maldonado. who will be participating in that meeting today. dr. maldonado, here's one dilemma surrounding distribution of the covid vaccines. california is getting 326,000 doses of the new pfizer vaccine. but the state has more than 2 million health care workers. how do you think such a challenge will be handled? >> well, the state will allocate to the counties and the counties are going to decide how to distribute among hospitals. within our own system, we will be looking at distributing to the highest risk groups first and then creating a pyramid so we can decide who gets the vaccines first and who gets the next several rounds over time. >> a panel of cdc advisors will vote today on who should get the vaccine first, but it's states and big cities who will get the final say. what's the real impact of today's vote at the cdc? >> yeah, i'll be at that meeting. and, basically, it is a recommendation based on lots of research. but ultimately, it will be up to the states and probably counties to make the final decision about distribution. >> since you

maldonado, so here's one dilemma surrounding distribution of the covid vaccine.ifornia's getting 327,000 doses of the new pfizer vaccine, but the state has more than 2 million health care workers. how do you think such a challenge will be handled? >> the state will allocate to the counties, and the counties are going to decide how to distribute among hospitals. within our own system, we will be looking at distributing to the highest risk groups first and then creating a pyramid so that we can decide who gets the vaccines first and who gets the next several rounds over time. >> a panel of cdc advisers will vote today on who should get the vaccine first, but it's states and big cities who will get the final say, so what's the real impact of today's vote at the cdc? >> yeah, i'll be at that meeting and basically it is a recommendation based on lots of research, but ultimately it will be up to the states and probably counties to make the final decision about distribution. >> since you're going to be at that meeting, tell us what more should we expect from it? what ar

maldonado: absolutely.nk the production, people are anxious and wanted to go fast, but i think we are moving at a decent pace. based on the transmission characteristics of this virus, i do think that the summer could be a good time to really start seeing a slowdown. not to say we won't see one before that, but by the end of as we see things go right now. we should start seeing major reductions. we will learn for sure whether and distancing will be required over the coming year. i am guessing there will be some degree still required, but the reductions may be coming, given that there will be more immunity in the population. matt: the biggest question i think we have been hearing here in europe over the last week or mutations?about viruses mutate all the time. there raison like d'etre, anyway. will it still be controllable with vaccines? is it likely that it mutates in a way that vaccines can no longer stop the spread? dr. maldonado: this is a tricky virus, and i think it really speaks to the way that virus o

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maldonado. >>> another native american sports team name is on the way out. after 105 years cleveland's baseball team will no longer be called the indians. groups have demanded the change for decades. no word yet what the new name will be. >>> on sunday night football the bills took the lead for good last night with a long pick six against the steelers. the bills won, 26-15. >>> coming up, the slip and slide on the sidewalk. the video going viral. >>> but first how a boy racked up thousands of dollars on mom's credit card playing video games. for your kid's birthday, you want them to feel like the only kid in the world. but this year, it made it really difficult to have a birthday party. my mom took me to chick-fil-a. chick-fil-a just goes above and beyond. i knew that they would make it special. there was like a little note for a mobile order that said, can you please sing happy birthday? they sung happy birthday to me and i cried. she was, in fact, happy. [laughs] we got you something, nova. what is that? a cookie? thank you! or psoriatic arthritis, little

yvonne maldonado. when britain started giving out covid vaccines yesterday, they kept the facilities where the vaccine was distributed secret so crowds wouldn't just show up. how worried are you about our distribution plans in this country and the potential for demand to exceed supplies during the initial rollout? >> well, it's really going to be hard to know exactly how the public will respond to the availability of vaccines. i do think that there's been a lot of press around the vaccines and it'll be important in the coming days to make sure that there's a lot of communication coming from the national level, so that people know where to go and where to get information. >> a new report from the white house task force shows we're in the middle of the worst surge in covid cases so far during the pandemic and we're fast approaching 300,000 deaths. what can be done, if anything, at this point to try to flatten this curve to prevent more hospitals from being overwhelmed? >> we know what needs to be done to

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tasa muy alta, en especial los jÓvenes quienes muestran sÍntomas leves, por eso la doctora ivohe maldonadoo tendrÁ sÍntomas severos pero hay probabilidad de que estÉn enfermos. >>> los cdc dicen que tendremos que mantener distanciamiento social, usar mascarillas y lavarnos las manos. el condado santa clara dio a conocer los datos de la vacuna para grupos vulnerables, dijeron que se necesitaran 16 mil dosis. el condado de santa clara anticipa una asignaciÓn de 17550 dosis. >>> las autoridades sostienen que se debe continuar con un estricto cumpdri miento de las medidistintos de salubridad. >>> las instalaciones y salas de audiencia en martÍnez y (nombre en inglÉs) estarÁn cerradas al pÚblico, excepto para los testigos de audiencias penales, y solo solicitarÁn por correo. >>> las oficinas de san josÉ permanecerÁn abiertas en este tiempo. >>> y el aprendizaje a distancia se estÁ viendo afectado tambiÉn. vamos al informe. >>> al igual que muchos los niÑos de la familia villarreal pasaron mucho tiempo frente a una pantalla y ya ven las consecuencias. >>> no tuvimos tiempo de llevarlos a un espe

maldonado told kpix 5 that she plans on being the last recipient of the vaccine to ensure all frontline workers are taken care of first. >>> clouds are already moving in and rain is on the way in just a matter of hours. brian hackney is in for paul, and he's been tracking the conditions in our weather center. >> santa rosa has some pretty good rain coming down, and for the rest of us there are a few drops around, that is about it. by the time he gets down to the media bay area, there is not a heckuva lot left. you can see that as this low is knocking into the rich, that's just taking the energy out of it. and while it is holding together at the north bay, by the time it gets into the south bay, there is not much left. the only real cell in the area is around annville right now, and that's about it. so here is what we are expecting, little light rain, especially for the north bay, it will be gone by tomorrow, and then the rain chances this weekend begin to increase. we will have more details will recover the forecast in just a few minutes.>>> still ahead on kpix 5 and cbsn bay area . >>'

llegó la navidad para los fans de maldonado los últimos días para aprovechar la comida gratis que lleva informe para telemundo. >>> momento de revisar las condiciones del tráfico en pantalla el puente de la bahía hay un tráfico moderado a esta hora en san francisco. vamos a otra. la 101 en el área de palo alto. pueden ver cantidad de gente se supone que la mayoría de personas debe estar trabajando en casa pero bueno. ahora vemos el puente san rafael. ahí ahí un tráfico menos fuerte y por último nos vamos al puente san mateo. ahí estamos viendo el fin de semana se pudo observar demasiado tráficorecordemos que hay restricciones de salud. no hay que salir si es que no es necesario. con esto nos vamos. >>> todos sabemos cómo se siente un lunes sobre todo en el 2020 le voy a dar la descripción gráfica de cómo ha sido este año al regresar de la pausa . >>>(información en pantalla). >>> ♪ (música) >>> todos sabemos de los 1020 no ha sido sencillo. ya se va acabar el año. (...) nos mostró cómo se ha sentido el 2020 pero en los emparrillados. es uno de los mejores corredores de la liga. suma 167

thank you doctor, hugh van maldonado for joining us here tonight on kron 4. >>national news, the public should expect a flurry of pardons before president trump leaves office that is according to a source close to the white house and that source. >>tell cnn the president's advisers believe it would be fined for trump to pardon his family members and other associates even though they have not been charged with any crimes this comes one day after the justice department said it was investigating a secret scheme to lobby white house officials for pardons in exchange for hefty political contributions. san francisco city administrator naomi kelly says that she is taking a voluntary leave and this is coming after kelly's husband. >>was recently charged with wire fraud in connection with the scandal involving former public works director mohammed nuru kelly read little east a statement today that read in part this in light of recent events i've decided take a voluntary leave to focus on my family and especially on my 2 children. i will leave my work in the hands of m

hace trece aÑos claudio ortega maldonado llegÓ a nueva york.y lo que a travÉs de su hijo mayor que interpreta y de a su madre grandes el retorno de los restos de claudio que ahora descansa ni en su natal placa. pero el viaje no fue fÁcil, yo conocido gente que que han perdido la vida a consecuencia de de de esta pandemia. no. entonces me pedÍa me hoy a usted que tiene usted que puede cruzar por favor, quÉdense. por favor, quÉdese mi amigo. el reverendo juan carlos ruiz lleva dÉcadas defendiendo los derechos de los inmigrantes y nueva york. distribuir su comunidad es una tarea fundamental en su lucha. pero la entrega mÁs difÍcil que le tocÓ fue la de las cenizas de inmigrantes mexicanos como claudio que murieron en medio de la pandemia y que Él mismo tuvo que entregar a sus familias en mÉxico, con la esperanza. >> de nuestra presencia de alguna manera de alipio de Ánimo. al compaÑera la al prÓjimo, al que estÁ alla. >> imagino le naciÓ de su corazon post. nosotros, un persona porque con su la no. no mÁs tranquila capital que es el pan cinco nada

joe maldonado who? no pardon, next! but he continues, please help me by placing a call to president trump to look at my 257-page pardon, with all the evidence. i'm innocent, ask him sign my pardon. then he closes very strong. he says, will you please help me? with just a phone call, no one even has to know you did it. [ laughter ] well, now we do, i guess. if there's, i don't know, a single sentence that sums up 2020, to me it's joe exotic asks kim kardashian to help him get a pardon from donald trump. [ laughter ] [ applause ] kim kardashian is apparently a fan of "tiger king." she dressed up as carole baskin for halloween, which i'm not sure if that helps joe's chances or hurts them. [ laughter ] this could be something between kim and her father. imagine if the kardashian family got the "tiger king" and o.j. off the hook. i mean -- [ laughter ] can you imagine that? >> guillermo: wow, that would be crazy. >> jimmy: wouldn't that be something? yeah. [ laughter ] christmas is going to be difficult for santa with the co

maldonado says there have been many variants. the concern with this one is the eight spike proteins. >> will it escape imthe remember . >> reporter: if they detect the virus is no more susceptible to the vaccine they can adapt it. >> you can change it and make anti-bodies to that mutation as well. we do that with the flu vaccine every year. >> reporter: meanwhile, staying masked and distant is more important than ever. >>> an er nurse at a san diego hospital tested positive for covid just days after getting vaccinated. jr stone spoke with bay area medical experts to explain knew could happen. >> i have no problem putting needles into people as a doctor. i do not technically enjoy having needles put in me. >> reporter: but dr. amy harold took the covid-19 vaccine just like thousands of others. news now that a nurse in the san diego area took the vaccine, came down with covid-19 symptoms six days later and tested positive two days after that. >> my guess is they were exposed just before they got the vaccine and weren't showing symp

maldonado is on the board, which in addition to california is also advising washington state as well as oregon and nevada.>> to stay up-to-date on the pandemic you can download our kpix 5 app to access around- the-clock coverage. >>> tonight, a grim milestone in the city of oakland. 100 murders so far this year according to the police union. violent crime up 63% this year, number the city has not seen in eight years. 500 reported shootings. the union says city leaders need to step up.>> get engaged and be collaborative on a crime plan, support officers and the members of the community, victims that we are trying to help every day instead of sitting quietly behind your zoom computer. >> mayor libby schaaf says we are doubling down with our violence prevention teams and working with our law enforcement to save every precious life in oakland and and the violence. >>> coming up, was keeping her in the most segregated county in the bay area? tonight, a closing look at the housing codes. >>> plus, we hear from thrill seekers who raves the dangerous surf at mavericks. >>> coming up, how are

maldonado says there have been many variants.h this one is the eight spike proteins. >> will it escape imthe immunit? remember . >> reporter: if they detect the virus is no more susceptible to the vaccine they can adapt it. >> you can change it and make anti-bodies to that mutation as well. we do that with the flu vaccine every year. >> reporter: meanwhile, staying masked and distant is more important than ever. >>> an er nurse at a san diego hospital tested positive for covid just days after getting vaccinated. jr stone spoke with bay area medical experts to explain knew could happen. >> i have no problem putting needles into people as a doctor. i do not technically enjoy having needles put in me. >> reporter: but dr. amy harold took the covid-19 vaccine just like thousands of others. news now that a nurse in the san diego area took the vaccine, came down with covid-19 symptoms six days later and tested positive two days after that. >> my guess is they were exposed just before they got the vaccine and weren't showing symptoms ye

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>>as our we will doctor maldonado with stanford a medical thank you so much for joining us today. thank you have a good evening to you as well. >>switching gears now to talk about sports. the nba is officially back in this evening, the golden state warriors open the season against the brooklyn nets and kevin durant's unfortunately, though the warriors will be missing one of their veteran starters kron 4 sports reporter kylen mill joins us now to explain hike island. >>hey sanaa's a lot to look forward to in this game tonight. but first i want to talk about draymond green he will not be playing. he sitting this one out due to a mild muscle strain in his foot but good news, steve kerr said he should be back very soon not likely a long-term injury and we do have more good news rookie center james wiseman is set to make his debut tonight. weisman green missed a big chunk of the team's training camp and sat out the pre season games after testing positive for coronavirus both have since recovered and have been practicing with the team. so we'll get a first look at the warriors confident

semana de vacunaciÓn y para saber sobre cÓmo va a continuar la jornada nos acompaÑa la doctora ivonne maldonadotrabajadores esenciales?. >>> ahorita pensamos que los de la primera etapa se van a vacunar a fines de enero y febrero. en enero y febrero y habrÁ la primera y segunda etapa al mismo tiempo en en roy febrero. >>> quienes sgeng en la fila de vacunaciÓn. son personas que trabajan en lugares de servicios esenciales. servicio de comida, abarrotes. profesores, maestros. y ademÁs, en esta etapa, tam gwen siguen personas mayores de 65 aÑos de edad. >>> hablando de los trabajos que realiza nuestra comunidad los campesinos y trabajadores de los supermercados. >>> ellos van a estar en la segunda etapa. que esperamos que podamos tener suficiente vacuna para empezar a vacunarlos, en enero y febrero. >>> gracias profe sora por su tiempo. si tiene dudas y preguntas por otros temas. telemundo 48.com. >>> estamos obligados a hacer de otra manera. >>> un programa al sur de la bahÍa para la comunidad indigente. >>> ayer estaba preocupado pero tranquilo. >>> la pandemia ha tenido un impacto en la producc

maldonado. we want to get your expertise now that the vaccine delivery has begun. what do you see as the biggest challenges when it comes to beginning these vaccinations? >> the warp speed/pfizer combination is a very organized one. that part will go reasonably well. but i do think that communicating and tracking the vaccine as it goes out and especially at the local level, getting that organized will be a little bit challenging for local hospitals and jurisdictions as this goes on. >> what do you feel about what we know and what we don't know, essentially how it can protect people and then from the information we have right now its limitations. >> this is quite a stunning vaccine. i really poured over the data myself at the fda and cdc and state of california meetings. it's quite effective, but it is effective so far as we know at preventing disease. what we don't know is, a, how long this immunity will last and, b, whether it will protect against infection not just symptoms. >> so two big open questions there. as far as the category of people who are meant to rec

maldonado, chair of the committee on the infectious diseases for american academy of -- and doctor at children's hospital of philadelphia. he's also a voting member of the fda's vaccine advisory committee, which recommended pfizer and moderna's vaccine for emergency use. >> i think the reason children were not a priority here if you look at people less than 21 years of age they account for 26% of the united states population but only 0.08% of the deaths. that's why they haven't been the priority. nursing homes accounted for 40% of the deaths. >> reporter: is it even worth vaccinating children? dr. rofit says absolutely. >> children can get sick, suffer and occasionally die from this virus. as many children died this year from sars-cov-2 as influenza. and suffering long-term effects such as multisystem inflammatory syndrome of children, called misc, they need to be protected from this disease and hopefully early next year we'll generate the kind of studies that make us feel comfortable vaccinating children. >> reporter: pfizer and moderna have started testing on teens in the u.s. it's

maldonado, stanford epidemiologist and chair of the committee on the infectious diseases for american academy of pede@ticks. and dr. paul offitt, coinventor of the rote virus vaccine. voting member of the fda's vaccine advisory committee recommended pfizer and moderna's vaccine for emergency use. >> i think the reason children were not a priority here if you look at people less than 21 years of age they account for 26% of the united states population but only 0.08% of the deaths. that's why they haven't been the priority. nursing homes accounted for 40% of the deaths. >> reporter: is it even worth vaccinating children? dr. raafat says absolutely. >> children can get sick, suffer and occasionally die from this virus. as many children died this year from sars-cov-2 as influenza. and children can suffer longer term effects, so called 6 multisystem inflammatory syndrome of children, called misc, they need to be protected from this disease and hopefully early next year we'll generate the kind of studies that make us feel comfortable vaccinating children. >> reporter: pfizer and moderna hav

maldonado is an infectious disease expert at stanford healthcare. she took time away from her covid clinic today to talk about the impending delivery of vaccines. >> we should be getting doses as early as tomorrow around the country. i know our county is expecting doses tomorrow. our hospitals are expecting doses this week. we have our freezers ready and our administration protocols in place now to start getting people vaccinated. >> reporter: today's delivery is just the beginning. expected to approve another vaccine by moderna some time later this week. joe vazquez kpix 5. >> the state has a tiered priority list of who will get the vaccine and when. first in line acute care facilities and psychiatric and prison hospitals, dialysis center and skilled nursing facilities and paramedics and emts. intermediate and support of care facilities will be next along with home healthcare workers, public health field staff, and primary and urgent care clinics, specialty clinics, lab workers, dental health clinics, and lower risk pharmacy staff round out tier th

. >> epidemiologist maldonado said schools are not superspreader events because kids are following rules and masking up and hand washing. she said schools can return to school with a vaccine if they are are in pods and socially distant but only if everyone in the community does to stop spreading the virus. >> keeping children in school can be done fountain rate in the communities is low. right now, it's not. it's pretty high. >> reporter: here is where we stand. right now moderna and pfizer are testing the virus in teenagers in the second quarter of 2021. the plan is to include young chirp in the trials. if the data shows that it is safe and effective, some children could start getting a vaccine next fall. but if the shelter order and the tighter restrictions do what they are supposed to do which is to stop the spread, then kids might be going back to school before they are eligible for a vaccine. by the way, santa clara county will detail its vaccine distribution plans this afternoon at 2:00. stay tuned for that. >> thank you. >>> let's head outside. golden gate bridge in san francisco

van maldonado says the vaccine is encouraging, but the community should do its part by way of mask wearing and social distancing especially with christmas coming up. >> it's a small price to pay given that we think we'll start to have real progress towards getting population herd immunity. >> reporter: as of tuesday morning, at least 558 people were in the hospital with covid-19 in santa clara county. stanford health care is stepping up by offering support to regional medical providers and ready to take in additional patients if needed. >> being a health care worker and seeing it firsthand, covid is real and it's like nothing i've ever seen before. >> reporter: county health officials believe that only one in eight covid-19 infections has been reported, meaning it's possible that with 50,000 or so known cases countywide, the total infection rate could be closer to 400,000 in santa clara county alone since the start of the pandemic. >> i'm really concerned this surge is not going to get better, only get worse. >> reporter: in the south bay, chris nguyen, abc 7 news. >>> the fda authorized a

maldonado took a break from her shift to tell us more about what people can expect from the vaccine and what they won't get. >> you are not getting a live virus at all in this vaccine. it is a little piece of our name that will sit in the sell and makes protein, production of this protein, producing antibodies extremely effective in this study at preventing the disease. >> 95% effective in fact. what remains to be seen though is whether it could prevent people from picking up the virus in the first place and passing it to others. >> if somebody is protected against getting sick, but they can still become infected and infect others, then we really still want to use masks. i know some people think it sounds ridiculous, but it is actually called science and it works. >> well first in line to roll up their sleeves, front line healthcare workers with direct exposure risks, followed by residents and staff at nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. as more doses arrive, counties will be able to start moving down the state's tiered priority list of other healthcare settings. at tier

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maldonado says there have been many variants. the concern with the uk variant is the eight mutations on the spike protein, the basis for immunity. >> everyone is watching that protein like a hawk. >> reporter: she says pfizer and moderna are tracking the variants and if they detect a piece of the virus is no longer susceptible to the vaccines, they can tweak them in a matter of months. >> you can change the rna of the vaccine to the mutation and make mutations to the variant as well. we do that with the flu vaccine every year. >>> the government will provide an update on california's response to the covid-19 crisis. he's speaking at 10:00 a.m. this morning. we'll stream that on air, on our website, abc7news.com and on the abc7 news app. >>> california's hospitals are really being pushed to the limit. particularly in two regions. icu availability remains at zero percent in southern california and san joaquin valley. the bay area is seeing a slight improvement now, we're at 10.4%. dr. mark gottlieb is worried we could see another s

maldonado said there's no evidence schools are superspreader events mainly because kids are better about following rules, about hand washing and masking up and keeping their distance than grown-ups are. kids can return to school safely without a vaccine if the plan is to keep them in stable pods and socially distanced but only if everyone in the community does their part to stop spreading the virus. >> right now it's pretty high. >> reporter: so here is where we stand right now moderna and pfizer are testing the vaccine in teenagers, it will include young children in the trials. some could get vaccines starting next fall. if it slows the spread, it's possible children could go back to school before they are eligible for a vaccine. i expect to hear more about how santa clara county will distribute its vaccine. marcus and laura? >> we're going to follow that and, kris, this is on the minds of many parents this morning, what does the testing show about kids and covid-19? >> reporter: there's new data out as of jed about 1.5 million cases of covid in children nationwide. here in california k

maldonado says there's no evidence schools are superspreaders because kids are better about following rules and instructions like hand washing and masking up than grown-ups are. kids can return to school safely without a vaccine if the plan is to keep them in a stable pod and socially distanced wearing masks, but only if everybody in the community does their part to stop spreading the virus. >> keeping children in school can be done if the rate in the community is low. right now it's not. it's pretty high. >> reporter: the moderna and pfizer testing in teenagers now. in the second quarter of next year the plan is to include young children in the trials. if the data shows it is safe and effective some children could start getting a vaccine maybe in time for the next school year. if the shelter orders and the tighter restrictions do what they're supposed to do, the kids could be going back to school before there's an opportunity for a vaccine. in santa clara county we'll find out more about the vaccine distribution plan. supervisors are going to be talking about that at 2:00 this aftern

maldonado is on the safety review committee and says the trials will likely involve different dosingt effective covid vaccine schedule in children. >> conducting vaccines in kids is always, no matter what the vaccine is, always safety, safety comes first. you're vaccinating healthy people. i think a lot needs to be done to shore up confidence in young families and we need to see the data so we can feel comfortable to recommend one way or the other what parents should do. >> reporter: so dr. patel, what do you expect to happen with children and side effects since in the pfizer trial up to half of the adults had some sort of symptom and nobody likes to see their kid sick? >> children may react differently to these vaccines than the adults in the trials did as well. may have a stronger response, the response may last longer, don't be alarmed, don't be scared, this is proof the vaccine is working. if we're not really transparent about these responses and if people get freaked out because their child has muscle aches or a fever we may lose some of those parents for the second shot and we

>>all right doctor yvonne maldonado would stand for health always appreciate your time here on kron 4 news. thank you. >>thank you, thank you very much doctor. i let's going to get a live look outside right now along san francisco's embarcadero we are waiting for yet another round of much needed rain a lot of folks will be drifting off to sleep tonight chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here with the timeline overnight. yeah boy what an exciting night it's going to be you're not going to want to go to sleep for this we've got an ice storm coming our way tonight in fact it's just on the way begin into the north bay sure that more moment just let's get over the weather wall it checked digs out lot of clouds floating across our skies tonight, the clouding up throughout the day we've had some light showers scattered on and off and really just a few hundreds for the most part now the north bay mountains a little bit different over a 3rd of an inch of rain in some of those mouths but now things are beginning to change, here's your cold front finally getting ready to move into the bay area

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