Into work this morning that could definitely slow you down a bit and results in lower visibility of that splashes on your vehicle looking outsider mount tam camera here you can vaguely make out the city lights down below it looks like of the east bay in the distance in sausalito down right there at the bottom of the camera what we are going to be seeing today is eventually a calmer picture this morning. We still are in the midst of some isolated showers that are falling San Francisco in the peninsulas calm down but we are still looking at some areas of rainfall out there across the car keen is especially so from concord on up across the benicia bridge through benicia and eventually up 80 between the lay how in fairfield is where we are looking at some of our most intense rainfall right now some pretty good showers stretching south towards walnut creek in danville as well little bit calmer towards oakland you do have some light showers out that direction the east bay around fremont also
Pandemic rch record highs with no signs of slowing down. Researchers are now warning the u. S. Death toll may near 540,000 by april. Today we will speak to one of the worlds leading Infectious Disease doctors, paul farmer, the cofound of partne in health. All of these epidemics find their way to exploit social disparities and inequalities and take their greatest harvest among the pr anvulnerab. E qstion ware aski is does that need to be the case . And of course, the answer is, no, it does not. Amy dr. Paul farmer will talk about the pandemic, health care inequality, and his new book fevers, feuds and diamonds ebola and the ravages of history. All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now , democracynow. Org, the quarantine report. Im amy goodman. The United States has set yet another world record for daily coronavirus cases and hospitalizations and deaths with over 216,000 infections confirmed thursday and more than 2800 deaths. Nearly 101,000 people are hospitalized with covi
About covert 19 vaccines. Fears for rangar refugees who are being moved to an island that aids groups say is dangerous. And an urgent crisis in syria as the cold of winter puts millions of people at risk. But we begin with the coronavirus pandemic now in a new phase with countries racing to approve vaccines but in some parts of the worlds the picture is getting the worse the cases on the rise as winter approaches since the start of the pandemic there have been more than 64000000. 00 confirmed cases of the virus and nearly one and a half 1000000 people have died at the u. N. General assembly is holding a special session on the pandemic in his Opening Statements actually general and. Tariffs and for size governments must be united in their response for the 1st time since 145. 00 entire world is confronted by a Common Senate got a list of nationality at nicd or face the world Us Organization provides factual information and scientific guidance that should have been the basis for a quote o
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