john and robin mccarthy. they got a 6-year-old, liam, got asthma. he's now quarantining at home because he was exposed to another first grader at school who guess what tested positive. welcome both of you to prime time. how's the little man? >> he's well. thank you. >> good. and i know you've been doing some of the rapid tests and so far they're negative. >> we got both today and they're negative. so the masks worked. they really did. >> nobody thinks the mask is perfect. nobody should think the vaccine is perfect, but they help. you guys are concerned about your kid. you're concerned about you, but, john, you're also concerned about your parents, right? >> correct. i mean a child gets it if they have masks i believe they're protected. if they don't have masks like some of the counties in the state of florida, they get it, the teachers get it. as you said 13 teachers here in miami-dade county had already died from this. what do we have to do? i mean, we have to follow the science, do what we have to do to not just protect our children but to protect

. >> robin and john mccarthy's son has asthma but has to attend school in person. the only virtual option available would require giving up a spot in a prestigious school program. the parents feel it's unfair they have to choose to give him a great education or possibly have him die, they say, of covid. >> you took away the funding from the district to allow us to be virtual so he in essence put our son in danger. it was a terrifying experience. i pretty much had a panic attack. >> you can watches the entire story on nbc lx, stream it any time on lx.com or watch lx over the area on chanel 11-5 or 185 on xfinity. >>> afghan refugees will have a free place to stay here in the bay area thanks to a new partnership. airbnb announced it is partnering with the two largest afghan organizations in the u.s. which are based here in fremont and women for afghan women. refugees in the bay area will stay at airbnbs in fremont and hayward, union city and oak lawn. >>> right now 6:00, the votes are in. governor gavin newsom fends off a historic recall attempt. >> i'm humbled and g