District includes contra costa and santa clara california. Thanks for being here. Good to be here. Thank you. I know you were affected by the shutoffs at your home this time around and for quite a while, too, right . About 48 hours. This morning we were throwing away everything in our refrigerator and freezer and im sure everybody had the same experience. Its not a small thing, im not trying to minimize but what other problems can be brought on by the poweroffs. The company thats doing this are doing it because they fear the wind event will create wildfires. It comes from a good point of concern, which we all have, but its because that their electrical grid hasnt been hardened and they think these winds can create the fire event were fearful about. So they created these Public Safety power shutoffs. There are people that rely upon power for life. Life meaning their electric wheelchair, keeping their medicines cool, heart and lung machines, and those folks are in great danger when you s
Happened with astrazeneca, what is your best estimate for when a safe vaccine will be available . Dr. Redfield one thing i have learned is the cdc director, i business. The opinion im in the data and signs of it. What does the data and signs suggest . Dr. Redfield based on enrollment right now that is going on with the pfizer and moderna, that it is conceptual that they will have enough data to present it to the fda for evaluation somewhere before the end of october and the end of november. The reason i cannot be more specific is because these trials are event driven trials. They are 100 dependent on how much covid occurs in the volunteer population. If it is a lot of these individuals having to get covid independent of what group they are in, and the potential for them to have enough events if the vaccine is very efficacious will be in the october timeframe. If the vaccine is 50 efficacious, it might be in the late november timeframe. If there are fewer events and it vaccine, andd mig
A government review in early october. Moderna had talked about a phase three trial in september. Astrazeneca before this is in phase three. Backdrop and what happened with astrazeneca, what is your best estimate for when a safe vaccine will be available . Dr. Redfield one thing i have learned is the cdc director, i business. The opinion im in the data and signs of it. What does the data and signs suggest . Dr. Redfield based on enrollment right now that is going on with the pfizer and moderna, that it is conceptual that they will have enough data to present it to the fda for evaluation somewhere before the end of october and the end of november. The reason i cannot be more specific is because these trials are event driven trials. They are 100 dependent on how much covid occurs in the volunteer population. If it is a lot of these individuals having to get covid independent of what group they are in, and the potential for them to have enough events if the vaccine is very efficacious will
One thing i learned, the cdc director, not in the opinion business, the data and science. When does the date and science exists . Based on enrollment with pfizer and moderna it is conceptual that they will have enough data to present it to the fda for evaluation before october toward the end of november. The reason they cant be more specific is these trials are event driven trials, they are 100 dependent on how much covid19 occurs in the volunteer population. A lot of the individuals, a total number of events the potential for them to have enough events, the vaccine will be in the october time frame, the vaccine is 50 it might be in the late november timeframe. If there are fewer events and a good vaccine, might be in the November December timeframe. Somewhere between the end of october and end of the year it is probable one or more of these vaccines will be presented to the fda for review, emergency authorization or potentially. By that time was would be the time range when we start s
America, the director talked about covid19 trials, the virus impact on minority communities and issues with politicizing the cdc. This is 30 minutes. The cdc had guidance not that long ago about a vaccine with the state healt Health Agency ay said it was on track for government review imager not had talked about phase three trial in september astrazeneca talked about vaccine in october. Against the backdrop and this happened from astrazeneca what is your best estimate with a safe vaccine being available. One thing i learned is a cdc director, im not in the opinion business im in the data and science. When does the data suggest. Based on whats going on with pfizer imager not that it is conceptual and they will have enough data to present it to the fda for evaluation somewhere before the end of october and the end of november. The reason i cannot be more specific is these trials are event driven trials in the really 100 dependent on how much covid occurs in the volunteer population. If i