More on the accuweather sevenday forecast coming up. Thanks, mike. Happening today the cdc will meet with the countrys top Health Adviser to discuss a possible covid19 vaccine. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine as early as next week. Dr. Tom freeden explained how the cdc is going to decide who gets priority. How many lives are you going to save . Second is what is fair . What is the fair way to do it. The third is, how can we do this openly, transparentally so no backroom deals. Groups with high priority include people in Nursing Homes and essential workers and although a vaccine may be approved soon, the Vaccine Program may face some bumps in the road. When you vaccinate millions of people, some people get sick after the vaccination and you dont know whether that was the vaccine or coincidence. That has to be studied carefully or all sorts of wild rumors flying around. Thats another place where you really need transparency. The full interview with dr. Freiden coming up. We are get
Workers and people in longterm care facilities to be the first ones to get it. The covid19 tracking project found the u. S. Hit a Record Number of new cases in hospitalizations. More than 210,000 new cases reported just yesterday and more than 100,000 people are in the hospital with covid19. Abc News Reporter faith in washington with the president elect bidens plan to slow the spread. Reporter more americans yesterday died from covid than weve ever seen, and now president elect biden is promising a new plan. Thursday the darkest day more than 210,000 new infections. President elect biden promises a different approach. On the first day im inaugurated to say im going to ask the public for 100 days to mask. He plans to keep dr. Anthony fauci on board. I asked him to be a chief medical adviser for me as well and be part of the medical team. The Covid Task Force anxiously waiting for a vaccination as cases rage across the country. And hospitals moving in mobile morgues. We became completely
Can see from our east bay hills camera. Expect this light wind to keep pulling that fog to the west as we head through the morning commute. It will turn to hazy conditions and high clouds this afternoon. Temperatures pretty close to average with upper 50s along the coast and about 60 to 63 degrees for the rest of us. Reggie . Thank you. This morning another major announcement about a covid19 vaccine. Oxford university and a astrazeneca revealing the vaccine theyre developing shows a strong immune response in older people. Jobina, this is important since these are the people so vulnerable to the virus. Older people are more likely to have Underlying Health conditions that make coronavirus more dangerous. Having a vaccine just as effective in older and younger patients is significant here. Participants also showed few side effects. The last steps of oxfords phase three trial are under way now so they could be seeking approval for the vaccine in a matter of weeks. This comes as americas d
Have visibility as low as a couple hundred feet around sfo and petaluma. Its going to be here for the entire morning commute. And as you look at the breezes, this will slide slowly south so it could fill in parts of the east bay shoreline also. But i dont think it is going to quite get over to the east bay valleys. This afternoon, a touch of haze behind, but definitely sunglass weather. Above average temperatures. Low to mid 60s. 61 to 65 around the bay. 58 to 66 along the coast. More on this first day of meteor logical winter coming up. Heres reggie. The cdc will meet with the top Health Advisors to discuss a possible covid19 vaccine. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine as early as next week. How the cdc will decide who gets priority. How much good are you going to do . How many lives are you going to save . Second. What is fair. What is the fair way to do it. The third is, how can we do this openly and transparentally so theres no backroom deals. Its clear what is happening. Dr. Fr
Heres a look at the Golden Gate Bridge. We have an east wind at 11 00. Thats an offshore breeze. Its brought a little smoke from the valley. There may be a little fog developing in our north bay valleys. Weve been watching yosemite down around modesto yesterday and this morning. Look what its done to the south bay. We have unhealthy air for those most sensitive. We have moderate air just about everywhere else. Well keep an eye on it. Technically its not a spare the air day, but when they issue one, maybe it will stick around for the better part of the day. Mid60s around the coast. 70 in morgan hill and fairfield and up in ukiah. Its going to be a warm day. Governor newsom announced sweeping the restrictions in an aggressive move since march. This order will take effect by region, not by individual counties. The state is now broken into five regions and they are northern california, greater sacramento, the bay joaquin valley. Tis order kicks in by region when hospitals get under 50 capa