george george rutherford. dr. jill biden took paxlovid and now has the rebound case. we know the same thing happened to the president. when is it a good idea to take paxlovid regardingh regarding health opposed to maybe just letting the virus play itself out? >> well, if you are at risk, if you have underlying risk factors, it is definitely a good a good idea to take paxlovid. there is rebound with paxlovid. there is rebound without paxlov. this is, i think this may be a feature of the omicron, some of these new omicron variants we have not seen in the past befor. as far as we know, you know, the the paxlovid works great for keeping people out of the hospil ever keeping them from getting more severe disease. if it is i, it is indicated. don't worry about the potential for rebound. for rebound. >> doctor, thank you for the answer there. the first lady's team says are no symptoms of coe back. how likely is it people may have rebound cases but just don't know it's because they don't have symptoms, such as we heard in the first months of covid? >> sure. a lot of people ge

george rutherford with ucsf remembers waiting in line to get his polio vaccine in the 1960s. he thinks this news from new york is not cause for panic, but -- >> you know, if you haven't been vaccinated, you should get vaccinated against polio. >> i think i was too young to know whether or not i was vaccinated against it. >> reporter: you likely won't remember if you got the shot. the cdc recommends kids get four doses of the polio vaccine with the first shot at 2 months old. >> if people received routine vaccinations in childhood, if they remember that, they almost for sure received polio vaccines. >> reporter: dr. dean blumberg at uc davis children's hospital says the polio vaccine has been part of routine vaccinations since the 1950s, plus in california, it's required to attend public schools, private schools and child care. >> i take my mom's word for it, too, yeah but i know i had all my vaccinations. >> reporter: if you don't think you or your child has been vaccinated, talk to your doctor. alyssa gord, "today in the bay." >>> happening today, the san francisco police de

. >> doctor george rutherford who led the contact tracing efforts during the early days of hiv says - it's much more time limited framework to be able to try to name a trace partners. but if you can't trace them, you can't trace them. then the strategy becomes if you had the exposures within the last x number of days, you should be evaluated and probably vaccinated. >> about 23,000 doses is getting 10,000 more and the walk in clinic at san francisco general on tuesday through saturday will now reopen. in san francisco, tom jensen. >> thank you, tom. >>> an update on the mckinney fire near the oregon border. it is now 40% contained. so far it burned over 60,000 acres. fire started nine days ago in the national forest. crews say right now it is hot, it is dry. the winds unfortunately are picking up. close to 90 homes have been destroyed. four people have lost their lives. >> stay out of the water at lake merit. potentially toxic algae bloom. that is the message tonight. they first discovered low level harmful algae in may. then this past week someone reported brownish red water in the s

we talked with ucsf epidemiology professor doctor george rutherford about what parents should expect in terms of covid as they start to send their kids back to school in the fall. >> school districts are going to play at each one is going to do it differently in terms of masking and social distancing and things like that. i suspect we're not going to see and we'll just call or background levels of infection, which with the omicron variants that we're seeing now, it's probably not the world's worst idea. it's not going to be. i you don't anticipate that they're going to be lots of hospitalizations or severe disease in this younger population, not impossible. and the vaccines to a great job credit that. so the first and foremost is to it, get vaccinated. >> well, doctor, also said you can leave the hand sanitizer at home. at least one comes to catching covid while hand sanitizer can help prevent other judges spreading. there's almost no surface transmission from covid. on the peninsula. you have a local nonprofit. they handed out hundreds of backpacks filled with school supplies over t

george rutherfd george rutherford worked at the cdc in the early 1980s when taiwan experienced its polio ouk polio outbreak. >> now polio has resurfaced in new york where a patient is expg is experiencing paralysis. epids paralysis. epidemiologists believe that patient came in contact with someone in the couy that uses a weakened live fire is in their vaccine that mutate. that mutated. improved science is helping to detect these diseases in early stages. >> the technology has gotten way way out in front. i think theres a lot of caution because of covd of covid. people don't want to make the same mistake twice. >> in the u.s., most people are already vaccinated. >> i am worried about our pockets of unvaccinated communis unvaccinated communities even in in california in the bay area. >> this is coming at a time where overall vaccine confidence confidence saw a dip and some kids missed getting the usual vs usual vaccinations during the pc the pandemic. >> we think that about 14 or 15 million children have not been caught up to date in the whole y whole country. >> roughly 30,000 lives are s

george rutherford remembers waiting in line to get his polio vaccine in the 1960s. he thinks this news from new york is not cause for panic, but -- >> if you haven't been vaccinated, you should get vaccinated against polio. >> reporter: you likely won't remember if you got the shot. the cdc recommends kids get four doses of the polio vaccine with the first shot at two months old. >> if people received routine vaccinations in childhood, if they remember that, they almost for sure received the polio vaccine. >> reporter: this dr. says the polio vaccine has been part of routine vaccinations since the 1940s and 50s, plus in california it's required to attend public and private schools as well as childcare. >> i know that i had on my vaccinations. >> reporter: if you don't think you or your child has been vaccinated, talk to your doctor. in foster city, melissa gord, nbc bay area news. >>> ticking a live look at capitol hill after dramatic security incident rattled nerves. a man crashed his car into the barricade in front of the capital this morning. police say the 29-ye

well, today talk with ucsf epidemiology professor doctor george rutherford about what parents should be expecting in terms of covid has there. kids are being sent back to school this fall. >> school districts are going to play at each one is going to do it differently in terms of masking and social distancing and things like that. i suspect we're not going to see and we'll just call or background levels of infection, which with the omicron variants that we're seeing now, it's probably not the world's worst idea. it's not going to be. i you don't anticipate that they're going to be lots of hospitalizations or severe disease in this younger population, not impossible. and the vaccines to a great job credit that. so the first and foremost is to get vaccinated. >> well, the doctor went on to say that you can leave hand sanitizer at home, at least when it comes to catching covid and while hand sanitizer can help prevent other germs from spreading. there is almost no surface transmission that happens from covid-19. on the peninsula. a local nonprofit is giving out hundreds of backpacks fil

we've got a chance to talk with doctor george rutherford of ucsf about what parents should be expecting in terms of covid as they send their kids back to school. >> school districts are going to play at each one is going to do it differently in terms of masking and social distancing and things like that. i suspect we're not going to see and we'll just call or background levels of infection, which with the omicron variants that we're seeing now, it's probably not the world's worst idea. it's not going to be. i you don't anticipate that they're going to be lots of hospitalizations or severe disease in this younger population, not impossible. and the vaccines to a great job credit that. so the first and foremost is to it, get vaccinated. >> doctor rutherford also said you can leave the hand sanitizer at home, at least when it comes to catching covid while hand sanitizer can help prevent other germs from spreading. there's almost no surface transmission from covid. the berkeley unified school district is making it easier for students looking to get their covid-19 vaccines before the start o

we talk with doctor george rutherford, ucsf about what parents should expect when it comes to covid. his kids come back to school this fall. >> school districts are going to play at each one is going to do it differently in terms of masking and social distancing and things like that. i suspect we're not going to see and we'll just call or background levels of infection, which with the omicron variants that we're seeing now, it's probably not the world's worst idea. it's not going to be. i you don't anticipate that they're going to be lots of hospitalizations or severe disease in this younger population, not impossible. and the vaccines to a great job credit that. so the first and foremost is to it, get vaccinated. >> and doctor rutherford went on to say that you can leave the hand sanitizer at home, at least when it comes to your concerns about covid. he says those hand sanitizers do a good job of killing other kinds of germs and keep them from spreading. but at this point, he says the data shows almost no surface transmission when it comes to covid what they really want do is get yo

we talk with doctor george rutherford of ucsf about what parents should expect when it comes to covid and their kids going back to school this fall. >> school districts are going to play at each one is going to do it differently in terms of masking and social distancing and things like that. i suspect we're not going to see and we'll just taller background levels of infection, which with the omicron variants that we're seeing now, it's probably not the world's worst idea. it's not going to be. i you don't anticipate that they're going to be lots of hospitalizations or severe disease in this younger population, not impossible. and the vaccines to a great job credit that. so the first and foremost is to get vaccinated. >> yeah, doctor referred, went on to say that you can leave the hand sanitizer at home when it comes to your concerns about kids catching covid. they say while hand sanitizers do prevent other germs from spreading. there really is at this point, no surface transmission of covid. >> the school district is making it easier for kids to get a covid vaccine before the start of

we had a chance to talk with doctor george rutherford with ucsf and he talked about what parents should expect in terms of covid as kids are heading back to class. >> school districts are going to play at each one is going to do it differently in terms of masking and social distancing and things like that. i suspect we're not going to see and we'll just call or background levels of infection, which with the omicron variants that we're seeing now, it's probably not the world's worst idea. it's not going to be. i you don't anticipate that they're going to be lots of hospitalizations or severe disease in this younger population, not impossible. and the vaccines to a great job credit that. so the first and foremost is to it, get vaccinated. >> doctor rutherford went on to say that you can leave the hand sanitizer at home, at least when it comes to covid concerns. he says the sanitizers do help prevent some germs from spreading. but at this point, this research shows almost no surface transmission of covid and there is some where you can go to get covid shots for your kids in berkeley before

we had chance to talk with the ucsf epidemiologist professor doctor george rutherford about what parents should expect in terms of covid as they send their kids to school this fall. >> school districts are going to play at each one is going to do it differently in terms of masking and social distancing and things like that. i suspect we're not going to see and we'll just call or background levels of infection, which with the omicron variants that we're seeing now, it's probably not the world's worst idea. it's not going to be. i you don't anticipate that they're going to be lots of hospitalizations or severe disease in this younger population, not impossible. and the vaccines to a great job that. so the first and foremost is to it, get vaccinated. >> and doctor rutherford also said that you can leave the hand sanitizer at home, at least when it comes to catching covid while hand sanitizers can help prevent other germs from spreading. there's almost no service transmission from covid. so that's something good to know. the berkley school district is making it easier for kids to get a start

we talk with doctor george rutherford, ucsf about what parents should expect in terms of covid as they send their kids back to school this fall. >> school districts are going to play at each one is going to do it differently in terms of masking and social distancing and things like that. i suspect we're not going to see and we'll just call or background levels of infection, which with the omicron variants that we're seeing now, it's probably not the world's worst idea. it's not going to be. i you don't anticipate that they're going to be lots of hospitalizations or severe disease in this younger population, not impossible. and the vaccines to a great job credit that. so the first and foremost is to it, get vaccinated. >> yeah. doctor rutherford went on to say that you can leave the hand sanitizer at home, at least when it comes to, you know, worries about catching covid. he says hand sanitizers, prevent other germs from spreading. but at this point, there is no are almost no surface transmission. >> of covid. there are going to be some more places for to get a shot for your kid. the be

so here to discuss key safety tips to keep in mind is doctor george rutherford, a professor of epidemiologydoctor weatherford, let's talk a bit about covid first. so i i'm sure you recall this to the outbreak at one one point forcing entire school districts to shut down. there were fights at school board meetings over whether kids should mask or even get themselves vaccinated. so obviously things have evolved quite a bit since then. what should parents keep in mind as they get their kids ready for the first day of school? >> well, it's not a requirement they should have. first and foremost in mind to have children is vaccinated as possible, which is if that means if there are over 12, they should have at least one booster. so that's the main that's that's the main message. get your kids vaccinated. the school districts are going to play at each one is going to do it differently in terms of masking and social distancing and things like that. i suspect we're not going to see will just background levels of infection, which with the omicron variants that we're seeing now, it's probably not the