it is now my pleasure to introduce dr. babam the san francisco department of public health who she serves as a deputy director. thank you. >> thank you, president mahoney. this is such an exciting day and we cannot be more grateful for the everies around getting scholarships out to this cohoard. over 90% fully vaccinated, that's just incredible and that's really a tribute to both them as well as their parents. so if there's a way that we can give back and save them a little bit on their educational cost, i think that's more than enough reward. we know that the 12% cohort as well as children in general have been through a lot throughout the pandemic. and, you know, the way to recover is to get them back together, to get them back into school and society be with the community so they can be out and volunteering and working and being with their friends. vaccination has been critical as part of that effort. we are really excited about this program. i want to mention the fact that our community-based partners have done a lot to make

it is now my pleasure to introduce dr. babament of public health who she serves as a deputy director. thank you. >> thank you, president mahoney. this is such an exciting day and we cannot be more grateful for the everies around getting scholarships out to this cohoard. over 90% fully vaccinated, that's just incredible and that's really a tribute to both them as well as their parents. so if there's a way that we can give back and save them a little bit on their educational cost, i think that's more than enough reward. we know that the 12% cohort as well as children in general have been through a lot throughout the pandemic. and, you know, the way to recover is to get them back together, to get them back into school and society be with the community so they can be out and volunteering and working and being with their friends. vaccination has been critical as part of that effort. we are really excited about this program. i want to mention the fact that our community-based partners have done a lot to make sure that the work gets o

dr. naveena. baba says, these are people who are eligible meaning anyone 65 and older who are at least six months out their primary vaccination series. where would you expect that percentage to be? it's a good question. i mean, obviously we would want it to especially as we hear go into the winter months. we want, you know, those percentages to be, you know, well above 50% san francisco has more than 100 vaccination sites across the city and county including health centers pharmacies and hospital systems yet, dr. baba says many of them saw little demand for a third dose over the past few weeks. yeah. i think it was like a study low level. is in general, why you think that is? i think there's a couple reasons. i mean first of all it was only pfizer that was approved. luckily madrina and johnson have also now gotten approved and so i think because of that messaging people were quite sure if they should get a booster the critical third dose now considered necessary as research on waning immunity becomes m

dr. naveena. baba says, these are people are eligible meaning anyone. 65 and older who are at least six months out from their primary vaccination series. where would you expect that percentage to be? it's a good question. i mean, obviously we would want it to especially as we hear go into the winter months. we want, you know those percentages. you know, well above 50% san francisco has more than 100 vaccination sites across the city and county including health centers pharmacies and hospital systems yet, dr. baba says many of them saw little demand for a third dose over the past few weeks. yeah. i think it was like at a steady low level just vaccines in general. why do you think that is? i think there's a couple reasons. i mean first of all it was only pfizer that was approved. luckily madrina and johnson have also now gotten approved and so i think because of that messaging people weren't quite sure if they should get a booster the critical third dose now considered necessary as research on waning imm

it is now my pleasure to introduce dr. babaf public health who she serves as a deputy director. thank you. >> thank you, president mahoney. this is such an exciting day and we cannot be more grateful for the everies around getting scholarships out to this cohoard. over 90% fully vaccinated, that's just incredible and that's really a tribute to both them as well as their parents. so if there's a way that we can give back and save them a little bit on their educational cost, i think that's more than enough reward. we know that the 12% cohort as well as children in general have been through a lot throughout the pandemic. and, you know, the way to recover is to get them back together, to get them back into school and society be with the community so they can be out and volunteering and working and being with their friends. vaccination has been critical as part of that effort. we are really excited about this program. i want to mention the fact that our community-based partners have done a lot to make sure that the work gets out to

dr baba says the data point to diminishing effectiveness following the initial vaccinations. that's why boosters are so important, she says. it's imperative for those high risk groups to receive the booster shot, including those over 65 years old, those with compromised immune systems and those who have a higher risk of being exposed to covid-19, she says. the time for boosters is now before the holiday season arrives. and family and friends begin gathering even with boosters. it still does take two weeks for your immune system to get you back, boosted in terms of, you know, really protecting yourself against coded and actually, we do really think of halloween as the kick off to you know, the winter holiday season. lots of gatherings the booster shots say it's given them peace of mind. i got rheumatoid arthritis over 35 years. i take humira. which is a biologic. and it suppresses your immune system. so you're more yeah. you're more prone to getting something. the fda also authorized the mixing of boosters. so if you had moderna or johnson and johnson the first time around, yo

dr baba says the data point to diminishing effectiveness following the initial vaccinations. that's why boosters are so important, she says. it's imperative for those high risk groups to receive the booster shot, including those over 65 years old, those with compromised immune systems and those who have a higher risk of being exposed to covid-19, she says. the time for boosters is now before the holiday season arrives. and family and friends begin gathering even with boosters. it still does take two weeks for your immune system to get you back, boosted in terms of, you know, really protecting yourself against coded and actually, we do really think of halloween as the kick off to you know, the winter holiday season. lots of gatherings, lots of people coming together. those who've received the booster shots say it's given them peace of mind. i got rheumatoid arthritis over 35 years. i take humira. which is a biologic. and it suppresses your immune system. so you're more yeah. you're more prone to getting something. the fda also authorized the mixing of boosters. so if you had m

dr baba says the data point to diminishing effectiveness following the initial vaccinations.s why boosters are so important, she says. it's imperative for those high risk groups to receive the booster shot, including those over 65 years old, those with compromised immune systems and those who have a higher risk of being exposed to covid-19, she says. the time for boosters is now before the holiday season arrives. and family and friends begin gathering even with boosters. it still does take two weeks for your immune system to get you back, boosted in terms of, you know, really protecting yourself against coded and actually, we do believe think of halloween as the kick off to you know, the winter holiday season. lots of gatherings, lots of people coming together. those who've received the booster shots say it's given them peace of mind. i got rheumatoid arthritis over 35 years. i take humira. which is a biologic. and it suppresses your immune system. so you're more yeah. you're more prone to getting something. the fda also authorized the mixing of boosters. so if you had modern

dr baba says the data point to diminishing effectiveness following the initial vaccinations. that's why boosters are so important, she says. it's imperative for those high risk groups to receive the booster shot, including those over 65 years old, those with compromised immune systems and those who have a higher risk of being exposed to covid-19, she says the time for boosters is now before the holiday season arrives. and family and friends begin gathering even with boosters. it still does take two weeks for your immune system to get you back, boosted in terms of, you know, really protecting yourself against coded and actually, we do believe think of halloween as the kick off to you know, the winter holiday season. lots of gatherings, lots of people coming together. those who've received the booster shots say it's given them peace of mind. i got rheumatoid arthritis over 35 years. i take humira. which is a biologic. and it suppresses your immune system. so you're more yeah. you're more prone to getting something. the fda also authorized the mixing of boosters. so if you had m