peter chen hong. thank you for joining us. how are you? >> good, how row you, kristen? >> i'm good. i want to start here. cdc director roe shell saying she feels impending doom, due to the covid trajectory. what is that to verdicty? which numbers are causing her that alarm? >> first of all, in more than half in the states in the u.s. says there is an increasing cases. and more alarmingly, several states have more than 50% increase in cases in the last two weeks. so from michigan, for example, 133% increase in the last two weeks. and many states in the northeast, like connecticut, more than 60% increase in the last two weeks. so, again, it's not just an increase of 8%. you know, it's profound increase. >> okay. that is concerning. but here in san francisco we are still doing well locally, right? i was looking at the 14 day average of new cases. down 12% in hospitalizations. down 39%. should we take that to mean okay, as long as we keep doing what we are doing we should be okay? >> california is one of the states where opening has been readily gradual. and in many states that is not t

peter chen hong talked about how important widespread consistent rules are to controlling the spreadof coronavirus. >> we can do some things in one part of the country and nothing in other part of the country, then go full force in other parts. it seems weird we are doing this when everyone can crisscross anytime they want to. >> in the bay by county based on restrictions. tomorrow, alameda and napa counties will find if they move from the red to the orange tear. this would expand indoor capacity limits. >>> after a year of distance learning, oakland will be allowing students back in class starting, tomorrow. it will begin with students in pre-k to 2nd grade. so far, oakland unified says 50% of families have said they will return to in person úlearning. the district made this week optional for teachers, and only 38% of them opted to come back. next week is spring break, so there are no classes. a teacher we talked with was concerned that support staff wouldn't be there, tomorrow. >> if parents can't come on campus and walk their kid to the classroom, who's going to do that? who's goi