monica gandhi. dr. gandhi, thanks for making the time for us today. >> thank you. >> by the way, folks, this half- hour is for you. dr. gandhi is here to take your questions and i'm your middle woman. why aren't you concerned? let's start there, for a possible fourth surge, that got dr. wilensky so emotional yesterday? >> you know, i'm not concerned, at least in california, for actually three reasons. number one, we are actually doing a pretty good job at rolling out our vaccines at 42% of those in san francisco has done one dose. second, we are peeling off restriction, but we are killing them off, not going hogwild, not going crazy. we are all sort of slowly going back to reduce capacity, still masking care it's a very prudent lifting of restrictions. and third, our numbers are looking great, as they have been. and we have a final solution, right? vaccines are not like oh, one more tool in the toolbox, like giving someone a mask or having them stay away from each other. this is the solution. we are layi

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monica gandhi. i want to ask you, spring break is starting vacations and there are disturbing images we seen of young people not adhering to any sort of safety article as they party. what are your thoughts as you look at that at a time when we are trying to keep eating the pandemic and pushing out numbers and driving up vaccinations? >> you are right, we want to maintain restrictions as we get out the back nation because it's a race. we want less will circulating in more vaccinations coming. on the other hand, those who were vaccinated to goes fellow vaccinated parents or family members which is what the cdc allowed they said travel but they said yes, you can see other vaccinated people those two things are hard to hold. so i would say travel judiciously, travel if vaccinated and see other back needed people at low risk. let's not go crazy yet that -- >> we are also at a time when were trying to open up schools. we are quite behind in california are we like the last date or something >> were the las

monica gandhi. thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> start by defining what fulw vaccinated means. >> in this case it means you have have both doses of the rmna doses and waited two weeks after the second dose. >> got it. >> okay. >> and johnson & johnson. >> and the johnson & johnson vaccine it's two weeks after the dose, but to be honest, i'd wait a little longer. i'd wait three weeks. >> just to be safe. >> yes. >> today's news from the cdc which groups of people do you think are rejoicing most hearing this news. >> grandparents and grandchildren! because i think what was kind of amazing is there was a real question if they would allow or at least recommend that grandparents go into homes where there are unvaccinated grandchildren. and since it's such a low risk for clirn for severe covid-19, thank heavens. and because we are having increasing data that you can't pass it on if you've been vaccinated that data has come out since the vaccine trials. >> you cannot pass it on. >> you cannot pass it

monica gandhi is seeing more hope than fear. five what is making me optimistic?ter: vaccines are having a huge impact with listening the severity of the coronavirus. >> it is a big deal. zero deaths, the vaccine is working. >> reporter: they are showing how well the vaccines are working out of 40,000 participants the vaccine reduced the amount of infection by 80% after one shot in 90% after two shots. as a rush to vaccinate the bay area there can be it up to cases after spring break but dr. gandhi does not expect the huge increase was hospitalizations and deaths. >> the increase of cases is different from the spring, summer, winter, we now have the protection of vaccines protecting those that got vaccinated from severe disease and they are not going into the hospital. >> reporter: federal health officials say it is too early in the vaccination buses to relax social distancing guidelines and they urge people to continue wearing masks. >>> coronavirus vaccinations are opening up to more californians this week. starting wednesday, adults 50 years old and older can m

monica gandhi with ucsf sees signs of hope. she says the data shows thevaist on lessening the severity of covid-19. >> one death in l.a. county today from covid-19. that is a big deal. zero deaths from covid-19 in the city of london today. that is a big deal. that is how vaccines work. >> reporter: this as swift easing of restrictions and rising cases in some parts of the country have top health officials concerned. >> i'm going to reflect on the recurring feeling i have of impending doom. >> reporter: dr. gandhi, though, says even with spring break around the corner, she's not sensing the same level of concern, especially here in the bay area. >> by easing restrictions off slowly but still giving people the ability to gather more because it is important for us to be around each other, t kind of dance is being correctly executed, i would say. >> reporter: the cdc also released hopeful findings of a study today. out of roughly 4,000 participants, the vaccine reduced the risk of infection by 80% after one shot and 90% after two.

monica gandhi today. she says according to studies done in other districts, in- person learning is safe and it is time to get past the fear. >> there is not room for fear anymore to dictate us going back to things and places like schools. i think there were some states that took that approach because they thought it would help their compositions. stay home and now i think we are seeing the backfiring of taking that approach to the pandemic response. >> reporter: the transition to full, in-person learning here in pleasanton starts tomorrow morning and there is expected to be quite a welcome for students that return to foothill and amador valley high schools. >> those kids will be happy to see each other. >>> less than an hour, mount diablo unified school district will vote on a plan for students to return to the classroom in less than two weeks. his goal is to second graders, they would be back in the classroom as early as march 22nd. all other grades would come back march 29th. parents would have a choice

monica gandhi joins us to answer some questions about this vaccine. thank you so much for joining us this evening. we know some of those side effects like fatigue, muscle soreness and nausea are pretty common, but does any reaction tell us how our bodies might respond if in fact, infected with or exposed to covid? >> that is a great question and a legitimate question. that if you have more side effects, will that mean you have more of an immune response and you actually do better with the vaccine. to be fair, these trials, a lot of people have side effects like you just decide. and even if you didn't, people still had incredibly high fiside effects. so even though it is a fair question to ask you, i would not worry if you don't have major side effects that you are not getting the response. i really would not worry about that at all. >> more good news, a new study shows the vaccine is more effective than we thought, so what does that mean for our protection is more bay areas open up, like how safe is it to go indoors, go to school, go to the gym? >> yo

monica gandhi is a ucsf professor and a working md with expertise in infectious diseases and one of the bay area's top doctors in the fight against covid-19. >> all of these appointments that we're all struggling with, this is all going to get better. >> dr. gandhi has been high-level talks regarding supply issues and rollouts. she says over the past month plus, public health officials across the region and state have built the infrastructure and found the people needed to get shots in arms. >> essentially, the entire last month and a half has been spent in setting up these vaccination sites, getting enough people to administer them. >> reporter: and dr. gandhi says vaccine manufacturing has been ramping up at the same time and there will be enough doses for everyone by may. >> reporter: dr. gandhi says we should also watch what's going on in the uk, where hospitalizations and infections are way down and where they've taken a strategy of getting one dose in as many arms as possible. first, she says, that strategy could work here, too. in concord, thom jensen, nbc bay area news. >>> new

monica gandhi recently addressed the struggles and the safe return to school in usa today. >> there is not room for fear anymore, to dictate is going back to things like school. >> reporter: dr. gandhi shows research stating that transmission is minimal between children and there is no mandating of six feet of distancing and like the cdc to recommend approximately one meter. >> all of those mitigation procedures can be relaxed once the adults are vaccinated. we don't need to wait for children vaccination to get back to full come in person learning. >> reporter: i reached out to the association of pleasanton teachers for their perspective on returning to school but have not heard back. >>> after hours of debate, the mt. diablo unified school district board has voted to start bringing students back into classrooms in the next two weeks. in the past to 30 minutes the board of trustees voted 3-2 to set a targeted reopening day of march 22nd. preschoolers through second graders will be the first to return to class. all other grade levels will return by march 29th. parents could choose to ke

monica gandhi says it's significant. >> you can feel safe as vaccinated person going to dining, gym, movies. >> reporter: you can feel safe without being reckless. >> out in public, you don't know who is vaccinated, who is not, still maintain the distancing until everyone who wants a vaccine can get it. >> reporter: nbc bay area news. >> fully vaccinated people can visit indoors with other fully vaccinated people without wearing a mask or social distance, and also people from another household not vaccinated only at low risk. no mask or distancing required. once fully vaccinated, you do not need to quarantine if you've been exposed to covid presuming you don't show symptoms. >>> cdc also says 16% of americans are fully vaccinated, more than 53 million people. california, quicker pace, 6.3 million californians are fully vaccinated, nearly 20% of the state's population. one local thousands are eligible to get vaccinated, including teenagers. announcement today, 16 and older can get vaccinated in contra costa county. first to open eligibility to all adults. see the map about the various

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monica gandhi. infectious disease expert at ucsf. always good to see you.much for your time. well now we go to washington, d c and u. s. capitol police will begin removing some of the fencing that has circled the capitol building since the january 6th insurrection. officials say there are no known credible threats as fox is lucas tomlinson tells us, this comes as more serious charges are now being filed against people involved in the violent mob. two men are behind bars charged with assaulting capitol police officer brian sick nick during the ride on january 6th 32 year old julian cater and 39 year old george 10 eos allegedly spring sickness with a non lethal repellent sick. nick died the next day, but his cause of death more than two months later, is still unknown. that's why both men are charged with assault. not homicide. for now, there is certainly a big distinction between in us so in a homicide just two days after the arrest, capital officials say they'll start scaling back fencing that a circle the area since the attack after strong bipartisan backla

monica gandhi says about 42 people in san francisco have gotten their first dose so people should feel a little more at ease. >> it's not all out. it's not go crazy yet but it's definitely a gradual easing of restrictions. it does give the population joy and i think that's appropriate. >> reporter: sergio quintana, "today in the bay." >> some good news there. >>> 4:37 and over the weekend, communities across the bay area came out in force in rallies to denounce the recent rise in hate crimes against asian-americans. in berkeley, 12-year-old mina made that happen with the help of aapi youth rising. hundreds gathered to support her in aquatic park and then marched to the bay area pedestrian bridge. inthat. a recent al state berkeley study shows a recent uptick in hate crimes. increases were small in the bay area, in san jose for example, the numbers jump from four to ten during that time. in san francisco the numbers went from six to nine. experts say hate crimes are widely underreported and even when police are involved, sometimes they fail to document those incidents involving bias. >>

dr monica gandhi appreciate you coming on the show giving us of inside. always appreciate your time graduations. good luck to you. thank you. well, not one emotional reunion in florida. a five year old boy rushes to his mother side. she's been battling covid-19, and he hadn't seen her in months. you see, mommy, you want to go? yeah. all right, gore under 84 e parker last saw his mother, but a team of doctors and nurses in gainesville able to wheel her out of the medical center while still on a ventilator to spend about 20 minutes with her son. never in my wildest dreams did i imagine. that my poor wife would have to go through what she's been through. she's crying, but she misses you so much. tell me how much you miss her. uh 31 year old nurse practitioner was just one week away from being vaccinated, which a contract that covid-19 since being admitted she's experienced multiple organ failures. but her husband says she is improving and could be transferred to a rehab facility as early as next week, boy that woman a sweet story, they'd be able to see him t

monica gandhi says this new information is significant. >> you can feel safe as a vaccine in person going indoor dining, going to a gym, to the movies. >> reporter: you can feel safe, she says, without being reckless. >> now out in public since we don't know who is vaccinated, who is not, we're going to still maintain masks and distancing until everyone who wants to get a vaccine can get it. >> reporter: cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." >>> a big sigh of relief for hundreds of thousands of people living in contra costa county. as of this morning, if you live there and you're at least 16 years old, you can now get a covid-19 vaccine. the county as reflected in this map here, you can see, it is the first to open up eligibility to all adults. solano county is vaccinating people 50 and up, but as of right now, everyone else is 65 and older. supply is the problem all over the bay area, and that is holding back other counties from widening the eligibility of who can get the vaccination. health leaders say it's an issue in contra costa county. >> federal government started to provide very specif

monica gandhi at uc san francisco. >> hi. >> dr. gandhi let's begin with the concern over the variance. are you worried about the virus changing so dramatically into a version that cannot be managed by the vaccines we currently have? >> i am not worried about that. for one thing just from our knowledge you cannot mutate yourself too much. the virus can't do that. coronavirus has a strong -- mechanism so it looks like it is changing but not that fast. we are looking at antibodies as our main immune response for viruses. but is actually cell mediated immunity. our t cells that help us fight variance and viruses. there is an incredible paper from san diego last week if you look at t cell responses to vaccines they all work well against all of the variance. so the t cell response will get us out of this. we will have long-standing immune response to the variance >> would you agree with that doctor? then can you tell us a little bit about the infection rate dropping here in california, when you think businesses will be able to fully reop

monica gandhi addressed why neal may have had a strong immune response after the third dose. >> i think it is a good sign if you get more sick after a booster. it is why there's increasing data now that you only need one dose if you have had covid-19. the fda hasn't made that prime time, but we're seeing very good data after one dose, if you have had covid-19, you get ten times the antibody responses than if you did if you had two doses and never had covid. >> reporter: kate larsen, "abc 7 news." >>> tonight all but two counties in the greater bay area are now in the red tier. alameda, solano and santa cruz counties advanced this week. it allows for more reopenings, including limited indoor dining and gyms. that leaves sonoma and contra costa counties in the purple tier but it could change soon. health officialses pekt to move next week on this. >>> pleasanton unified will reopen all school grades tomorrow for in-person learning. it is the first district in alameda county to welcome back middle and high school students. the change is allowed because the county is in the red tier. parent

monica gandhi addressed why neal may have had a strong immune response after the third dose. >> i think it is a good sign if you get more sick after a booster. it is why there's increasing data now that you only need one dose if you have had covid-19. the fda hasn't made that prime time, but we're seeing very good data after one dose, if you have had covid-19, you get ten times the antibody responses than if you did if you had two doses and never had covid. >> reporter: kate larsen, "abc 7 news." >>> tonight all but two counties in the greater bay area are now in the red tier. alameda, solano and santa cruz counties advanced this week. it allows for more reopenings, including limited indoor dining and gyms. that leaves sonoma and contra costa counties in the purple tier but it could change soon. health officialses pekt to move next week on this. >>> pleasanton unified will reopen all school grades tomorrow for in-person learning. it is the first district in alameda county to welcome back middle and high school students. the change is allowed because the county is in the red tier. parent

i asked monica gandhi, a doctor at the university of california, san francisco medical center.aths, and this sort of showed this to us. today, as you reported and you just told us, mexico increased their death count from covid—19 by more than 100,000 people, which ended up putting them into the second highest numbers of deaths worldwide from covid—19. and that was looking at the fact that they had so many more excess deaths than last year. and then even, though, the death certificates may not exactly reflect what people died of — understanding there are probably a lot of deaths that happened at home because the icu capacity is quite limited in many areas in mexico — and they decided to give these more accurate figures. so it is very worrisome, you are right, that we don't have a standard way worldwide to say what are the deaths we need to work on this in a standard way after this. ok, that's really interesting. given we are a year into this and we still don't have the standardised method, this approach of looking at excess deaths, which sounds cold and calculated, but it's just

monica gandhi a few follow ups like if you see one set of grandkids one day, can you see other family the next day. >> yes, as long as the other household has unvaccinated people who are low risk, meaning they don't have increased susceptible. >> reporter: the cdc says vaccinated people should still avoid unnecessary travel, but the doctor thinks that will change next. >> the thing in the guidelines that didn't quite make sense is still saying you can't travel after you are vaccinated. that actually makes zero sense, you know, sort of given with the ability to go visit and how safe you are with travel. so i do think that's going to change pretty quickly. >> reporter: recent studies also suggest sincere unlikely for vaccinated people to be able to spread the virus. the cdc though is still encouraging people to wear masks to protect the unvaccinated and to encourage others to do the same. in san jose, ian cull, "nbc bay area news." >> ian, thank you. >>> get ready for more counties now to loosen restrictions. take a look. tomorrow the state is expected to announce more counties will be

monica gandhi expressed her confidence that california will not see another search. her main reason? vaccinations. >> 42% of those in san francisco have gotten one dose. we are peeling off but peeling them off prudently. we are not going hogwild. nobody is going crazy. we are slowly getting back to reduced capacity. we are still masking. we have a final solution. vaccines are are are are are ar in the toolbox like giving somebody a mask. this is the solution. we are laying down the ultimate solution as we lift restrictions.>>> contra costa county is 16 years and older after receiving an extra 30,000 doses last week. this comes as a new mass vaccination side opened today at hurricane harborrricane harbr in concorde. once fully operational, they should be able to handle 15,000 people every week . >>> contra costa county is in the red tier when it comes to the business ions. without out to local counties are moving into the less restrictive orange tier. alameda and santa cruz counties will make that change tomorrow. they would join san francisco, santa clara, san mateo

monica gandhi decision to suspend its use is an overreaction. >> out of 17 million doses given, we don't have astrazeneca here, there have been 37 events of clots. they don't seem to be causal meaning they cannot directly link it to the vaccine. >> reporter: as dr. gandhi mentioned, the astrazeneca met vaccine is not yet available in the u.s. however, the british company is preparing to file for emergency use authorization here in the states later this month or in early april. >>> tonight, california entered its next phase of vaccine distribution, making about 4 million people newly eligible. the new group, phase 1 c if you are keeping track, between the ages of 15 to 64 with underlying health conditions or disability plus transit workers, people in congregant living centers and homeless people as well. contra costa county brought the vaccine to a homeless encampment today. 2000 people were living unsheltered in the county and health officials will try to vaccinate all of them. >> they are exposed to the elements and have higher risk conditions, living on the streets so that can put them

monica gandhi explains that the safest thing to do right now is to keep wearing a mask and reopen slowly. >> why do you gradually ease restrictions? not because you want covid but because you want to give your population a break. and easing restrictions and vaccinating at the same time is going to be a winning thing to do. >> reporter: but dr. gandhi says she doesn't think we'll see another mega surge everywhere because every day more people are vaccinated. >> i do not believe we are opening too quickly, and i think history will bear me out. >>> covid shots for farm workers, the monterey mushroom facility opened for farm wor only. hundreds lined up for their second day of shots. >> we're able to vaccinate almost our entire farm as well as almost an equal number of agricultural workers in the county. so really, really great couple of days. >> the mobile site was able to vaccinate more than 1,000 ag workers over the two days it was open. if you are looking for a vaccine, we can help you. with this website called plan your vaccine. you select your state, occupation and age, and the site pul

ucsf infectious disease expert doctor monica gandhi has different views inside at this point, especially dining wear masks to be taken or say for the vaccinated. i feel fine going inside with my parents were visiting new 8780. >> because we're all that's needed. i would not go into a city. both health experts say it's important to maintain the public health measures that we have to help patients right now. people are mosque. people are distancing and that's exactly what danielle john mccain is doing. >> i'm one vaccine down. so i'm still getting my second one next weekend. you know, once that happens, everything can tell you're going to be fine. whatever. it's like no i'm going to take all precautions wearing my mask in keeping my distance and stuff like that. >> and that's exactly what doctors are encouraging and reminding people, even though you are fully vaccinated, you're still gonna have to mask up and social distance. everything we have been doing doing during the pandemic. because while the vaccine protects you from getting severe covid symptoms. he still can be a carrier of the v

monica gandhi says there's evidence to support optimism.california, covid cases and deaths are down. the only number that's going up right now is vaccines administered. >> in san francisco, 42% of us have received one dose. we had 29% antibody prevalence as estimated by the atof cafoh ago. we're getting to herd immunity. that's why our cases are so low. >> is there a difference between california and these midwest state that are seeing a difference right now. >> yes, i do see a difference. we're doing it carefully. we have a lot of immunity, sadly, from our last surge, because it was so bad. and some of these places like michigan didn't have a lot of immunity. >> reporter: if there is a fourth wave, we should now have >> a large propotion of americans about the age of 65 who are high risk, they should have gotten a vaccine. >> reporter: of course, more good news as we get closer to opening up vaccine eligibility here in california. on thursday, the state is allowing anyone 50 and older to get their covid vaccine. and two weeks later, eligib

ucsf infectious disease expert doctor monica gandhi has different views inside at this point, especially dining wear masks to be taking are safe for the fox i feel fine going inside with my parents were visiting new because we're all that's i would not go indoor both health experts say it's important to maintain the public health measures that we have to help patients right now. >> ask people are distancing >> i'm one vaccine down. so i'm still getting my second one next weekend. you know, once that happens, everything can tell you're going to be fine. whatever. it's like no i'm going to take all precautions wearing my mask in keeping my distance and stuff like that. >> that's exactly what doctors are encouraging and reminding people, even though you are fully vaccinated, you're still gonna have to mask up and social distance. everything we have been doing doing during the pandemic. because while the vaccine protects you from getting severe covid symptoms. he still can be a carrier of the virus and pass it on to someone more vulnerable in burlingame. gayle ong kron 4 news jan let up just

ucsf infectious disease expert doctor monica gandhi has different views inside at this point, especially dining week taking are safe for the vaccinated. i feel fine going inside with my parents were visiting new york 8780. >> because we're all that's needed. i would not go into a city. both health experts say it's important to maintain the public health measures that we have to help patients right now. people are mosque. people are distancing and that's exactly what danielle john mccain is doing. one vaccine down. so i'm still getting my second one next weekend. >> you know, once that happens, everything, you know you're going to be fine. whatever. it's like no i'm going to take all precautions wearing my mask in keeping my distance and stuff like that. >> and that's exactly what doctors are encouraging and reminding people, even though you are fully vaccinated, you're still gonna have to mask up and social distance. everything we have been doing doing during the pandemic. because while the vaccine protects you from getting severe covid symptoms. he still can be a carrier of the virus an

ucsf infectious disease expert doctor monica gandhi has different views inside at this point, especially dining week taking are safe for the fox 8. i feel fine going inside with my parents were visiting new 8780. >> because we're all that's needed. i would not go into a bone health. experts say it's important to maintain the public health measures that we have to help patients right now. >> ask people are distancing and that's exactly what danielle john mccain is doing. >> i'm one vaccine down. so i'm still getting my second one next weekend. you know, once that happens, every think, you know, you're going to be fine. whatever. it's like no i'm going to take all precautions wearing my mask in keeping my distance and stuff like that. >> and that's exactly what doctors are encouraging and reminding people, even though you are fully vaccinated, you're still gonna have to mask up and social distance. everything we have been doing doing during the pandemic. because while the vaccine protects you from getting severe covid symptoms. he still can be a carrier of the virus and pass it on to someo

according to doctor monica gandhi an infectious disease doctor at ucsf. >> we're watching the numbers for staying and hospitalizations and cases are staying down and you need to give people when they have low cases more why? because it's been a really long, hard road while doctor gandhi doesn't believe the entire country is doing a good job of minimizing the spread of covid. she thinks california is doing it right. slowly reopening while continuing to vaccinate. don't actually think we're going to cost in california because we do have to get people beef from all of and everything that they've experienced. and i think you just have to do it very gingerly and very slowly. and i think some police says the united states are doing it right. and some places united states are going too fast. gandhi says if we keep on this path and continue to be patient. californians could get back to prepandemic life by this summer unlike the other times, if you peel off slowly and you back scenes. i do not believe again for surge in california. >> that was kron four's. michelle kingston reporting for us to

dr monica gandhi, ucsf professor of medicine and thank you again for being here. i want to start with the confusion surrounding the astrazeneca vaccine and the lack of transparency here doctor really seems to have caused unnecessary doubts. yes um, something seems to have happened where the company didn't put it together. right on the what's called the data safety and monitoring board really were upset with. they put the data together and presented it to the u. s s. so on monday, we got good news. this looks great and then by the by the next morning we said, hey, we're neil gorsuch said. i don't like how they presented it. we're gonna actually think is released tomorrow. get the real data. i think it's actually still a good vaccine, which is what dr fauci has intimated to us, but they didn't do a good job putting it forth and that yeah, that does create doubts. i wish they'd done it, right? yeah. so how does this damage the effort to build public trust in vaccines? you know, one thing is that astrazeneca has been rolled out in the uk and kind of crazy, fast fashio

medical advisory committee that includes top public health experts in the bay area, including dr monica gandhishe told us today on the four that the committee we'll be looking into the public health considerations that will support the return of some fans to the stadium, though i have to admit, i don't know much about sports itself. i have learned a lot about the virus, since march, 2020. and so it's thinking about spacing. it's think about ventilation masking. distancing all the things that we can do to keep people safe and still have this activity. 49ers er 49ers advisory panel will begin meeting this month to figure out the most effective strategy to get the players back on the field that levi stadium and at least some fans back and stands in texas governor greg habit, said today that he plans to open the state 100% next week and put an end to the statewide mask mandate. the executive order will rescind many of the restrictions that were put in place to slow the spread of the coronavirus, the governor said. the time has come to reopen, pointing to a reduction in coronavirus cases and hospit

, which is made up of top public health experts from around the bay area, and that includes dr monica gandhi from ucsf earlier today, i had a chance to talk with her about her role on this panel. my rule in this panel is to help advise the team how to bring fans back safely and how to open as we go into this next phase of the pandemic, and though i have to admit, i don't know much about sports itself. i have learned a lot about the virus since march of 2020, and so it's thinking about spacing. it's think about ventilation masking. distancing all the things that we can do to keep people safe and still have this activity. what what do you envision? it's going to look like for 49ers fan returning to levi stadium to watch a game at some point, hopefully later on this year. what are the most important safeguards that you you think you're gonna have to be in place? you're talking about mass and distancing. what's the experience gonna look like you think? you know an indoor spaces that have been models that 20% capacity is the safest when you have high taste rates. now we're gonna have low case rat

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according to doctor monica gandhi an infectious disease doctor at ucsf. >> we're watching the numbers for staying at hospitalizations and cases are staying down and you need to give people when they have low cases more why? because it's been a really long, hard road while doctor gandhi doesn't believe the entire country is doing a good job of minimizing the spread of covid. she thinks california is doing it right. slowly reopening while continuing to vaccinate. don't actually think going to cost in california because we do have to get people beef from all of them. we miss and everything that they've experienced. and i think you just have to do it very gingerly and very slowly. and i think some police says the united states are doing it right. and some places united states are going too fast. gandhi says if we keep on this path and continue to be patient. californians could get back to prepandemic life by this summer unlike the other times, if you peel off slowly and you back scenes. i do not believe again for surge in california, in walnut creek. michelle kingston kron 4 news. >> face

ucsf infectious disease expert doctor monica gandhi has different views inside at this point, especiallying wear masks to be taken or say for the fox i feel fine going inside with my parents were visiting new 8780. >> because we're all that's needed. i would not go into a both health experts say it's important to maintain the public health measures that we have to help patients right now. >> ask people are distancing and that's exactly what danielle john mccain is doing. >> i'm one vaccine down. so i'm still getting my second one next weekend. you know, once that happens, everything can tell you're going to be fine. whatever. it's like no i'm going to take all precautions wearing my mask in keeping my distance and stuff like that. >> and that's exactly what doctors are encouraging and reminding people, even though you are fully vaccinated, you're still gonna have to mask up and social distance. everything we have been doing doing during the pandemic. because while the vaccine protects you from getting severe covid symptoms. he still can be a carrier of the virus and pass it on to someone

monica gandhi. she gave us a global perspective about why we're getting this kind of guidance from the cdc. >> in europe there's all these health officials on billboards and they're pointing to their arm and they're like i'm going to see my dad, i'm to have a family gathering after we're vaccinated. those are health officials on billboards. that was happening in the uk as well. there's a lot more positive messaging in that continent essentially. and i think they're getting a lot of pressure, let's do some positive messaging so that people will get the vaccine. if we say nothing's going to change after vaccination people are like i don't want to get it. so i thought that was very wise of them. >> if you have questions about getting vaccinated or if you have a story you'd like to share go to abc7news.com/vaccine. you will see a big blue square as you see there on your screen. just click on it. >>> stay here with us. several storms in the seven-day forecast. what about the weekend? what about the weeke

dr monica gandhi is an infectious disease doctor at ucsf and says the changes they some recommendations from the world health organization, which has four months, said one m or three ft is safe. recent studies that school's already open in the u. s reached the same conclusion from wisconsin from massachusetts that has shown. that with other mitigation procedures like masking that sweet feet distancing is just fine in terms of safety leaders of the two national teachers unions opposed the change. the president of the california teachers association sent ktvu the statement saying. this moved to three ft. distance for students and schools will be among myriad challenges for our large urban school district's. she went on to say that those schools. must follow through on implementing all safety measures, including vaccinations wearing masks, hand washing, sanitation, ventilation and testing and tracing. you can't convince people you have to show the way. marion county office of education superintendent mary jane burke says all 116 schools in her county, private and public are now offering so

non hybrid k through 12 learning, dr monica gandhi is an infectious disease doctor at ucsf and says the changes they some recommendations from the world health organization, which has four months, said one m or three ft is safe. recent studies at school's already open in the u. s. reached the same conclusion from wisconsin from massachusetts that has shown. that with other medication procedures like masking that sweet feet distancing is just fine in terms of safety leaders of the two national teachers unions opposed the change. the president of the california teachers association sent ktvu the statement saying. this moved to three ft. distance for students and schools will be among myriad challenges for our large urban school district. she went on to say that those schools must follow through on implementing all safety measures, including vaccinations wearing masks, hand washing, sanitation, ventilation and testing and tracing. you can't convince people you have to show the way marion county office of education superintendent mary jane burke says all 116 schools in her county, private a

medical advisory committee that includes top public health experts in the bay area, including dr monica gandhi from ucsf. and she told us today that the committee will be looking into the public health considerations that will support a return to the stadium. no, i have to admit, i don't know much about sports itself. i have learned a lot about the virus, since march, 2020. and so it's thinking about spacing. it's think about ventilation masking. distancing all the things that we can do to keep people safe and still have this activity. the advisory panel will begin meeting this month to try to figure out how to get the players back on the field, and at least some fans back in the stands safely. after the break new surveillance video of a carjacking involving of e t a bus with passengers on board how the suspect was able to take off with that bus, and we got the forecast that includes a shot at some rain around here, so we'll get right to that when i see you next. new information tonight about a deadly crash that killed 13 people who are packed into an suv near the southern border. suv near the

doctor monica gandhi with ucsf says there's actually no need to worry because the number of new cases and hospitalizations in our state are still trending downwards and after living in lockdown for so long. doctor gandhi argues we need a little relief. >> from all the and everything that they've experienced. and i think you just have to do it very gingerly and very slowly. and i think some police says the united states are doing it right. and some places united states are going too fast. if you peel off slowly and you back scenes. i do not believe get 4th surge in >> knock on wood. their doctor gandhi says if we keep this path of slowly reopening while continuing to vaccinate. we could get back to prepandemic life by the summer. so here is where the vaccination effort stands in california tonight, more than 16 and a half million doses have been administered in over 5 million people are fully vaccinated against covid-19 that's about 16% of the state's population and taking a look at the breakdown here in the bay area. alameda county has administered the most doses of all, 9 bay area co

according to doctor monica gandhi an infectious disease doctor at ucsf. >> we're watching the numberstaying at hospitalizations and cases are staying down and you need to give people when they have low cases more why? because it's been a really long, hard road while doctor gandhi doesn't believe the entire country is doing a good job of minimizing the spread of covid. she thinks california is doing it right. slowly reopening while continuing to vaccinate. don't actually think going to cost of california because we do have to get people beef from all of and everything that they've experienced. and i think you just have to do it very gingerly and very slowly. and i think some police says the united states are doing it right. and some places united states are going too fast. gandhi says if we keep on this path and continue to be patient. californians could get back to prepandemic life by this summer unlike the other times, if you peel off slowly and you back scenes. i do not believe again for surge in california, in walnut creek. michelle kingston kron 4 news. meanwhile, top us health of