We will get feedback on the time of day. Ok. I have several announcements for you today. To begin, i know many of you and the American People are interested from the news coming from Johnson Johnsons trial data. The president is encouraged about the data about a potential new vaccine. He knows this is just new data and now is the time for the fda to do its job to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the vaccine. He continues to urge all americans to mask up and follow Public Health guidelines until it is their turn to get vaccinated. I know there might be a lot of questions about the trial data or Johnson Johnson. I will not get ahead of the experts, who you all get to hear from in the next hour in our Public Health briefing from the Covid Response team. They will discuss this and what this means then. At wednesdays briefing, i shared some of the engagement and outreach the white house is doing to move forward the American Rescue plan from the president , Vice President on down. That wo
Map showing e spread of the pandemic, that april 17th brin peak, the july 20ifth summer peak, the low point between summer and fall of september 19th and so far in the fall, e fall peak two weeks in november over 2 million cases, the total at that time 12,772,000 total cases but the headline is how the surge, inside usa today they write about that and a quote from matthew fox, professor of epidemiology at Boston University school of Public Health, he says it was inevitable it was going to get to the mountain states and when it got there there were so many susceptible people it was ready to take off. Matthew fox said we learned this time and time again in a reaction that pays off, wait until the spread is already substantial at that point your measures to contain the virus are really shutting things down completely. He also said it would be foolish to try to pin widespread outbreaks on single events such as the sturgis motorcycle rally, rather he said small get togethers make the spread
Addition to the pandemic relief and fighting the coronavirus, what else should be a priority. Republicans, one line, democrats, one line, independents and others,. One line you can also send us a text. Include your name and where you are texting from. And onter, cspanwj facebook. We will hear from a couple of members of Congress Later in the program. We will ask them both about the status of a potential pandemic relief bill. We will also show you some of the highlights from last nights cnn interview. First, a piece from page of washington journal using data from johns hopkins. The whole front page, if you go online, you will see the interactive map showing the spread of the virus across the country. The april 17 spring peak, july 25 at summer peak, the low point between the summer and fall of september 19. So far, in the fall, the fall peak to describe, two weeks in november, over 2 million cases. Over 12 million cases. The bottom line is how the surge engulfed. They write today, about
Update on what the surge means for your holiday plans. Dont gather. Its not worth the chance of losing the life of a loved one. Theres more covid around the community. Its more prevalent. You are more likely to get infected with covid. Just because its more available. This comes as record numbers are reported across the state. Over 15,000 new cases confirmed in california. Another rortd breaking day in santa clara. 512 new cases. Some shoppers are already acts like its black friday. Big crowds despite warnings and restrictions. Life from the shopping out lets in liver more. Those are always crowded. But during the holiday, its a mess. Youre right. This year is so surprising. Its so early. The beautiful Christmas Tree behind me. This parking lot has been packed. You can expect to see long lines and a long wait at many stores. Its jammed in the middle of a pandemic. From above you can see a busy day of shopping. Long lines and shoppers hoping to catch a great deal. Save 50 off and additi
The determination by the Planning Department that the proposed project is categorically exempt from further environmental review. Item 38 is a motion conditionally reversing the determination, and item 39 is the motion to prepare the findings. I believe you may be muted, mr. President. President yee i believe these items were continued to a later date. Supervisor mandelman, did you have any remarks . Supervisor mandelman yes. I did not anticipate we would be continuing this today. Weve continued it several times. Yes, this has been pending for us for sometime, initially, it was delayed because of shelter in place. More recently, we have continued it a couple of times because of the because of health issues. The counselor for the appellants is sue hester, who i think folks know, and she believed that she would be able to present and participate today, and then turned out, for reasons beyond her control, that she would not, but she promises that she will be available if and will not ask