Welcome to todays hybrid hearing to have subcommittee on the committee of oversight and government reform. Some members will appear in erson and others will appear remotely via webex. Pursuant toe latest guidance from the house attending physician, all individuals attending this hearing in person must wear a face mask. Members who are not wearing a face mask will not be recognized. Let me also make a few reminders for those members that are appearing in person. You will only see members and witnesses appearing remotely on the monitor in front of you when they are speaking in what is known as active speaker mode. A timer is visible directly in front of you. For the members appearing remotely i know that you are all aware by now. But let me remind everyone of a few points first. You will be able to see each other speaking during the hearing. Whether they are in person or remote as long as you have your web said to active speaker mode. If you have any questions about this activation, plea
To dede. Glad you could join us. Cons are demanding accountability after that of australian troops allegedly killed at least 39. 00 afghans in cold blood. During deployments in afghanistan, a 4 year investigation by the Australian Defense forces found that the troops of elite army units were involved in dozens of unlawful killings which could amount to walk. Crimes. Australian troops have been in afghanistan for nearly 20 years as a majority of the alleged mud were committed in 20122013. The alleged actions of australian forces, enough aniston being described as one of the darkest chapters in the countrys military history. The defense minister Linda Reynolds made no secret of her revulsion at the report 2 weeks ago. And it made me physically ill. And it was very, very distressing raid. Because i know she said the consequences should be far reaching and doesnt represent. Its not just about the individuals who committed these allege and crimes, but its also lessons for throughout the chi
Thank you. That passes. Item three is the directors report. Commissioners, grant colfax, the health director. A few things in the directors report. We had the pleasure of participating in an announcement with senator scott wiener and mayor breed with reintroducing the Safe Injection Sites. The senator plans to reintroduce this bill in december. As you know that Safe Injection Sites have been a priority for the department and in alignment with mayor breeds priorities. We need these evidencebased proven interventions more than ever as fentanyl continues its uncrease in San Francisco and we have estimated that weve had more than 470 Overdose Deaths in the first month of 2020. And so this is a muchneeded intervention and it remains a priority and able to participate with the senator and the mayor in announcing the fact that that the bill will be reintroduced. We continue to encourage everyone in the city to get a flu shot now more than ever. This is certainly not the year to skip on a flu
Asking the u. S. Regulators to allow emergency use of the covert 19 vaccine developed by its german partner beyond tick. It starts the clock on a process that could deliver limited 1st doses as early as next month. Pfizer and biotech have announced that their vaccine appears. 95 percent effective in preventing mild to severe covert. 19. Austria has announced plans for mass testing to begin next month. Testing the general population will be carried out in 2 rounds, one in december and 1 in january participation will be voluntary. The World Health Organization has said the drug rendez, of ish, should not be used to treat patients hospitalized with covert 19. It had been same as a potential treatment, but the w. H. O. Said there was a lack of evidence that it improved patient survival rates or reduce the need for ventilation. 75 years ago today, the trials opened in nuremberg of 24 high ranking members of the nazi dictatorship. The judicial proceedings were the 1st of their kind. The nure
For example, here in the u. K. , we have 40000000. 00 doses of the argument with these. So as soon as the our prize ation is done within the middle of next month, meaning that by mid january, the emergency doses will be distributed to the vulnerable communities and the front line workers. But we really what were looking for, the vaccines where you have a car and for me is really the 1st quarter of when they go, well, exactly documented. Thats exactly what i wanted to ask you about. I mean, obviously this is really positive development every once, you know cautiously excited, but realistically, how fast can this fact same be produced in the sufficient quantities that you and i and everybody could be vaccinated. And life returned to normal. Very important question and probably a hot debate in coming days is that how quickly we can not only just manufacture but also distribute because distribution or something is a big challenge. I mean, even if we look at both the, you know, 6070 percent