amy: dr. peter, thank you for being with us, codirector center for vaccine development at texas children's hospital and congratulations on your book "preventing the next pandemic: vaccine diplomacy in a time of anti-science." when we come back, it is earth day. we will hear about the red deal. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "journey back home" by charles littleleaf. this is democracy now! i'm amy goodman with nermeen shaikh. today is earth day. as president joe biden begins a two-day virtual leaders summit on climate, a group of 101 nobel laureates has published a letter urging them to "keep fossil fuels in the ground" and support a just transition to clean energy. this week congressmember alexandria ocasio-cortez and senator ed markey reintroduced the green new deal resolution in the house with over 100 co-sponsors. this comes as indigenous leaders and land and water defenders have denounced the army corps of engineers decision not to shut down the dakota access pipeline as it continues a seco

and we welcome dr. peterniversity. dr. hotez, great to have you. i was looking at the numbers, and everyone saw this coming. the biden administration, public health experts, you're going to hit a point where supply is not the constraint. for the first few weeks and months, people are desperately trying to get appointments. now, that's not an issue. now it's getting people to do it. is that where we are right now? >> just about. i mean, remember where we have to go, chris. we have to, based on the high transmissibility of these new variants, the b.1.1.7 variant from the united kingdom. the 1.4.2.9 out of california, we have to vaccinate or else transmission goes up. we need 80% of the u.s. population vaccinated. that essentially means just about all the adults and a high percentage of the adolescents. in theory, all the stars are aligning now in order to vaccinate our way out of this epidemic, at least in the united states, provided we can get everybody onboard. >> i saw this in the city of houston, where you'

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the chair of him a safety committee the family of vigilance risk assessment committee press and dr peter i lead the head of analytics and you may who can provide additional information about the review and the scientific evidence it was based on before we start i want to explain how we plan to run this press briefing so please note that your microphone is disabled by default for the duration of the press briefing we would 1st hear short remarks of mrs cook and dr stroh's and after that we will have half an hour about 4 questions once the question and answer session starts please raise your hand in banks if you want to raise a question today's briefing is broadcast via you tube and europe by secular the footage can be used free of charge but all media and you will find the respective ling's in the invite sent earlier today. without further delay i am now handing over to mrs e. mail cook the executive director of mrs cooper please. thank you very much mrs hina good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and thank you for joining us again for this press briefing. first of all i want to start by sta

dr. peter hotez works at the texas children's hospital. good evening, doctor.or being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> i want to give you a chance to set me straight. i'm telling how i'm sort of feeling about this as an issue and what seems like maybe something to consider. is there something i'm not understanding or have i gone about this the wrong way around? >> rachel, it turns out you've learned a lot of epidemiology over the last 14 months, so that's a pretty good assessment, actually. a couple things to think about. the overwhelming variant is the b. 117 variant from the united kingdom. yes, we have other variants, the brazilian and the california variant, but the one that's really excelling right now and the one keeping us all up is the b. 117 variant. this variant is more trance miss da -- transmissible, it has higher translation and higher hospitalization rates. the b. 117 in michigan is also across new york, new jersey, and here in texas and florida and georgia in a big way. so they're thinking what's happening in michigan now is a harborer of

paul shares in common with dr. peter- >> a world renown virologist, researcher and vaccine advocate, he also has threats to his safety and his life. >> dr. peter hotez, another vaccine expert needs a security escort. >> the central tenet of the anti-vaccine media empire is to claim vaccines cause autism, so we're in a perfect position to refute all that. >>> perfect, because it's personal. you see, dr. hotez's daughter rachel has autism. he authored an intimate book called "vaccines did not cause rachel's autism." >> if we don't step up and do it, nobody will. >> i want you to give it a try. >> when rachel was born squaentdly diagnosed with autism, were there any flickers of the i miss something? >> i did. i did blame myself. i really did. and that's the reason, i think that peter did such a deep dive into this. because he had to convince me in our nightly walks that it wasn't my fault, that autism was way too complex a disease. there are other scientific reasons involved. >> vaccines are probably the most tested and saf

. >> reporter: dr. peter hong and stanford's dr. maldonado are reacting to news of these breakthrough cases saying these are not a surprise. while these vaccines are difference makers they're not 100%. >> we're not invulnerable because we're vaccinated. the vaccine is about 90% effective as preventing any infection. but that's a 10% risk. >> reporter: both doctors agree that by receiving the vaccine your chances of getting covid- 19 are lessened and your body is better prepared to fight the virus according to the test trials. >> nobody in the study when day got a vaccine got serious disease, hospitalized or died which is really important to know even if they weren't fully protected. >> reporter: two had west coast variants and the rest tested. dr. maldonado says this takes nothing away from the vaccine. >> immunity from the vaccine is the most important thing we have if we want to get rid of the virus not only for one person. >> were they given the same vaccine, how old were they. officials are trying to answer some of those questio

. >> reporter: dr. peter hong and stanford's dr.donado are reacting to news of these breakthrough cases saying these are not a surprise. while these vaccines are difference makers they're not 100%. >> we're not invulnerable because we're vaccinated. the vaccine is about 90% effective as preventing any infection. but that's a 10% risk. >> reporter: both doctors agree that by receiving the vaccine your chances of getting covid- 19 are lessened and your body is better prepared to fight the virus according to the test trials. >> nobody in the study when day got a vaccine got serious disease, hospitalized or died which is really important to know even if they weren't fully protected. >> reporter: two had west coast variants and the rest tested. dr. maldonado says this takes nothing away from the vaccine. >> immunity from the vaccine is the most important thing we have if we want to get rid of the virus not only for one person. >> were they given the same vaccine, how old were they. officials are trying to answer some of those questions i

dr. peter hotez, professor and dean of tropical medicine of baylor college of medicine in houston. let's start with michigan and the surge in cases there. you just heard the report from evan, a senior administration official is reiterating to me tonight that more places are -- more help, i should say, is on the way to places like michigan, more vaccinators, 160 from fema, but not additional vaccines. what do you think about that? >> yeah, i think there is a rationale for surging or redistributing some of the vaccines to fish michigan but i very complicated. the variant is 65% of the isolates not only in michigan but throughout the northeast, including some of new england states, new york, new jersey and florida and now in texas. the question is is michigan just the tip. spear and other states are going to follow? and i think that's why the biden administration may be hesitant about throwing everything now at michigan because of the concern is then they'll just have to back pedal and go to the o

dr. peter hotez. dr. hotez, i understand the desire to be as transparent as possible. i understand the desire to get out there and talk to physicians and alert them to this possibility. i understand all of that. what i don't understand is why they're pausing it while they do that considering it is just six cases out of around 7 million doses. it seems like -- you tell me, is there more going on behind the scenes that we are not seeing, or is this -- am i wrong, is this a more prudent choice? >> here's the reason why i think it was the right thing to do. first of all, this is through the vares reporting system, but the thinking is that by pausing this and warning the medical community that this is a rare side effect of concern, potentially other cases of cerebral thrombosis could come forward, so that number of 1.1 million could start going up, and that's important to know. secondly, the j&j virus is an adenovirus vector vaccine, and another adenovirus vector vaccine, astrazeneca, is considered

million shots in arms a day, which is down more than 11% from last week in a moment i'll speak with dr. peterez about restarting j&j's rollout and what it means for vaccine hesitancy. first, cnbc's meg tirrell breaking down the cdc recommendations. >> the vote was 10-4 with one abstention those who voted no weren't opposed to the use of the vaccine. it was a debate about how it should start to be used again. a lot of the committee's discussion focused on the risk for women under age 50, because they appear to be at highest risk of this very rare clotting event after receiving the j&j vaccine. the 15 cases reported, all were women and 13 were under 50 years old. the committee found the risk of these clots for women in that age group was about seven per million compared with less than one per million for women over 50 overall, the committee found the benefits of the vaccine across all groups in preventing hospitalization and death from covid outweighed the risk of these clots. but there was discussion about flagging the risks, specifically for younger women, so they could choose another vaccine

joining us is dr. peter hotez works at the texas children's hospital. he's also dean of the national school of medicine at baylor college of medicine. thank you so much for making time tonight. >> thank you so much for having me. i obviously am not a doctor and not an epidemiologist or expert in all of this. i wanted to give you a chance to set me straight. i'm telling how i'm sort of feeling about this as an issue and what seems like maybe a policy adaptation to consider. is there something i'm not understanding or have i gone about this the wrong way around? >> rachel, it turns out you've learned a lot of epidemiology over the last 14 months, so that's a pretty good assessment, actually. a couple things to think about. one, the major variant overwhelmingly in the u.s. is the b.1.1.7 variant from the united kingdom. yes, we have other variants, the brazilian and the california variant, but the one that's really accelerating right now is the b.1.1.7 variant. that's likely accounting for the big rise in cases in michigan and it's also accounting for a lo

yo i'd like to turn it over to dr. peter marks, director of evaluation and research for more information about these reports. peter? >> thank you. together the cdc and the fda are reviewing data involving six reports of a rare type of blood clot called cerebral venus in combination with low levels of platelets in the blood in women ages 18 to 48 who presented with symptoms between 6 and 13 days after receiving the johnson & johns johnson covid-19 vaccine. treatment of this specific type of blood clot is different from typical treatments for other types of blood clots which usually involve heperin. with the sinus thrombosis, it may be dangerous. alternative treatments need to be given preferably under the guidance of physicians experienced in the treatment of blood clots. of the clots seen in the united states, one case was fatal and one patient is in critical condition. while rereview the data, out of an abundance of caution, the fda and cdc are recommending a pause in the use of this vaccine in the united states. the fda wi

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people joining us now to talk more about what this all means is ucsf infectious disease specialist dr peter chin hung. always good to have you on dr. appreciate you coming on to put this in some perspective here. how worried should we be that some folks have tested positive for the coronavirus even after being vaccinated. thanks for having me on alex. so in summary, this is actually pretty amazing because 1000 100,000 people sonoma who've been fully vaccinated already. you would expect 5000 people. you have infection because even in the best case scenario, you'd have 5% of folks, you know, not having a response and potentially getting infected from the trials. so 39 people i know it's the tip of iceberg is completely expected. in fact, one would say even better than expected. s so if we extrapolated this out, obviously, sonoma county is the only county so far that has released this kind of data on people becoming infected after being vaccinated. but if we extrapolate this out to the broader bay area to the state to the country, you would imagine you you would see sort of similar numbers acr

ucsf infectious disease specialist dr peter chin hung, agrees the science is allowing for the change. probably the biggest change for bay area residents, is that. confidence in gathering in small groups with a mix of unboxing boxing it folks in the outdoor setting, but no one should throw away their mass just yet they're still required for indoor gatherings, regardless of vaccination status. think it's good to have the rules are the guidelines set? so are kind of everybody feels more safe. you know. health officials air, hoping the new relax guidelines will serve as it incentive for those who are hesitant. out getting their vaccine. rob rob ktvu, fox two news. president biden is scheduled to mark his 1/100 day in office with an address to a joint session of congress. we will carry the president's speech live at six pm tomorrow night, right here on ktvu. it's followed by an all new episode of the mass singer it eight. then we'll have a prime time edition of ktvu fox two news at nine, which will be followed by the 10 and 11 o'clock news. desperately needed. medical supplies are arriving

ucsf infectious disease specialist dr peter chin hung, agrees the science is allowing for the change.e biggest change for bay area residents is said. confidence in gathering in small groups with a mix of unboxing boxing it folks in the outdoor setting, but no one should throw away their mass just yet they're still required for indoor gatherings, regardless of vaccination status. think it's good to have the rules are the guidelines set? so we're kind of everybody feels more safe, you know? thanksgiving and health officials are hoping the new guidelines will serve is it incentive for those who are hesitant about getting vaccinated? julie rob roth reporting live tonight, rob. thank you more than children, excuse me. i'm sorry about that. julie more than 232 million coronavirus. vaccine doses have been administered across the united states now. the latest numbers from the cdc show more than 37% of americans, age 18 and over are fully vaccinated. that's more than 96 million people out of a total population of about 330 million drop in vaccinations began today in santa clara county. health

dr peter chan hung with ucsf. appreciate you coming on the show. thank you.ndon suspected of killing kristin smart has been released from jail after a judge lowered his bail. this is new video from station k. e y. t in san luis obisbo. it shows 80 year old reuben floors when he was released late last night after he posted $50,000 bail. he's charged with accessory after the fact for allegedly helping his son here, paul ramirez, conceal smarts body paul floors. excuse me. all fours is accused of killing smart when the two were college students back in 1996. he's currently being held without bail. at a hearing yesterday, reuben floors attorney said his client doesn't pose a threat that he has a medical condition and that he's on a limited income and couldn't afford $250,000 in bail. the judge agreed and lowered his bail to $50,000. it is a monumental day for east bay congress, east bay assemblyman bob bonta today he was officially confirmed as california's new attorney general, are political reporter greg lied, spoke to bonta about the work ahead. very excited,

. >> reporter: dr. peter chin hong says it contains one mutation identical to the west coast variant and a second one similar to variants first found in brazil and south africa. >> this variant was first described in india, my gut is that it's going to be more like the california variant and potentially sticking but not like the uk variant it's going to bite on and hold on and not let go. >> reporter: so far there is one confirmed case of the double mutant. the stanford lab is sequencing seven more presumed cases and should have the results back tomorrow or wednesday. the department of california's public health are monitoring and are unsure how significant it will be. lili tan, nbc bay area news. >>> something we've not seen since the pandemic began. california's positive rate at a record low, 1.6%. check this out. shows the positivity rate during the summer surge got up close to 10%, dropped again, and then jumped way back up. the biggest surge to date this winter, a positivity rate hit 17%. since then, it'

with san francisco wins and low case rates dr. peterpeople remain cautious. >> you want to hug individually, maybe your family pod and you know, one or two other friends. these kids,er this eligible for vaccinations. >> grateful to have an in-person graduation and not have to do it online to be honest. >> reporter: graduates are looking forward to taking the field. >> high school's a lot of work. you put a lot of effort into it so getting a chance to actually graduate with your friends and you know, being able to see each other is a great feeling. >> this is a time to celebrate us. that's graduation. congratulating us. >> reporter: city leaders are still raising funds for stages and big screens for the celebrations. jean elle, "today in the bay." sfx: foliage rustling. sfx: mulching. experience all the deals at lowe's springfest before it's too late. home to any budget. home to any possibility. >>> now at 5:00 on the eve of his first 100 days a big test for president biden as he prepares to address congress. our team is live on capitol

expert dr. peter chin-hong says this one instance is no reason to fear getting a vaccine. >> it doesn't present much of a health risk. in fact, i would say that person is likely going to have the same benefits from the vaccines as somebody who got two of the same kind. >> reporter: dr. thomas agrees. she would general review protocols but believes this wast anyone to think they shouldn't get a vaccination. robert handa, nbc bay area news. >>> are you ready to book that trip overseas? all the countries in the european union say please, visit this summer, provided you've been fully vaccinated. eu leaders are set to allow people to visit if they've received europe-approved vaccines. that includes moderna, pfizer and johnson and johnson. >> we have been following the process of vaccination very closely in the united states and we seek to restore trans atlantic travel as soon as possible. >> europeans are talking about using so-called green certificates. it would be like a vaccine passport similar to what'

. >>> joining us, dr. peter chen hong. nice to have you back on the program. that these major universities here implement here mandatory vaccinations? >> the only pushback is probably going to be in parents, of course, everyone is waiting for the formal approval by the fda to move for full clearance authorization. >> if it's going to happen in colleges very soon, seemingly, then why not happen in high schools and junior high and elementary schools, is that next for us? >> it's definitely going to be next. the writing is on the wall. high schools, schools in general, they all have a tradition of requiring vaccines with exemptions, of course, for religious or other grounds. and californi getting stricter since the measles outbreak at disneyland. i think that is going to come down the pike. of course, they have hurdles of authorization and full clearance from the fda. once that's done, i think that will be where things are going to be headed. >> doctor, thanks for your time. >>> so what about masks now? california's case rate is the lowest in the nation, so will

dr. peter chen hong says needing a booster shot really should not be that surprising. >> you know, personally as an infectious disease doctor, if it weren't for the variants many people think this double shot would last for some time, meaning a year or more, two years, three years even. but given the variants, i think that's why people have been bringing this up, and i think, yeah, who knows what the true motivation is, but i think it's not a bad idea to put that in our minds and consciousness, so at least we have that preparation mentally. >> pfizer says it's possible you will actually need to get an annual covid shot just the way you're supposed to get an annual flu shot. >>> so are you still searching for that shot? we are here to help you, from vaccine hunting to what to do with that vaccine card. you can find the how-to series streaming on our platforms, our websites, youtube channel, all of it. >>> new at 11:00 tonight, protests in san francisco calling for a closer look at police shootin

chair of the i'm a safety committee to from a convergence risk assessment committee process and dr peter arnett the head of analytics and a who can provide additional information about the review in the scientific evidence it was based on. before we start i want to explain how we plan to run this press briefing. so please note that your microphone is disabled by default for the duration of the press briefing we would 1st hear short remarks of mrs crewe conduct a stroke and after that we will have half an hour about 4 questions once the question answer session starts please raise your hand in their breaks if you want to raise a question. today's briefing is broadcast near you tube and europe i said tonight the footage can be used free of charge by all media and you will find the respective ling's in the invite sent earlier today without further delay i'm now handed over to mrs cook the executive director of mrs cooper please. thank you very much mrs china good afternoon ladies and gentlemen and thank you for joining us again for this press briefing 1st of all i want to start by stating th

in california's guidance with these common sense, updates ucsf infectious disease specialist dr peter chin hung, agrees the science is allowing for the change, probably the biggest change for bay area residents, is that. confidence in gathering in small groups with a mix of unboxing vaccinated folks in the outdoor setting, but no one should throw away their mess just yet. they're still required for indoor gatherings, regardless of vaccination status. think it's good to have the rules are the guidelines set? so we're kind of everybody feels more safe. you know. health officials air, hoping the new relax guidelines will serve as it incentive for those who are hesitant. out getting their vaccine, rob rob ktvu fox two news as public spaces reopen summer requiring proof of vaccination and now some tech companies and healthcare providers have begun rolling out digital health records accessible on cell phones. ktvu is emma gossip here now she spoke with the ceos of two companies behind them. and emma. they're not calling these vaccine passports, right, julie? they're essentially did well, me

there might be political considerations did you did you meet with eco health alliance president dr peter that's our oh yes so he was part of the tame we had a team all together $1710.00 independent experts and some w.h.o. team members and we actually all got on remarkably well and were markedly consistent in our interpretation of the dart and we also analyzed that doctor in small groups meeting with their chinese colleagues around the main areas of research that being the animal work the human work and some of the virus genetic epidemiology so-called because he came under scrutiny because apparently he had us state department contracts with his firm and would hand funding contracts we were aware of yes well oh yes yes absolutely so we all declared any potential conflicts of interest before we went that that's an agreement that w.h.o. insisted on any expert group so we did that that was declared by peter desert as it was and as were other conflicts to you know declared by all of us and they were reviewed by w.h. and by that same themselves and felt to be a manageable 'd in the context of

we can now speak to dr peter hotez, co—director of texas children's hospital's center for vaccine developmentns us from houston. thank you for your time, i know you are busy. what do you make of the latest developments? well, i think of the latest developments? well, ithink it of the latest developments? well, i think it probably is related to the vaccine but an extremely rare conditions. if's not simply blood clots, so evil one basis, a severe life—threatening condition. —— it's not simply. the reason they took the measure to put it on hold was to alert clinicians they should be on the lookout for other similar cases. —— to liberal thrombosis. also the numbers may start to go up when they do that. to get on the numbers of the percentage. and i think it is also to talk to the european and british regulators, the mhra and the ema, because it may be a very rare pathway for the adenovirus vector vaccines, astrazeneca oxford, johnson &johnson and oxford, johnson & johnson and maybe oxford, johnson &johnson and maybe even the russian vaccine. a few days to get around it is warranted. years ago thi

peter? >> thank you dr. woodcock. we are reviewing a rare type of blood clot in combination with low levels of platelets in the blood in women ages 18 to 48 that presents with symptoms six to 13 days after getting the johnson and johnson covid-19 vaccine. treatment of this blood clot it different from typical treatments that usually involve an anti-coagulant. it may be dangerous and alternative treatments may be given preferably under the treatment of doctors familiar with treating these clots. one person's case was fatal, another was eers. the fda will revise the fact sheet for the health care providers administering the vaccine to include this adverse event information to ensure that health care providers are able to make appropriate benefit risk determinations for their patients. i want to reiterate what dr. woodcock said. right now these events appear to be extremely rare. that said covid-19 vaccine safety is a top priority for federal governments and we take all reports of adverse events following vaccination ver

dr. sanjay gupta and peter hotez and the author of "preventing the next pandemic, vaccine diplomacy at a time of anti science." sanjay, the rate of vaccinations in the u.s. is at the low point since march. the high still but dropping consistently. do you think the new guidelines will give people an incentive to get vaccinated or still too conservative? >> i think therey're still a bi conservative and being cautious, which is the tone they've taken throughout this administration and understandably. it would be hard to loosen guidelines when the numbers were particularly high. still cautious guidelines and a lot of people are people that may need to be incentivize to get the vaccine may have been the people doing the things the recommendations are allowing them to do. i don't know how big a difference that makes. we have 61% of the country that says they are either already have received a vaccine or willing to do it but 17% who say they are in the wait and see mode. this movable middle. and the 20% or so that says pretty much they're not planning on getting this vaccine. it's that 17%. par

vaccinating younger americans is a critical step toward reaching herd immunity and ending this pandemic dr. peter hotez now, co-director for the center for vaccine development at texas children's hospital good to see you again. we've reviewed the pfizer report here, and the numbers really look fantastic what of this, kids being vaccinated before next school year is that realistic? >> yeah, i think it is i mean, the study is not that big. it's about 1,200 adolescents, 12 through 15 in the vaccination group and a similar number in the placebo group, and what it showed is there were 18 cases of covid in the placebo group and zero in the vaccinated group that's how you got to the 100% i would guess as you get to much larger studies, it will probably come down a little bit it will probably be similar to the very high level of protection that we see in adults so the question is where do we go from here i think there's a few reason the vaccinated adolescents, we are seeing adolescents going into pediatric intensive care units they are getting sick, especially those with underlying risk factors as you po

giving the trinity of which is available for the younger people thank you so much for joining us dr peter at least a member of the european parliament saying you know what. now to brazil which has reported more than 4000 new daily deaths from covered 19 for the 1st time approaches pandemic death toll is now approaching 340002nd only to the united states experts say this latest search has been caused by local variants of the virus. which has pushed the health care system to breaking point right when president diables nora was also opposed lockdown measures as damaging to the economy but many of the country's poorest citizens are crying out for help saying that the government's pandemic response has failed them and that without more aid and many risk going hungry. these protesters a sending a message to their government brazil is hungry. here and sao paulo's largest para is open this resident say imagine c. a doesn't go far enough i mean there are going to save them my fear is that my daughters will go hungry one of them still under 18. this is also my granddaughter and i think to myself we

dr. peter hotez, always a pleasure. thank you. that is "all in" on this monday night. "the rachel maddow show" starts now. good evening, rachel. >> good evening. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. it was 100 years ago this spring. a teenager named dick roland was at grave risk of being lynched. tulsa, oklahoma, has had defendants dragged out and lynched. and there was fairly good reason to believe it was going to happen again. a local paper had published an account in 1921 that accused roland of rape. he worked as a shoe shine boy at a building downtown, and it accused him of sexually assaulting a white teenage girl. and teenage dick roland was arrested that day. after that, a mob, a large mob of white tulsa residents started gathering at the courthouse, demanding basically to get their hands on him. and tulsa was a bustling city at the time. a lot of business, a lot of oil business, was running through tulsa. and it was a segregated city. most of the african-american population lived in greenwood. it was flourishing there, it had a hospital, and schools,

hospitalizations and icu admissions are at their lowest since the pandemic in san francisco, uc sf dr. peter chong calls it a milestone, the key vaccination of nursing home residents and those 65 and older. >> in icu beds currently there are three cases in san francisco county and i just checked the uscf census and we have one. >> reporter: at san francisco fisherman's wharf 90% of business comes from outside the bay area. we're still not there according to gm don mcfarland, but he is seeing changes. >> starting to notice uptick of people coming from other parts of the country. >> reporter: saturday and sunday out of towners flocked to the wharf for food and wildlife. >> well, we are a little bit scared, but, you know, life must go on. you have to go out and see the world. >> reporter: many, though, telling us that while the vaccine isn't foolproof, they feel much more comfortable going out now that they're vaccinated. >> i work in a skilled nursing facility and we went from, you know, being terrified a year ago not even sure if we were doing ing no & n your buthat days ago. ves ttle m happy

very similar symptoms that mean differences that is much easier to transmit distinction that ucsf dr peter chan hyung says, is concerning as yet another form of covid-19. years and the bay area we identified this new india variant, um, last week just immediately after it was reported in the lay press, dr ben pinsky of sanford's political virology lab says the indian variant dubbed double mutant by the indian media, was found in a patient in one of their bay area clinics. the double meeting is the latest in a growing and diverse field of viral variants, but it has two mutations. and make it easier to catch if you are in an elevator with someone who is infected with the variant, you are more likely to transmit you are more likely to be infected by that variant. it's just a little less forgiving doctor jin hyung says he's concerned about its presence in the bay area, but says the uk variant b 117 is more transmissible. i. in my heart of hearts believe that the vaccines will still be efficacious against this new indian beery, based on some of the information we've been getting about some of th

dr lancelot into a pub monologist an epidemiologist of the renowned hindutva hospital in mumbai dr peter welcome do scientists in india have enough data to be able to understand the b 161 double mutant variant. you know i don't think we have enough data and i think far more sequencing needs to be done than what this country done to really understand the transmission dynamics to understand where that it's been associated with the infections with. questions that aren't unescorted questions that are on video and send questions that aren't transmissibility i think we have very limited information at the moment but dr been to why is that i think the 1st reports of this virus became available in october last year then again in december and then in macho earlier this year the government in fact had a press release why did not have scientific data as yet i think to a certain extent that's limited by the expense associated with hulu genome sequencing my understanding is that it's not maybe inexpensive to do but yes you know a lot of that is because i think maybe the gravity of knowing these patie

. >>> joining us now, dr. peter hotez. thanks so much. just so people know what we're talking about, what people like professor osterholm are seeing when they're concerned about being in this new wave. look at michigan where the charts are crystal clear, the cases clearly rising in michigan. you can see there in that graph. and hospitalizations clearly rising as well. if you look at the hospitalizations, they're headed up nearly to where they were at the worst of the fall surge. so is this is fourth wave, professor? >> well, it is, but we're dealing with two americas, john. we've got this massive increase now in michigan and other states in the upper midwest and to some extent in the northeast. and we have the rest of the country that seems to be staying at still a high level, but not going up presumably because we're vaccinating. so the big question is which way is this going to turn? it depends how quickly we can vaccinate. there are a couple of alarm ing situation. in minnesota, we're seeing young people getting hosptting hospit. but y

sanjay gupta and dr. peterg the next pandemic: vaccine diplomacy in a time of anti-science." so anjay, the rate of vaccinations in the u.s. is at its lowest rate. it's high still but dropping consistently. do you think the new guidelines will give people an incentive to go get vaccinated, or are they still too conservative? >> i think there is still a big conservative here. and they're being cautious, which is sort of been the tone that they've taken throughout this administration. and understandably. it would be hard to loosen guidelines when the numbers were particularly high. but these are still cautious guidelines. and i think a lot of people who may need to be incentivized to get the vaccine may have been people who have already been doing things that the recommendations are now allowing them to do. so i don't know how big a difference that really makes. we have 61% of the country that says they are either already have received a vaccine or are willing to do it. about 17% say they are in the wait and see m

. >> reporter: leading experts like ucss dr. peteren hong are reacting to news of these quote, breakthrough cases. saying these are not is a surprise. while the vaccines are difference makers, they are not 100%. >> we are not invulnerable just because we are vaccinated. so the vaccine is about 90% effective at preventing any infection. but that is a 10% risk. >> reporter: both doctors agree by receiving the vaccine your chances of getting covid-19 are lessened and your body is better prepared to fight the virus according to the test trials. >> nobody in the study when they got a vaccine got serious disease, or hospitalized, or died which is really important to note. even if they weren't fully protected. >> reporter: two of those 39 people had west coast mutant variants and others are being tested. the 39 make up just 1% of all the counties covid-19 cases during that time. dr. maldonado says this takes nothing away from the vaccine. >> the imspoonty from the vaccines is the best thing we have going for us. if we want to get rid of this

joining me is dr. peter hotez at texas children's hospital. dr. hotez, how does this happen?p speed focused very heavily on all new innovation and technology vaccines. these are vaccines that use technology that's never been scaled to this level where you're going to vaccinate a whole country, much less globally. when you start going from a small scale to now having to vaccinate tens of millions of people, that's brand new and there is a learning curve. i have a different spin on this, which is that it's actually amazing how well it's worked so far with rolling out the pfizer and moderna vaccines, and so yes, this is a glitch and it's a setback, but it could certainly be much worse given all the other new technology vaccines. >> let's also note that officials have said this does not apply to any of the vaccine that is already out there, the j&j vaccine, it was only what was in that factory that had not been shipped yet. let's talk about good news. pfizer has another study. it announces that its vaccine lasts at least six months, effective up to six months later. also that, qu

ucf infectious diseases expert dr. peter believes public trust in the j&j vaccine will recover over time, largely because the benefits of the j&j single-dose outweigh the risks. >> one-stop shopping, good for rural communities, good for mobile vans. much more flexible than some of the other options. >> reporter: anoushah rasta, nbc bay area news. >>> reality tv star and olympic gold medalist caitlyn jenner confirmed her run for governor with the tweet, i'm in. she says the state's taxes are too high. she also slams governor newsom's handling of the pandemic, saying it's devastated small businesses and caused children to lose a year of school. governor newsom's chief campaign strattist replied saying, quote, we always knew the republican l circus full of trump supporters, which only reinforces how much californians appreciate governor newsom's competent compassionate experienced leadership. we expect to hear more about the recall effort next week. >>> president biden has announced his first overseas president. in june he's go

dr. petere -- dean of the national school of tropical medicine at baylor college. also joining us, david plouffe, former obama campaign manager and phil rucker, "washington post" senior washington correspondent. i want to ask you, david plouffe, while i take some water to clear the frog in my throat, what a national campaign looks like that isn't anymore just about the logistics of plussing up supply, which i think the biden administration can check off their list. they did that. of procuring and sort of really ironing out the defects in the supply chain and accessibility to pharmacies, and now pivoting to a very different effort, which involves something that you have spent your life doing, changing opinions, persuading people to do something that in these pockets, they may not want to do. >> well, it's such an important question, nicole, for the country, so, the biden administration and all of us, you know, should take credit for the vaccination numbers where they are today. hard to believe t

. >> ucsf's dr. peter chin-hong says it is a possibility that high school also eventually require vaccinations, too. >> the writing is on the wall. high schools, schools in general, k to 8 et cetera, they all have a tradition of requiring vaccines. again, emergency use authorization then full clearance from the fda, but once that's done, i think that will be where things are going to be headed. >> back to colleges, not just students but professors and staff will also need to be vaccinated. stanford university plans to require those vaccinations. >>> the day is finally here for dub nation with fans finally returning to the stands at the chase center, but there are still a number of covid protocols in place to make sure those fans are enjoying the game safely. >> that's right. "today in the bay's" pete suratos joins us live from the to the game but happy for those who finally do but we have to adhere to some rules, pete. >> reporter: that's right. good morning to you, laura and cierra. i'm sure a lot of us w

dr. peter hotez, codeveloper for the vaccine development at texas children's hospital. doctor, i want to go back to something lindsey said a moment ago where officials in lebanon county, pa are seeing a spike because people are tired of mitigation measures and don't want to wear masks anymore. are these people getting sick and tired of wearing masks, are they vaccinated? if they're not vaccinated and choosing to wear a mask and getting sick, isn't that their own doing? >> you know, you've partly hit on it. this is the perfect storm of another of things happening, stephanie. we've got the b.1.1.7 variant accelerating, which is more transmissible. we have this one from california accelerating and that's why it's easier to get sick because it's more transmissible, including younger people getting sick. that's problem number one. problem number two, you have this defiance of masks coming out of the conservative part of the country. and so wherever -- so that's a huge issue that people are still defiant of masks and now tragically they're defiant of vaccines. we have at leas