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
San francisco has been touted as a Success Story for containing the pandemic. So why is the city suddenly rethinking reopening. When the virus takes off it takes off quickly. The south babies group under fire for a racist attack ad. In just a matter of hours, bay Area Voting Centers will open their doors, what election workers want you to know. Plus how the Postal Service is taking major steps tonight to ensure mailin ballots are received on time. Good evening, im elizabeth cook. And im ken bastida. Streaming on cbsn bay area, looking live tonight over the city of San Francisco, a city that has the lowest coronavirus death rate of any major city many the nation. But tonight, city leaders are pumping the brakes a bit on some new reopenings. Kpix 5s andrea borba on the troubling new data. Reporter this is not the first time officials paused reopening plans in the city amide the covid19 pandemic. Dr. Grant colfax with the department of Public Health says its unsurprising. Outside north be
Population to 4. Thats a 25 increase. That might not sound like a lot. But when this virus starts taking off, it takes off quickly. That case rate put San Francisco in the orange and the hospitalization rate jumping from 21 to 37 patients is in the red tier. Heres what the pause means, indoor pools, bowling alleys, and gym locker rooms will stay closed. Restaurants and houses of worship will stay at 25 capacity. Schools however are still a go with approval. This grill in the financial district that planned to reopen at 50 capacity will continue to stay closed because of the pause. Managing partner of water bar calls the pause on increasing restaurant capacity to 50 disappointing but understandable. Its a little bit of a set back to us from a pure Business Economic standpoint. Also of concern for businesses that have taken advantage of Outdoor Dining and the shared spaces program, the changing weather. Heat lamps are up now but wont stand a chance against the rain. Sometimes these parti
For days before Derek Chauvin was charged with the murder of george floyd. Three other officers on the scene charged as well with aiding and abetting chauvin in floyds death, and there is no doubt the first days of those demonstrations in minneapolis were critical in the effort to force minneapolis leftwing City Government to force the mayor to force the police chief and then the prosecutor to finally act. The demonstrations in dozens of other cities around the country were organized and orchestrated by the national left, antifa, black lives matter, and they ranged for two weeks. Raged for two weeks. And we will likely always remember the tragedy of George Floyds death, but we will also remember vividly the senseless violence that followed led by the left and sanctioned by the radical dems. And we will never forget the spectacle of those demonstrate theres who demanded fellow demonstrators who demanded fellow americans kneel before them. Mayor Eric Garcetti kneeling as a hostage of the
For days before Derek Chauvin was charged with the murder of george floyd. Three other officers on the scene charged as well with aiding and abetting chauvin in floyds death, and there is no doubt the first days of those demonstrations in minneapolis were critical in the effort to force minneapolis leftwing City Government to force the mayor to force the police chief and then the prosecutor to finally act. The demonstrations in dozens of other cities around the country were organized and orchestrated by the national left, antifa, black lives matter, and they ranged for two weeks. Raged for two weeks. And we will likely always remember the tragedy of George Floyds death, but we will also remember vividly the senseless violence that followed led by the left and sanctioned by the radical dems. And we will never forget the spectacle of those demonstrate theres who demanded fellow demonstrators who demanded fellow americans kneel before them. Mayor Eric Garcetti kneeling as a hostage of the