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he's joined in warm springs by lucy rutherford and her friend the portraitist elizabeth schumatroff, his longtime hyde park neighbor, daisy sutler is also in the room, and his personal secretary, bill hassert when the end comes. do we have time to read a short passage? bill hassette has drawn the papers the president signed. once gathered like laundry, the private secret put them neatly on a card table, which the president used as his desk. lucy and daisy sitting on the sofa watching madam schumotoff at work on the life-size watercolor. she was painting as fast as she could, filling in the sitter's eyes, but became aware suddenly that his gaze, quote, had -- this is from her memoirs, gaze had a far away look and was completely solemn. he just told her about the stamp he asked for to celebrate the upcoming conference. wait until you see the san francisco stamps with the united nations, but seemed then to have moved somewhere else in his mind, staring at lucy next to him. it was about 1:15 p.m. to the filipino butler, the president had said they needed 15 more minutes to work before ta

ucsf professor epidemiology george rutherford says construction and manufacturing maybe the first restart followed by nonessential retail stores. large gatherings like sporting events, concerts and music festivals likely not going to happen until the fall at the

it's going to be infectious disease speciast doctor george rutherford says thpopulation would have to of be infectewith the conavirus for herd immunity to take hold. >>99% of giving her immunity. this may be in the low 90 something ke that. >>rutherford says for herd immunity to be achieved with covid-19 it will take vaccine like we have seen with measles andumps and whooping cough. the old days, everody got iected. you know so measles and rubella and chickenpox and schools. >>but now we have a vaccine is get the population to that level. >>he says that's what will happen here again as we've been told such a vaccine is still a year to year and a continue the social son to distancin live at ucsf dan kerman kron 4 new >>thank you very much. dan. the sf pride celebrations we found outoday. they have been canceled that is not a huge surpriseobviously it is be ry popular event as many as a million peopla were expected at the ne arade that was scheduled to haen on june 27th. but again at st word that simply is just not going to happen this year. some consolation there's expected to be a glo

he is joined in warm springs by lucy rutherford, and her friend, the watercolor portraitist, his longtime hyde park neighbor daisy sutley is also in the room, and his personal secretary, bill hastert, when the end comes. do we have time to read a short passage? >> bill hasset has provided the president's papers. the private sector and put them neatly in a folder on the card table which the president used as his desk. lucy and daisy were sitting and watching general show tough work on the -- watching elizabeth work on a watercolor. she was painting is fast that she could, but became aware suddenly, that his gaze, quote " his gaze had a faraway look and was completely solemn." he had asked for a stamp to celebrate the upcoming conference. "wait till you see the san francisco stamps with the united nations; " but seemed to have moved somewhere else in his mind, steering at lucy next to him. to the filipino butler, the president has said they needed 15 more minutes to work before taking lunch, which he was looking forward to. suddenly, elizabeth recalled, he raised his right hand and passed i

he's joined in warm springs by lucy rutherford and her friend, the water color portraitist. his long time hyde park neighbor, daisy subtly is also in the room and the personal secretary, bill hasset when the end comes. do we have time to read a short passage to -- bill hasset has dried the 50 odd papers the president has signed in ink. once gathered like laundry, the private secretary had put them neatly in a folder on the card table which the president used as his desk. lucy and daisy were sitting on the sofa watching the madam at work on the life-sized water cooler. she was painting as fast as she could, but became aware suddenly his gaze, quote, had -- this is from her memoir, his gaze had a far away look and was completely solemn. he just told her about the celebration of the upcoming conference. wait till you see the san francisco stamps with the united nations. but seemed then to have moved somewhere else in his mind. staring at lucy next to him. it was about 1:15 p.m. to the filipino butler, the president had said they needed 15 more minutes to work before taking lunc

. >> doctor rutherford, these feel like dark days. what gives you ho? >> what gives me hope, is that we are seeing low levels of cases here, if you're a patient you don't feel like a low-level case. but we arseeing relatively handfuls of cases per day, our hospitals have the cacity, they are exceptionally well prepared, for this, we have heth departments who will act o aggressively and will act decisively, to protect the public's health and reduce both morbidity and mortality, across the region. that is what the best, that is the real take-home from this story. >> doctoru rutherford, thank for your time. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> this week, the san francisco board of supervisors announced financial ntlp for city resiwho don't qualify for many, from the $2 trillion federal relief package. emergency fund, would pride $500 a nth to qualifying undocumented immigrant workers, as restaurants another jobsites have closed. nprofits are also stepping up with financial assistance, and san francisco, mission asset fund is raising money for low income workers,

>>with a quick prematurely and ended up with 3,000 deaths in san francisco in 1918 doctor rutherford says san francisco had one of the best records in the united states in 1918 during the spanish flu pandemic and then went through with it went the basically came up to the end of people wearing masks and throw away or masks parties >>in november of 1918 after world war one ended. >>there was another huge wave of transmission of san francisco ended up having the worst record of any american city he says he doesn't want to see us repeat history. this is not the time to to start to waver in our commitment to shelter in place in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>well, golf golfers were allowed back on napa county courses this week but we're still required to wear face coverings and to maintain social status distances. but this has other businesses in the area wondering when they'll be allowed to start reopening with kron four's so our kron on sanaz tahernia speaking with state senator bill dodd about the easing of restrictions in the north bay. >>lucy is really no more and wi

. >>> joining us now is doctor anorge rutherford and infectious disease epidemic knowledge is -- epidemiologist, thank u for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> we know this is a busy time for you, you have been gi epidemio for 4 decades. you worked on the hiv crisis, ebola, and you have used that knowledge to help advise the city aunty of san francisco. helped advise them on their early shelter in place orders. can you attell us we are seeing as a result of that early decision? >> first of all, the decision was i meus really courag and it was taken by the mayor, the boards of supervisors, and the surrounding counties. mayor berkley, and l of the health officer's. it is really an unprecedented e united states. t 100 years in the shelter in place order, is a huge intervention for public health. 1918 to this extent. d it since what it do, is stop transmission, yes there continues to be small amounts of transmission in households, where people are sheltered together or going back and forth to woespecially and two hospitals, and for the inevable leakage. of people who might get infected on t

my friend rutherford b. hayes has not had that biography. [laughter] grant also, when president obama liked to say i am a writer, he was a best-selling writer and he is writing his memoir now, he would look at all of the other presidential writings and the one that stood out was grant's memoir, which grant wrote with the help of mark twain. it is not about his presidency but nevertheless, it is an enduring book, the memoirs of grant, that live on forever. the stocks of these presidents rise and fall. i was once director of the eisenhower center. we always thought ike was going to go up, up, up because the fiscal conservatives like him, and the liberals like him because the industrial military complex speech, and brown decision with earl warren, and the fact of like ike. he is fifth. it was always truman holding that spot. now you see eisenhower coming straight up. and also part of it is because we have a new appreciation of ike as a person, being the supreme commander in world war ii. d-day. just as grant was president of the civil war. susa

another one down, rutherford b hayes. i keep telling people i have a bit of a soft spot in my heart for rutherford b hayes and lucy hayes. i'd like to hear more about why the historians are bringing him down as the years go by. grover cleveland, the only president to be elected in a popular vote three times and actually served two nonconsecutive terms, went from 17th place over 20 years to 23rd. but there were also some that went up. dwight eisenhower made it into the top five. he started out 20 years ago in ninth place and interesting to think about what we are observing about the presidency and what work we have learned over 20 years about how we conducted an people are rating him higher. bill clinton started out as 21st place. remember, it was in 2000, right after the impeachment. then by the time he did the survey, eight years later, he moved to 15 and he has stayed in 15th in this last survey as well. ulysses s grant. this is an interesting one. 33rd place to 22nd. i'm sure we will learn more from our historians pers

another one down, rutherford b hayes. keep telling people i have a bit of a soft spot in my heart for rutherford b hayes and lucy hayes. i'd like to hear more about why the historians are bringing him down as the years go by. grover cleveland, the only president to be elected in a popular vote three times and actually served two nonconsecutive terms, went from 17th place over 20 years to 23rd . there were also some that went up. eisenhower made into the top he started out 20 years ago in five. ninth place and interesting to think about what we are observing about the presidency and what work we have learned about how we conducted it, people are bating him higher. bill clinton started out as 21st place. he left in 2000, and after the impeachment, then by the time he did the survey, eight years later, he moved 15th and stayed 15th in this last survey as well. this is an interesting one. grover cleveland, 33rd place to 22nd. 11 places he moved up. i'm sure we'll learn more from our historians perspectives about why he is rai

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rutherford says keep it simple. cover your nose and mouth and save the professional stuff for the people who need it. >> remember, the masks are just for when you go out, okay? adequate mask covers your nose and mouth and cuts down on respiratory particles. cloth is fine. fabric is fine. there's no way it's going to be perfect, but we have to reserve the perfect solutions, which are are al the surgical masks and n95 masks for the hospitals for now. >> chris reyes, abc 7 news. >>> a lot of you have questions about masks. we know that. we've been trying to get those answers for you. you can get yours answered by reaching out to us on facebook. just look for abc 7 news facebook page. and with this weekend adding ne our>> if w he touoplground withy get a second warning. >> issuing citations to people in visitors violating those public health orders as abc 7 news reporter lauren martinez found they are not the only ones. >> people running, walking and enjoying their friday evening don't appear to be social distancing six

rutherford says he could see possibly mid may, and dr.key see getting things in motion in late may to early june. eric, now back to you. >> jr, thank you very much. >>> now, just ahead, we could be expecting weeks more of the shelter in place order but there are signs that many of us are staying home less. the experts call it quarantine fatigue. which could be a disturbing trend in the midst of this covid-19 pandemic. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard explains. >> i think everyone is anxious to go out. >> reporter: a gorgeous sunday afternoon on the sausalito water front and for many, it was too hard to stay home. >> a lot of cabin fever. >> reporter: david and carolyn bowen came from napa for a quarantine break. >> we came down here to get fresh air and social distance from everybody. and just enjoy life. >> reporter: the city of sausalito has tried to keep nonlocals away during the shelter in place order. signs have been posted. and starting this weekend, every single city parking lot is closed to discourage day trippers yet people ke

rutherford says keep it simple. cover your nose and mouth and save the professional stuff for the people who need it. >> remember the masks are just okay? an adequate mask covers your nose and mouth and cuts down on respiratory particles. cloth is fine. cotton is fine. fabric is fine. there's no way it's going to be perfect. but we have to reserve the perfect solutions, the surgical mask bs and the n-95 masks for the hospitals right now. >> kris reyes, abc7 news. >> you have questions about masks. you can get yours answered by reaching out to us on facebook. look for our abc7 news facebook page. >>> with this weekend adding new shelter in place no longer visit the dog park, the tennis courts or a playground with your kids. >> if we have to go back and you've been warned, you will not get a second warning. >> police officers will be issuing citations to people and businesses violating those public health orders. as abc7 news reporter lauren martinez found, they're not the only ones. >> people running, walking, enjoyi

. >> george rutherford says the governor was measured because he has to be. there's still some uncertainty about the number of cases in california. and there are still a lot of decisions to be made about how best to peel back the restrictions. >> we want to gradually reopen where we take certain industries first, maybe the pharmaceutical industry. i didn't think about that. but that might make a lot of sense, construction, manufacturing, those sort of things, retail, more customer focus stuff. the hospitality industry after that. >> the current hock down nearing one month, he acknowledges, this is not sustainable. >> this can't be a permanent state. i want you to know, it's not. it will not be a permanent state. >> a lot of things have to happen, right? the curves have to stay flat. which is basically where they are now. if not decline a bit. and all the things the state put in place. the resources for the hospitals etcetera. that has to stay in place and be there in case something happens. in case the case numbers spike again, so it's all tentative. and the

here th week and because that's just going to set back to doctor george rutherford an epidemiology pressor at ucsf says everyone should still be wearing mask in keeping their distance from people because the number of coronavirus cases and deaths are stl rising so it's you know i think we're well out in fronand where we're winning. but it's not time for a victory lap. the cond go south any moment and there is >>with a ick prematurely and ended up with 3,000 deaths in san frcisco in 1918 doctor rutherford says san francisco d one of e best records in the united states in 1918 during the spanish flu pandemic d then went through of what that basically came up to the end of people wearing masks and throw away your >>in november of 1918 after world war one ended. >here was another huge wave of transmission of san francisco ended up having the worst record any erican city he says he doesn't want to see us repeat history. this is not thtime to to art to a waiver in our commitment to shelter in place in the east b, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>d we know it's hard but a maority of americans sti

here this week and because that's just going to set us back to doctor george rutherford an epidemiolo professor at ucsf sa everyone should still be wearing a sk in keeping their distance from people because the number of coronavirus cases and dehs are still ring so it's you front and where we're winng. but it's not time for a victory lap. the second go soh any moment and there the lesson of 1918. >>with a quickrematurelyand ended up with 3,000 deaths in san francisco in 1918 doctor rutherford says san ancisco had one ofthe best records in the united states in 18 during the spanish flu pandec and then went through of wh that basically came up to the end of peoplwearing masks and throw away ur masks parties >>in november of 1918 after world war one ended. >>there was anher hugeave of transmissionf san francisco ended up having the worst record ofany american city he says he doesn't want to see us repeat history. this is not the time to to start to a waiver in our commitment to shelter in place in the east baymichelle kiston kron 4 ne. >>a majority of americans hard as it is to stay home

mike moran is the chief executive of the rutherford health group.he nhs and in particular with the nhs in wales to ensure that we can meet the needs of poor capacity and we are having those discussions at the moment. but we are treating cancer patients already. can you give us an idea of how many patients you have the capacity to take? across our group can treat this 1500 patients with proton beam therapy. the same number with radiotherapy, and that is on an annual basis. but each of our centres will work on a single shift at the moment, but we are also looking at weekends and double shift to meet the additional capacity required for the nhs. so this requires a lot of work, a lot of organisation from you, that you have had to do a tremendous speed? yes, thatis had to do a tremendous speed? yes, that is right. and we have worked hard, we have done some robust planning in terms of our capability and our capacity. we have put extra measures in place, for instance, we have just employed retired measures in place, for instance, we havejust employed retir

a few minuteof waking maxime kassis is out the door for his son using her 20 minute drive from rutherford new jers city to mentally prepare for the next 14 the 34 year-old is in the art nurseat christ hospital whe a nurse is are out sick, leing sometimes just 3 to cover the entire e r. >>stairs i remember gointo work and bng extremely a free by the 2 i had a full-blown anxiety attack at work now she holds the hands of the patients who are near >>i may be the st person they are close to it, i ow my explosion, i know my wrists at this point what is your wrist. i can die. >>some co-workers alrea have for her husband john and ty essential worker for ps g who's taking care of their one year-old savannah, i see people all the time to check in on instagram and people are home with their getting your kids and your husband to oto shoots and. >>watching tv and building forts and it's just something i sony. badly miss just be able to have themwere just touch them. well people in their homeare starting to get antsy asking when they can go out again the mindset uses very different. he icy >>they're st

>>with a quick prematurely and ended up with 3,000 deaths in san francisco in 1918 doctor rutherford says san francisco had one of the best records in the united states in 1918 during the spanish flu pandemic and then went through of what that basically came up to the end of people wearing masks and throw away your masks parties >>in november of 1918 after world war one ended there was another huge wave of transmission of san francisco ended up having the worst record of any american city san francisco mayor london breed echoing his words during her press conference on monday. >>so we're not out of the woods yet. and so we want to be very careful that we not take the steps out of frustration. >>out >>concerned we don't move too quickly. >>and. >>repeat mistakes that have been made in our past history and the last thing we need is to have a it's a spike of several 100 cases. here this week and because that's just going to set us back. >>and it's going to take longer and longer and longer to get away from shelter-in-place waters in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>italy d

rutherford says keep it simple. cover your nose and mouth and save the professional stuff for the people who need it. >> remember, the masks are just for when you good out, okay? an adequate mask covers your nose and mouth and cuts down on respiratory particles. cloth is fine. cotton is fine. fabric is fine. there is no way it's going to be perfect. but we have to reserve the perfect solutions, which are all the surgical masks and the n95 masks for the hospitals for now. >> all right. speaking to the doctor's advice to experiment, you might want the try this at home. take a spray bottle, try different materials to see what materials won't allow that liquid to go through. and also what's comfortable enough that it won't fall off as you're running your errands or going for a run. again, if you want to go out, you want to be covering both your nose and your mouth. and of course none of this is replacement for the most important advice which is the stay home. kris reyes for abc7 news. >> so great to get all that informa

rutherford says keep it simple. cover your nose and mouth and save the professional stuff for the people who need it. >> remember, the masks are just for when you go out, okay? adequate mask covers your nose and mouth and cuts down on respiratory particles. cloth is fine. cotton is fine. fabric is fine. there's no way it's going to be perfect, but we have to reserve the perfect solutions, which are are all the surgical masks and n95 masks, for the hospitals for now. >> chris reyes, abc 7 news. >>> and a lot of you have questions about masks. we know, because you've been asking for answers. you can get yours answered by reaching out to us on facebook. just look for abc 7 news page. >> and with this weekend adding new shelter-in-place rules, that means you can no longer visit the dog park or the playground with your kids. >> if we have to go back and you've been warned, you will not get a second warning. >> sfpd officers will now be issuing citations to people and visitors violating those public health orders. as abc

more readily than people who are not to be a doctor george rutherford an epidemiology professor at ucsf says the test can show how the disease is spread through populations. it's one of dozens of commercial serological test being developed around the world. >>stanford is awaiting approval from the food and drug administration doctor rutherford says ucsf developed an antibody test late last week that still under surveillance there are a lot of commercial tests on the market and just flooded in the market and nobody really understands. >>false positives, false negatives. they perform relative to each other. if you're giving people test results we don't want them to be falsely positive. >>medical experts say anti body positivity likely means a person has recovered from the virus and cannot be re infected because the test screens for antibodies to the virus and plasma the liquid in blood. the results can help determine if plasma donors may serve as a possible treatment for those who are seriously ill from covid-19. stanford's antibody studying of those results will come in a week or 2 after

. >> reporter: ucsf professor george rutherford says industries like construction and manufacturing may be the first to restart. >> i would love for the restaurants to come back online and to be able to do more than take-out. but i imagine that would come on a little more slowly. >> reporter: he says large gatherings like sports games and music festivals are likely to be restricted to the fall at the earliest. several safety protocols must be in place before transitioning back to regular life. on top of continued social distancing. >> anyone showing symptoms is sent home, and there's a return to work protocol. there will be testing, perhaps even regular temperature testing. >> reporter: the former director of the state employment development department says before the pandemic, california experienced the longest period of job growth since world war ii. in the last two weeks, more than 2 million people have filed for unemployment in the state. >> clearly, some of the major sectors hospitality, travel, retail, will be slower to come back. and they'll come back in very different forms. >>

>>with a quick prematurely and ended up with 3,000 deaths in san francisco in 1918 doctor rutherford says san francisco had one of the best records in the united states in 1918 during the spanish flu pandemic and then went through when the basically came up to the end of people wearing masks and throw away or masks parties >>in november of 1918 after world war one ended. >>there was another huge wave of transmission of san francisco ended up having the worst record of any american city san francisco mayor london breed echoing his words during her press conference on monday. >>so we're not out of the woods yet. and so we want to be very careful that we not take the steps out of frustration. >>out >>concerned we don't move too quickly. >>and. >>repeat mistakes that have been made in our past history and the last thing we need is to have a it's a spike of several 100 cases. here this week and because that's just going to set us back. >>and it's going to take longer and longer and longer to get away from shelter-in-place waters in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news napa county r

>>and while ucsf infectious disease expert doctor george rutherford says that may be enough of a reason to recommend it. other medical experts say the costs may outweigh the benefits. >>it's people so sa a security and they're going to be less worried about that 6 foot rule is so critical. those master not going to show you that real to get through them or they can get around them because they don't have a tight seal on your cheeks. so that results in getting you see berkeley infectious disease specialist doctor john sports berg. >>is also concerned those wearing a mask tend to touch their face more often which is not what you want. he also fears that will create a greater shortage for health care workers. >>they really are being. r the people in hospitals. britain, apto app suitely first and foremost go to. >>irst responders the hospital personnel people working at hospitals most medical experts agree the supply of mask must increase before there's any discussion of giving them out to the public. >>but experts say we could reach that point in a month or so at some point in time are not

more readily than people who are not to be a doctor george rutherford an epidemiology professor at ucsf says the test can show how the disease is spread through populations. it's one of dozens of commercial serological test being developed around the world. >>stanford is awaiting approval from the food and drug administration doctor rutherford says ucsf developed an antibody test late last week that still under surveillance there are a lot of commercial tests on the market and just flooded in the market and nobody really understands. >>false positives, false negatives. they perform relative to each other if you're giving people test results we don't want them to be falsely positive. >>medical experts say anti body positivity likely means a person has recovered from the virus and cannot be re infected because the test screens for antibodies to the virus and plasma the liquid in blood. the results can help determine if plasma donors may serve as a possible treatment for those who are seriously ill from covid-19. >>we expect to see results from stanford antibody study in a week or 2 you st

>>and while ucsf fectious disease expert doctor george rutherford says that y be enough of a reason t recommend it. other medical experts say the costs may outwgh the benefits. >>people so says a curity and they're going to be less worried abt that 6 foot rule is so critical. ose masks are not going get real and rumors to get through them or they can get around them because they don't have a ght seal on your cheeks. so that results gettingexactly. >>u c berkeley infectiou disease specialist doctor john sports bergis alsoconcerned those wearing a mask tend to touch their ce more ten which is not what you wa. he also fears that will crea a greater shortage for health care workers. >>they really are being. for the pele in hospitals. yes, certainly app that first and foremost co 2. >>firesponders the hospital peonnel people working at hospitals st medical experts agree the suply of masks must increase bee there's any discussion of giving them out to the public. >>but experts say we could reach that point in a month or so at some point in me and we're not sheltering-in-place anymore. we're

>>with a quick prematurely and ended up with 3,000 deaths in san francisco in 1918 doctor rutherford says san francisco had one of the best records in the united states in 1918 during the spanish flu pandemic and then went through when the basically came up to the end of people wearing masks and throw away or masks parties >>in november of 1918 after world war one ended. >>there was another huge wave of transmission of san francisco ended up having the worst record of any american city he says he doesn't want to see us repeat history. this is not the time to just start to waver in our commitment to shelter in place in the east bay, michelle kingston kron 4 news. >>napa county residents are still under a shelter-in-place order face coverings are also required in public places over the weekend golfers are turned of course is there but some people are wondering what's the plan for other businesses sarah earlier today kron on sanaz tahernia spoke with napa senator bill dodd. >>lucy is really no more then with the says state or worse already on wow. so they see were statistics were for th

rutherford of ucsf said opening the economy and lifting these measures too early could end up being a direct lesson of the 1 ina epide if it's done too early, it all could come back next week. >>> as kenny mentioned, the battle over reopening america is intensifying. in florida, beaches in the northern part of the state have reopened. texas announcing plans to relax restrictions on retail stores and parks beginning next week. states like california and new york are adding restrictions. president trump claims efficient testing capacity has been built to allow states to reopen. >> since we released the úagain, and this was two days ago, a number of states led by woeing democrat and republican governors have announced concegin a sualhasedpening. >> govnments and business leaders say more needs to happen. >> 250 skilled nursing facilities across the state with 3,500 residents and staff members have reported cases of the coronavirus. 106 residents and 50 employees have tested positive. a spokesman for the facility reported that ten of the residents have died. >> three breakouts now in skil

rutherford added when the time comes, he is advising people to get their flu shots because we will have covid-19 and influenza circulating at the same time this fall. >>> the big unknown in all of this is how coronavirus reacts to treatments that have worked in fighting other viruses. for instance, convalesce end plasma. it might help those still fighting the disease. to see if that might be effective, a first of its kind transfusion took place at ucsf. >> reporter: the procedure happened late last my. we do not know the condition of patient tonight. it's what this transfusion could do in the future that has some doctors have been hopeful in the fight against covid-19. the transfer of convalescent plasma has been done before. >> we can decide whether or not this actually works. we think it might. but covid-19 is covid-19. we need to know if it works. because if it does, then there'll be more enthusiasm for using it as standard therapy. >> reporter: plasma is the liquid part of your blood containing antibodies, which help fight an infectious disease. transfusing it to sick patients has i

. >> ucf's george rutherford says while we are doing well, we are stuck if we stop social distanci roaring back, especially in the fall and as for her immunity, that would require more than 70% of the population to have been infected. >> with the mortality rates that would bring, there is nothing that's going to protect the elderly if we try and get 70% of the population infected. that's not going to work. >> reporter: pro petal lockdown won't work, no concerts or ball games but maybe a return to business with a smaller scale with ongoing precautions. >> wearing masks in public, maybe the elderly stay home. take some seats out of bars, every other stool out of the bar, that kind of stuff. >> reporter: pick your sporting analogy, the challenge remains lo >> think of this as three football games. okay? it's like the playoffs. this is the first playoff game. >> i think that in general, this incident is a marathon maybe even an ultra marathon. it's going to be a while. >> okay back to the three football game playoff analogy. the upside is we are well ahead in the first quarter of the football

says the bay area early shelter in place orders may have saved thousands of lives doctor george rutherford talked to the chronicle about the early days of the virus outbreak and said the bold action like san francisco's declaration of emergency in late february probably saved as many as 44,000 lives. the latest numbers from johns hopkins university shows there have been 243 virus deaths in the bay area so far and more than 7000 confirmed cases california has more than 39,000 reported cases confirmed with more than 1500 deaths the city of oakland is now making covid 19 testing available to anyone who lives and works in alameda county and testing is for people who have symptoms of covid 19 or anyone exposed to the virus. priority apartments or appointments will be given healthcare workers and people at high risk. people who want to be tested have to register. we put a link to registering on our website, ktvu.com, it is under the web links section >>> the city of san francisco has plans to expand testing to all residents and essential workers to have symptoms. the city operated testing site i

but ucf professor george rutherford said the extension through may is appropriate, because that downward trend needs to be consistent. >> it's a lethal virus. it's easily transmissible. the reason infections are going down is because transmission is going down. the reason transmission is going down is because people are sheltering in place. >> reporter: what has gone up is the number of calls to the warm line. a free menthealth suppt line availablel califo about the ality have lost thei laid off. >> reporter: and though it may be dreaded, 75% of people in california support the shelter at home order as for as long as it's needed according to a recent poll by the california health care foundation. >>> thank you. starting tomorrow morning, parts of golden gate park will be closed to give people more space to practice social distancing outdoors. cars will not be allowed on john f. kennedy drive at transverse drive. the same restrictions apply to mclaren park. they'll be closed through the stay at home order. alameda is also implementing slow street areas. starting thursday, cars won't be al

george rutherford, head of disease and global epidemiology at ucsf. >> some of the people helping us going forward are medical students, the city librarians, and some of the people from the city attorney's office, which i think is quite remarkable. >> now, this contact tracing is seen as key to containment, up to 150 people could end up working on this team. >>> parents lined up at apgiannini school. to pick up packets of learning materials, the next phase of at home learning. the district distributed more than 4,000 learning packets today. the line moved well but there were reports that family had long waits and some families did not get their packets at all. it was a bit frustrating for them. now a twist on the fight against coronavirus. this time it has nothing to do with test tubes or cells, wayne freedman explains from san francisco, it's more a matter of granting peace of mind. >> reporter: sometimes opposites attract. in this case a worldwide negative turned local positive. beating coronavirus with rock, paper, paper,sy source. >> today is rock, paper -- tomorrow is capture th

george rutherford believes the shelter in place restrictions have saved between 34,000 and 44,000 lives here in the state of california. coming up at 5:00 the new rules requiring people like myself to wear masks here in the east bay and on b.a.r.t. behind me. reporting live in dublin, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks, bob. >>> now to the number of coronaviruses, more than 6,700 confirmed cases and 218 deaths. santa clara county is now close to 2,000 infections with the most cases across the bay. meantime governor gavin newsom is vowing to provide more testing for the homeless. it follows news this week of an outbreak in a los angeles homeless shelter. this is where more than 50 people tested positive but just 16 of them showed symptoms. at least 100 homeless people in san francisco have already tested positive. >>> continuing our special coverage of people just trying to make it in the bay, there won't be any rent increases in the city of richmond as they're battling the pandemic. the city council is not considering suspending the rent at all, altogether, i should say. the free

. >> we need to get the lucy mercer rutherford story down. at one point you talked about when he would go from washington to hyde park he figured out a way to stop and see her in new jersey? >> that's right. she had an estate in new jersey. somehow -- he loved to figure out maps anyway. he loved old geography things. he figured out the railroad lines and knew if he went along a different pattern and he had to equips the secret service that it was safe for him to do this. then he could spend a day with lucy. this was not until the last year of his life. people assume he knew her all his life. the affair was in 1918 and he was with her when he died. i thought they knew each other that entire time. he kept his pledge not to see her again until after eleanor refused to be his wife again and after anna was in the white house and after he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. i believe in that last year you knew he was dying. he went to the plantation in march or april of '44 to recover. it was there he sauce louis immerser essentially for t

george rutherford sold the "san francisco chronicle" an estimated 34,000 lives would have been lost if the bay area had done nuthing to confront this pandemic. those figures are based on the cdc's early estimates on what the mortality rate would have been with no social distancing measures. >>> today is day two of the nfl draft. commissioner roger goodell as well as the coaches and the players are doing the draft from their houses because of covid-19. on day one the niners filled needs with their two picks picking kenlaw and they also traded up to number 25 to choose wide receiver brandon aiyuk and both of them are thrilled to be niners. >> look at how they play. i feel like i play the game the right way and the way they do attacking into the quarter back and running back. i feel they play a way that they coach to play. >> just proud that i feel like i'm going to continue to improve. i have no ceiling and no limit to my game. and i'm just excited to continue to get better. >> so, barring a trade, the niners don't have anothe pick until the fifth round. >>> now the las vegas raiders pic

doctor george rutherford tells the chronicle actions such as san francisco's declaration of emergencyn late february may have saved as many as 34,000 to 44,000 lives. the doctor considered the worst-case scenarios from the cdc and compared it to the bay area population to come up with a rough estimate. so far the bay area has seen 242 deaths from covid-19. >>> for people at an assisted living facility in san francisco have died from the coronavirus. san francisco's supervisor dean preston confirmed to ktvu the four were patients at central gardens convalescent hospital on ellis street. so for at least 67 people have tested positive for the virus. supervisor preston says he's reached out to the state department of public health and san francisco's health department to try to find out when the patients died. >> we have been pounding on the virtual door for the department of public health to get more information. i have been frustrated so far with not getting more. >> ktvu also reached out to the state department of public health. they turned down our request for an interview. >>> anothe

>>ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor george rutherford says there are 2 primary ways to achieve herd munity. >>on the old days, everybody got infected. you know so measles and rubella and chickenpox and schools rather it says that's not w herd immunity will be achieved with covid-19 because this high as the mber of infections seems it's not even approaching the more than 90% ofthe popution. >>even in northern italy they've tually calculated here where we've been . so relatively. lesscape. it's going to be it's going to be quite low low meaning about one percent. >>that means the more likely way to create herd immunity with the coronavirus is the way it done now for measles mumps and whoopg cough through a vaccine. the idea being the more people who get a vaccine allowing them to fight off the rus and prevent infecon. the fewer people who will be able to spread it to one another. and as we keep hearing that vaccine is at least a year to a year and a ha off. >>another reason for that continued social distaing. >>at ucsf dan kerman on 4 news. >>problem at the pandemic the needfor p

neighboring new jersey, fema dispatching dozens of out of state ambulances to metlife stadium in east rutherford to respond to the crisis, which could hit an all-time high this weekend. the worldwide death toll passed 100,000 and the u.s. broke a global record with more than 2,000 deaths in one day. the epicenter of the outbreak appears to be turning a corner. new york governor andrew cuomo sharing cautious optimism with infection slowing. >> change in icu admissions is actually a negative number for the first time since we started this intense journey. >> and more encouraging news out west as california sees its first daily decrease in icu admissions. but to continue slowing the spread of the virus, officials in beverly hills now require residents to wear a face covering in public. on the front lines of this site, the battle is far from over as doctors and nurses document the struggles of saving lives. dr. patty at st. barnabas hospital in the bronx. >> it doesn't seem like it's slowing down. let's hope w point soon. or we flatten the curve. i'm hopeful. >> reporter: these haunting images show

and beginning with rutherford hayes in the 1870s nearly every presidential administration has also planted at least one tree as a means of commemorating their time at the white house. unfortunately, not all of these trees have survived. but here at the top queen elizabeth ii seen helping george h.w. bush plant one. the oldest tree with a proven presidential association is this absolutely beautiful rust colored japanese maple planted by first lady francis cleveland on the far south grounds in 1893, the same year that the grounds were closed to the public. the most recent comemerative tree was also planted by a first lady, in this current first lady melania trump who planted a sapling grown from a historical oak tree originally planted by eisenhower on the white house grounds in the 1950s. so other than trees what else grew on the grounds? up until about a decade ago when first lady michelle obama installed the current white house vegetable garden fresh produce would not have been the first thing that came to peoples minds and that's because prior to 2009 there would be no serious cultivatio

beginning with rutherford hayes in the 18 seventies, nearly every presidential administration has also planted at least one tree as a means of commemorating their time at the white house. unfortunately not all of these trees have survived. but here are two that have. at the top queen elizabeth the second is helping george h. w. bush plant a tree. in 1996, bill and hillary clinton planted a flowering dock would in honor of the oklahoma city bombing. the oldest tree with the presidential association is this absolutely beautiful rust colored japanese maple planted by first lady francis cleveland on the south grounds in 1883. the same year the grounds were closed to the public. the most recent commemorative tree was planted by melania trump who in august 2018 planted a sampling from a historic oak tree planted by eisenhower in the 18 fifties. besides trees what else crew on the ground? up until a decade ago, when first lady michel obama installed the current white house vegetable garden, fresh produce probably would not be the first thing to come to people's minds. prior to 2009, there wou

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