bob wachter talking about all things, you know covid rsv flu things to keep you healthy. i want to start with a question. we just got in from a viewer on instagram lola bears watching and she wants to know can i get the pfizer bivalent after having all moderna vaccines previously? i'm going to guess. yes, right. yeah, you can any combo is perfectly fine. there is a little bit of evidence that mixing and matching offers a little bit broader protection. so for example, i had my first three we pfizer i got number four was a madura and i went back to pfizer for my bivalent. it's perfectly fine to do the combo and might even be slightly beneficial. all right. you so much. okay. so sorry saying i hear this a lot. i've had it it wasn't that bad for me. so i don't see the great need to try to you know, do a lot to avoid it again any thoughts on that that is are there any new studies on reinfections and the effects on our body that we need to know about? yeah, the the my main comment about it is as perfectly but it's wrong. so the study that just came out this is from some researc

bob wachter says we all have to be more careful about prevention things like washing our hands.t one case in a very big country and so it's not like i would stop, you know having my kids go to daycare if i had inf. but it is something you've got to be thoughtful about and obviously if your kid develops an upper respiratory infection and starts getting shorter breath at all. they need to see they need to get medical attention very quickly. dr. bob walker young children are most vulnerable to severe complications from rsv and the flu, especially if they have underlying conditions or were born prematurely moderna can now quantify just how well it's new bivalent booster shot works against two covid subariants. and its original vaccine compared to the original vaccine the company says the new booster shot triggered antibody responses against the va-4 nba-5 subference that were about 15 times higher compared to the original vaccine. there were also fewer adverse reactions to the shot this new report echoes similar data released by pfizer earlier this month part of the broadway tunnel

bob wachter. he wrote he can't remember the last time this has happened. he credited high vaccination rates and booster rates in san francisco but also cautioned that the milestone may not last. infectious disease experts are worried about a potential winter surge of covid. but so far this fall, cases in california have remained low. >>> some other headlines that we're watching tonight, get ready for a wet week ahead. we have green on the radar, at least it's going to be coming in soon. a series of storms and the first round arrives tomorrow. many bay area communities and utilities spending the day prepping. that includes pg&e. it's going to use specific technology to help predict where the outages are most likely. that way, of course, crews can respond faster. >> we are very aware of this weather event. we're prepaing for it