The formal application caps a period of speculation that this would be occurring. We are seeing pfizer in premarket rise nearly 2 , biontech down. 3 . Interesting to see how this is confirming what a lot of people have expected, but adding to the risk on feel that we are seeing in markets today. The sense we are going to move past this period that has been incredibly painful economically, as well as socially. Francine lets get the details from fan from sam fazeli from bloomberg intelligence. The news is out. How quickly can some of these clearances be given . Sam good morning, francine. Fdahe u. S. We have the meeting coming up on december 10. It is possible they move on that pretty quickly the next day or the day after. And then in europe, this is the combination of a process that started off sometime in early october where the companies have been filing their manufacturing , and there is no new data in the press release. So it is possible that we should get a European Response by bef
First we have to talk about these cold temperatures this morning. It is a downright cold morning. It is and weve had to bundle up. Some of us had to turn on the heaters this morning. Some cool afternoons as well with a lot of sunshine. The rain has moved out. Im watching these freeze warnings that we have in effect for parts of the north bay and frost advisories. So the plants need to be taken care of. Mike, how is it looking for the commute . Kari, its looking great. Were looking at no problems on the big map as we showed you. The dumbarton bridge got wind advisories from chp saying they got gusty conditions overnight an issue for folks driving over i80. Marcus you have an issue some of my drivers might see. Breaking news, mike. This is a live look where firefighters are in the midst of battling a fire at the Georgia Pacific paper plant. Crews are pulling out what they can. That thick cloud of smoke and you can see there the waterspout right there. Smoke has cleared. New cardboard box
[roll call]. Directors, thats seven ayes and item 14 is approved. At this time you are scheduled to go into closed session. We have not yet received any indication that a member of the public wishes to address you on the items listed. However, they have an opportunity to do so now by pressing star 3 if they have already dialed in. Since there is a slight delay between our speaking and sf gov tvs live streaming, we will go ahead about wait about ten seconds or so, giving folks an opportunity to indicate whether they would like to speak on the items for discussion in closed session. All right, it does not appear that any member ts of the public wish to address you on any of the items in closed session. There are a couple of members from staff and the team, so whats going to happen now is the i. T. Function is going to take effect to change your viewing ability, basically exiting the room, if you will, so that the board can get into closed session. I will as well be doing so. So well get
To account for over half of cases. And i just want to emphasize that we are strategically evaluating our efforts specifically in the Latino Community. Im happy to come back to the commission to report back on those efforts. Weve done a lot, and its clear that we need to continue to do more. This inequity has been with us since the beginning of the pandemic. We are focusing more testing and more testing resources and working more with the Latino Community providing lowbarrier testing. Our Contact Tracing and Case Investigation teams have expanded dramatically, and including providing culturally appropriate services and also providing Wraparound Services in Broader Health care needs and Behavioral Health needs, and youll be happy to know that we continue to offer isolation and quarantine options for people who are not able to safely quarantine at home. But theres certainly more to invest there, and im happy to return to the commission to report specifically on our efforts in the Latino C
Great. Well, i have the privilege of welcoming you all to the september 1, 2020 meeting of the Public Health commission. Welcome to the staff as well as members of the public, and i also have the pleasure of telling you im chairing the meeting today because it was commissioner bernals his 50th birthday, and i cant imagine why anyone would want to take their 50th birthday off. However, hes decided to do so, and so im sure youll join me in wishing him the very best for his birthday. So i guess the next agenda item is the minutes. Yes. Thank you, commissioner. Item 2 is the approval of the minutes of august 18, 2020, and i can check to see if anyone thats in Public Comment, please press star, three to raise your hands. I have a change to the minutes. The minutes show me as present, and i dont believe i was present at that meeting. Thank you. Commissioner, and i apologize for that mistake. That was me. And there was actually somebody with their hand raised, so im going to let me get my tim