Special edition of Nbc Bay Area news. Im janelle wang. Im garvin thomas. Were on early because the Nfl Season kicks off in an hour. Its the cowboys versus the Tampa Bay buccaneers. We begin with the big announcement from the white house. Within the past hour, President Biden unveiled his new strategy to get covid under control. Its a six Point Plan getting everyone vaccinated is number one. Further protecting those who are vaccinated, keeping schools open, increasing tests and requiring masks, protecting our economic recovery and making sure those who do get covid have the medical care they need. Lets talk about some of the finer points to meet those goals. The president says companies with 100 or more people must require the employees to get a vaccine or undergo weekly testing. All federal workers must get vaccinated with no option to opt out. He is also calling on states to require shots for teachers and school staff. The path ahead, even with the Delta Variant, is not nearly as bad
Across the country. Also shock and sadness, a 14 year old girl found dead at home, and the investigation now under way. And you can smell the smoke in the air. Fire is creeping closer toward Lake Tahoe. Were tracking that raging Caldor Fire and the smoke that threatens our own Air Quality. Good evening, im raj mathai. Is it simply symbolic, or will todays Fda Approval Prompt more people to get vaccinated. More workplaces will require employees to be vaccinated. Reporter pfizers covid vaccine is the first to be given Fda Approval. It is 91 effective in preventing disease. Many predict the approval will be enough to convince holdouts to finally get the shot. At the individual level we know from the Kaiser Family Foundation that one third of the unvaccinated folks may be more willing to get a vaccine if its fda approved fully. Reporter public health experts say the Fdas Decision has more wideranging implications as the state struggles with a surge in covid cases driven by the moreinfectio
Morning, though. Take a look at this. Weve got beautiful, just partly cloudy skies sitting over San Francisco right now looking at some of those low clouds actually being lit up by the glow of the city right now. Really nice view of the city. We have a couple of spots of low Cloud Cover that are making for some poor visibility. Mostly honor hillsides overall Visibility Hasnt been that issue this morning. So as you are trying heading into Work Watch for maybe a couple spots on Hillside Center causing you to not so far in front of you. But overall, were doing pretty good 50s and 60s for your current temperatures hayward at 60 degrees each right now conquered san mateo in livermore each at 57 degrees a little cooler than yesterday for some of us. But really not all that much of a change. Wakeup planner shows that by the time we reach the afternoon. Also not looking at much of a change as far as daytime highs go, were going to stay cool today with highs mostly in the 60s 70s 80s not talkin
Companies to step up the Vaccine Requirements. The highly anticipated Intelligence Report on Covid19s Origin may be just days away. Nevada evidence says this was a naturally occurring virus not to stay could not have been under study secretly at the Wuhan Institute and gotten out. Ainsley we start with the urgent deadline looming as President Biden decides whether to keep boots on the ground in afghanistan. Steve the president is going to meet with his national Security Team before joining World Leaders for a virtual G7 Summit to see how the world feels about whats gone wrong in afghanistan. Brian his own Military Calls and says if you want us out you better tell us today. Griff jenkins from washington as the Military Leaders warn the president you have got to listen to us for once. Griff that sounds like the situation. Americas closest allies like britain, g7 over extending this August 31st deadline which the taliban calls a Red Line. Extended that means theyre extending occupation. T
Having a genetic disorder that weakens the immune system, having untreated or advanced hiv infection, and several other conditions. Many people who are immunocompromised do not produce higher levels of antibodies against sarscov2 after a covid19 vaccination. The way we see with people with normal immune systems. Some dont produce any antibodies at all. Antibodies seem to play some kind of protective role after a vaccination, although theyre not the only part of the immune memory. So the data for third doses for mrna vaccines is primarily people who had solid organ transplants, so that people who had heart transplants, kidney transplants, lung transplants and so on, and it showed that people who have had transplants, some actually who dont have that many antibodies before the third dose, when they get a third dose, boost a lot, but some actually didnt boost at all. So not everybody within this group will respond. So as far as knowing whether you fall into one of these groups, the cdc wi