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doctor bob wachter, the professor and chair of medicine at ucsf, joined us on kron. 4 news at 3 to talktoday. he told us that his wife, katie, is not doing great weeks after getting covid and there is not a medication to help people get better, not even the antiviral pill. paxlovid. >> i don't think we know what its impact is on long covid yet my wife did take it when she had or acute infection and she has developed her these persistent symptoms. so i think it's up in the air whether pack so does help lower the probably long covid. the thing we do know helps is vaccination and studies of people who've been vaccinated and have a breakthrough infection. their chances of developing long covid are significantly lower than those who are unvaccinated but not 0. and my wife was fully vaccinated and boosted and still having these troubling symptoms. now, more than a month out. >> doctor wachter also wants people to know with each new variant. it depends how many people get infected with long covid. but it looks like right now one in 5 people with covid experience persistent symptoms, at least o

so joining us is doctor bob wachter, professor and chair of the department of medicine at ucsf.hank you for joining us here during kron. 4 news at 3. so your wife has long covid. this was a series of tweets that you put out one. how is she doing and what do you wish that patients knew about long covid? >> still a little bit better this week than last. she's about 5 weeks out from her initial infection. and up until really the last several days, she said overwhelming by where she has to lie down for a couple of hours. she's had some brain fog, which is tough because she's a journalist and a some bad headaches. that's what i what i think people need to understand that even if you are fully vaccinated and boosted and your risk of getting the severe acute infection has gone down tremendously. this is still possible outcome for covid. and that's still a good reason to try try recently hard not to get it. it's it's not any fun. >> and the reason why it's long covid is that she's continues to take tests and she's testing negative for covid. but she's continuing to have some of these. c

doctor bob wachter, professor and chair of medicine at ucsf says he told his own wife. is not doing great after weeks after getting covid. >> i don't think we know what its impact is on long covid yet my wife did take it when she had or acute infection and she has developed her these persistent symptoms. so i think it's up in the air whether pack so does help lower the probably long covid. the thing we do know helps is vaccination and studies of people who've been vaccinated and have a breakthrough infection. their chances of developing long covid are significantly lower than those who are unvaccinated but not 0. and my wife was fully vaccinated and boosted and still having these troubling symptoms. now, more than a month out. >> doctor wachter wants people to know with each new variant. it's not clear how many people could get infected with long covid. right now. he says it looks like one in 5 people with covid experience persistent symptoms, at least one month, if not more after their initial infection. as cases of monkeypox continue to rise, the who is planning to re

doctor bob wachter, professor and chair of medicine at ucsf joined us on kron. 4 news at 3 to talk about this today. he told us that his wife, katie, is not doing great weeks after getting covid and she was fully vaccinated and boosted and took paxlovid so he has now started to wear a mask again in order to avoid getting sick with covid. >> i think people need to understand that even if you are fully vaccinated and boosted and your risk of getting the severe acute infection has gone down tremendously. this is still possible outcome for covid. and that's still a good reason to try try recently hard not to get it. it's it's not any fun. >> doctor wachter wants people to know with each new variant. it depends how many people will get infected with long covid there right now. looks like one in 5 people with covid experience these persistent symptoms, at least one month, if not more after their initial infection. live in the newsroom. i'm justine waldman, kron 4 news testing. thank you. >> a panel of food and drug administration says that moderna's covid-19 vaccine can be used for children, a

yesterday we talked to doctor bob wachter, professor of chair professor and chair of medicine at ucsf who is caring for a covid case in his own household. >> i don't think we know what its impact is on long covid yet my wife did take it when she had or acute infection and she has developed her these persistent symptoms. so i think it's up in the air. whether packs of does help lower the probability long covid. the thing we do know helps is vaccination and studies of people who have been vaccinated and have a breakthrough infection. their chances of developing long covid are significantly lower than those who are unvaccinated but not 0. and my wife was fully vaccinated and boosted and still having these troubling symptoms. now, more than a month out. >> doctor walker wants people to know with each new variant. it's not clear how many people will get infected with long covid. but right now looks like one in 5 people with covid experience persistent symptoms. at least one month, if not longer after their initial infection. there's a push right now from the lgbtq community advocates to ki

doctor bob wachter, professor and chair of medicine at ucsf joined us on kron. 4 news at 3 to talk about this. he told us his wife, katie is not doing great weeks after getting covid. >> i don't think we know what its impact is on long covid yet my wife did take it when she had or acute infection and she has developed her these persistent symptoms. so i think it's up in the air whether pack so does help lower the probably long covid. the thing we do know helps is vaccination and studies of people who have been vaccinated and have a breakthrough infection. their chances of developing long covid are significantly lower than those who are unvaccinated but not 0. and my wife was fully vaccinated and boosted and still having these troubling symptoms. now, more than a month out. >> doctor wachter wants people to know that with each new variant, it's not clear how many people get infected with long covid. but right now it looks like one in 5 people with covid experience persistent symptoms, at least once a month. one month of not more after their initial infection. >> a panel of food and drug a

his doctor, bob wachter, professor and chair of medicine at ucsf. >> i don't think we know what its impactyet my wife did take it when she had or acute infection and she has developed her these persistent symptoms. so i think it's up in the air whether packs of does help lower the probably long covid. the thing we do know helps is vaccination and studies of people who have been vaccinated and have a breakthrough infection, their chances of developing long covid are significantly lower than those who are unvaccinated but not 0. and my wife was fully vaccinated and boosted and still having these troubling symptoms. now, more than a month that. >> and the doctor also wants people to know with each new variant. it's not clear how many people will get infected with long covid. but right now it looks like one in 5 people with covid experience persistent symptoms. at least one month, if not more after their initial infection. as cases of monkeypox continue to rise. the who is planning to rename the virus more than 1600 people globally have tested positive for monkeypox scientists from around the

he is doctor bob wachter, professor and chair of medicine at ucsf. >> i don't think we know what its yet my wife did take it when she had or acute infection and she has developed her these persistent symptoms. so i think it's up in the air whether pack so does help lower the probably long covid. the thing we do know helps is vaccination and studies of people who have been vaccinated and have a breakthrough infection. their chances of developing long covid are significantly lower than those who are unvaccinated but not 0. and my wife was fully vaccinated and boosted and still having these troubling symptoms. now, more than a month out. >> a doctor wachter wants people to know with each new variant. it's not clear how many people will get infected with long covid area-but. right now it looks like one in 5 people with with covid can experience persistent symptoms. at least one month, if not more after their initial infection 8. and we've got rob black, by the way, coming in later, you know, he's still doing the show his whole family got covid last week floyd. and after that, he got it.

well, doctor bob wachter, professor and chair of the department of medicine at ucsf joined us live on kron. 4 news at 3 to talk about this. he told us is wife katie is not doing great after getting covid weeks ago. >> i don't think we know what its impact is on long covid yet my wife did take it when she had or acute infection and she has developed her these persistent symptoms. so i think it's up in the air whether packs of does help lower the probably long covid. the thing we do know helps is vaccination and studies of people who have been vaccinated and have a breakthrough infection, their chances of developing long covid are significantly lower than those who are unvaccinated but not 0. and my wife was fully vaccinated and boosted and still having these troubling symptoms. now, more than a month out. >> doctor wachter says he wants people to know with each new variant. it's not clear how many people will get infected with long covid. but right now it looks like one in 5 people with covid experience persistent symptoms, at least a month, if not more after their initial infection. >

bob lanier co bock wachter who said the true number was likely 2,000 cases per day, adding if you are trying to stay well, time to up your game. >> the cases that we're reporting are likely underestimates. >> reporter: dr. vut veteran is the health officer and says it's difficult to calculate the true number of cases in santa clara county. when the surge may level off. dr. vit kraushaar says he has been looking at computer models from the state. >> the models are predicting the peak of the surge may come mid-june. there is a quote that says all models are wrong. so we use this for planning purposes, but they are not really a crystal ball to predict the future. >> reporter: wear your matching for now and make good choices. >> when cases are being done, people can be a little more relaxed. now that cases are going up, it's a great time to buckle down and take the steps so protect yourself. >> reporter: genevieve says she will continue to wear her mask everywhere. any plans on getting it? >> no, just me at my roommate, so we're good. >> walgreens, you will be able to pick up at home coll