george rutherford. we want to bring in stanford biology and immunology dr. robert siegel. thank you for being here. >> -- >> dr. siegel, we cannot here. we are having a technical issue and we apologize. we will try to get him on. we are also awaiting senator kiley, one of the candidates in the recall election and according to the new poll that came out from the berkeley institute of governmental studies, he is in 4th place. he is in the assembly member from la, the si and governor newsome is one of his constituents so i'm looking forward to chatting with him. hopefully we can t ryimrtant at are tracking the rising cases. so the seven-day positivity rate is five .9%. the state is also saying there have been 72,252 -- excuse me, 73 million tests conducted in california representing an increase of 116,000 during the prior 24 hour reporting period. we are seeing more people getting tested and totally there have been 63,000 deaths since the start of this pandemic. let's get back to. dr. rutherford. >> the cdc recommendation yesterday put the bay area under this recommendation.

george rutherford. it is great to see you again. >> i'm grant glad that i have to talk about the bears. >> you could if you want to. i am sure that there is a health angle as well. is talk about the covid to start. health officers are asking people to ask up again. bars are requiring patrons to show proof of vaccination. we might be having the colored tears. you are not a alarmist, give it to a straight, how bad is it? >> it is not good. the delta variant is much more transmissible than the earlier variants that we dealt with last spring. and as we get more and more and people infected, the chances of people who are fully vaccinated actually getting it goes up as well. that is just because there is an inherent rate of vaccine failure and now we have massively increased the chances of being exposed. so, i think you have to be, what i've been telling people is to be careful. if if you are fully vaccinated people, you do not yet have a complete carte blanche to do whatever you would like to do. you still n

george rutherford to weigh in. >> if we start getting more pressure on hospitals, more pressure on icu beds, it may end up being mandated. having them vaccinated is huge. it's huge. it takes away 98%, 99% of the risk, but there's still that residual little bit of risk in what we are trying to do with the vaccine, with the mask recommendations, is to cut that down even further. >> the health department said today, 99% of the state's cases this year have been on unvaccinated individuals, and the breakthrough cases among the vaccinated often come with only mild symptoms or none at all. >>> the night a big crack down on retail theft. as kpix 5's kenny choi reports, several agencies across the state on all coming together to combat the crime. >> major retailers have had to close some of its stores and cut hours to try to curb the amount of theft that happens every day. today the governor signing a bill into law that allows local, state, and federal law enforcement to continue working together to try to tackle this problem. >> reporter: organized theft has become a 30-plus billion- dollar in

george rutherford with ucsf to get some guidance. >> if you are vaccinated, we are trying to preventbreakthrough cases, that is cases among people who have been vaccinated, and the more and more transmission there is, and there's a lot of transmission going on with the delta variance, the more likely you, as a vaccinated person, are to come into contact with someone who is infectious. >> today, governor gavin newsom also weighed in on the mask recommendations and how it might affect returning to school in the fall. >> up to 50% now of californians are in jurisdictions where there's some form of recommendation for mask wearing and as you know well, we are requiring masking for all of our kids to return safely in person this fall, and we are committed to making sure that a successful. >> u.s. pediatricians say children two and older should be wearing masks in school, whether they're vaccinated or not. that recommendation comes less than two weeks after the cbc a dated its own guidelines, which only recommend the students and staff forgo mask wearing indoors if they are vaccinated. >>>

george rutherford says the delta variant has pushed back the state's goal of reaching herd immunity by several months. and that's considered a safe estimate. >> i'm guessing we're now talking somewhere in the mid-80%. that's not people eligible for vaccine, that's everybody, including children. >> how much longer do you think it will take san francisco to get to that sweet spot? 85% fully vaccinated? >> at the rate we're vaccinating people which is not very fast, it'll take us months to get there. >> reporter: 53% of the state's total population is fully vaccinated. san francisco county is at 69% fully vaccinated. one of the highest rates in the country. yet covid cases are climbing at a pace we haven't seen since the onset of our last surge. >> we've increased eight fold in the past few weeks and projecting that we'll be on an average of 80 cases a day. when if you recall, we were down into the low teens a few weeks ago. >> reporter: that pattern seen across the bay area. count, positivity rates and hospitalizations are rising. data analysis found from june 20th to july 20th, there ha

. >> breakthrough cases, ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor george rutherford says he is already hearing about an apparent increase in testing in the wake of the covid breakthrough cases driven by the delta variant was t lking to somebody today who was down at in the mission and its. so there's a long line of people. yeah, i do want to get tested. most of whom are vaccinated already. they've been exposed and where. >> and we're worried san francisco covid testing data shows a drop in testing since january and a slight increase as of july 21st the city closed, the main testing site on the embarcadero in june after seeing a drop in cases and more people getting the vaccine at this time. the city is focusing on neighborhoods with the high covid positivity rate. meanwhile, data in santa clara county shows an increase in testing county public health officials say they plan to expand the fairgrounds testing location to 7 days a week starting july 31st in contra, costa county public health officials say there are many appointments available for testing every day. >> and may make changes

george rutherford this map that is tracking transmission in real-time across california, using the latestsolano county are colored red, indicating community transmission is high. all four counties reported between 30% to 70% increase in covid cases over the past seven days. >> it makes

george rutherford says the real concern is about vaccinated people gathering and potentially spreading the strain known to be significantly more transmissible. >> 30% or 40% more transmissible than the uk variant. >> to put it in perspective -- speaking in the rose garden when there were about 10 out of 75 affected? this could be 40 out of 75. >> masking guidance recommended in vaccinated people sickpeoplek masked when attending the event which included 5000 or more people indoors were 10,000 past couple of days we have seen a significant uptake especially among the unvaccinated population. >> lisa is the deputy health officer from marin county. she expects the case rates will more than double after the holiday. >> i will not be surprised if marin county goes from three cases a day to 20 cases of covid per day. >> with a 90% of marin counties eligible population is vaccinated with at least windows. she said it only takes one unvaccinated pocket to trigger a serious outbreak. >> people will who are not vaccinated are not wearing masks. that is what increases the risk of transmission. >>

george rutherford said the state has pushback the goal by several months and that is considered to bee estimate. >> herd immunity is a function of how transmissible the viruses. the goalposts have shifted and we are now talking in the mid- 80%. that is not a people eligible for the vaccine, that is everybody. >> according to the vaccine tracker, 53% of the states population is fully vaccinated. san francisco county is at 69%, one of the highest rates in the country. >>> as effort stall for vaccination, president biden is asking people to get their shots . the president spoke at a cnn town hall yesterday. jobina is at the live deskwh go vaccination efforts stall and the delta variant is on the rise. president biden sought to downplay the surge at last night's town hall. he said only unvaccinated people need to worry about the delta variant and urged them to get the shot or shots. but kids under 12 are still not eligible for the vaccine. the president had this prediction about when it may be authorized for them. >> soon in the sense that i do not tell any scientist what they should do.

george rutherford that says it would make sense that counties would be first to implement and mandate. but added that the decision would be made at the group like we have seen in the past or by each county. here is what we know is driving the transmission. >> first and foremost. lack vaccination and the second thing is delta. and we get down to the third thing and it is indoor transmission. most transmissions in doors. it is going on in households and right, if we are going to go outside of households, bars and clubs are next on the list probably. >> the remaining five bay area counties are colored in orange. one step below red indicating substantial community transmission. we spoke to infectious disease expert dr. jorge with stanford and tracks the data and consults stanford on trends and mandate because the data often lag behind. dr. bob walker told us yesterday that he would be surprised if we don't have a mandate implemented across most of the bay area by early next week. we will see. >> we will. stephanie, as we all remember there was so much anxiousness about the vaccine waiting

george rutherford this map that is tracking transmission in real-time across california, using the latest data from the cdc. as we zoom into the bay area, san francisco, alameda, contra costa, and solano county are colored red, indicating community transmission is high. all four counties reported between 30% to 70% increase in covid cases over the past seven days. >> it makes sense to me that the people with the worst problems would do it first. >> reporter: the remaining five bay area counties are colored in orange, one level below, indicating substantial transmission. how would you rank the top three factors driving most of this transmission? >> first and foremost, lack of vaccination. the second thing is delta and then the transmission. most transmission is indoors. most of that is going on in households, but if we go outside of households, bars and clubs are probably next on the list. >> reporter: the status recommending anyone vaccinated to mask up indoors, mirroring the cdc guidance. but if masks are mandated, that will be decided from each county. >> they may do it collectively, th

george rutherford says in the bay area a cluster of covid outbreaks could occur among unvaccinated people. he says he's more concerned now about the delta variant than he was a few weeks ago. >> early variants about 20% of people would get infected. now it's closer to half. it's that much more transmissible. >> it's likely people will be exposed to the delta variant. but doctors say if you think you've been exposed over the holiday weekend, you should get tested even if you don't have any symptoms. >>> new details about the country's increase in violence during this pandemic. an internal memo from last spring warned of a spike in violence and extremism. abc news obtained the homeland security memo and warned that the emotional, mental and financial strain intensified from pandem violce the memo urged officials to develop an action plan for when communities return to normal tigun violence an epidemic. >>> fourth of july celebration resulted in moments of mayhem in oakland. police say they were stretched so thin they couldn't stop people from septembering off illegal fireworks. from setting

that that will will be saying breakthrough cases, ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor george rutherford says he is already hearing about an apparent increase in testing. >> in the wake of the covid breakthrough cases driven by the delta variant was talking to somebody today who was down at in the mission and its. so there's a long line of people. yeah, i do want to get tested. most of whom are vaccinated already. they've been exposed and where. >> and we're worried san francisco covid testing data shows a drop in testing since january and a slight increase as of july 21st the city closed, the main testing site on the embarcadero in june after seeing a drop in cases and more people getting the vaccine at this time. the city is focusing on neighborhoods with the high covid positivity clara county shows an increase - in testing county public health officials say they plan to expand the fairgrounds testing location to 7 days a week starting july 31st in contra, costa county public health officials say there are many appointments available for testing every day. >> and may make changes in th

they were well, now the city is focusing on neighborhoods with high positivity rates doctor george rutherford with ucsf says it is important to get tested. yes, but also one of the best things you can do is slow the spread. follow the guidelines. >> the more people who are infectious, the more people are walking around with infection, the more likely you are to come into contact with someone was infectious and the and the more likely it is that that will will be saying breakthrough cases wear masks. if you're in indoor public spaces. and 2, if you if you have a known exposure. get tested with 3 to 5 days after that explosion. >> in santa clara county. they have seen an increase in testing county. public officials there say that they a plan to expand the fairgrounds testing location to 7 days a week starting tomorrow. and in contra, costa county health officials say that there are many appointments available for testing any day that you need to. so definitely. follow the guidelines and beyond is what people are doing. yes. >> in the north. but sonoma county is starting to see an uptick of coro

doctor george rutherford with ucsf says while it's important to get tested. one of the best things you can do to slow the spread is to follow health guidelines. >> the more people who are infectious, the more people are walking around with infection, the more likely you are to come into contact with someone was infectious and the and the more likely it is that that will will be seeing breakthrough cases wear mask . if you're in indoor public spaces. and 2, if you if you have a known exposure. get tested with 3 to 5 days after that explosion. >> meanwhile, data and santa clara county shows an increase in testing county public health officials say they plan to expand the fairground testing location to 7 days a week starting tomorrow in contra, costa county public health officials say there are many appointments available for testing. every day. san francisco mayor london breed said if the current trend of rising covid cases continues. it is now projecting 300 people could die. that's what city leaders are considering as there are thinking about starting another

with children under that age unvaccinated, doctor george rutherford says herd immunity may not be there yet, but says san jose is on its way. >> herd immunity not only includes vaccination, but natural immunity. at least in east san jose, where there were large outbreaks into february of this year, probably a lot of the population has immunity from being infected already. if you combine that with the impressive vaccination level, i think you're probably pretty close. >> reporter: the mayor says 85% is nice, but it is just a start and it is only the first dose. his message, if you are not part of the 85%, get vaccinated. if you are, get your second shot. in san jose, dustin dorsey, abc7 news. >>> san francisco is close behind san jose with 82% having one dose and 75% fully vaccinated. in oakland, 79% of had one dose and 65% are fully vaccinated. in the north bay, 97% of residease dose, with 89% fully vaccinated. >>> the m sending police officers to handle such issues. instead, 911 dispatchers will send a firefighter paramedic and an emt in an unmarked car to the scene in hopes of keeping

ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor george rutherford says he is already hearing about an apparent increase in testing. >> in the wake of the covid breakthrough cases driven by the delta variant was talking to somebody today who was down at in the mission. and so there's a long line of people. yeah, i do want to get tested. most of whom are vaccinated already. they've been exposed and where. >> and we're worried san francisco covid testing data shows a drop in testing since january and a slight increase as of july 21st. >> the city closed, the main testing site on the embarcadero in june after seeing a drop in cases and more people getting the vaccine at this time. the city is focusing on neighborhoods with the high covid positivity rate. meanwhile, data in santa clara county shows an increase in testing county public health officials say they plan to expand the fairgrounds testing location to 7 days a week starting july 31st in contra, costa county public health officials say there are many appointments available for testing every day and may make chan demand changes other bay are

focusing neighborhood by neighborhood on the one to the highest covid positivity rates doctor george rutherford with ucf s ucsf says it's important that you get tested. but before you do anything, just follow the guidelines. that means mask up. >> the more people who are infectious, the more people are walking around with infection, the more likely you are to come into contact with someone was infectious and the and the more likely it is that that will will be seeing breakthrough cases wear masks. if you're in indoor public spaces and 2, if you if you have a known exposure. get tested with 3 to 5 days after that explosion. >> so that's what he said. just like you gyms yet. so many the family gets sick to get tested. john got sick. got tested. turns out not delta just cold. but still, you need to know. meantime, data in santa clara county shows that they have started testing more there. people are out getting tested county public health officials say the plate to expand the fairgrounds testing location now to 7 days a week. so you go there to get tested starting tomorrow. and in contra, costa co

doctor george rutherford with ucsf says, well, it is important to get tested. one of the best things that you can do is follow the guidelines. >> the more people who are infectious, the more people are walking around with infection, the more likely you are to come into contact with someone was infectious and the and the more likely it is that that will will be saying breakthrough cases wear masks. if you're in indoor public spaces. and 2, if you if you have a known exposure. get tested with 3 to 5 days after that explosion. >> data in santa clara county shows an increase in testing. their county public health officials say they plan to expand the fairgrounds testing location to 7 days a week starting july 31st ones that tomorrow more him and contra. costa county public health officials say there are many appointments available for testing every day show. this is that become a thing. now people eased off on the testing. now, if you get the sniffles, give a cold. you're like whatever just case double check. >> san francisco mayor london breed. by the way, said th

is that that will will be seeing breakthrough cases ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor george rutherford says he is already hearing about an apparent increase in testing. >> in the wake of the covid breakthrough cases driven by the delta variant was talking to somebody today who was down at in the mission and its. so there's a long line of people. yeah, i do want to get tested. most of whom are vaccinated already. they've been exposed and where. >> and we're worried san francisco covid testing data shows a drop in testing since january and a slight increase as of july 21st the city closed, the main testing site on the embarcadero in june after seeing a drop in cases and more people getting the vaccine at this time. the city is focusing on neighborhoods with the high covid positivity rate. meanwhile, data in santa clara county shows an increase in testing county public health officials say they plan to expand the fairgrounds testing location to 7 days a week starting july 31st in contra, costa county public health officials say there are many appointments available for testing every day a