concerned about covid in your kid's classroom? we investigate how the virus is spreading in schools and what many districts are missing when it comes to protecting students and teachers. plus, have bay area researchers actually discovered a cure for covid? stephen stock: so, wait a minute, you're tellin' me, in cells, you're able to completely eliminate covid-19? eddie wehri: pretty much, yeah. announcer: we investigate what's delaying potential life-saving treatments that could wipe out the virus. and a battle over how to slow down wildfires heats up as some scientists challenge the long-standing strategy of thinning forest to control the flames. stephen stock: good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm stephen stock. tonight, we begin with the fight against covid. while the united states has been great at developing covid vaccines, our health care system still lags behind other countries in treating the actual disease if you get it. here in the bay area, scientists developed a potential miracle cure that could save lives in the ba

guidance to reduce transmission of covid-19 and everyone due to the widespread covid-19 delta variant. so, you know, this delta variant is really covid is steroids, which is why vaccinations are so important, but also protecting ourselves and each other, reducing the rate of transmission by requiring us all to wear a mask in public places will protect everyone, particularly the unvaccinated or those who have not received a vaccine and can help them get protected by availing themselves to a shot. there's lots of resources here. we are really focusing the health department on the most vulnerable communities to covid-19, reaching out to ensure that people have the right information, the correct information and particularly about the vaccines. know there's a lot of myths out there and misperceptions. we are out there making vaccine available as much as possible. in addition there's information where people can get tested, and for people who want to delve deep into the data, you can see the links to our data and reports. and finally, just to emphasize for further information about covid, t

the risk having their child stay home versus covid. we in public health as well as medical world do believe school is the best place for children. this includes because of the academic learning learning curves, the physical and mental health benefits of schools and the social and emotional development that schools afford. what are some of these safer strategies that allow schools to return? the first one is vaccinations. most children are getting covid either in the community or at home. most likely from adults. people who are able to get vaccinated, should get vaccinated in order to protect children. vaccines are one of the most effective ways to decrease risk of covid-19. vaccinated adults and teenagers can help protect younger children who cannot get vaccinated. we know that vaccines are extremely effective, especially around severe outcomes and deaths. vaccinated people are ten times as likely to be hospitalized. really good news is that in san francisco, 77% of eligible san francisco population is fully vaccinated. including teena

from the get go, who put out global allocation frameworks for covid, before the covid vaccines were even available. there was a framework put together by the who outlined if we arekl going to optimize publc health with global benefits for the future vaccine, business the way. as had every country around the world needed to achieve 20% coverage from the beginning some vaccinate at the same pace before extending to other populations. this was if it had been operationalization lysed by people of the power and corporations putting a much better place than we are right now. so that was led by who, they had all these experts around the world. they're doing a tremendous job and we knowe many people at the phl of expertise and they are doing a wonderful job in this dire pandemic. >> illinois. >> thank you for coming to me to educate us. do you have a benchmark for the survival rate of third world countries and second question, have used the chinese vaccine and otherth countries? >> are not being able to answer the first part of your questions in terms of the benchmark, i'm sorry but i'm sure we

even if you get covid-19. in fact, recent data indicates there is only one confirmed positive case per 5000 fully vaccinated americans per day. you are as safe as possible, and we are doing everything we can to keep it that way, keep it that way, keep you safe. that is where boosters come in. the shots that give you even more protection after your second shot. i know there has been some confusion about boosters, so let me be clear. last month, our top government doctors announced an initial plan for booster shots for vaccinated americans. they believe the booster is likely to provide the highest level of protection yet. of course, the decision of which booster shots to give, when to start them, and who will get them will be left completely to the scientists at the fda and the centers for disease control. but while we wait, we have done our part. we bought enough boosters, enough booster shots, and a distribution system is ready to administer them. as soon they are authorized, those eligible will be able to get

covid patients. 18 months into this pandemic.t february, they were exposed. >> i got worried when i tested positive. i had chills and fever. >> reporter: a mother of two, she knew about covid firsthand because she works as a clinical lab scientist in santa clara. >> i know what's going on when the virus enters your body. >> we have a large number of our population that is immunosuppressed or very old or isn't responding to vaccinations. >> reporter: dr. singh is division chief of infectious diseases at stanford. her team developed a treatment for people. >> it feels great to say hey, for you, we have a medication that's safe, that's effective. >> reporter: within days of testing positive for the virus, sanford doctors treated her with monoclonal antibodies, the man madetein from entering healthy cells. >> it's been well study and is very safe and it's effective. it reduces your chances that you'll end up in the emergency room or in the hospital. >> here i am. i'm all good. good to go. >> reporter: but the fda has only authorized

even if you get covid-19. in fact, recent data indicates there is only one confirmed positive case per 5000 fully vaccinated americans per day. we are as safe as possible and we are doing everything we can to keep it that way, keep it that way, keep you safe. that is where boosters come in. the shots that give you even more production that after your second shot. now, i know there has been some confusion about boosters. let me be clear. last month our top government doctors announced an initial plan for booster shots for vaccinated americans. they believe that a booster is likely to provide the highest level of protection yet. of course, the decision of which booster shots to give, when to start them, and who will give them, will be left completely to the scientists at the fda and the centers for disease control. but while we wait, we've done our part. we've bought enough boosters, enough booster shots, and the distribution system is ready to administer. as soon as they are authorized, those eligible will be a

aggressively exploring how to bring covid to an end. today, we have conducted oversight on numerous issues from the on ground experience to vaccine development, distribution and uptake. curbing covid-19 has been and remains this subcommittee's top priority until we bring the pandemic to an end. today's topping is central to the concern of families across the country. how the pandemic affects our children, and had to continue to ensure their health and well-being. as millions of students start the new school year, patients are facing agonizing decisions. families across the country are balancing the risk and challenges of keeping their children safe, while striving to support their overall developmental and growth. experts agree the best place for children is in the classroom, but only if steps are taken to make schools a safe ways. the goal we all share is even kids safe. a goal that has been threatened throughout the pandemic. while children have been spared the same rates of severe symptoms m's or death, we know that they are far from

my son got terribly sick with covid, every symptom of covid.m worried that the flu shot coming out now will be loaded with mrna. in my opinion washington is full of satan worshipers and this is a blood sacrifice. if you listen to dr. steve sanchez, he comes on every day at 6:00 in las vegas, he will explain that to you. host: let's go to robert in massachusetts. caller: i am a big trump supporter and i chose to get the vaccine because it makes sense for me. everyone in this country had an opportunity to make that decision and i have no problem if people are not vaccinated. i am vaccinated. i am fine. it is time to end this ridiculousness and go back to normal life. host: let's go to larry calling from los angeles, california on the independent line. caller: my whole thing is i do not know where justice system has gone in this country. i thought it was supposed to be blind. i thought it was supposed to be for all. hillary clinton's attorney has been linked to the russian inclusion. 4 years we went through impeachments. now come to find out, whic

our covid division and what we've accomplished out side of covid. our partnerships and how we are thinking ahead. the population health division one of the two large operational arms of the department along with our sisters and colleagues situational health network. our group is much smaller. fourteen public health branches. across the city to protect and promote health of everyone who works, lives, studies, playing in san francisco. we count on our stake holders as our clients and patients of the health network. we have the city wide responsibilities. we hold the state mandated functions of public health. environmental health and protection of water in restaurants. communicatable diseases which we've all become familiar with. i'm the acting director. you can see the 14 branches and officers here. you can see the fantastic leaders within them. we'll highlight a little of the work that they do in covid and out side of covid as well. we have had transitions in leadership at the director position. it's great to have these colleagues to work with throug

the decisions affect covid and non-covid patients. some health-care providers have turned to crisis standards in montana as well. hawaii's governor released health workers from liability to have to ration care. is a lot of this driven by the fact that there are shortages of health care workers and this health worker burnout happening? host: -- guest: a lot of it is driven by shortages, burnout. you mentioned alaska and idaho, two highly rural states. there is a limited supply of rural clinics and hospitals, so people do not have the flexibility and labor and facility supply needed for something like a pandemic. if we had allowed opportunities for expansion of facilities, expansion of nurse practitioners or allowed physicians to own and operate and build hospitals, we might be in a better place today. those are things we could have changed or could change as we think about future pandemics. host: here is for dell, calling from connecticut. -- fidel cannot calling from connecticut. -- fidel, x x xx x xx xxxxx xxxx xxxx calling fxx x con

covid-19 is the latest chapter. there is a bright spot in the committee room today with my colleagues. we know that vaccines save lives, thanks to vaccines, for -- four preventable diseases have been eradicated. immunization programs in countries are estimated to have saved 23 million lives. and thanks to the trump administration and operation warp speed, we have three vaccines in record time to crush covid-19. it is because of the private sector investment and regulatory flexibility provided by congress and the trump administration to unleash innovation. today, just over a year since pandemic began, we are holding a hearing about getting a vaccine to every person who wants one. at the start of the pandemic, experts were estimating it would take much longer. this record speed is a remarkable story of american innovation. since december when the first covid-19 vaccine was authorized, covid-19 deaths have limited. countless lives have been saved. as more adults are getting vaccinated, cases are decreasing all across t

so i do expect inflation to decelerate and pre-covid inflation dynamics to return when covid disruptions dissipate. with delta disrupting the rotation from goods to services andro longing -- and prolonging supply bottlenecks, we don't know how it will go from this year to next year. first, while rent and owner's equivalent rose .3% in august, housing services inflation rose more than exacted. it could provide durable upward pressure on inflation. there is a risk goods prices may not decelerate and return to their pre-covid trends as is wisely expected. third, of course, i think we are all watching for any signs that wage gains are feeding into higher inflation more broadly. but the evidence so far suggests that wage gains are broadly in line with productivity. and that the labor share of income remains relatively low. finally, i'm vigilant for any signs that the current high level of inflation might push longer term inflation above levels consistent with the 2% target. market-based measures of inflation compensation, such as the tips five year five year forward measure suggests those inf

or prevent covid. in fact, taking it can be dangerous. last year the speaker of the house said she would inform a specific committee in congress to investigate what went wrong in the response to covid, what went wrong in the trump administration as they failed so badly in their initial response to the pandemic and the united states became the worst-hit country in the world in terms of the pandemic. that committee has started to turn up information not just about how the response to the pandemic was sort of structured, but also why we may have got down some of those very weird cul-de-sacs. just last week that committee turned up something new, or i should say someone new, someone who was not advised on the coronavirus response. his name is dr. steven hatfield. he's a virologist. in 2020 he started working with the white house trade representative, peter navarro, as an advisor on the pandemic response. which is why, as the congressional investigation was continuing their course of looking into the u.s. g

my son got terribly sick with covid, every symptom of covid.m worried that the flu shot coming out now will be loaded with mrna. in my opinion washington is full of satan worshipers and this is a blood sacrifice. if you listen to dr. steve sanchez, he comes on every day at 6:00 in las vegas, he will explain that to you. host: let's go to robert in massachusetts. caller: i am a big trump supporter and i chose to get the vaccine because it makes sense for me. everyone in this country had an opportunity to make that decision and i have no problem if people are not vaccinated. i am vaccinated. i am fine. it is time to end this ridiculousness and go back to normal life. host: let's go to larry calling from los angeles, california on the independent line. caller: my whole thing is i do not know where justice system has gone in this country. i thought it was supposed to be blind. i thought it was supposed to be for all. hillary clinton's attorney has been linked to the russian inclusion. 4 years we went through impeachments. now come to find out, whic

first we have made considerable progress in battling covid-19. when i became president 2 million americans were fully vaccinated. today over 175 million americans have that protection. before i took office we had enough vaccines for every american. just weeks in office we did. the week before he took office on january 20 of this year over 25,000 americans died that week from covid-19. last week that grim weekly toll was down 70% and three months before he took office our economy was faltering creating 50,000 jobs a month and we are now averaging 700,000 new jobs a month in the past three months. this progress is real. while americans are in better in shape and seven months ago when i took office i need to tell you a second fact. we are in the tough stretch and it could last for a while. highly contagious delta variant that i began to warn america about in july spread in the late summer summer like it did in other countries before us. while the vaccines provide some protection for the vaccinated we read and hear about it and we have seen the stori

they heart covid. this is how they feel about covid. they want to spread it but also know they can't get re-elected because the majority of people -- this is a california exit poll but i doubt that it's different in any other state. 65% of people in that exit poll said that they believe getting vaccinated is a public health responsibility. only 32% said they believe it's a personal choice. that exit poll also showed people wanted more strict policy, not less strict policy. most people want their lives back. what is the guy's name -- dan crenshaw, republican, says i'm honestly curious why californians wouldn't want some balance in their government. works well in deep blue states like massachusetts and maryland, both with republican governors. charlie baker and larry hogan are the governors of those states. but david, they're not insane. they're not saying more covid. covid in your schools. they're not -- they're not pushing covid. so the divided government argument in my mind won't work for republicans this time around. do you agree? >>

we are leveraging our covid-19 we are leveraging our covid-19 response to help in any way we can. over 350 emts, doctors, nurses, and other personnel have been providing emergency medical care on the ground in the gulf states of louisiana, mississippi, and alum since july, we have sent ventilators, therapeutics, and ambulances to support the strained health care system in these states is they response to delta. our personnel remained on the ground as hurricane ida made landfall and are mobilized in the aftermath of the storm. augmenting local personnel. we are providing critical clinical care, conducting patient movements to relieve the strain in hospitals, and continuing treatment for covid-19 patients. at the same time, our whole of government effort to respond to help states with delta outbreaks continues. today, covid-19 surge response teams are working with 18 states, pulling in personnel, resources, supplies, and expertise from across the federal government, including from hhs, cdc, fema, dod, and the da to address states'specific needs. we have deployed more than 700 person

he got covid instead.is regret. >> he recognizes his not getting the vaccination has probably caused a bunch of other people not to get vaccinated and that he regrets. >> reporter: he died, but his brother said his story influenced dozens to get the shot. no surprise to behavioral scientists. >> when there's a story about someone you trust, you know, got sick, got hospitalized, even died, that story will carry more weight. >> reporter: but there are a litany of other vaccine skeptics who got covid and have yet to acknowledge the benefits of the vaccine. from conservative cardinal raymond leo burke, who used his pulpit to spread baseless conspiracy theories about the vaccine, and ended up on a ventilator. >> and even the kind of microchip needs to be placed under the skin of every person -- >> reporter: to florida pastor rick wyles. >> i am not going to be vaccinated. >> he too hospitalized with covid, but remains defiant about the vaccine. how big of an influence is our own ego? >> they don't want to recog

hoeg, i wanted to ask what is the risk of covid-19? what risk covid-19 poses to children and how does that risk compare across age groups and compare to adults? dr. hoeg: yeah, thanks for bringing up those very important points about mental health. and so the risk for children as as i was discussing for hospitalization is at 20 to 30 times of older adults and we're talking thousands more fold in risks of mortality. and the risks as i discussed earlier are about -- are 500-1 in 1,000 in hospitalization and we see 5-6 deaths per million among children. and then -- could you repeat the second part of your question? >>> ms. rodgers: i'm moving on because my concern is we're taking this very narrow focus and focusing on covid-19 while ignoring other health factors. other mental health, social, emotional development impact of the policies that right now c.d.c. and other public health agencies across the country are enforcing. so dr. hoeg, would you just speak to when we're implementing these mitigation policies for covid-19, why it's importa

covid is still out there. the disease, sadly, still remains a risk, but i'm confident we can keep going with our plan. and it's confirmed that 12 to 15—year—olds in all parts of the uk will be offered one dose of vaccine. we'll be asking if the booster programme is making the best use of tens of millions of vaccine doses. also tonight... job vacancies throughout the uk have hit a record high, as the economic recovery continues. in afghanistan, we talk to some of the thousands of women who can't return to work and fear for their safety. and ronaldo scores, but it's a tough night for manchester united in the champions league. and coming up in the sport on the bbc news channel... british relay silver medallist cj ujah returns a positive b sample for banned substances, confirming his initial result from the tokyo olympics. good evening. the plan for dealing with covid during the autumn and winter months in england will involve booster vaccinations for tens of millions of people and reserve powers for mandatory vac

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covid strategy from here on out. fire fauci, fire the head of the fda and instead moved to a national hydroxychloroquine and zinc response. he says that other countries are doing this. he says those countries have been able to rapidly bring their localized covid outbreaks under control in a matter of 14 days and that's why those other countries have not had major outbreaks. he says it is, quote, necessary to reaffirmed that the widespread outpatient use of hydroxychloroquine is the only way to control the outbreak at this time. again, this is last fall. so where did this guy come from? how did he get into the white house to be advising them on the covid response? why is he talking to the white house chief of staff that he must fire the top infectious disease doctor in the u.s. government, fire the top scientists overseeing the white house administration scientific response and that instead the white house should instead be passing out hydroxychloroquine and zinc and pets dispensers? that's what's needs to be america'

covid is still out there.he disease, sadly, still remains a risk, but i'm confident we can keep going with our plan. but there is a plan b for england — vaccine passports, a return of mandatory masks, even the work—from—home rule, are all an option if the nhs struggles to cope this winter. i think a toolkit is the right way to go. | i think we should get on with it| and really start looking forward. i'd rather we take every action that we possibly i think it is something we have to live with, like we live with flu. i'd rather we take every possible action_ i'd rather we take every possible action to — i'd rather we take every possible action to minimise cases. as we enter the autumn with more cases, more hospitalisations and more daily deaths than this time last year — we'll be asking how well the uk can cope. also tonight. job vacancies in the uk surge past 1 million for the first time since records began. and the man who has paddleboarded around the whole of britain finishes his epicjourney in torquay. and c

in germany, you can get a rapid covid test for less than $1. in india, a rapid covid test is $3.14. the uk provides free tests to everybody in the united kingdom. the studies have shown that adults, if the tests are a dollar or two, they'll get tests to make sure they can go to work, or they'll test their kid to make sure it's safe to go to school. but if it's $15, the willingness to test yourself dramatically goes down. i think there is bipartisanship on the issue that we ought to have tests that people can afford. why are tests in the united states so much more expensive than in countries like germany, the uk or india, and what are we doing to make sure the costs are costs that people can afford? >> senator, i'm not sure i hav the answer, but remember germany has a federal system that allows them to move much faster than we do. we have a republic that dictates the 50 states so much over this. some states prepared better, some states didn't. what we're trying to do is coordinate far better with them. among the billions of dollars you all made available to us in supplemental appropr

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so the currently elevated inflation appears to be driven by covid related disruption. as with covid related subside most forecasters expect inflation to move back down to 2% long run objective on its own. that is a sense in which high inflation is likely to be transitory. in that regard, the august monthly cpi reading was the first month with the notablebl retrenchment among covid sensitive categories like hotels and rental cars. so, i do expect inflation to accelerate and pre-covered dynamics to return when covered disruption dissipates. but with delta disrupting the rotation from goods to services and prolonging supply bottleneck it's uncertain how fast inflation will decelerate over this year end into next year. so i am monitoring carefully a few upside risks. first of all rents and owners equivalent rent both rose in a fairly moderate zero-point to august, and housing services moved up e more substantially than expected this could have upward pressure on inflation but secondly risk goods prices may not decelerate and return to the t pre-covid trends as is widely ex

emerging covid-19 variants.esults are expected in the first half of the attack the pandemic. and it is expected to focus again on getting more people vaccinated. but this time may include requirements for the unvaccinate as well. looming not thatter if a of on, the coming flu season. one that helps experts predict could be stronger than usual. >> reporter: new research shows this flu season could be severe amid the covid-19 pandemic. 2020 was the mildest flu season on record with just 1675 reported cases between september and may largely due to widespread mask wearing and distancing. as most states have eased restrictions, doctors fear flu cases could go up. >> we know that this happens nearly. we're sort of bracing ourselves for what that means on top of what we're seeing with covid. >> reporter: stanford's doctor expects the bay area won't be hit as hard as other parts of the country because hospitals are not at capacity here. he credits masking and high covid vaccination rates. >> we are seeing a slight diffe

it includes a wage increase including covid hazard pay, affordable family housing and continued covid safety measures. workers will vote on ratifying the contract tomorrow . >>> happening now, job fair started minutes ago at westfield valley fair mall in the south bay. you can meet with hiring managers for more than two dozen shops and restaurant positions. they vary from sales to cooks, service, merchandise, shop managers and the job fair goes until 7:00 tonight on level 2 near the anthropology store. >>> a live look at capitol hill. with the clock ticking, congress is trying to avoid a government shutdown. meanwhile, skyler henry reports the biden administration is working to get the president's top legislative priorities past. >> reporter: a bitter battle over funding the federal government is underway on capitol hill with the clock ticking away. >> so many critical issues to address, the last thing the american people need right now is a government shutdown. >> reporter: congress has until midnight thursday to everett a shutdown they could for low thousands and happy government ag