Nbc bay areas thom jensen, when will the hospitals start to administer the vaccine . Reporter that is still up in the air. We have not gotten any response from the hospital with that question yet. Yes, 2,000 doses, just 2,000 arriving here at sf general today. A lot of relief from the frontline workers that were finally on the attack against this virus. But also a warning from Public Health officials not to let your guard down yet. The virus is everyone, and most of us wont even be eligible to get the vaccine for several months. Confirmation that the first 2,000 bay area doses of the Coronavirus Vaccine arrived at San Francisco general this morning also came with a sobering reminder from San Franciscos top health official. It will be a long rollout and too late for this surge. Reporter Public Health director dr. Grant colfax laying out the bigger problem. Just as the vaccines start coming in, icu capacity down to 7 statewide. And it doesnt appear that this downward trend will be changi
Has disinfected they can use. We have spaced out the room to be as safe as possible for my staff and minority staff , thank you for working together to set up the room. It has been 40 something days since the senate has been able to meet the committee has a lot to do related to the coronavirus but we also have things that are necessary like filling judicial vacancies we are getting comments throughout the country about the vacancies and how they are impacting the ability to deliver justice in various states that we will be as part to that as we can. My democratic colleagues are requesting hearings state and federal and Detention Centers and for immigration purposes we will try to Work Together to have those hearings i am curious myself about our nations prisons and immigration Detention Centers so we are working as quickly as we can hopefully we will have a hearing about liability issues related to the virus and what we can do as the congress to safely open the country to minimize lega
Order. Order. This is a meeting room set up differently to deal with the reality we all face as a nation trying to practice social distancing and good hygiene. Thank you for coming everybody has disinfected they can use. We have spaced out the room to be as safe as possible for my staff and minority staff , thank you for working together to set up the room. It has been 40 something days since the senate has been able to meet the committee has a lot to do related to the coronavirus but we also have things that are necessary like filling judicial vacancies we are getting comments throughout the country about the vacancies and how they are impacting the ability to deliver justice in various states that we will be as part to that as we can. My democratic colleagues are requesting hearings state and federal and Detention Centers and for immigration purposes we will try to Work Together to have those hearings i am curious myself about our nations prisons and immigration Detention Centers so
For more on the corona virus response we are joined by the chief medical officer for the National Association of Committee Health centers. Before we talk rotavirus, just remind us first, what Community Health centers are, how many there are the nine states . T steam at centers are really the comprehensive care, ambulatory care Centers Across the United States. Their 1400 organizations, each has a multiple sites averaging eight to nine so there is about 12000 Committee Health center sites. Tr around the nation they are very strategically placed in every state, territory, the district of columbia, and also puerto rico. We offer comprehensive care which includes primary care medical care, dental oral health, disorders, and many other things that we do. We are the connection to relate the safety net. We have 49 medicaid patients, we have 23 uninsured, we are the ones on the front lines providing primary care to the communities that really need it. Those uninsured, what happens with those f
Host this is Clarence Page, a columnist for the Chicago Tribune joining us on this thanksgiving day. We appreciate your time. Especially this morning. Guest glad to be here. Host i will read the headline of your column. It says welcome to the other side of a generation gap and enclose the journalist from years ago. Although we still have to face our responsibilities someday, our first impulse is to turn our backs and form a Second Society of our own. Someday we shall know for whom the bell tolls but for now the sound is covered by the sound of our hot rods and beatles records. . Wrote that guest i wrote that in 1965. The quality has held up so well over all these years. Our wonderful advisor, bless her heart, she just passed away a couple of years ago at the age of 102. She first put the bug in my ear about considering journalism for a career. I thought she was not at the time. Host what are you hoping to accomplish when you wrote that . Guest my generation had been a cover story in ti