Desensitized to these numbers. Imagine three boeing 747s crashing every single day. Thats what were looking at right now. Thats abc thats abc 7s special go ahead, ama. Please. Sorry, dan, go ahead. Thats abc 7 news special correspondent dr. Alok patel who just spoke on our 7 00 news getting answers. Good evening to you. Im dan ashley. And im ama daetz. Dr. Patel talked about 1,000 deaths a day. Experts say that could soon hit 2,000, matching or exceeding what we saw in the spring. Thats because just a little while ago we learned that a quarter of a million americans have died from the coronavirus, passing the number dr. Anthony fauci predicted in march. And tonight several counties are seeing the most Covid Patients admitted in a single day since the last wave hit in july. It raises the question will hospitals have to ration care . Abc 7 news iteam reporter stephanie sierra is digging into this question and leads us off tonight. I have not been in the military and i have not been in wa
Square today empty space that would usually be packed with visitors. San franciscos lack of tourists could mean cuts to programs that residents rely on. A brks krrbc 7 News Reporter me woodro has the story. Reporter suns around San Francisco say welcome, were open and visitors are few and far between. One of the campaigns is our gate is open. While that gate just got closed two days ago. Reporter steve rizzo is general manager at hotel g. The hotel has been closed for eight months. Rizzo estimates theyve lost 8 to 12 million in that time. I imagine that a lot of places are in the same boat as we are. Your cash flow runs out when you have no Revenue Source coming in. Reporter according to the quarterly status report released this month by the controllers office, the hotel tax is expected to drop 43. 4 million below the expected 126. 2 million. One of the things that visitors really do is help to pay the cost of living in San Francisco and without them, its going to be noticeable for all
Photographs show the reach of the 1918 influenza epidemic to all parts of the nation. These records show us the human and societal cost of the pandemic. They allow us not only to look back at that time but also to look ahead as the information they contain may help guide present day inquiries and increase our understanding of the disease. Dr. Jeremy brown is an emergency physician and was the Research Director in the department of emergency medicine at the George Washington university here in d. C. Hes now director of the office of Emergency Care research at National Institutes of health. Dr. Brown is the author of more than 30 peerreviewed articles and three books including the oxford american hand book of emergency medicine and the handbook on cardiology emergencies. Hes recently received an nih directors award for his efforts supporting research in nonaddicting methods of pain relief. Jacob apple writing in the new york journal of books says brown is clearly a man who knows the flu.
Fight that virus without destroying jobs and families. Today, i am issuing another order. This is a mandatory order. We have issued several that contain mandates and recommendations. Most of the recommendations are becoming mandates, orders, with criminal penalties attached. I am issuing a mandatory home or work order. A home or work order that goes into Effect Tomorrow afternoon at 5 00 p. M. Everyone under this order should stay home unless they are working, their visiting family, recreating outdoors, unless they obtain a necessary goods or services. Those are the limits. We are closing no additional businesses. Those businesses have been closed in previous orders. Mandatesare requiring of the Retail Stores that are open and that is the must limit the customers. We must have social distancing in the stores and that is no more than 5 customers for every 1000 feet in a Retail Business or 20 capacity according to the fire marshal. Whichever is less. Violation of any of these requirement
War i. In november of 1918 the people of combat nation felt relief that the years of warfare and death were over. Yet another threat to life was reaching across the nations into homes and schools and hospitals, the flu. Influenza pin democrat 1918 killed more people worldwide then killed in combat in the war. Many records housed in the National Archives here in the Washington Area and many other field locations, documents this effort break in the United States and writers reports, books, telegrams show the reach of the 1918 influenza epidemic to all parts of the nation. These records opena a window oo the world of 101 years ago and show us the human and societal cost of the pandemic. They allow us not only to look back at times but perhaps also to look ahead. As thepa information may help guide present inquiries and increase our understanding of the disease. Doctor jeremy brown is an emergency physician and was a Research Director in the department of emergency medicine at the George W