Abc 7 News Reporter stephanie sierra is live with some battleground on each of those doctors. And stephanie what they bring to the table. Reporter yes, dan, its a big deal to see not one but three highly respected doctors from ucsf represented on this board. All of them bring a wide range of expertise to this team, highlighting the bay areas success responding to the pandemic. The Biden Administration making a strong first step to building a National Strategy to fight the pandemic. Appointing a 13member covid19 Advisory Board comprised of Public Health experts across the country. Theres so much good work happening at state and local levels across the country, governors, mayors, theyre stepping up. The Advisory Board will listen and learn lessons from their experience. Reporter the experience coming from the bay area, includes ucsf david kessler, dr. Robert rodriguez and eric goosby. Bob wachter has worked with each of them personally. The three people that have been chosen bring very d
Testimony before the House Judiciary Committee was delayed by almost an hour yesterday after the panels chairman, congressman jerry nadler, was involved in a car accident turns out, he was wearing his mask wrong during barrs appearance yesterday, chairman jerry nadler accused barr of politicizing the Justice Department said barr, objection. During attorney general William Barrs appearance yesterday before the House Judiciary Committee, barr said he does not believe that there is systemic racism in Law Enforcement but he did go on to say, thank you for the suggestion well certainly certainly give it a try. When asked yesterday about Infectious Disease expert dr. Anthony faucis Approval Rating, President Trump said, hes got this high Approval Rating so why dont i have a high Approval Rating with respect to the virus . Which is kind of like a jets player saying, i dont get it the patriots are winning this game i mean, how come were not winning this game . Same ball, same field. I dont get
Key. Many businesses remain boarded up. This hairdresser is out of work but stopped by lincoln avenue to support the local economy. Its important that were safe. Its good to have rev w this go back to normal. Reporter as of friday, Santa Clara County doesnt say when it plans to move into phase two of the plan to reopen california. Stanford University Infectious disease expert dr. Winslow says the slow and steady approach makes sense given some of the unique characteristics that make up the bay areas most populous county. You have East San Jose which is much more densely packed. You have Multigenerational Families in housing and closer quarters. Reporter the pandemic has sickened and caused deaths among communities of color, particularly latinos. This Health Officer says the only tool to protect the vulnerable is to bring down Community Transmission across the board. We dont suddenly have herd immunity, suddenly have a vaccine. We have the same conditions that we had in march. If we did
People are still trying to adjust to the new night light in s San Francisco. One in three primary doctors are concerned about having to close their practice over covid19. A mild start to the weekend, but tomorrow it is all about rain moving to the bay area. The hour by hour forecast. Abc 7 news at 11 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abcws od eng. Im eric thomas. It looks almost like business at usual before the pandemic. Things are definitely picking up, maybe a little bit too much and the city has taken notice of the large crowds outside the bars. Lauren martinez has our story. Today was definitely the busiest i have seen on Chestnut Street. There is a lot more people coming out i feel like as the weeks progress. Reporter retails sales are up at California Wine merchant where they converted their window into a sanitizer station. This barrier helps. Im the only one in the shop. Were doing a lot of deliveries as well. People are extre