Were taking an ominous turn. Lets go to Jackie Deangelis following all of this and some of the restrictions being put in place to respond to this. Jackie. Reporter good afternoon to you, neil. Thats right. The market is lower because of spike in cases. Weve been talking about pretty much all week. That is after we got the news pfizer or biontech come to stronger conclusion on their vaccine it would be 90 effective. There are still so many questions about this. Today on mornings with maria the biontech founder talked about the vaccine, how long it might protect people. Roughly a year or so listen. Theres a good chance that the vaccine not only will protect us but could protect from infection or virulent infection for a significant period of time. I personally expect that the vaccine could protect us with, with protocol for a year. If we learn we need to reimmunize. We could do that after one year. Reporter meantime the pfizerbiontech vaccine was not the only one in the works, right . We
So little perspective on this moment, its quite impossible to say. I think the perception that many people in the United States and of course also around the world have that this is an extraordinary unusual time something we are the time out of time, will be curiosity in the future people will look back and wonder about that very wonderment i think its an interesting phenomenon. When you think about today do you compare it to any period in history . Jill lepore as a historian im interested in analogies we have a cognitive tendency to enjoy analogies to find d one thing to be like another all the time. Just in the same way and the kind of person that sees likenesses and family members, and look at a new baby and say, that looks just like great grandma someone so. Have the same time, even as they say i recognize a lot of that is minded perception, my need for familiarity. I think there has been for most of my career as a historian the question to ask historians is what time is this like.
When he throws it up jump up and hands on 3, 2, 1 please rise for the pledge of allegiance. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of america, and to the republic for which it stands one nation under god with liberty and justice for all. President , i would like to take roll call. [ roll call ]. Clerk you have a quorum. Thank you, all. Welcome to the february 12, 2020, meeting. We have a long presentation regarding the budget tonight, so we will have two minutes for Public Comment. With that, we are ready for the first item. Clerk item 1, consent calendar, receive and file action. Sfpd dpa protocol report 4th quarter 2019. Do we have a report on this or this is just to accept . We dont have anyone from the d. P. A. Who can help us . Why dont we skip that item and go to the next item for now. Clerk line item 2, reports to the commission, discussion. 2a, chiefs report. Weekly crime trends. Provide an overview of offenses occurring in San Francisco significant incidents chie
Take roll call. [ roll call ]. Clerk you have a quorum. Thank you, all. Welcome to the february 12, 2020, meeting. We have a long presentation regarding the budget tonight, so we will have two minutes for Public Comment. With that, we are ready for the first item. Clerk item 1, consent calendar, receive and file action. Sfpd dpa protocol report 4th quarter 2019. Do we have a report on this or this is just to accept . We dont have anyone from the d. P. A. Who can help us . Why dont we skip that item and go to the next item for now. Clerk line item 2, reports to the commission, discussion. 2a, chiefs report. Weekly crime trends. Provide an overview of offenses occurring in San Francisco significant incidents chiefs report will be limited to a brief description of the significant incidents. Commission discussion will be limited to determining whether to calendar any of the incidents the chief describes for a future commission meeting. major events provide a summary of planned activities a
The committee will come to order. Good morning to everyone and without objection, the chair is authorized to declare a recess of the committee at any time. With that, i will now recognize myself for my Opening Statement. I am honored to be convening todays hearing. My very first as chairwoman. As we continue to mourn the loss of our dear friend and colleague, chairman elijah cummings. And as i sit here today in his chair, i am mindful of his Lifelong Mission to seek not only Common Ground but higher ground. With that in mind, i am very pleased to hold todays hearing on an issue we have been fighting for, for many years. The need for comprehensive paid, family, and medical leave. It is an important its important for people to understand the Current Situation in our country. Right now, we are one of only two nations in the world that does not provide our workers with any form of paid family or medical leave. The United States and papua new guinea. I remember when i was pregnant with my f