Commissioner green . Present. Commission chow . Present. Commissioner guillermo, present. Ill note the commissioners. Thank you, mark. Well move on to the next item, which is approval of the minutes from the last Commission Meeting on january 5th. Commissioners, upon reviewing the minutes, are there any amendments . And if not, do we have a motion to approve . Before we go into the vote, i have to make sure there is nothing on the item. Thank you. And this is a general instruction, but you will press star 3 if youd like to raise your hand, and ill say the same introduction over and over again. Okay. So there is no comment at this time. Well vote. Commissioner chow. Yes. Commissioner green . Yes. Commissioner chong . Yes. Commissioner guillermo tkpwhrerpl . guillermo. And. Our next item is the directors report. Good afternoon, commissioners of health. This report focuses on covid19, and i will be providing an update and as well with regards to the current status of covid19 and our vacci
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Organization practices a Virtual Meeting to discuss recommendations would get the covid19 vaccine first. The two groups likely to receiveposes our healthcare workers and longterm care facilityresidents. This is a portion of the meeting. Today we will revisit the allocation of the covid19 vaccine to answer the following policy questions. Should healthcare personnel and longterm care facility residents be offered vaccination to phase 1 a. After we have reviewed the evidence, then clinical considerations and safety monitoring presented by my colleagues we return to this question. Recalled that during the aca Community Meeting last week reviewed evidence to inform allocation decisions. For the finance, the workgroup examined covid19 Disease Burden as well as the balance of harmony group. Of course details of the phase 3 data will further inform this area when they become available. For implementation, the workgroup took into consideration the values and acceptability of implementation in e
Distribute a vaccine. This is 30 minutes. All yours. All mine . Great. Good afternoon. And thank you, secretary azar, for joining us today at cdc headquarters. It is a privilege to have you with us and we appreciate your leadership throughout this unprecedented response. Covid19 is the most significant Public Health challenge our country has faced in more than a century. And the pandemic is not over. And the pandemic is not over. Earlier this week, covid virus cases reached over 40 million globally. Here in the United States, we are approaching a critical phase. In a few moments, dr. Jay butler, cdc director for Infectious Disease and the former Incident Manager of the cdcs covid19 response will provide you a brief update on our current situation. I know it has been a difficult year for americans, but we are going to come through this on the other side. I am also optimistic that we will have a limited supply of one or more covid Vaccines Available for distribution before the end of thi
Good afternoon. And thank you, secretary azar, for joining us today at cdc headquarters. It is a privilege to have you with us and we appreciate your leadership throughout this unprecedented response. Covid19 is the most significant Public Health challenge our country has faced in more than a century. And the pandemic is not over. Earlier this week, covid virus cases reached over 40 million globally. Here in the United States, we are approaching a critical phase. In a few moments, dr. Jay butler, cdc director for Infectious Disease and the former Incident Manager of the cdcs covid19 response will provide you a brief update on our current situation. I know it has been a difficult year for americans, but we are going to come through this on the other side. I am also optimistic that we will have a limited supply of one or more covid Vaccines Available for distribution before the end of this year, but were not quite there yet. That is why it is so important that all of us remain diligent i