Candidate is 66 effective yet 85 effective against severe covid disease, that is lower in terms of efficacy than pfizer and moderna. Both were authorized at por than 95 effective but dr. Fauci hopes the one shot vaccine keeps people out of the hospital and helps alleviate the stress this pandemic has put on the health care system. The Johnson Johnson has te one vaccine and roll up your sleeves and get whatever vaccine is made available first. As More Con Tagious Variants continue across america. The South African variant has been detected and a new model shows that the pandemic could claim nearly 654,000 american lives by may 1, were up to 433. So disheartening to see. Lets begin with elizabeth cohen. So break down this data on the Johnson Johnson vaccine for us. All right, poppy and jim. Before i do, to just reiterate, bottom line Johnson Johnson, we expect them to apply to the fda for authorization very soon and it is a good vaccine. It works. It does well. But it is not as effective
Are the Health Care Workers themselves, the medical workers themselves, the doctors, the nurses, the support staff who weve relied on from the very first moments that we began to realize that this virus was bigger than any health issue weve dealt with in a long time. Were still depending on it today. At some point you run out of some of the capacity and steam that you had to do the job that needs to be done. But we see these heroes continue to step up. Some giving their lives. In bill in birmingham and kansas city was an emergency medical technician. He was with the Kansas City Fire Department and he died of coronavirus in april. His son described billy as selfless. He said billy had decided he wanted to find new ways to help people and so he reinvented himself as an e. M. T. When he was in his 40s so he could help others and then he was an e. M. T. For about 22 years. We see the Emergency Medical Technicians, the First Responders out there saving lives, bringing people in a desperate
Victim may have developed symptoms while on a princess cruise ship the travel to mexico and doctor back in San Francisco last month. At least one other person on board that trip was infected. We have Live Team Coverage tonight with the latest on the governors message to new details about the grand princess the ship where people may have been exposed to the virus. We begin with kron 4 sailors sacking live at pier 27 where the ship departed taylor. Another victim who died in Placer County was here at pier 27 in San Francisco, not too long ago. He was here on february 21th which also raises concerns about exposure in the city and to his fellow passengers still on that same cruise ship for now showing symptoms theyre still 62 people on board that ship from the previous wage to mexico. The addition of thousands of other new passengers on this latest trip which has now been halted Governor Newsom says the ship was supposed to arrive in San Francisco tonight. But thats no longer the case inst
Governor announced the ship is being held off the coast until the testing is for sale of a second joins us live from San Francisco tonight with the latest on this taylor. Im not too long ago that victim was here at pier 27 in San Francisco, obviously raising some concerns here about possible exposures people in the city and still passengers that are still on that ship now experiencing symptoms. Well thats why governor Gavin Newsome said that hes declaring the state of emergency hes calling in more resources now to keep any possible exposures and cases on that ship at bay. California is now in a state of emergency after its first coronavirus death tied to more possible cases on a princess cruise ship the elderly victim died on wednesday while in isolation at roseville hospital a couple of weeks prior he became sick on the grand princess cruise ship as it docked at pier 27 in San Francisco from mexico that individual. Came back with a number of others into not only Placer County area but
Right. Yeah well take a good temperatures in the 70s, hey still fine with that but most of us will fall into the 60s you are noticing some changes this morning in regards to fog some low cloud cover and fog has now pushed him across the bay, youre berkeley view, not quite as Crystal Clear is that has been nevado San Francisco, Half Moon Bay and oakland all looking at his ability hovering around a mile right now at times napa will fall below a mile and areas like concord further inland. Well also see some lower visibility so for the first time in a while we do have a foggy impact for many spots so keep that in mind as you are getting outside now as you are stepping outside today obviously youre going to notice skies little grayer to start but on into the afternoon that fog is going to clear and we do have sunshine still to expect later today. Temperatures just a little cooler right now were in the 40s and 50s that is similar to yesterday so a mild start to the morning. But by the time w