you are a nurse at ucsf. we tried to reach out to ucsf officials for comments. we have not heard back. we hope to continue this conversation with both of you. when we come back, with the recall just one week away, the attention is turning to the largest voting ethnic group in i may not be as pretty. i'm not a cable tv personality or an entertainer like larry. i'm the businessman, the only cpa running for gov ernor. california is a mismanaged mess. taxes, cost of living, water, wildfires, homelessness. these aren't political issues; they're readily fixable management issues. career politicians? celebrities? i've solved problems all my life. let's fix this great state! kristen: latinos are the single largest ethnic group in california and make up 30% of registered voters. traditionally they are in the democratic tent, but governor newsom is making an all-out effort to engage this voting bloc. he spoke today and spent several minutes talking about the policies he has put in place to help the latino community. >> i could go on another five to 10 minutes. that gives

we talked to a ucsf doctor who is working on tech based solution. reporter: the pandemic has exacerbated a nursing shortage. the covid pandemic pushing many to a breaking point. i ucsf nurse with national nurses united, she and other union nurses are at demanding they address staffing issues and patient safety. >> we are lacking support staff, nurses, to a dangerous level. reporter: ucsf said they have added staff and continue to meet state ratios. they said they have requested 210 now -- travel nurses, offering top rates. they are in demand nationwide, it is hard to fill requests. >> one of the factors, and i don't know they should change this, is that ucsf is requiring traveling nurses to be vaccinated. not every health care organization is requiring that. reporter: dr. spence just published just the on it statewide nursing shortage. >> usually about 10 or 12% -- 10% or 12% plan to retire in the next two years, but when up to 26%. that is a huge different, almost entirely covered relations. >> nursing has become an increasingly unattractive career

we talked to a ucsf doctor who is working on tech based solution. reporter: the pandemic has exacerbated a nursing shortage. the covid pandemic pushing many to a breaking point. i ucsf nurse with national nurses united, she and other union nurses are at demanding they address staffing issues and patient safety. >> we are lacking support staff, nurses, to a dangerous level. reporter: ucsf said they have added staff and continue to meet state ratios. they said they have requested 210 now -- travel nurses, offering top rates. they are in demand nationwide, it is hard to fill requests. >> one of the factors, and i don't know they should change this, is that ucsf is requiring traveling nurses to be vaccinated. not every health care organization is requiring that. reporter: dr. spence just published just the on it statewide nursing shortage. >> usually about 10 or 12% -- 10% or 12% plan to retire in the next two years, but when up to 26%. that is a huge different, almost entirely covered relations. >> nursing has become an increasingly unattractive career

peter chang hong from ucsf.are talking about the different variants, and there are people asking, i got the j&j. does that mean i should get a booster sooner? efficacy appears to be lower, and if so, which one should i get? >> i will tell you what the data is, and then i will go to my advice. we have data showing you can get two doses of j&j safely. antibodies are pretty stable for six months, and we have data showing j&j people aren't going to the hospitals in droves. in terms of mixing and matching, we also know that is safe. astrazeneca and pfizer, very easy to mix and match, good efficacy. i think it is going to be safe with j&j to get any other vaccine they want to. it probably will result in more antibody production and durable response. whether or not that will be a recommendation, i am doubtful it will be a formal recommendation because there isn't data about j&j matching, and j&j hasn't submitted their second shot as a booster for the fda. kristen: how is the mu variant? is it expanding its hold the ech

jeanne noble, director of emergency response at ucsf. the school board is considering adding additional protocols and you tweeted in response that any steps to mitigate transmission in san francisco schools are not "medically warranted." that was followed by # openschool. why #open already open? dr. noble: some of the proposals put forth in this board of education hosel are reminiscent of what happened last year. the policies that led most directly to keeping our schools closed for 18 months were cohorts in social distancing. when the california department of public health issued guidelines for this school year, they explicitly said all students would be masked indoors because schools cannot equitably distance or cohort across the state. so to avoid cohorting or distancing and avoid school closures, they would be masked instead. the new covid plan put forth by the board of educators brings back cohorting and distancing which feels like a slippery slope back to distance-learning and hybrid schedules. kristen: some say doing that prevents

ucsf doctor says he does expect an increase in cases after the holiday. if that person will qualify as a surge remains to be seen. >> reporter: from the beaches to parks to sporting events. locals and visitors celebrated labor day. >> throughout just going to the parks here in san francisco. it was full of people today and i think people had great sun yesterday and today and i feel like, you know, the city is feeling good with the vaccination rates. >> traveling it was fine. it is a little different here in san francisco compared to l.a. because we have to have to show vaccine cards everywhere we go. >> doctors are hoping people gather with safety in mind. >> i am confident for several reasons that we will not see quite as high an increase as in other parts of the country. the first it is good weather. >> ucsf says high vaccination rates in the bay area also help. currently for example ucsf has 31 covid-19 patients compared to 44 a month ago. still, on june 15th when the state reopened it had 10 patients. >> after labor day last year i think we went up 40

this is something doctors at ucsf uncovered in a first of its kind study. researchers looked at the campfire and during that time saw an uptick of patients come in with skin concerns. some had already been diagnosed with eczema, but a lot of them had no known history of skin issues. researcher the say the findings suggest that even short-term exposure to the wildfire smoke can cause damage to our skin. earlier today janelle spoke with the senior author of the study. >> how did you connect the two in terms of skin and wildfire smoke? >> yes. as you know here in the bay area, unfortunately, we've had a series of wildfires, beginning, you know, about five years ago, they really started to increase in number and in intensity. and in 2018 there was the campfire. i happened to be biking to work that day, and ash was falling in the sky, and i wondered how that was affecting my skin as well as my lungs. >> so what can we do? wildfire smoke seems like it's going to be part of our life at this point, every single year. how can we present protect our skin? >> the best

i was just talking to a number of infectious disease experts at ucsf. you may have read the report from louisiana about children's hospitals being filled with children with respiratory illness. that's obviously a concern, and there's much more covid there, much more than we have locally. there's a much lower vaccination rate, somewhere in the range of 35%, compared to our 75% overall, and there's no confirmation that delta causes more disease among children. right now, the consensus is that children are expect -- you know, even if children get covid-19, that they will experience milder symptoms compared to adults. but again, as we've seen during these last 18 months, this is an evolving field and we're watching it very carefully. but we want to support schools opening for in-person learning as much as possible. >> okay. thank you. we got a couple of questions about rapid testing and testing as soon as possible, so i don't know if you want to share anything about rapid tests? >> well, i think if people want to avail themselves of rapid testing, that's so

. >> our covid expert from ucsf, dr.eter chen hong says it's likely third doses will be approved for 12 and older just not now. and if you're fully vaccinated, protection is still strong. >> by antibody levels it dropped, t cells, inside the body, architect of the immune system, remains intact regardless. that's why people are staying away from the hospital. >> decision now moves to full fda which typically follows the panel's guidance. >>> is the mayor in hot water or following her own rules? mayor breed is responding to allegations of breaking san francisco's covid rules in unmasked visit to a night club in the city earlier this week. mayor response was stern, jean elle. >> reporter: video of san francisco mayor london breed dancing maskless at her table at black cat jazz club wednesday night is getting lots of attention in city with indoor mask mandate. >> telling us what she thinks is in our best interest, i think it makes her a bit of a hypocrite. >> on her part i don't think it's arrogant, just human behavior. >> r

this is the principal investigator for ucsf's bio institute.e says they are waiting on more data to fully understand the power of this variant. >> what we have to check is how well these other patients are handling it. luz: as it stands now, the delta variant is the variant of concern, it has mutated more than 20 times and continues the dominant variant. but now the r.1 variant proves that mutations will continue to take place, and the only way to stop them is to get vaccinated. in the newsroom, luz pena, abc 7 news. dan: i know you are talking to a lot of experts about this. this variant has been detected in california, but has it been detected in the bay area yet? luz: the doctor confirmed they have not detected any of them in their sequencing. many counties are tracking variants, but they are staying vigilant for this r.1 variant. dan: president biden received a covid-19 booster shot, he got a third dose of pfizer today after getting the first two doses in january. he qualifies because of his age. first lady jill biden got her third shot thi

ucsf here. she says that date is a goal that will likely be pushed back even further. they delayed yet another meeting to review the booster data. >> they will meet the week of the 27th. >> the meeting pushed back on the same day that they released a new data, highlighting the waning immunity of its vaccine. >> the data is very similar to what we saw from pfizer. >> the study analyzed breakthrough cases and more than 11,000 people vaccinated between december of 2020 and march of this year. they found 36% fewer since been breakthrough infections among people who followed up ignorance after receiving their first dose compared to those who followed up 13 months after their first dose. the company says this supports the need for a third shot. >> do you agree with that? >> i don't agree for the general public right now. again, i think we need to see more real-world data to say what happens farther out. >> dr. and lou agrees. >> there is not a ton of data to say how much the third dose provides a significant benefit. we are getting to the point where there are not a lot of f

let's start with ucsf infectious disease expert dr. gandhi. happy labor day, thank you for joining us. dr. fauci says the pfizer booster will be ready to go in arms in two weeks, the 20th. give us the specifics? >> this part of what is going on right now is a little controversial because the fda wasn't as happy about the booster and some cdc higher ups or not happy. but when we think about anyone to boost, it is probably people who have had the pfizer vaccine because they put a low duration between doses, which is three weeks, and that helps the antibodies come down faster. so countries that only do pfizer, israel, they are seeing reinfection's. so if anyone is going to get a booster, it will be people who have had the pfizer shot as their original shot. but we're not there yet, everyone needs to come together to make this happen. kristen: he did say that the madrona booster may come a little later. is that just accounting for the difference of pfizer and for madonna it is four weeks, or are they just waiting for more >>? >> the complication i

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joining us is a ucsf infectious disease specialist. great to see you. >> thank you for having. kristen: president biden got his vaccine very publicly today. it has been about eight months for him, i think. how long should someone wait after their original series? >> i would put it into three categories. red, amber, and green. the red group should get it whenever they can. i would say that is the over 65 age group. the amber, you are above 50. the green is everybody else. you can pretty much get it anytime after six months. it is not an emergency, it is just really a good idea for that group. kristen: underlying medical conditions is a broad category. can you help people understand who that covers? >> when we think about underlying adequate conditions from the literature of who would progress to bad covid, that includes people with heart disease, lung disease, people with diabetes, people who are obese as defined by a higher body mass index, i would say over 25 or so, but you know the definition changes based on where you live. those are at higher risk for not just acquiring it

i was just talking to a number of infectious disease experts at ucsf.t from louisiana about children's hospitals being filled with children with respiratory illness. that's obviously a concern, and there's much more covid there, much more than we have locally. there's a much lower vaccination rate, somewhere in the range of 35%, compared to our 75% overall, and there's no confirmation that delta causes more disease among children. right now, the consensus is that children are expect -- you know, even if children get covid-19, that they will experience milder symptoms compared to adults. but again, as we've seen during these last 18 months, this is an evolving field and we're watching it very carefully. but we want to support schools opening for in-person learning as much as possible. >> okay. thank you. we got a couple of questions about rapid testing and testing as soon as possible, so i don't know if you want to share anything about rapid tests? >> well, i think if people want to avail themselves of rapid testing, that's something we didn't have befor

john balls from ucsf studying the impact of the air. we talk about beijing over the years, new delhi, india. are we heading that direction? >> when we have this bad wildfire, poor air quality, yes. i think that the tahoe area is some of the worst in the world right now in terms of that fine particulate matter. >> the short-term effects of the air we are seeing, what can we compare it to, like smoking a cigarette or pack of cigarettes? >> yes. all smoke is harmful to the lungs whether tobacco, marijuana, or wildfire smoke. it all depends on the dose. the dose up in tahoe is particularly bad. the firefighters get the worst exposure because they are on the fire lines for a long time directly inhaling the smoke. down here with our moderate air quality today, there are health effects with people with preexisting heart and lung disease like asthma or coronary artery disease. there can be exacerbations of those conditions with the air quality today. >> our meteorologist put together this information. up until 2001 we saw an average of about th

so we're going to be running another training with ucsf for ucsf projects. so we'll be doing another recruitment for that training, and just to expand on construction next year, when india basin park is going to be very -- you know, all the construction ramp up, we'll be working with rec and park to focus on d-19 southeast sector residents for those trainings. there's going to be other work that relates to our city build program as you hear from director arce, and this leads me to the special program. what we actually have in our portfolio is we're going to be hosting a training in the bayview. once we get the slides out, we'll definitely be sending it to the ocii team to be spreading to the community and make sure we have as much involvement as possible for these other types of jobs as what the question was about. so that's it for my presentation, and i'll be around for questions. thank you, mr. nem. commissioner brackett, does that satisfy your questions? >> yes. thank you guys for such a great work. >> yes. thank you, commissioner. vice chair rosales, que

we will talk to a ucsf professor we will talk to a ucsf professor studying the dear ms, from day one you've tried to define me. but i never invited you in. it's my life and this is my journey. i've found a way to do things differently with ocrevus, an infusion treatment that's 2-times-a-year. for adults with relapsing or primary progressive forms of multiple sclerosis, ocrevus is proven effective in reducing relapses in rms and slowing disability progression in rms and ppms. don't take ocrevus if you've had a life-threatening allergic reaction to it, or have hepatitis b. tell your doctor about vaccinations or if you've had hep b, as it could come back. a common side effect of ocrevus is infusion reactions, and some may require hospitalization. it can increase your risk of infections, which can be serious, and may decrease certain types of immunoglobulins. while pml was not reported in clinical trials, it could happen. an increased risk of cancer, including breast cancer, may exist. sorry, ms. you don't get to control every part of me ms can't own us. ask your doctor about two-times-a

tam: we have ucsf hospital. we have the warriors coming. we have a bunch of new apartment buildings. scholl: you have corporate headquarters of facebook, google, microsoft. christensen: we realize we live in such an amazing place with so much creativity and innovation. i'm excited when i see the young people in the tech industry all over town, all over the bay area commuting back and forth. there's an energy here. renteria: in mission bay, veryone pretty much works in tech, working on the next start-up. woman: i have 3 cappuccinos for here. renteria: i'll do a coffee. ok. thanks. i'm considered a millennial. we kind of are free spirits, and we don't believe so much in just full-time gigs. i work in social media marketing, so it's definitely a new industry. a lot of people don't quite understand it, but i run social for a living. the really cool thing about a job in social media or just tech is that you can work remotely. coffee shops are free. yes, san francisco is really expensive. there is no other place like san francisco where you're go

. >> exemplars of the population or the profession which we represent ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong says there are clear lessons to be learned from this. it's not enough to make sure that everyone is vaccinated and in an indoor setting where a lot of people crowded together. and that's why the mask was initiated. and doctor chin-hong says that's the message to be learned from her right now. as you know, san francisco as some of the most restrictive covid-19 policies in the bay area. >> no, we're done and any of that might be used in san francisco. dan kerman kron 4 news. dan, thank you for that. an fda panel met today to aecide whether or not a 3rd shot of the pfizer vaccine would be needed for many americans and the 16 to 2 vote was not to recommend a booster shot. it came as the biden administration at hope to begin offering booster shots to the general public as early as next week. >> joining us with more now our grant lotus can't panic and advisor spent hours today debating this talking about it. >> talking about the data that they do. have. they want more

ucsf chief pharmacist says the discussion is -- for 10 days as the ceo is urging approval.re than 78.5% of residents have received one shot. modernity showing waning immunity, stressing the need for booster shots. larry: -- spoke with ucsf's chief pharmacy executive to discuss how this may impact booster rollout. >> this is the second time the fda advisory committee postponed this meeting. we are told they do not believe they have enough data. doctors are telling us any decision on a formal record will be pushed back a few weeks which would push back our rollout locally. >> the clock is ticking fast for booster shots. four days out from when the president aims to launch the rollout across the u.s.. jesse cota's is the chief pharmacy executive. he says that date was an ambitious goal that will likely be pushed back further as the fda advisory committee -- >> they will meet the week of the 27th. >>

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i'm michelle porsche, and i'm the director of psychology and behavioral sciences at ucsf. and again, i'll go through the same questions and try and add a little bit to what dr. dorado has presented. when i think about healing from a psychological perspective, you know, i think about not that the hurt and loss and trauma are not forgotten or gone away, but we're better able to live our lives and find meaning in our experiences. we really need to think about systems when we're thinking about healing. healing requires that our schools, our health centers, our government institutions are caring for individuals who have been hurt and require healing. my particular research has been focused on aces, adverse childhood experiences that include community violence, community violence abuse, separation, and loss, so when i see a need for healing in the community and myself, i think about how those experiences impact mental health and how they impact educational outcomes for our children. in my arch, i found people with these high levels of adverse childhood experiences are at higher

a pediatric for children young people being treated at ucsf.an san jose now being investigated a. his body discovered around 10 in the morning in an apartment the tower across from hall east santa clara. police called a welfare. once they found suffering what's described as a traumatic injury. the and surrounding death now under. and now police still the middle a standoff an armed that's been going on for hours. this all just seven morning a house on avenue, which near king story roads. police say man pointed gun his neighbor then went into house and refused come. a and swat are at the scene. a flash bang grenade tossed the house, that man has not. police don't why the pointed the in the first place. alright again tomorrow the inland valleys flex alert. temperatures going to cool, i'll show the five day forecast up. let's go to casey alex. now with look at some the stories we working for the seven news on. plus thank. the new covid-19 has now been in all 50 states coming up tonight. which is reported the numbers what dr is about this. also film

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ucsf dr. peter chen hong says drug manufacturer pfizer will be the first to provide data to the fda regarding a safe vaccine for children and it's coming soon. >> before halloween, we should have an amendment to the emergency use authorization for kids 5 to 11 years old. >> reporter: and a pfizer vaccine for those children is likely to be available before thanksgiving. cheryl hurd, "today in the bay." >>> there is emerging clarity on who will get covid booster shots. an fda panel is recommending the booster for some americans. the panel of outside experts says pfizer did not provide enough information about the safety of a third dose of the vaccine for people 16 and older, but the panel did unanimously recommend boosters for americans 65 and older. and those considered at high risk. >> i think we need to target the boosters right now, specifically to the people who are likely to be at high risk. >> the decision now moves to the full fda, which typically does follow the panel's guidance. >>> in

. >> joining us now, ucsf infectious disease expert monica gandhi, is 2,000 enough? are you comfortable with the number? >> they are going to expand it to 5,000. this is preliminary data. i'm pretty comfortable. tell you one thing, did something deliberate, reduced the dose quite a bit from what they were going to study. thought 20 microgram dose but because of the rare side effects in 12 to 15-year-olds with heart inflammation, 1 in 5,000 chance. went down to ten microgram dose. >> a third right? >> exactly. 30 is 12 and up. that's how we dose vaccines in younger people. that i hope will give parents security on the safety. then they're still -- will go up to 5,000. initial results for 2,058. >> pfizer has to apply for emergency use authorization, not full authorization. do you think that parents are still going to be hesitant to give their kids that vaccine under emergency use vaccination scenario? rather than full authorization. especially now we're seeing increase in number of children who are getting very sick. >> you know, i think that before they -- would have

but here is what ucsf infectious disease specialist dr. monica told kpix5's anchor elizabeth cook. >> we will hope to get to 5 to 11 by mid october. then 6 months to 5, it will take a while. that will be until the end of december. but what pfizer said, is that they will do a staggered approach. and they are going to tell us and they really do think they can stay on the time line because there were a lot of people who wanted their children in the trials. they think they can stay on time line for 5 to 11. >> the american academy of pediatrics is launching a campaign urging parent to vaccinate their children an encouraging them to talk to their pediatrician about their concerns. >>> still ahead on kpix5 and streaming on cbs bay area, a major slow down in u.s. hiring though there are tons of job openings. >>> plus, meet a bay area stud >>> the u.s. job market that sizzled last summer is cooling down in a big way. despite the hiring slowdown, job openings are at a record high. wal-mart, amazon are looking for tens of thousands of workers. >> i

you know, all of the frustration we've been feeling all these months ucsf infectious disease specialist doctor peter chin-hong says. >> there are clear lessons to be learned from this if there is virus in cleaning around. you don't know if somebody while vaccinated highs infection. that's asymptomatic when an enclosed space. i think the lesson is you wear until the amount of virus in - the community goes on which heading to bahrain not day quite yet. san francisco has some of the strictest covid-19 restrictions and all of the bay area. >> no word on when those restrictions could be eased in san francisco. dan kerman kron 4 news. >> now. check on the weather. the 4 zone forecast and a live look outside looking out over downtown san francisco. and we can tell you it's dark. case. you missed that chief meteorologist lawrence karnow here with details on something we really want to talk about. i can argue about that observation certainly dark out there. now some dark clouds coming our way. we could be talking about the first rain of the season rolling on in a little early. but. >> no matter

of ucsf says the messaging on boosters has muddied the waters. >> the messaging from the white house has served the terrified vaccinated. >> reporter: in an article published scientists including two outgoing fda employees are due that kurt available evidence does not show the need for widespread use of booster vaccinations. research from israel released by the fda shows waning immunity against severe disease may occur and that boosters significantly reduce the risk of severe illness. the delta variant continues to wreak havoc on communities across the nation with more than 1 million new cases and 13,000 deaths last week alone. stretching the medical systems beyond their breaking point. >> we are seeing our community across the board to crisis standard of care which is every physicians nightmare. >> reporter: the world health organization is asking countries not to give booster shots until 40 % of the plan is fully immunized. >>> developing this morning, the hunt is on for the driver who opened fire on a busy east a free weight during the height of rush hour traffic. the shooting aro

medical providers are gearing up for a potential surge in vaccinations and ucsf example they've been preparing for long time to immunize healthcare workers again with a few chart. in the event that this gained approval so i would imagine that very, very short after the announcement, people can go out and start getting it. san francisco's department of public health also says it's ready to accommodate any surgeon vaccine demand. at one time, the city and county operated numerous mass vaccination sites as the number of people receiving the vaccine increased. the city was able to close many centers, instead using a distributed network of vaccine providers to make it easy for anyone looking for vaccine. the main takeaway is the same infrastructures, access points, strategies and teams that have enabled san francisco to achieved one of the highest rates of vaccination world are continue to be in place and we're ready to continue to serve. our doctor says the booster shot will likely work well for those who received fighter and those who received johnson and johnson. he also says the pfize

in fact, she says, there has been less than 10 children hospitalized in the ucsf system since the start of the pandemic, the other benefit of getting children in that age group vaccinated is that it provides a path to unmasking. we know that masks impede language development in our youngest kids. it interferes with our ability to read the read each other's emotions, which is more important for younger kids to and then finally. we're seeing what we think is decreased immunity to other respiratory viruses in anticipation of the fda approval next month. the marine county office of education has already set tentative dates of october 30th for the first hills and a second dose for november. 27th for children between the ages of five and 11 what we know and what the science tells us is that. as soon as we can get as many people as possible, regardless of their age level, fully backs in ated that that's going to make, um such a difference in terms of how we operate and what mitigation strategies will be necessary. pfizer vaccine ceo albert bourla says vaccine data for kids under the age of 12

currently ucsf has 31 coronavirus patients compared to 44 a month ago. still on june 15th when the state reopened it had ten patients. >> after labor day last year i think we went up 400% in cases in the united states. >> the san francisco residents made modest holiday plans. >> one of our favorite places down the street for brunch and felt normal and went to the gym. everybody had their masks on. it was fine. >> this is the first holiday with the vaccination requirements in place in san francisco. >>> this morning a community is mourning after two teenagers were killed in a horrible crash. andrea is there with more on the victims and the suspect. >> the accident happened here off byron highway. there are two sets of candlelight memorials it. was a drunk driver that came by, striking and killing the two teens. family and friends set up memorials to remember the two young lives lost. friends confirm one of the victim is a 16-year-old louis esparza, the other an 18-year- old. >> i don't believe she is gone. it's really hard to hear. >> the police said the

maria raven showed us how ucsf was preparing for the first covid surge. in april 2020, there was no vaccine. >> we were waiting on pins and needles to see how quickly all of us could get vaccinated. >> reporter: applies were scarce. the initial rollout was chaotic mama but now with boosters, hopefully a difference. >> we don't anticipate supply being an issue. >> we are planning to roll out boosters or third doses, extra doses, as soon as they become available. >> reporter: the fda has authorized a single booster dose for those fully vaccinated with the pfizer shot. bay area counties have prepared for this moment for weeks. >> we are very thankful we've had a few extra days to get ready. >> it will be a lot easier. >> hopefully it will look a mof lot less frantic. >> reporter: kpix 5 news spoke with health officials on the front lines. dr. matt willis of marin county, dr. jennifer tong santa clara valley medical center, and dr. andy tanner from the san francisco department of public health. they should life on what the highly vaccinated bay area can expec

however, infectious disease doctor at ucsf monica gandhi says with cases now declining in the city.s likely those chances are even lower as our rate has come down because we had higher-income cases at the beginning of august. >> now we're watching the test positivity rate dropped by half actually were less were about 4% opposed to the way we were up 10% in early august. so then you even have less of a chance to the break to infection because you have less the chance of running across the virus. so it was helpful to give this kind of qualification. doctor gundy says those chances could go up in certain areas of the city that currently have higher transmission rates. >> like the bayview soma and castro neighborhoods for example. again, this is not qualification. there are areas and populations will break to infections are more likely. these are densely populated. areas. these are populations that are central workers that always been where there's more severe disease before the vaccination and now where there's more symptomatic breakthroughs. doctor gandhi predicts the probability of g

medical providers are gearing up for a potential surge in vaccinations and ucsf example they've been preparing for long time to immunize healthcare workers again with a few chart. in the event that this gained approval so i would imagine that very, very short after the announcement, people can go out and start getting it. san francisco's department of public health also says it's ready to accommodate any surgeon vaccine demand. at one time, the city and county operated numerous mass vaccination sites as the number of people receiving the vaccine increased. the city was able to close many centers, instead using a distributed network of vaccine providers to make it easy for anyone looking for vaccine. the main takeaway is the same infrastructures, access points, strategies and teams that have enabled san francisco achieved one of the highest rates of vaccination world are continue to be in place and we're ready to continue to serve. the doctor says the booster shot will likely work well for those who received fighter and those who received johnson and johnson. he also says the pfizer a