abc 7 news reporter and vaccine team member kate larson spoke to bay area experts who were critical of the announcement. >> reporter: one month after new data demonstrated pfizer's two dose vaccine works well against the delta variant the drugmaker made a surprise announcement that it would seek fda authorization for a third booster shot. >> it is hard for me to understand it. >> reporter: ucsf infectious disease expert questions pfizer's rational, that new data suggests immunity declines six months post vaccination. >> my concern is that their motive is financial. the government is unlikely to purchase the doses for the u.s. population like they did with the first and the second. because we we we we we people will purchase them, insurance companies will buy it and a they will make money off of it. >> reporter: the third dose given six months later would preserve highest level of protection. hours after the announcement cdc says americans did not need a booster slot. >> i got my booster four months ago tomorrow. >> reporter: this seattle resident is a volunteer from moderna phase one a

abc7 news reporter kate larson spoke to an expert who thinks people will be required to mask indoorsin the next few weeks. >> reporter: california now has the 17th highest covid case rate in the country, and 2 weeks after the state reopened in june, the rolling average of new cases in the bay area went up. many california counties have recommended or even mandated people, even if they are fully vaccinated, wear a mask indoors. >> i think it can be a little bit confusing. >> reporter: she's not alone. two months ago, the cdc said vaccinated people can drop their mask in most situations. >> i think it's kind of confusing and contradiction. i keep mine on because my workplace requires me too. >> the way they lay it out is kind of confusing. >> it feels confusing because it is confusing. the rules are changing even as we speak. >> reporter: dr. bob walker says it makes sense for everyone to wear a mask inside for reasons. one the delta variant is quite says infectious. >> that makes it much more risky to do exactly the same activity that you had done a month ago. >> reporter: two, more u

abc7 news reporter kate larson spoke to an expert who thinks people will be required to mask indoors in the next few weeks. >> reporter: california now has the 17th highest covid case rate in the country, and 2 weeks after the state reopened in june, the rolling average of new cases in the bay area went up. many california counties have recommended or even mandated people, even if they are fully vaccinated, wear a mask indoors. >> i think it can be a little bit confusing. >> reporter: she's not alone. two months ago, the cdc said vaccinated people can drop their mask in most situations. >> i think it's kind of confusing and contradiction. i keep mine on because my workplace requires me too. >> the way they lay it out is kind of confusing. >> it feels confusing because it is confusing. the rules are changing even as we speak. >> reporter: dr. bob walker says it makes sense for everyone to wear a mask inside for reasons. one the delta variant is quite says infectious. >> that makes it much more risky to do exactly the same activity that you had done a month ago. >> reporter: two, more

abc 7 news reporter and vaccine team member kate larson spoke to bay area experts who were critical of the announcement. >> reporter: one month after new data demonstrated pfizer's two dose vaccine works well against the delta variant the drugmaker made a surprise announcement that it would seek fda authorization for a third booster shot. >> it is hard for me to understand it. >> reporter: ucsf infectious disease expert questions pfizer's rational, that new data suggests immunity declines six months post vaccination. >> my concern is that their motive is financial. the government is unlikely to purchase the doses for the u.s. population like they did with the first and the second. because we havewe havewe havewe people will purchase them, insurance companies will buy it and a they will make money off of it. >> reporter: the third dose given six months later would preserve highest level of protection. hours after the announcement cdc says americans did not need a booster slot. >> i got my booster four months ago tomorrow. >> reporter: this seattle resident is a volunteer from moderna ph

. >>> kate larson spoke to experts about how these trials will approve young children's safety and parents peace of mind. >> with the start of in person school, they will expand the coronavirus studies, according to a report the decision came after a push from the day, and monica gandhi said it was the smart move by the federal agency. >> parents want to know that they did their due diligence, and to ensure that ever side effect is detected. this has been the tech did in a small number of teenagers got mostly employees. the critical care pediatriciancn treated a handful of these patients. >> sometimes the hospitalizations were cautionary. >> all of the white well. >> the trials are expanding by several thousand children and pick up on any negative reactions. antioch dr. schroeder said that it is psychologically important for safety data for parents . >> you feel like you have some control from whether your kid gets the coronavirus are not you feel like you do not have any control whether they have side effect two the vaccine . the loss of sense of control is difficult for any parent and an

kate larson, abc7 news. >> as the delta variant spreads mostly among unvaccinated people, dr. anthony fauci is warning some people may want to take an extra step and wear a mask if they visit places with low vaccination rates. what does that mean for us in the bay area where there are high vaccination rates? in san francisco, 75 people over the age of 12 are fully vaccinated. 82% of the population have gotten one dose. u.k. berkeley public health says there are some people who may want to wear a mask. >> if you are an immune compromised individual, or living with such an individual, maybe that extra level of protection is a good idea because the vaccines are not perfect. >> san francisco city hall lifted a mask requirement earlier this week. mayor breed says a mandate would only return if it is recommended by the health department. >>> the speaker of the assembly is weighing whether to require covid-19 vaccinations for anyone working in the capital. there was an outbreak among nine assembly employees. four of the employees were fully vaccinated when they tested positive last w

. >> kate larson spoke with a bay area infectious disease specialist who calls this groundbreaking. >> reporter: the delta variant surging across the u.s. appears to spread as easily as the chicken pox and maybe more transmissible than ebola and small pox. all of this according to a cdc document published by the washington post. >> we took two steps forward with the vaccines. we're taking a big step back now. >> reporter: stanford's dawn maldonado says it's twice as infectious. >> now we know that even with vaccinated people, bms of viruses can be present in your mouth. even if you're vaccinated, it's contagious. >> reporter: the cdc said even fully vaccinated people need to put their masks back on indoors. >> i think we're gonna head to a point soon where everybody may get this virus. if you're vaccinated, you're gonna have few to no symptoms? >> reporter: the delta variant may be more deadly. for vaccinated people the cdc document says the risk of severe disease or death is reduced by at least ten fold and that was always the goal of the vaccines. >> the real risk here i think is to

. >>> kate larson spoke to experts about how these trials will approve young children's safety and parents peace of mind. >> with the start of in person school, they will expand the coronavirus studies, according to a report the decision came after a push from the day, and monica gandhi said it was the smart move by the federal agency. >> parents want to know that they did their due diligence, and to ensure that ever side effect is detected. this has been the tech did in a small number of teenagers got mostly employees. the critical care pediatricianrn treated a handful of these patients. >> sometimes the hospitalizations were cautionary. >> all of the white well. >> the trials are expanding by several thousand children and pick up on any negative reactions. antioch dr. schroeder said that it is psychologically important for safety data for parents . >> you feel like you have some control from whether your kid gets the coronavirus are not you feel like you do not have any control whether they have side effect two the vaccine . the loss of sense of control is difficult for any parent and an

kate larson. >>> and it's not just gas. rental car prices high. interest and rental car is up 7 #% when compared to this time in 2019. prices up as much as 300% in some united states cities. the united states has been dealing a rental car shortage due to the pandemic. many companies sold off their fleets to save money and are now having a hard time meeting demand. >>> the california highway patrol will be out in full force this holiday weekend looking for impaired drivers. the period started at six and goes through midnight on monday. you can get pulled over if you have a light out, a cracked windshield or your headlights aren't on. remember getting caught under -- driving under the influence can be costly. >> placed under arrest and taken to jail. you are going to have to deal with the dmv, taking glasses and community service. taking your vehicle out of the tow truck. basically it'll -- out of tow yard and between 10 and $15,000 on fines. >> the chp said that one freeway it is going to be focusing on is interstate 5. >>> and aaa said three and a

abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke with business owners. >> reporter: san francisco, contra costand santa clara counties urged all employers thursday to require covid vaccines. some, like lori thomas, have already made it a mandate. >> everybody is fully vained and we won't hire unless we can see proof of vaccine. >> reporter: thomas is the executive director of the golden gate restaurant association. all of her restaurant employees were fully vaccinated by the end of focused on education, bu yes, we had some tearful conversations. >> reporter: there are two types of exemptions for any vaccine requirement: medical and religion. but those are rare. >> this disease is evolving in a way to make it more deadly and more contagious. >> reporter: david is the director for the stanford center for metrics. it is ethical to require it. and there's precedent. >> we do that with measles vaccines, with patients with tuberculosis who are unwilling to get vaccinations. if everybody in the country had been vaccinated, covid would now be a thing of the past. >> reporter: the key is to help employe

kate larson. >> it's not just gas that's expensive this 4th of july weekend. rental car prices also skyrocketing. interest in rental cars is up 73%. prices up as much as 300% in some united states cities. the united states has been dealing a rental car shortage due to the pandemic. many companies sold much of their fleets to savemoney. >>> the highway patrol will be out in full force this holiday weekend looking for impaired drivers. the enforcement period started at six and goes through midnight on monday. you can also get pulled over if you have a light out, a cracked windshield or your headlights aren't on. getting caught for driving under the influence can be extremely costly. >> arrested and taken to jail. you are going to have to deal with the dmv, with taking the classes, community service, taking your vehicle out of the tow yard. basically you will be spend between 10 and $15,000 on fines and all the other stuff. >> the chp said one freeway is going it be focused on is interstate 5. >>> aaa said 3.5 million people will fly for the 4th of july. they exp

kate larson spoke with bay area health officials and doctors about his worrying trend. >> reporter: the delta variant is driving up covid cases across the country and in california. the growing surge has now put parts of the east bay on the city's emergency hotspot list >> our case rates have more than doubled in recent weeks and i am concerned for further increases. >> reporter: dr. nicholas moss is the health officer in alameda county, where cases have been increasing for san leandro and oakland. >> those are also the places where vaccine rates are lower. >> reporter: 62% of residents are fully vaccinated in alameda county, much higher than the national average of 48%, but it is still not enough. >> we are seeing an increase in hospitalized patients, not surprisingly they are not vaccinated. >> reporter: dr. russell rodriguez is chief medical officer for john muir in contra costa county. he says there are 16 comical patients and their hospitals in concord and walnut creek. >> i have had patients admitted to the hospital for symptoms that were not vaccinated. some were sorry at the tim

kate larson, abc7 news. >>> and abc7 news reporter and vaccine team member continues team coverage, she spoke with one pediatrician who is seeing a spike in office visits by parents concerned about covid. >> reporter: as the delta variant intensifies across the country at goldengate pediatrics dr. lisa dana and her staff are working overtime. >> we are seeing many more children who are concerned, they feel like they might have been exposed so they want to get tested. or they have symptoms. >> reporter: on a daily basis she says about 150 children are coming into her practice, about 25% of them for covid related reasons. >> we did send out swabs to get tested by pcr and that takes 24 hours for us to get results so we are seeing a few rapid covid positives. >> reporter: they are also seeing this in the southeast portion of the country, this children's hospital near capacity. >> we are seeing children as young as a few days old that have covid up to teenagers. >> reporter: according to the cdc in the last year at least 340 children ages 17 and younger have died from covid- 19. the latest d

kate larson, abc7 news. >>> abc7 news reporter lose pain you continues coverage and she spoke with one pediatrician who is seeing a spike in office visits by parents concerned about covid. >> reporter: as the delta variant intensifies across the country at golden gate pediatrics dr. lisa dana and her staff are working overtime. >> we are seeing many more children who are concerned, they feel like they might have been exposed and they want to get tested. or they have symptoms. >> reporter: on the daily basis she says about 150 children are coming into her practice, about 25% for covid related reasons. >> we did sound out many swabs to be tested by pcr and that takes 24 hours for us to get results. we are seeing a few rapid covid pops -- >> reporter: this children's hospital is near capacity. >> we are seeing children as young as a few days that have covid, up to teenagers. >> reporter: according to the cdc in the last year at least 340 children ages 17 and younger have died from covid- 19. the latest data shows severe disease remains low among children. >> yeah, i■'m scared hat might ge

. >> reporter and vaccine team member kate larson spoke with a group of advocates who have launched a campaign to get their communities vaccinated. >> reporter: there is a new front line in the fight against covid. a us-led campaign to address health, equity and the well-being of people of color in san francisco. >> i got my second vaccination two days ago. >> reporter: deonna thomas works five days a week at vaccine clinics in san francisco general hospital to get the right word out about covid vaccines. >> i talked to a couple of my friends, i was hesitant. >> reporter: what convinced you to get the vaccine? >> going back to school and in person again. >> reporter: there working to shatter the myths about covid i the group launched account. >> i was extremely hesitant, because i felt like i was getting misinformed from the internet. >> reporter: speaking to a trusted dr. convinced her to get a covid vaccine and now she is trying to pay it forward. >> i think there is a seof ar. it will help your children and your grandmother and it is something really important to the black communit

kate larson, abc7 news. >>> and abc7 news reporter and vaccine reporter liz peÑa continues our coverage she spoke with a bay area pediatrician who is seeing a spike in office visits by parents concerned about covid. >> reporter: as the delta variant intensifies across the country, at golden gate pediatrics after lisa dana and her staff are working overtime. >> we are seeing many more children who are concerned and they feel like they might have been exposed. so they want to get they have symptoms. >> reporter: on a daily basis she says about 150 children are coming into her practice. about 25% of them for covid related reasons. >> we did send out many swabs to be tested by pcr and that takes 24 hours for us to get results so we are seeing a few rapid covid positives. >> reporter: we are also seeing this in the southeast portion of the country. this children's hospital near capacity. >> we are seeing children as young as a few days that have covid. up to teenagers. >> reporter: according to the cdc in the last year at least 340 children ages 17 and younger have died from covid- 19. the l

. >> reporter and vaccine team member kate larson spoke with a group of advocates who have launched apaign to get their communities vaccinated. >> reporter: there is a new front line in the fight against covid. a us-led campaign to address health, equity and the well-beingople color in san francisco. >> i got my second vaccination two days ago. >> reporter: deonna thomas works five days a week at vaccine clinics in san francisco general hospital to get the right word out about covid vaccines. >> i talked to a couple of my friends, i was hesitant. >> reporter: what convinced you to get the vaccine? >> going back to school and in person again. >> reporter: there working to shatter the myths about covid vaccines on social media. the group launched a account. >> i was extremely hesitant, because i felt like i was getting misinformed from the internet. >> reporter: speaking to a trusted dr. convinced her to get a covid vaccine and now she is trying to pay it forward. >> i think there is a sense of familiarity. it will help your children and your grandmother and it is something really impor

country including here in the bay area pics at the cases are among those were not vaccinated but kate larson spoke with one man who got covid-19 even though he was vaccinated. >> reporter: in june, after more than a year of pandemic stress, sean and his wife decided to go to vegas. they were fully vaccinated and even drove to avoid airplanes. once they got there, they took the option to take the mask off. when they got home, started to feel sick. he and his wife and tested positive for covid-19. >> it was extremely frustrating because we spent a year and a half avoiding this thing and it was scary. i mean i brought home the life- threatening illness that has been killing people around the country. the only thing worse than that, is knowing that i gave it to my kids. >> reporter: too young to be vaccinated, there seven and nine-year-old kids had congestion and low-grade fevers but sean was sick in bed. >> i'm pretty confident if i hadn't had the booster in the vaccination, i might not be standing here talking to you right now. >> reporter: they are okay now, but they are part of a shifting pa

thank you for joining us.joinino >>> the vaccine team member, kate larson has a look at the expectedandate and reaction from a porteresy, abnews confirr biden is kelya fedel ployee mandate. the unvaccinated. they are so enormous confusion. >> reporter: the federal government is the largest u.s. lawyer. he is announcing this, expecting to come thursday, would be the largest vaccine mandate by a single employer. what it feels safer if all of your vaccinated colleagues were vaccinated? >> yes i believe so. >> reporter: garcia is a backseat a postal worker. he is not sure about requiring the shot.>> reporter: it is hard for me to say that it should be i feel like people should have the choice. if it is mandated and they don't want to, what will happen? do they get fired? that would not be cool. >> reporter: if a federal employee does not get vaccinated, they will be required to comply with stringent covid-19 protocols like wearing masks. >> we already have vaccine mandates. we have had them since the supreme court passed a law in 1905. >> reporter: this been part of the local and state v

. >>> the vaccine team member, kate larson has a look at the expected mandate and reaction from a federalker. >> reporter: late tuesday, abc news confirm that president joe biden is likely to announce a federal employee vaccine mandate. >> we have a pandemic of the unvaccinated. they are so enormous confusion. >> reporter: the federal government is the largest u.s. lawyer. he is announcing this, expecting to come thursday, would be the largest vaccine mandate by a single employer. what it feels safer if all of your vaccinated colleagues were vaccinated? >> yes i believe so. >> reporter: garcia is a backseat a postal worker. he is not sure about requiring the shot.>> reporter: it is hard for me to say that it should be i feel like people should have the choice. if it is mandated and they don't want to, what will happen? do they get fired? that would not be cool. >> reporter: if a federal employee does not get vaccinated, they will be required to comply with stringent covid-19 protocols like wearing masks. >> we already have vaccine mandates. we have had them since the supreme court passed

abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke with business owners. >> reporter: san francisco, contra costand santa clara counties urged all employers thursday to require covid vaccines. some, like lori thomas, have already made it a mandate. >> everybody is fully vaccinated and we won't hire unless we can see proof of vaccine. >> reporter: thomas is the executive director of the golden gate restaurant association. all of her restaurant employees were fully vaccinated by the end of april. >> we focused on education, but yes, we had some tearful conversations. >> reporter: there are two types of exemptions for any vaccine requirement: medical and religion. but those are rare. >> this disease is evolving in a way to make it more deadly and more contagious. >> reporter: david is the director for the stanford center for metrics. it is ethical to require it. and there's precedent. >> we do that with measles vaccines, with patients with tuberculosis who are unwilling to get vaccinations. if everybody in the country had been vaccinated, covid would now be a thing of the past. >> reporter: the key

abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke to the expert presidency how to stop the cycle of new infections and variants. >>> from missouri and kentucky to utah much of the u.s. is in the midst of a summer surge. the delta variant, the dominant covid-19 strain across the country. >> i would of thought we would of had a little bit more of a break. continued the downslope into august. >> reporter: he says the abbreviated break is easily explained. >> more people vaccinated in those states or more naturally acquired immunity in those states we would be seeing less transmission now. the less transmission the fewer variants will emerge. >> every three times the coronavirus reproduces there is a chance it will mutate to a potentially more transmissible variant. >> what you are seeing a predominance. >> reporter: she has been working on the sequency of it since the start of the pandemic, the university published a study about a variant known as the california variant. suggesting it could evade the vaccines but since the study began, the variant has become less prevalent. >> at one point a few mont

. >> abc 7 news reporter kate larson is on our vaccine team and found out what impact it could have in the bay area, kate? >> reporter: last summer there was a surge in covid-19 cases, now, 64% of people 12 and older in the u.s. are at least partially vaccinated. but that is still not enough. doctors say the delta variant could create more clusters of new cases after the holiday weekend. >> with much of the country reopened the 4th of july felt a lot closer to prepandemic times. but while 50 million people traveled by car and plane over the long weekend new cases of the highly transmissible delta variant continue to spread as the country came up short by seven million shots of president biden's self- imposed vaccine goal. >> there are four states in this country that we are looking at that we are more concerned about in terms of lower rates of vaccinations. utah, nevada, arkansas, and missouri. >> i live in a rural area. it is pretty hard hit. and you guys here in san francisco seem to be on it. >> reporter: bryant walker is visiting from indiana. >>y with are struggled in some of our

abc news reporter kate larson explains why doctors say vaccine skepticism among young adults may delaye of herd immunity. >> reporter: new research shows 1 out of 4 unvaccinated 18-25-year-olds say they probably will not or definitely not get a vaccine. >> a lot of my friends they are scared to get it. >> they don't believe in vaccinations. they think it is a hoax. >> there is misinformation on social media and that can be overwhelming. >> reporter: all of the young adults i spoke to are vaccinated not all of them from the area. a highly vaccinated region. alabama resident drove to mississippi to get his vaccine. >> one day we heard it opened up and we drove through a tornado to get my first vaccine dose. >> reporter: maryland resident says after her parents got covid-19 she wanted the vaccine to keep her family safe. >> i also got covid-19 and my brother as well. i knew it was no joke. >> reporter: sally and charles with an less epbt and young adult medicine use national survey data for 5,000 young adults for the study. half of whom wanted to wait to make sure it safe. >> another 50%

. >> reporter: kate larson, abc news. >>> there is a new the covid-19 vaccine from johnson and johnsonmost cases involve men 50 and older. >>> developing news now, wildfires are raging tonight in california. wiping out homes and forces thousands of people to evacuate. it is exactly what everyone feared as we go into this hot dry summer. and a huge fire that is not even in our state is putting a strain on california's power grid. >> reporter: the bootleg fire in southern oregon is doubling in size almost every day. burned more than 150,000 acres. the flames are threatening transmission lines that run between california and oregon that is why we saw another flex alert today, even though the pay area's heat wave ended. >> we are going to get out of here. >> reporter: north of lake tahoe is california's largest wildfire of the season so far, the beckwourth complex. destroying multiple homes, this is the second time in 8 months that that area has been hit by wildfire. >> i am still numb. i mean, after losing everything that i worked for and everything all of these years. it is gone. >> repo

. >> reporter: kate larson, abc news. >>> there is a new the covid-19 vaccine from johnson and johnsonst cases involve men 50 and older. >>> developing news now, wildfires are raging tonight in california. wiping out homes and forces thousands of people to evacuate. it is exactly what everyone feared as we go into this hot dry summer. and a huge fire that is not even in our state is putting a strain on california's power grid. >> reporter: the bootleg fire in southern oregon is doubling in size almost every day. burned more than 150,000 acres. the flames are threatening transmission lines that run between california and oregon that is why we saw another flex alert today, even though the pay area's heat wave ended. >> we are going to get out of here. >> reporter: north of lake tahoe is california's largest wildfire of the season so far, the beckwourth complex. destroying multiple homes, this is the second time in 8 months that that area has been hit by wildfire. >> i am still numb. i mean, after losing everything that i worked for and everything all of these years. it is gone. >> report

abc 7 news reporter kate larson spoke to the expert presidency how to stop the cycle of new infections and variants. >>> from missouri and kentucky to utah much of the u.s. is in the midst of a summer surge. the delta variant, the dominant covid-19 strain across the country. >> i would of thought we would of had a little bit more of a break. continued the downslope into august. >> reporter: he says the abbreviated break is easily explained. >> more people vaccinated in those states or more naturally acquired immunity in those states we would be seeing less transmission now. the less transmission the fewer variants will emerge. >> every three times the coronavirus reproduces there is a chance it will mutate to a potentially more transmissible variant. >> what you are seeing a predominance. >> reporter: she has been working on the sequency of it since the start of the pandemic, the university published a study about a variant known as the california variant. suggesting it could evade the vaccines but since the study began, the variant has become less prevalent. >> at one point a few mont

. >> abc 7 news reporter kate larson is on our vaccine team and found out what impact it could have in the bay area, kate? >> reporter: last summer there was a surge in covid-19 cases, now, 64% of people 12 and older in the u.s. are at least partially vaccinated. but that is still not enough. doctors say the delta variant could create more clusters of new cases after the holiday weekend. >> with much of the country reopened the 4th of july felt a lot closer to prepandemic times. but while 50 million people traveled by car and plane over the long weekend new cases of the highly transmissible delta variant continue to spread as the country came up short by seven million shots of president biden's self- imposed vaccine goal. >> there are four states in this country that we we are more concerned about interms lower rural area. it is pretty hard hit. and you guys here in san francisco seem to be on it. >> reporter: bryant walker is visiting from indiana. >>y with are struggled in some of our rural areas to get the shots and get everybody back on their feet. >> reporter: the delta variant is

abc news reporter kate larson explains why doctors say vaccine skepticism among young adults may delay any hope of herd immunity. >> reporter: new research shows 1 out of 4 unvaccinated 18-25-year-olds say they probably will not or definitely not get a vaccine. >> a lot of my friends they are scared to get it. >> they don't believe in vaccinations. they think it is a hoax. >> there is misinformation on social media and that can be overwhelming. >> reporter: all of the young adults i spoke to are vaccinated not all of them from the bay area. a highly vaccinated region. alabama resident drove to mississippi to get his vaccine. >> one day we heard it opened up and we drove through a tornado to get my first vaccine dose. >> reporter: maryland resident says after her parents got covid-19 she wanted the vaccine to keep her family safe. >> i also got covid-19 and my brother as well. i knew it was no joke. >> reporter: sally and charles with an less epbt and young adult medicine use national survey data for 5,000 young adults for the study. half of whom wanted to wait to make sure it safe. >>

kate larson explains. >> no. that is not okay. >> san francisco resident whitney conner stopped pumping when i pointed out the gas she was putting in her car was almost $6 a gallon. >> gas prices are not okay. like not okay. that's it. >> sarah had the same reaction when she filled up at the shell station at 4st and the brya stre south omad ually gure its like ten >>iceshave ything is going up n everything. food, everything. >> do i want to go on long road trips? how much do i want to be commuting. should i be working from home if i have the option? >> i'm filling up ahead of the long weekend but not with the $6 gas. i found gas at another shell station that's cheaper by a dollar. why would two shell stations have very different prices? >> they pretty much pay the same whole sale price. it really comes down to the retail merchant. >> competition is a factor. the less expensive shell station is a cross the street from a chevron, both have prices in the mid$4 range which is about the average price right now. the un

kated larson asked experts how the trials will include safety and parents' state of mind. >> reporterwith the start of school weeks away pfizer and moderna will expand the vaccine study size in children ages 5 to 11. ucsf doctors says it was a smart move by the federal agency. >> parents are going to want to know that they did due diligence and studied it in enough children to ensure that a rare side effect is detected. >> the rare side effect myocarditis are heart inflammation was reported in a small number of teenagers, mostly boys who got to the pfizer shot. >> sometimes the hospitalizations were just precautionary, all of them did quite well. >> reporter: the trials now expanding by several thousand children will be more likely to pick up on any negative reactions. >> we really don't want to cause harm to healthy children through the vaccine. >> reporter: the doctor also says how psychologically important increased safety data is for parents. >> you feel like you have some control over whether your kid gets covid or not where as you don't feel like you have any control over whethe