Immunized group. And so thats how you get the 95 its just 95 percent, which is really good because the other Team Last Week by pfizer was around 90 percent. So were getting more data that we could. This virus is ok so that this all sounds like good news. One of the things that people are going to be concerned about is the speed at which these things are going to be a big developed. Normally, it takes years for these things to develop to hit the market with done this in less than a year. So does that mean that safety is being compromised or, or what has happened to allow this to happen so quickly . Yes, safety is not in for anything. Were actually slowing it down in terms of base 3 trials. Remember a couple months ago we were trying to speed up politically and i was not good. Whats actually happening is 8. The money is now flowing at a much faster rate. Were in the middle of a global pandemic. Really Financial Resources are readily available. And in terms of infection, vaccines rely on
And welcome to tomorrow. Today the science show on t w images of Plastic Waste in landfills and our oceans have become so commonplace. We risk becoming immune to them, but plastic is a serious problem that wont go away on its own. More and more plastic is manufactured every year. In 2018, most went to packaging 12 percent was used for consumer products. We should all reduce our plastic consumption because sooner or later it all ends up as waste. But how can we tackle all that discarded plastic, tiny part of the solution to this gigantic problem . Our reporter kristen collar decided to find out and made a few new friends on the way. These warnings are doing something that we always thought was impossible. But yet they creating the nonbank readable jesting, the non digestible. Theyre even plastic. This is how they would use a piece of styrofoam in just the week. d if we could harvest their super power, we could get 3 or 4 plastic trash in weeks, rather than send to reach. A could see fro
We got light rain falling across the entire south bay. This is the way it looks on 87 as we take a look at the tower cam right there. As we head into the afternoon hours, temperatures will hit the low to mid 60s. Notice the rain shield much smaller by the evening commute. Kumasi . All right. Thank you. Were starting this morning with a major announcement overnight about pfizers covid19 vaccine. We know youve been tracking these vaccine developments closely. Now pfizer says it is days away from seeking fda approval. Jobina has the details. Pfizer says its vaccine is 95 effective against covid19 in the final analysis in its phrase three trial and the Company Plans to file for fda authorization within days. Once thats given, pfizer will deliver millions of doses possibly before the end of the year. Its not known how long the immunity will last after receiving the vaccine. Pfizer said the vaccine caused only mild side effects, the most common one was fatigue which happened in 4 of voluntee
Antioch, as well as morgan hill. A look at the rest of the forecast coming up. Mike, how is it looking right now for the commute . Looking great right now. We have a little different pattern for the week. Golden gate bridge, no problems on the span. How very light the traffic flow is and as we look at the map ive circled the area where the sensors are slower heading towards the bridge. Theres a crew that should be clearing right about now right on schedule so i think that should be shortlived. Ill doublecheck and let you know if anything is going on there. No slowing for oakland. I see changes in the trivalley. Well have that coming up. Mike, thank you. President elect bidens transition is now official with the green light from the Trump Administration to get to work. Here is a live look at the white house. This is where, despite the new development, the president is not giving up his fight against the election results. Today in the bays tracie potts joins us with the very latest. Good
Up especially right over or ind a, walnut creek, along 680 up through concord. You can see the light showers and up across the north bay. Yontville. Getting light shower activity there. We are still looking at that wet weather in spots just enough instability and unsettled weather for us for today. As you take you through the afternoon we are looking at a few more showers that are possible. Also catching a little bit of sun in spots as well. Highs in the upper 50s to low to mid60ss. Future cast when everything wraps up for us. Details in just a few minutes. New details on a 113 milliondollar settlement against apple. A multistate settlement accusing it of misrepresenting iphone batteries and slowing down the performance of older model phones. This from allegations that the company misled consumers about throttling, basically reducing a phones system performance on purpose to stop phones with older batteries unexpectedly shutting down. The phones in question are the iphone 6 and 7 and a