Is the San Francisco Giants fan attendance COVID policy overly cautious? We asked some experts.
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Lou Seal, the San Francisco Giants mascot, waves to the fans outside the ballpark during their game against the San Diego Padres at Oracle Park on July 28, 2020 in San Francisco, California.Ezra Shaw / Getty Images
Beginning with the home opener on April 9, in order to attend a San Francisco Giants game at 22% stadium capacity, all fans ages 12 and older must present either proof of a COVID-19 vaccination or a negative test result from the past 72 hours.
Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease expert at UCSF, described the policy as major overkill.
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Your COVID vaccine card: What to do if you lose it, and the right way to laminate it
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Dr. Stephen Hall, director of psychiatry at the San Francisco Campus for Jewish Living, holds an all-important vaccination card after receiving the coronavirus vaccine in December.Nick Otto / Special to The Chronicle
As coronavirus vaccinations open up to all California adults this month, millions more people will receive the 3-by-4-inch piece of cardstock that records the details of their doses.
That card carries key pandemic personal information so naturally, you should start by making sure you don’t let it crumple in your wallet or accidentally lose it. But many may be looking for more information about how they should keep and protect their cards, and what they’ll use them for.
Why are side effects more intense with the second COVID-19 vaccine dose?
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This is normal and shouldn t deter people from completing their vaccines series, experts say.
In trials of both the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines, more people experienced side effects after the second dose. The early advice we gave people who were getting vaccinated was that when you’re getting your second shot, you can tell your employer, Hey I’m getting my second shot, it may be that I call in sick, so then you anticipate it and you re not afraid of it, said Dr. Peter Chin-Hong, an infectious disease expert at UCSF.