Vaccines give an update on research, production and distribution. The house energy and commerce subcommittee heard from representatives from pfizer, moderna, astrazeneca, novavax and Johnson Johnson. His hearing is three hours. The oversight will now come to order. Subcommittee on oversight investigation and closing hearing entitled to expand the availability to Covid Vaccines. The purpose of todays hearing is to examine manufacturing ongoing effort and production of Covid Vaccines in the United States. This is a covert Public Health emergency, todays hearing is being held remotely. Participating Via Video Conferencing and the purposes is to eliminate inadvertent background noise. I have a feeling well need to do this again, unmute your microphone each time he wished to speak. If at any time unable to hear, the chairman of the committee serve until they can return. Documents for the record set is the email address provided to staff. The chair recognizes her for opening statement. The s
To order. Subcommittee on oversight investigation and closing hearing entitled to expand the availability to Covid Vaccines. The purpose of todays hearing is to examine manufacturing ongoing effort and production of Covid Vaccines in the United States. This is a covert Public Health emergency, todays hearing is being held remotely. Participating Via Video Conferencing and the purposes is to eliminate inadvertent background noise. I have a feeling well need to do this again, unmute your microphone each time he wished to speak. If at any time unable to hear, the chairman of the committee serve until they can return. Documents for the record set is the email address provided to staff. The chair recognizes her for opening statement. The subcommittee mission is the ongoing covid pandemic site. We held hearings examining various aspects of the crisis including the federal governments response to covid, ramping up the testing and development of vaccines. Last july, we heard testimony from sev
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Bay area hospital workers in San Francisco and Contra Costa County where the first to receive vaccinations today. Good evening, i am julie haner. This is a light at the end of the tunnel. Amber lee is live in martinez where Healthcare Workers rolled up their sleeves this afternoon. Reporter more than a dozen hospital workers here volunteered to be among the first to get vaccinated. They said they waited a long time for this day to come. [ applause ] reporter in martinez on tuesday afternoon, this is the first of 14 volunteers to get the covid 19 vaccination in Contra Costa County. This is a big, important feet of modern medicine. Reporter the doctor recalls treating covid 19 patients at the beginning of the pandemic. The scary part wasnt being in the rooms, it was driving home and saying, i just treated a novel virus. I was in the room. I have no idea what the effect could be. Is it all my clothing or my hair . Reporter they received 9750 doses of the vaccine on tuesday morning. They a
That. I dont want people to scare folks, but this is a deadly disease. The state also released an emotional psa encouraging people to wear a mask, physically distance, wash hands, and stay home, saying hospital staffing remains the biggest concern. The first people in San Francisco have now received their first dose of the pfizer coronavirus vaccine. A doctor, two nurses, and a Radiology Technician were the first to be evacuationed today at San Francisco General Hospital. So far hospitals in the city have received 12,500 doses of the vaccine. The city made it clear until many more people are vaccinated, its still important to follow safety guidelines. Reporter its a sight San Francisco Public Health officials have been preparing for as the first pfizer vaccination got underway at zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. We gave our first vaccination for covid19 here at the hospital to drew antonio gomez, a Critical Care physician who has been taking care of some of our sickest covid