Contact tracing is largely gone. I think and i believe that we should be treating every case as if its a variant during this pandemic right now. The good news according to dr. Anthony fauci is Johnson Johnsons new singledose vaccine could help get more people vaccinated and prevent severe disease and hospitalizations as the virus continues to mutate and replicate. We have now a valueadded additional vaccine candidate. This is a singleshot vaccine in which you start to see efficacy anywhere from 7 to 10 days. It is inexpensive and the company is capable of making doses in the numbers of billions. Joining me now nbc news chief White House Correspondent and Weekend Today cohost Kristen Welker. Dr. Celine gounder, a member of bidens Advisory Board during the transition. And patrice harris, former president of the american medical association. Kristen, how difficult is it proving for the biden team with such a short transition, if any, to get their arms around the shortage of doses and the
Not to build housing. I want places for my kids to be able to live. I want others to enjoy what i enjoy which is housing security. Thank you. [indiscernible]. Im here to speak in support of the lot. Im personally squared when i transfer i wont be able to come back home and start a family. This is a perfect opportunity for that. What better way to have the inaugural day than starting off on the west side. Im really excited for the project and hopefully you can support it as well. Im a neighbor in this area. I dont support the project only because i dont support the height of it. Its a complete mismatch with the neighborhood. I love that were adding more Affordable Housing to the neighborhood. I think we need to consider the height of it. Most housing is two stories, this is four stories. Its a complete mismatch. Im a resident of San Francisco in d8 and a renter. I strongly support this project. I think if you look at it replacing a gas station with environmentally Family Friendly housin
Colfax, director of department of Public Health to dive into one of the most complicated issues that we have focused on including information about the data. Today dr. Colfax and i are going to talk about the data the department of Public Health is tracking and what it means for San Francisco in our ongoing response to covid. We know there are a lot of numbers out there. Like the Key Health Indicators Available Online and it can be difficult to keep track what it all means. I know at the end of the day Everyone Wants to understand exactly what this means and when will we open . This is so fundamental to the decisions we make forral of you every day. We want to explain it to make it easier to understand. The data shows where we have been in San Francisco. It gives us insight into where we are going. It gives us the ability to change course if we see a concerning spike like recently. We had to pause the reopening activities and businesses as a result. With data we can model what the futu
examing potential vehicles and capabilities for a three month deployment. Just a short deployment and next slide please. Its important to recognize the federal and state regulations that are working in the safety standards. Approval is required if we intend and are able to carry passengers and public pangers. Those are the four types of critical approvals that well need moving forward. An area where were demonstrating without the public. Were recognizing the cd nineteen issues here. In all cases were looking at safety as paramount so working through those type of discussions with the regulatory agencies and with that hwa. Next slide, please. Lets talk about the next steps right now. I already drafted and have submitted the double clickments. Concept of operations. Thats a technical term. Later this year and into early next were going to issue a question for information from potential vendors to get their, in essence thoughts and important Critical Data in terms of how they see the indu
Do we have any announcement. Clerk yes, due to the covid19 Health Emergency and to protect commissioners City Employees and the public city hall is closed. However, members will be participating in the meeting remotely. This precaution is taken pursuant to the various local and state federal orders, declarations and directives. Commission members will attend the meeting through Video Conference and participate in the meeting to the same extent as if they were physically present. Public comment will be available on each item on this agenda. Both channel 26 and sfgov tv. Com are streaming the number across the screen. Each speaker will be allowed two minutes to speak. Comments to speak are available via phone by calling 4156550001. Then pound and then pound again. When connected you will hear the meet discussion and in listen mode only. When your item come up, dial star three to be added to the speaker line. Best practice is speak clearly and slowly and turn down your television or radio