Near the beniciamartinez bridge. Forward progress has been stopped in that fire but some of these fires burning pretty close to home, so were going to keep an eye on that for you. But our big story to start the week and certainly this monday, joining us to talk about the latest covid trends in california and the bay area is ucsf epidemiologist george rutherford. Great to see you. How are you . Terrific, thank you. Nice to be back. Hope you had a good fourth of july, a safe one. Lets start with the covid picture. Governor newsom laid it out for us a few hours ago. It doesnt seem good but can you start with the bay area and then move on to the state and the nation, quick snapshot. Sure, theres been about 30,000 cases of covid reported in the nine county bay area including napa, sonoma and solano but 600 only, im each death, is not just a statistic but gives you an idea. In california, closer to 300,000 cases and 6,400 deaths and nationally, were at 2. 9 million cases and almost 130,000 d
Sanitizer available. Employees must have proper protective gear. Employees must be trained on how to curve the spread along with monitoring any symptoms. Only napa and the bay area say they will be ready to open retail tomorrow. As for restaurants those guidelines are still being developed. Were hoping to get more on tuesday is hinted at. Thank you so much for joining us and the owner of curry up now. You. They do have brick and mortar restaurants. Good to have you. What is your reaction to to im very appreciative of the cautious approach hes taking. Its a lot when youre starting to talk about a Dining Experience at a restaurant. Theres a lot more issues we need to take into account. I was happy with it. I like a lot of residents are really looking forward to getting back to the restaurants we love but we need to do it in a very major and cautious way. What do you think about it . Were you hoping to hear more or is this what you expected . Just as expected. I wasnt really expecting muc
Head. Thank you both for joining us today via zoom. How is it going . Good. Good. Not sure who wants to start. This big announcement is the one californians have been waiting for. The biggest takeaway i got from today was the governor saying, were still in stage one, essential only. We are wakeeks away from stage o when schools, childcare centers, open spaces and nonessential offices can reopen with social distancing. I guess, phil, i will start with you. Whats the reaction in the bay area among mayors and county supervisors . So far, they are actually in the lead on this. They have had more stringnt guidelines than the governors up until this point. They are taking a look at it. It was interesting, what happened was the bay area council, a collection of the biggest employers in the bay area, took a poll of ceos. About 178 of them. They found seven out of ten said they wanted the businesses back to reopen within the next 30 days. That is going to be a challenge for the governor. Yes, i
Professor, thank you for joining us. Thank you for having me. I read about your lab. You have been doing fascinating work. In the battle against covid19. From making face shielding to developing new disinfecting systems is that right . Exactly right. We have been doing a lot of work trying to harness the ability of uv light to kill bacteria and virus and create systems that can be in hospitals. I know you really both know a lot about the different types of uv light and clarify any misconceptions in the public. The president speculated on the use of two things. Disinfectant and uv light. Possibly hitting the body with it. Thats led to questions. When most of us here uv light we think of the rays from the sun that we try to block. Do you think thats what the president was talking about . No. So theres uv light which is a broad category. And within that theres uva and b. Which makes it through the atmosphere and the o zone. Thats what you think of in skin cancer and sun block prevents. Th
Macys, looking at their Curbside Pickup. Plexiglass, that barrier between at the floor here. You see those dots on the floor for social distancing, as you stand in line and, obviously, theyre putting out a lot of owner of the bow arrow education for customers, keeping clothing boutique in Sonoma County that will open tomorrow their distance and it looks like for the First Time Since this theyre also going to have a lot of Hand Sanitizers and asking pandemic began. Mercedes hernandez, thank you people not to shake hands, for continuing with us. Things like that. And theyll be cleaning and you are not going to accept returns right now, right . Disinfecting frequently. Yeah. So, lets give you some so, right now, we are being reopening guidelines that the pretty strict with our returns. Governor provided for retail. Im not sure when we will lift for now hes suggesting pickup or delivery only with physical that new policy that we will be distancing, handsfree payment. Enforcing. Were kind o