Fours tapers actually chris sacchi rather she talked to a doctor at u c s f and she has concerning the weekend celebrations in how people were affected by that taylor. Can begin theres no doubt about it its definitely concerning to see an increase in those daily cases, but the good thing well if you want to even call it that, but the important thing to know is that San Francisco is in seeing an increase in hospitalizations that will be important because we typically see those hospitalizations increased as cases increase. So of course experts are now warning people to stay vigilant and to not get too comfortable, especially as the temperatures drop. Like many other bay area cities, San Francisco is also seeing a rise in coronavirus cases recording more than a 100 new daily cases over the past few days. Experts like doctor, peter chin, hong at ucsf say this is happening for several reasons people are getting comfortable and probably having more small gatherings and more people are also t
Ucsf believe this is for 3 reasons the first is were only as good as whats around us so if we saw in the country the rest of the country is on fire is like excluding with covid. And so is this because of the hot even with reduce travel, there are people going back and forth second. He says people are getting more comfortable lax in their precautions and probably having more small gatherings number 3 is its getting cold. So we know that these respiratory viruses love call not only because temperature aspect they survived betting cool but michael does is it brings people together you are if you go more likely going to meet somebody and then endure, setting versus outdoors. Something that doctor chan hong is more worried about after seeing celebrations on saturday once a president elect was announced while hundreds of people flooded castro street. Vast majority were Wearing Masks you may remember when we had black lives matter protests. People were also wearing their masks and the city di
And, commissioners, Public Comment . Clerk those of you on the Public Comment line press star, 3, to make a comment on the minutes. Star, 3. All right, no hands raised. So we can move on. President bernal upon review of the minutes, commissioners, a motion to approve. So moved. Second. Clerk i will do roll call vote. [roll call] great, the item passes. Next is the report. Im sorry . Is it okay if i call out . President bernal yes. On the minutes. Clerk okay. So the next item, number 3, the directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners. The director of health, and i will summarize and take any additional questions. Theres a lot going on in the world of Public Health. Some good news, september 9th the Supreme Court upheld proposition c, which will free up hundreds of millions of dollars for funding for homeless services, including a significant amount that will be dedicated to the Behavioral Health services for homeless individuals. So we are looking forward to hearing more on the lega
Says, comparing xoe ce ining cou once again as the death toll crosses 2 10,000 the white house is blocking new fda vaccine guidelines for the coronavirus and the eu is putting the Pfizer Covid Vaccine on a fast track. Shares of pfizer and bioand tech are moving higher ahead of the bell stimulus talks, maybe were stalled again. Theyre set to talk by phone again today. But well, who knows at this point. Hard to say. I wouldnt even try to venture a guess as to whether they make progress they did talk for an hour on the phone yesterday. Pelosi told Democratic Leaders today that talks are going slowly. Right well, look, gary kelly is one of the greatest executives that i have ever met. And he was on squawk and he is actually doing some shortterm furlough, get people back. When hes doing it, you go ta action. Gary is one of the foremost his record is the whole airline record to never lay people off i think thats a clarion call to washingt washington if gary has to do layoffs, there are other
And, commissioners, Public Comment . Clerk those of you on the Public Comment line press star, 3, to make a comment on the minutes. Star, 3. All right, no hands raised. So we can move on. President bernal upon review of the minutes, commissioners, a motion to approve. So moved. Second. Clerk i will do roll call vote. [roll call] great, the item passes. Next is the report. Im sorry . Is it okay if i call out . President bernal yes. On the minutes. Clerk okay. So the next item, number 3, the directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners. The director of health, and i will summarize and take any additional questions. Theres a lot going on in the world of Public Health. Some good news, september 9th the Supreme Court upheld proposition c, which will free up hundreds of millions of dollars for funding for homeless services, including a significant amount that will be dedicated to the Behavioral Health services for homeless individuals. So we are looking forward to hearing more on the lega