Health experts recommend the public to get vaccinated, so they can reduce their risk or level of infection when they are out.
USCF infectious Disease Specialist Peter Chin-Hong broke down those numbers more.
“So about 1 in 40 right now with no symptoms end up being positive on the test which means that you’re going to a crowded Safeway or Traders Joe’s about 1 in 40 or 50 people have COVID with no symptoms,” he said.UCSF has four levels of how alert the system needs to be with one being the lowest. Level one is exactly where it is, which is why Dr. Chin-Hong and other experts say there’s no need to panic. But it might be time to go back to some old habits.
“I think if you’re in a crowded area and you’re not actively eating and drinking it’s still a good idea in some situations to think about wearing a mask,” said Dr. Yvonne Maldanado with Stanford School of Medicine. Experts are more concerned about how little people are getting bivalent boosters, a vaccine that provides protection against the original strain and the omicron variant.“There’s different numbers around the Bay Area but they’re certainly not high," said Maldanado.To be clear, doctors said we’re not nearly in for the winter we were last year. But as we all know there are various diseases going around like the flu or RSV which is dangerous for kids.
COVID cases in California are rising as we approach the holiday season. Raj Mathai speaks with UCSF infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Chin-Hong about this new COVID surge.
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