your mass off that everybody does rapid testing that day. dr. walker also shared this photo of katie masked and covered up on an airplane recently. this was the day after her exposure but before she tested positive for good. she is now symptomatic and the couple is in isolation in separate parts of their house? well for quick recovery, we are getting some mixed messages in the weather this week. check this out hail coming down hard in santa rosa today. and belmont also saw some hail this afternoon for just a few minutes before more rain fell kind of a wild day on. yeah, y

bob wachter, chair of ucsf's department of medicine, is someone many have followed throughout the pandemic and last night shared his wife tested positive while they were traveling to and from palm springs. dr. walker shared the story with his followers and took a poll on what others would do in this situation. we are grateful to be joined live by dr bob walker, doctor first and foremost, how is your wife katie feeling and i understand she started the anti viral packs lova today. she did that plus matzo ball soup, and the combination is really what's important. she's got a terrible headache. she's got a very bad sore throat, a little bit of a cough, but but nothing horrible and obviously could be much worse. glad to hear she's doing okay, doctor, one of the polls you took in that twitter thread? you asked what people would do if they tested positive before flight and you chose to rent a car and make the nine hour drive back to the bay area, explained the decision making for us and perhaps how your followers responded. yeah it's a big state. i have to say we were. we were scheduled to fly ba

wachter 3. dion: welcome back. we are with ucsf department of medicine chair dr. bob walker, and his wife, talking about their covid journey. they have been on our show three times. i want to get you some here are questions on facebook. alexis lou writes in to say, after the second covid booster, does everyone need a third covid rooster in the future? i think the concern is i know why a lot of people who are fully vaccinated, fully boosted, and are still seeing breakthrough cases. it can be really discouraging. dr. wachter: understandably so. katie i'm sure feels that way. she had two vaccines and two boosters and letter guard on a tiny bit and got infected. you should know that that booster, you took it for a reason. when katie got infected, it did not cross my mind that she would need to go to the hospital or she would die, which would not have been true prevaccination or pre-booster. it is doing something very important, which is lowering the chance of a severe infection and bad outcome. but it is clear that it somewhat low was her chance of getting infected, but n