kpix5 spoke to a prominent ucsf doctor leading the charge. kenny? >> reporter: liz a familiar face to our viewers, leading ucsf doctors believe if state health officials give parents a clearer picture when the masks could come off in schools that could also lead to higher vaccination rates. these doctors believe that their petition is gaining traction. >> i don't even think that we begun to see the effects of what masking and covid-19 has done to our children. >> the arrival of vaccine doses for 5-11-year-olds is prompting parents and doctors to ask when the masks come off in schools. >> it only came about because we are discussing the metrics adults unmask we should do it for children. >> reporter: the ucsf director of covid-19 response launched a petition urging state health officials to provide an off-ramp for parents not playing a guessing game. >> parents want to know when it is going to end. it is really not fair. >> i have a 3-year-old. the bulk of his childhood has been masked and i am not okay with it anymore. >> i don't think the masks hur

ucsf infectious disease.cialist doctor peter chin-hong says they should survive without long-term very much likely to be okay. the children's father believes they received slightly less than twice the dosage intended for their age group and they're not alone. in fact, center health confirms 14 children received the incorrect pediatric dose in a written statement, sutter health says the patients, quote, received vaccines with an incorrect amount of diluting it as soon as we learned of this, we contacted the parents and advise them of cdc guidance in this situation. the safety of our patients is our top priority and we immediately reviewed our processes to help make sure this doesn't happen again. basically with kids. you just want to give the scott. >> can give you the same immune response. and that's why 10 was chosen. but they also looked at 2030 doctor. chin-hong says even if the kids were administered 20 to 30 micrograms of the vaccine rather than the 10 micrograms. they should have received. >> all 3 dosa

kron four's dan kerman live for us at ucsf in the city with the exciting news. dan. that's right. infectious disease specialists here say this could be a game changer pfizer the latest to join others. >> that have developed a pull that they say really can make a dent for those who get covid-19. >> it's a game changer as it gets says, it's a step above up from where we are right now. covid-19 vaccine maker pfizer. it's now asking the fda to grant emergency use authorization for paxlovid a pill doctors could prescribe to treat those infected with covid-19 your healthcare professional calling prescriptions at walgreens. you go to walgreens, you pick up 5 pack. >> course and you start taking it lo and behold, it prevents you from going to the hospital. biser's says its studies show high-risk unvaccinated volunteers who started taking the pills. >> within 3 days of getting symptoms greatly reduce their risk of severe disease and death. here's a way that we could tolerate counting a certain amount of transmission going on. >> but not squeezing the hospitals in the hospital for space inf

but ucsf infectious disease specialist dr monica gandhi says that same dosage was used in some of the vaccine trials for children. they decided to drop the 20 not because it's really dangerous because they wanted to make the smallest dose possible, so it's not. i think getting 20 micrograms just once is not going to hurt anyone. dr gandhi suggests that parents of the children who received the larger doses wait a little longer than the recommended three weeks before getting the second dose, but she says they should not skip that second dose. thousands of teaching assistants in the university of california system or holding rallies after calling off their plan two day strike. the celebration comes after lecturers at all nine undergraduate campuses had planned to walk off the job at 10 o'clock this morning. the union representing the workers tweeted that the two sides reached a tentative agreement, including what it called groundbreaking improvements in crucial areas, including job stability, workload and compensation. classes are being held as scheduled today. a mother in her young chil

now, ucsf head of medicine has a new reason to celebrate.ll tell you his connection to the world series champion braves. ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ >>> looks like the oakland a's are playing hardball with the hearts of fans. the a's sent a survey to fans of the minor league affiliate in las vegas. it's a questionnaire meant to gauge fan support on a move to sin city. it asks about possible locations in respect to where on the strip. oakland is trying to hammer out a deal on a new waterfront ballpark. >>> one of the top covid experts throughout this pandemic has been the chairman of ucsf department of medicine. no fancy advice. the doc is a proud father. he is celebrating his son. there he is, he works for the atlantic braves, the braves that won the world series last night. doug wachter works in the front office with analytics. he said his son watched the movie "moneyball" and said, that's what i want to do when i grow up. he's

chin-hong from ucsf. always a pleasure to see you. >> always a pleasure to see you, too, kristin, happy thanksgiving to you. >> they are the first around here to lift mandates completely. now they are going back. why? dr. chin-hong: i think they are looking at the future. progress has stalled and they are frankly worried. a lot of the bay area has ptsd from last winter. even though the numbers themselves aren't absolutely looking bad, like a few weeks of months ago, i think the trend is concerning to a lot of pull. again, it is subject to interpretation. a lot of counties are looking at the same data and viewing things differently, and i think santa cruz is different, for example, from monterey county very close by who is going in the opposite direction. kristen: and i should say, i believe this includes vaccinated people, too,. if you are at the grocery store, you have to put your mask on. will there be compliance given the back-and-forth all the time? dr. chin-hong: i think it will be very hard for peop

no doubt an infectious diseases expert at ucsf. have a good night.>> i let's get another check of your 4 zone forecast tonight taking a live look outside from our camera on top of mount tam totally dark. here we are 5.50. that's the way it goes. looking at a little storm rolling it. yeah. a little storm coming our way. and of course is still see some of that fog. you know, people traveling in the central valley. get that. >> thick fog this time of year that to that ground fog. you see it right up. the central valley there traveling down a fiver 99 that makes a big issue especially late at night, early mornings probably going to be turning against night, although not as thick as it's been and then we start to worry about the rain coming in and that love to get some raindrops. that's going to reinforce some of that fog with that moisture on the ground that storm system off the coastline. not a huge storm but likely to bring a little bit. wet as we head toward tomorrow evening. most of the day tomorrow. lot of clouds moving across the skies. noticeably

he joins us now live from ucsf.. >> well, the real concern here is that we have the holidays coming up. people are moving more indoors as the weather gets cold and also the push to get people the booster shot has not really seen the surge of that that we have seen and because of that, there are some real concerns going forward. >> i think we have to be very circumscribed. and what we do over the holidays because of this rising number of cases right now. bay area infectious disease experts are sounding the alarm about a rise in covid cases in california. >> they've moved from kind of a a a level of about 5,000 cases a day couple of weeks ago up to 6,000 cases a day most recently is round numbers. and i'm concerned that we're starting to see the start of a. >> winter surge. there's also a rise in hospitalizations but not to the degree we saw last year because now so many people are vaccinated, but immunity is starting to wane, especially for those vaccinated early. it's a great concern for people who really need the p

ucsf urologist nadia ron says that that is the reason for the urgency to collect data. it's theoretically concerning because it has a lot of mutations more than delta, for example, and it has a lot of mutations within the spike protein, which is the target of most of our vaccines, and the world health organization sounded a little arm monday, calling the global risk very high. the armor con variant has now been found beyond southern africa in canada, asia, australia and europe. moderna announced monday it is testing existing vaccines, and it could take 2 to 3 months to produce an all macron vaccine booster if it's needed. health officials say that is why it's so important for the 80 million unvaccinated americans to get shots and for people to get covid boosters. my guess is that there probably will be some drop in efficacy of you know the antibody response, for example, but there are other components of the vaccine elicited response that should be, for the most part, maintained, in particular the t cells, which generally are more resistant to our own mutations. i've be

our first anchorman has more now from ucsf. >> it's a game changer as it gets says, it's a step above up from where we are right now. covid-19 vaccine maker pfizer is now asking the fda to grant emergency use authorization for paxlovid a pill doctors could prescribe to treat those infected with covid-19 your healthcare professional calling prescriptions at walgreens. you go to walgreens, you pick up 5 pack. course and you start taking it lo and behold, it prevents you from going to the hospital. biser's says its studies show high-risk unvaccinated volunteers who started taking the pills within 3 days of getting symptoms greatly reduce their risk of severe disease and death. here's a way that we could tolerate having a certain amount of transmission going on. >> but not squeezing the hospitals in the hospital for space infectious disease. experts say these pills provide yet another tool in the tool box in the fight against covid-19 people who have been hesitant to get vaccines. and who get infected might not be as tend to get drugs. and this may be a a different approach for certain pa

lecturers at ucsf are not expected to strike pg and e has issued a new warning about scams.ys it saw a 65% increase in the number of attempted scams. in september and october, and that number could go up even higher during the holidays. pg and e. says scammers have increased their calls their text messages and emails during the pandemic. the company's reminding everybody had never ask customers for private financial information over the phone or in a text message or email. all right. we had a dose of valley fog this morning, especially up in the north bay, where dense fog advisory was issued. also in the central valley. behind me, or now on the screen is how it looked about nine a.m. this morning there's reading fog all the way south to bakersfield. and then you see it spreading into the bay and i watch what happens. we talked about this last night, so that weak front comes through and watch what it does. so what you're doing here is you're breaking up the inversion. right? so i always say is when you have fog, you're not going to really have rain or anything, because it's t

joining us to discuss this, ucsf infectious diseases experts, dr. monica gandhi. if you have questions, not sure if you should get boosters or get your child vaccinated, you can post your questions on our livestream. the boosters will be soon. something the biden administration has been pushing since august and california has been sanctioning it for over a week. some doctors say it was a mistake for the fda and cdc to limit booster eligibility initially. do you agree? dr. gandhi: i don't actually agree with that. i think the process the fda advisory committee went through on september 17 when they deliberated on boosters for all versus selective groups was thoughtful. they have good reasons they put in data slides about why they are only authorizing this for over 65-year-olds, including study showing the two mrna vaccines are very effective, in 74 studies, including in the u.s. i think it is political and there is a lot of back-and-forth. at some point the fda will say yes, but there was a process where they limited the groups for selection. kristen: in the bay ar

ucsf professor says three boosters are needed.some medical experts say the definition of fully vaccinated will mean three shots. in israel, you will need a third shot to be eligible for a green pass. sometime next year americans will be needing a booster to be considered fully vaccinated. >> i suspect in several months it will be required. >> without a national system, it will be difficult to enforce. >> you have two doses there, and then you have to get a third. >> our consumer team, they have broken down the entire thing for you. you can find the full break down right there on nbcbayarea.com. >>> happening today, the official thanksgiving travel period begins. you have plenty of time to make it to the thanksgiving dinner. air travel this year will be double the rate of last year. the lowest fares averaging nearly 30% below last year. as usual, next tuesday and wednesday will be the heaviest, probably most expensive air travel days. it's right that around the corner. >> yeah, and we're headed to the weekend, too. >> yes. >> kari

get in it into contact with health officials we actually have an interview set at some 45 with the ucsf in home. he's going to answer some of the questions. know a lot of parents have after hearing this story. so we're going to get you all the answers and more and that should be in the next hour. for now, back to you in studio. okay. looking forward to that. thank you, sarah. and now that the kids can get covid shots counties are trying to make it as kid friendly of a process as possible. >> as you can see at this mass site and santa clara the of fairgrounds. they have a special area just for kids to get their shots and feel like it's sort of more funding because there's a jungle playground and toys and games and even a scavenger hunt. all designed to distract them from the fact that they're about to get the jab. really nice to >> environment where kids are afraid to. get their shot and just feel so cool to be here. >> see, look this way. look this what that sound. that's a balloon popping and then you got the shot. so far. 34,000 kids age 5 to 11 have got their shot at the fairgrounds

. >> buster and his wife have done amaze things for ucsf children's hospital. they are personally donated fair amount of money to help kid who is are going to cancer care. >> reporter: over the course of their work also helping to raise millions of dollars for treatment. it's also scenes like this. posey and his wife visiting patients that many say shows the very person he is. >> they also personally visit the children in the hospital. buster's gone there and done the number of visits with kid who is are going through cancer therapy. >> reporter: as for the fans, they are sad but as one woman put it, i was just happy to be here throughout his aming career. >> here are three great moments that stand out. posey caught the final out as the giants beat the rangers in five games. then on october 11th, 2012, game five. posey hits the grand slam. they would win their second world series a couple of weeks later. >>> flash forward to a few weeks ago, october 8th, the much anticipated playoff series against the dodgers with this two run home run in its first at-bat of ga

. >> right now on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, a prominent ucsf doctor weighing in on what's being called a ground breaking treatment in the fight against covid. >>> pfizer claims its new experimental drug significantly reduces the risk of hospitalization and death in patients. >>> good afternoon, i'm len kiese. >> jocelyn moran is live for us in the news room. what did you learn? >> reporter: this is a pill we are talking about. pfizer says it cut the risk of hospitalization and death by nearly 90%. experts say this could be another tool we have against this virus. >> i was really amazed by how effective it was. >> reporter: a possible game changer announced by pfizer this morning. in addition to vaccines, this could help control the virus. >> this game changing aspect, this is an oral pill. easy to give. you send someone home with it like we people homwith tamiflu. >> reporter: the drug cut the risk of hospitalization and death by 89%. this is if given within three days of onset of symptoms. >> the therapy would be another tool in our tool books to protect people. >> report

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get answers from a top ucsf epidemiologist. >>> the new plan tonight to deal with these nuisance are you expeinit be this. backlash? >> yeah. >>> good evening. i'm lisbeth cook. >> it is really coming down outside after months and months of knowing at all. right now we have the second atmospheric river in less than a month. here's a live look from marin county right now. alex louis is out in santa rosa for us this evening and you can see the steady rain fter city two hours or so. >> we are seeing some scattered power outages tonight, a big one right now in --, also getting reports of widespread cable and internet outages for xfinity customers. they are aware of it and e looking to restore service. >> more beneficial --. quite a bit weaker than when ta santa rosa and sonoma county, the highest amount on the map thus far. a quarter inch of rain petaluma, ovtotens of inch of rain a december 10th of inch for oakland, less than that for dublin and san jose so far. yes, you are seeing some rain but it has not amounted to anything measurable. let's zoom in. it is shifting farther east into

nbcbayarea.com, scroll down to coronavirus pandemic section, new interview with ucsf expert dr. chin-hong who answers questions. >> we have election results. nbc news projected that new jersey's democratic governor has won a second term. phil murphy first democrat to win re-election in new jersey in more than four decades. beat out republican opponent in unexpectedly tight race. one of two states, other state was virginia, their voters elected first republican governor in 11 years. business man glen youngkin narrowly defeated former governor terry mccallive in a state that president biden won. major blow for democrats. >> they're so divided right now. political version of "family feud" when you look at people in congress. from the far far left to the far far right. nobody wants to talk to anybody and people look at this, look at republicans and say you know what, no trump, not so bad. >> former president trump who endorsed youngkin is claiming victory but he's carefully kept his distance from the former president and did not campaign with him. his key issues were education and c

. >>> to that cal football team covid outbreak, a ucsf doctor is questioning testing of asymptomatic players. this is a case where guidelines have not been updated. >> andrea nakano explains. >> i have zero panic whatsoever as a public health person, as infectious disease doctor of 44 healthy people who are fully vaccinated who may have a little virus in their nose on a highly sensitive test. it is not an outbreak. it does not mean they got sick. it does not mean that the vaccines don't work. it means our public health strategy in the case was off and they were doing mass testing of people who didn't need it. >> reporter: according to the athletic director, 99.5% of players are vaccinated but everyone had to submit to covid test whether they showed symptoms or not. >> we had a person symptomatic and we contact traced anybody who was asymptomatic was tested. >> that seemed to frustrate some of the players. "university health services told players they could be arrested for refusing to test as vaccinated individuals with no symptoms." >> it did not need to get to this point. asymptomat

monica gandhi from ucsf.hank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> are you concerned about a winter surge of covid cases? >> i think we say never say never. there are 80% those of us over 12 vaccinated in the state of california. to denmark, norway, finland, sweden, opened up at a rate of 80% full vaccination over 12. they have seen increased cases as they opened up. they stopped mask mandates. denmark opened september 10th and they have not seen an increase in deaths or hospitalizations. this is what vaccine immunity does is it prevents you from getting severe disease. we could see more cases but not hospitalizations. >> what you think about this weekend with halloween coming up. fauci has said americans can go out and enjoy halloween, as usual, especially if you are vaccinated . young children are not vaccinated and mingling with lots of people and putting their hands in bowls of candy. since we started vaccinating over holiday weekends. we didn't see it over labor day. this is the next holiday. it's outside

monica gandhi, ucsf infectious disease specialist. thanks for coming on the show. maybe putting some curiosities as well. appreciate your time. thank. well, california is making sure that most people who want to covid booster shot can get one even though the cdc is restricting eligibility, the state's health department contacted healthcare providers telling them not to turn away adults who want a booster shot. and they said that anyone aged 18 or older should be able to self determine their risk and get a booster shot when they're ready to do so. christien kafton joins us now live and christian with kids age five and eligible and adults getting booster shots. appointments are filling up. yes, here in san francisco. they're encouraging kids to get vaccinated and adults who have already been vaccinated to get boosted, and they're saying at this point, they don't have any supply issues. rush is underway to get as many san franciscans vaccinated and boosted as quickly as possible. the city's public health department releasing new data, saying about 18% of kids, 5 to 11

ucsf urologist nadia ron says that that is the reason for the urgency to collect data. it's theoretically concerning because it has a lot of mutations more than delta, for example, and it has a lot of mutations within the spike protein, which is the target of most of our vaccines, as the world health organization sounded a little arm monday. calling the global risk very high. moderna announced monday it is testing existing vaccines , and it could take 2 to 3 months to produce an all macron vaccine booster. if it's needed, health officials say. that is why it's so important for the 80 million unvaccinated americans to get shots and for people to get covid boosters. my guess is that there probably will be some drop in efficacy of you know the antibody response, for example, but there are other components of the vaccine elicited response that shouldn't be, for the most part maintained and particular the t cells, which generally are more resistant to our own mutations. the armor con variant has now been found beyond southern africa in canada, asia , australia and europe. he

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lecturers at ucsf are not expected to strike.up of san jose state students rallied outside the santa clara county board of supervisors meeting today to stop a plan to build a new jail. members of students against mass incarceration are calling on the board to vote against a 500 unit jail that will cost $390 million rally organizers say. county administration officials ignored community engagement sessions and surveys. that showed people do not want a new jail. instead the group says money for the new jail should be earmarked for more mental health and other social services for inmates. i think it's important for every community. um. i think that every community should provide those services because if you look around, and if you just take a tour, there's still many homeless people on the street, a lot of them suffering with mental illness, a lot of stepping with addiction. and all they do is they lock them up for a little bit. release them. and where are they going to go? what are they gonna do? the county does have a re entry ce

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but we have reached out to ucsf. so hopefully we can get you more details specially those parents who are still looking forward to getting their kids vaccinated back to you. all right, sarah, thank you very much. >> now the vaccine is approved for the younger kids. counties are trying to make. there are clinics kid friendly. so take a look. this site in santa clara county. the fairgrounds they have 2 different sections. one for the adults and obviously that's not this 1. for the kids. it's more fun like they have a jungle playground, toys games and even scavenger hunt. anything to distract the kids from the fact that they're about to get a needle in the arm and sounds like the tactic is working really nice to >> environment where kids are afraid to. get their shot and just feel so cool to be here. >> was he a parents actually in this cause. it's a very nice environment for the children. other little children, very smart kid 34,000 people have so far gotten their shots there. and i'm talking about the 5 to 11 year-old

george rutherford, an epidemiologist at ucsf. let's start with the big news a pfizer, asking the fda to approve hooters for all adults, so 18 and up, without restrictions. right now, people under 65 should are good -- should or could get it if they have a medical condition or work in a higher-risk setting. what is the thinking here? dr. rutherford: making the rules simpler so everybody understands them. i know people taking care of family members who are severely immunosuppressed, really at high risk of covid, but they can't get the vaccine because they don't necessarily fall into one of these categories. that is just an example, but it makes sense -- i like the idea of going forward with this. it simplifies everything for people to just say, you got a pfizer vaccine, you should get a booster. if you get a moderna vaccine, i am assuming they will go for this as well, you should get a booster. we already said anybody who got j and j should get a booster. and the parallels we can create among these three vaccines, the better the ef

monica gandhi with ucsf thank you for being with us the >> thank you. >> we have spent so much time honing in on the delta variant variant. but there were a bunch of variants before that, alpha, gamma, how does that st. croix up against those and what do we know about how dangerous this could be. >> you're right only alpha, beta, gamma and delta have taken hold. delta has been the dominant variant in the world since the beginning of march when it arose in india at a 4% vaccination rates. there were others lambda, no one paid attention to because they went away. why are we concerned about omicron? two reasons, one it could be more transmissible than delta. even though we have to wait a while to determine that for sure. because once you look for something you find it. and it's -- i think it's important that the w.h.o. has not said that definitively. the second is that it's spike protein which is the little piece that sticks out. it has 32 mutations on it which is more than the delta variant which has 11 mutations. however, the important thing is vaccinations are going to work against in vari

joining us to talk about that it is a ucsf infectious disease specialist. thanks for your time, right before thanksgiving. >> always a pleasure, kristin. kristen: we will start with, what is covid toe? is it a real thing? >> it is definitely a real thing. it is a purple patch that develops on your toes, your fingers, your elbow, and happens once to four weeks after covid. particularly if you've had mild symptoms, like aaron rodgers, it is textbook. it kind of illustrates that the immune system is kind of on a rye, making these lesions on your skin after the fact. kristen: what you are looking at they are, the video, is of a bear area -- there, the video, is of a bay area woman. she had to get a few things amputated. explain how a respiratory infection can lead to elements of the toes, fingers, etc. -- ailments of the toes, fingers, etc. >> there is a viral phase, you get exposed to the virus, and as the inflammatory -- there is the inflammatory phase, when your body gets angry because it sees the virus. that is about inflammation that can kill you. like in

but here to help talk about this is ucsf infectious disease expert doctor peter chin. doctor chan, always great to have you here. helping assuage our concerns with the new information or should we be concerned. are you going to make us more worried. so tell us from the beginning about this variant and why it's such a big deal and why it's different. >> yes, so thanks having me on, james and ari, i think the big red flag was in south africa when they were kind of law in cases. kind of like where we were in california and all of a sudden they so a big swing up. so they decide to investigate and wonderful in one province called go tang. there a bunch of most of the cases are coming from this area in south africa. but 70%. and there was a big upswing in cases. might many young people aged 18 to 34 from the university and they found that it was this weird very and that had a ton of new medications, more than any other variants of 2030, mutations over on the spike protein. 10 of them at the end of the spike which might make it so that was kind of the red flag. the rate of in

lecturers at ucsf are not expected to strike.s held in downtown oakland today, calling for an end to deadly gun violence. that rally was organized the rally organizer. excuse me is calling for mayor libby shaft. the city council, community organizations and churches to all sit down together and work out a plan of action. organizer pastor nicholas alexander says the group should discuss racial disparities and other issues that young people are facing, which could cause them to turn to violence. i'm out here because i want to shootings to stop. i love my city. i love oakland. and with kids getting shot. it's time to put the guns down. so far this year, there have been 120 homicides in oakland. that is the highest number since 131 were recorded back in 2012. a jury is now deliberating the fate of kyle rittenhouse, who is accused of fatally shooting two people during a protest. authorities are getting ready for the potential for violence after the verdict is reached in wisconsin. coming up, we'll get a live report from kenosha. also

lecturers at ucsf are not expected to strike.ate drop its covid vaccine mandate for public school students. three. this was the scene in sacramento yesterday. more than 4000, parents, students and teachers rallied at the state capitol. they're protesting governor newsom's recent decision to require covid vaccines for california students as soon as the eligible. down in southern california some parents kept their children out of school yesterday as part of a protest demonstrators say they want to keep students home from school to show the district how many students they could lose if the mandate is put into place. san francisco mayor london breed honored the city's unsung heroes of the covid 19 pandemic. the ceremony was held at the steps of city hall where each hero was recognized for their hard work over the past 18 months. the mayor says those who were honoured when above and beyond to help people in neighborhoods that are typically neglected. the people standing up here with me today. they rolled up their sleeves. they didn't

>>> streaming tomorrow on cbsnbay area we dive into a landmark study from ucsf where they implanted a women's brain to stop her severe depression. the athletics marcus thompson, you can find cbsnbay area on kpix.com or the app. we are also on the cbs news app. you can download it for free on your >>> baseball up top. the world series cracks into november. this man behind my should. bob r in oa a's we w w helooked , gold and white. melvin for the san diego padres team jersey as he was introduced as the 22nd manager of the franchise. letting him out of his final contract of the season. >> you know who knows where they are going, they tend to turn sometimes. they, you know, we have different players there from time to time based on the fact that it is a little bit of a smaller budget. not the case here. and, you know, it is different for organizations, i am not sure which one is there right now. >> which brings us to this. the a's sent an e-mail survey to fans of the las vegas aviators, minor league team, the questionnaire was intended to engage interest in a possible relocation to the d

i just talked to a ucsf infectious disease expert who assured me on a zoom call. the kids given a higher dose on accident will be just fine. he knows that because kids were given the adult dose and the pfizer's trial, just how it got approved in the first place. and then no adverse effects. but we'll get into in a second. let's talk first about what happened and that is in a statement from sutter explained exactly what happened from doctor jimmy hugh, the chair of the hospital's covid-19 vaccine task force. it's also a pediatrician. he said, quote, this weekend 14 patients in aac pediatric vaccine clinic received vaccines with an incorrect amount of dilution. and as soon as we learned about this we contacted the parents and advise them of the cdc guidance in the situation. doctor hugh continue to say the safety of our patients is our top priority and we immediately reviewed our processes to make sure this doesn't happen again to break this down for you a little bit. the vaccine is supposed to be diluted before being administred. but sutter health did and a little

ucsf researches headed up that study and found that during covid, the recreational time by teenagers doubled to nearly eight hours day, and that does commute knot include remote schooling or school work. >> i don't think it's a surprise, but it was a little surprising for me to hear that the average nationwide for teenagers was eight hours, and that that was outside of schooling. so the total amount of screen time that teenagers were ex- motioned to is quite a bit higher. >> spending more time on screens can have mental health consequences including depression and anxiety. >>> coming up, football game flap. the california team that blew out its opponent, but is now taking the heat for what some are calling a classless win. >>> plus. >> a seal pup that normally spends most of its life at sea is found wandering the streets of san rafael. >> yeah, he was very lucky to have been rescued when he was. >>> coming up at 6:00, mass can sell as creating a new mess for bay area travelers. >>> another round of rainfall means the situation on the ground here in marin county continues to improve,

hahn from ucsf is with us. nice to see you on this thanksgiving eve. i am fully vaccinated. i just got my booster. but is there recommendations for people in my group? >> yes. so i think you're fully vaccinated and you have the booster shot. so you have to ask who got recently tested. testing is not the holy grail, but it adds another layer of defense of that group getting together. and based on those answers, should i open the windows, do i need to have a filter? >> many of us do have a best friend or family member that's not fully vaccinated or not vaccinated at all. >> you can low terrific by testing that person. it does predict infectiousness. so if you do one and it's negative, you know that uncle tom is not going to spread covid, even though he's unvaccinated at that dinner table. >> would you recommend many of us getting tested on monday after all the gatherings then? >> well, again, it depends on who you're going home to. if you're going home to a job like health care or essential work, you may want to help protect the people you get in contact with by doing a test,

. >> reporter: ucsf professor of medicine says the omicron variant concerning features are found on the spike proteins. >> there are 30 mutations in the spike protein. about 10 mutations on the edge of the spike which allows the virus attached to the body and that might make it secure and make it look different enough so that antibodies from the vaccine or from natural immunity don't recognize it. >> reporter: health experts say it is still early to tell if it can cause severe illness or if the vaccines work against it. >> do you feel concerned at all about traveling with the now variant going around? >> no. not yet. >> reporter: pfizer and moderna says they can adjustment vaccines as needed and johnson&johnson is testing it right now. back to you. >>> still ahead tonight at 11:00 and cbsnbay area. the trick that one sierra ski resort is using to reopen in dry conditions. >>> plus, a holiday tradition returns to the streets of fremont. the traveling celebration of the season. >>> later, how san francisco firefighters pulled off a rescue with a jetski and a rope hi honey! hi mommy! oh i

we also invited our covid expert from ucsf to sit with us here. doctor, nice to see you. we'll think of this as an office visit. okay to play along? is the first question from a parent. >> i just want to understand how efficient that is to prevent kids from getting the disease and how safe that is for kids to get vaccinated. i think that's my two major questions and definitely want to hear more from the medical experts how it goes. >> okay. very good point. let's start off the bat. safety and effectiveness of the vaccine, doctor. >> so safety i think we've had a trial of more than 2,000 kids just in that age group 5 to 11. one-third of those seem to be better tolerated than the full dose in older kids and young adults with fewer fevers, fewer chills. efficacy, more than 90% in the trial against symptomatic infection, but, you know, this is not the first time a vaccine similar age group. remember, there have been millions of vaccines. there isn't much difference between ages 11 and 12. you know, the age of the immune system is relatively similar in the spectrum of adolesce

imposing travel bans to eight countries, even though the world health organization and at least one ucsf help expert advise against that travel restrictions. don't stop transmissible respiratory virus. there are ways to stop other things to travel restrictions, but not this already two cases in the uk it just goes everywhere. that's what respiratory viruses do. the world health organization is extremely against travel restrictions, and i agree with them. the w h o says they don't know much about the omicron variant and are still learning right now. it seems to be more transmissible, but not yet avoiding vaccine effectiveness nor creating a more severe case. covid-19 when asked if more travel restrictions are coming. vice president, kamala harris says that's something the u. s will take one step at a time. travel experts say, brace for that possibility it take a wait and see approach you want to say, super informed? stay aware of the news of the day. be aware if you have reservations in place. keep an eye on them. if you know it's not impossible for airlines to switch the timing os demand

. >> reporter: the ucsf says testing is not necessary for vaccinated groups unless someone was exposed to the virus, in a high risk group like the elderly or one person is unvaccinated. he says for special circumstances, getting a rapid test is just fine. >> you want to know somebody is infectious at that moment, right? that is what the rapid tests do. >> reporter: he is grateful his friend is on the same page about getting tested. >> i think it just gives us extra comfort before we hang out nonstop for three to four days. >> if people were vaccinated more than six months skpaeg have not received the booster that is another special circumstance to get tested. in san jose, kpix5. >> extra layer of protection. still ahead, a bay area restaurant serving up delicious indian food for three decades is back. tonight, the owner tells us how they managed to hold on with a little help. >> every disaster has a seed of opportunity. >>> 3, 2, 1. >> tphrasa attempting something straight out of the movie -- nasa attempting something straight out of the movie "armegedon" hi honey! hi mommy! oh i misse

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one doctor from ucsf says the kids should be ok. >> headache, muscle aches, fever, in some cases, chillsg clinical trials, kids were given 10, 20, and the adult dose of 30 micrograms. he says negative effects in the higher doses were not seen. as to going forward, sutter health says, we immediately reviewed to make sure this does not happen again. still, denise and her husband want details from sutter health as to how something like this could have happened. >> there has been nothing clarified as to how this happened to our children and the other 12 involved and it is unacceptable and negligent, completely negligent on their part. j.r.: j.r. stone, abc 7 news. dan: do you want to get your covid booster shot but are confused over mixed messaging? some county health officials say get the shot right now, while the cdc says only if you are 65 years of age or older or may have risk factors. kate larsen set up to clear of the confusion. kate: do not turn a patient away he was requesting a booster, that is what california's public health officer wrote last week, saying all adults in the state s

peter from ucsf. nice to see you. should people be concerned if they got one brand over the other? i know i have asked you this before, but it seems like we always need this answer. >> i think people shouldn't really be concerned. i think the main issue is that people who are eligible for a booster in the most dangerous category should just get one, regardless of what type. as soon as possible. and that category is those who are older than 65 and those who are immune compromised. for the people who are at risk for ongoing exposure, probably less important to rush out and get it, but it does have a lot of meaning even if you get infected and you have to stay away from work or you bring the virus to grandma across the country. >> doctor, interesting data in santa clara county. they're pretty much saying if you're 18 and older, come on down. we want to get you vaccinated. were you surprised by that move? >> not surprised at all. i think it was a prescient move by santa clara county. colorado is doing it also. the writing is already out there, the train has left the station, because i