woolridge. >> good evening. nice to meet you. i'm a pediatrician at ucsf. i'm in partnership with the san francisco unified school district. to make sure that i'm educating everyone on the virus and on how we can reopen schools safely. i will now turn it over to the doctor. >> good evening. i'm the deputy director at the san francisco department of public health. san francisco department of public health overseeing the covid response for the entire city and schools essential to that response. we are part of the routine that is helping with school reopening. >> thank you. now, i will pull up the slides for dr. woolridge then we'll go into presentation on covid-19 and children both on the variant and the vaccine. >> thank you, so much. i'll be starting off with giving you some tips about covid-19 and children, the vaccines and the variants. this slide is meant to show that covid-19, since the beginning of this pandemic and currently now, it is still mostly a pandemic very much driven by adult beha

daniel woolridge. >> good evening. nice to meet you. i'm a pediatrician at ucsf. i'm in partnership with the san francisco unified school district. to make sure that i'm educating everyone on the virus and on how we can reopen schools safely. i will now turn it over to the doctor. >> good evening. i'm the deputy director at the san francisco department of public health. san francisco department of public health overseeing the covid response for the entire city and schools essential to that response. we are part of the routine that is helping with school reopening. >> thank you. now, i will pull up the slides for dr. woolridge then we'll go into presentation on covid-19 and children both on the variant and the vaccine. >> thank you, so much. i'll be starting off with giving you some tips about covid-19 and children, the vaccines and the variants. this slide is meant to show that covid-19, since the beginning of this pandemic and currently now, it is still mostly a pandemic very much driven by adult behavior. i want to take a moment to look at this slide here on the

woolridge. >> good evening. nice to meet you. i'm a pediatrician at ucsf. i'm in partnership with the san francisco unified school district. to make sure that i'm educating everyone on the virus and on how we can reopen schools safely. i will now turn it over to the doctor. >> good evening. i'm the deputy director at the san francisco department of public health. san francisco department of public health overseeing the covid response for the entire city and schools essential to that response. we are part of the routine that is helping with school reopening. >> thank you. now, i will pull up the slides for dr. woolridge then we'll go into presentation on covid-19 and children both on the variant and the vaccine. >> thank you, so much. i'll be starting off with giving you some tips about covid-19 and children, the vaccines and the variants. this slide is meant to show that covid-19, since the beginning of this pandemic and currently now, it is still mostly a pandemic very much driven by adult beha

woolridge.es it challenging with the delta variant, people want exact information. we know that it's performing differently indoors versus outdoors. we know that being outdoors is almost the ultimate in ventilation. there's not a trapped room for particles to spread. again, if people are in close proximity, that sort of increases your risk, so as we think about how to support sfusd and creating guidelines that they think of as guidelines, we need to keep in mind the information from the san francisco department of public health and the c.d.c. i think parent should have some input into their risk tolerance, and so for a given family, if the risk tolerance is low, meaning, they want their child to be as safe as possible, they can train their child to keep their masks on at all times except for eating, so including outdoor play. but again, as the data comes out, if there is some suggestion how the delta variant is performing in outdoor spaces, we would make sure that the sfusd knows that as soon as

woolridge. next question, i believe chief miss the will muni be able to be run so children can take public transit to school? my understanding is that m.t.a. and muni are working on that. you might have more information. >> you are correct. muni, the school district hasn't run muni and sfmta. we understand that they are working on ensuring that day trappers or the buses that generally service our schools, are the ones that will return to regular service. masking is required on all muni buses. >> we have lots of questions. we're going to get to them as much as possible in the last eight minutes. we're getting lot of questions related to close contact. the question is, can students who get exposed to covid-19 and get no or mild symptoms still be able to attend school virtually? i believe that is for the superintendent or chief smith. >> as dr. matthew said, for students who are quarantining, the school will be providing instructional material for them during their quarantine period. there will not

i will say that we are not expecting cases within schools to be zero, as dr woolridge said.ssion and in home transmission will still occur. but the goal is that we have everything in place to prevent transmission from happening within schools and keep in mind. things will look different at schools around the bay area and up and down the state. all schools will require masks to be worn for those attending in person, and many schools will have new start time so families will have to check with their districts to see what time to drop those students off when school begins in san francisco christian captain ktvu fox two news. defense secretary lloyd austin is set to announce a vaccine mandate for all active duty forces in the u. s military. it will impact 1.3 million service members about 64% by the way, are already vaccinated. this comes as president biden is urging all federal employees to get the shot. the official announcement is expected friday. the fda could grant the pfizer vaccine full approval by next month. the new york times reports that the food drug administration h

i will say that we are not expecting cases within schools to be zero, as dr woolridge said. community transmission and in home transmission will still occur. but the goal is that we have everything in place to prevent transmission from happening within schools and keep in mind. things will look different at schools around the bay area and up and down the state. all schools will require masks to be worn for those attending in person, and many schools will have new start time so families will have to check with their districts to see what time to drop those students off when school begins in san francisco, christien kafton ktvu fox two news. up next copa testing sites are busy once again across the bay area, and it's not the only for the unvaccinated that are getting testing. why there are more calls for the vaccinated with symptoms to get checked as covid cases continue to go on the rise. plus we're a little more than a month away fromide whether governor gavin newsom stayshave a recap of last nights first debate among. some of the top contenders on the ballot looking to repl

instruction can be done safely. will say that we are not expecting cases within schools to be zero as dr woolridge said, community transmission and in home transmission will still occur. but the goal is that we have everything in place to prevent transmission from happening within schools. and keep in mind that things will look different at schools around the bay area and across the state. all schools will require masks to be warrant for those attending in person, and many schools will have new start time so families will have to check wr district to see what time to drop those students off when school begins. we're live in san francisco christian captain ktvu fox two news. alright, christian. thank you. just about 30 minutes ago. we also spoke with state superintendent tony thurman and we asked him if there is a possibility that schools would shut down again, if covid cases keep going up, and we begin to see outbreaks of various schools we like to avoid being in a situation where we can't provide in person instruction to our students. most of our parents have said that they want it. many of our s

transmission in classroom settings is low and in person instruction can be donehools to be zero, as dr woolridge said. community transmission and in home transmission will still occur. but the goal is that we have everything in place to prevent transmission from happening within schools. and things will be different at schools around the bay area and across the state this year, all schools will require masks to be warned for those attending in person, and many schools will have new start time so families will have to check with their district to see what time to drop those students off when school begins this year. we're live in san francisco christian captain ktvu fox two news, christian. thank you. well, the first have school for kids in the oakland unified school district is just days away amid another surgeon, this covid pandemic and the school district has committed to returning to full in person learning for the first time in more than a year, the first day of school is this coming monday. however right now it's not clear how many teachers have been vaccinated and the district is not requi