Bob wachter shared his thoughts monday saying each member provides very different perspectives to the pandemic and this task force is really set up with a broad group of people very diverse in every dimension, including Patient Advocates policy experts act practicing clinicians epidemiologist for allah just doctor David Kessler has been named one of 3 cochairs on the task force he served as commissioner of the fda under president s George H W Bush and bill clinton doctor wachter says cassler knows how to make the washington machine move any move the ball way down the field in terms of in terms of nutrition in terms drug use his dog good, he gets things done he understands how the federal Government Works understands research and i think hell do a terrific job at this doctor eric goosby also brings previous washington dc experience he worked with the Obama Administration to implement the emergency plan for aids relief yeah erica is a legend is an expert in global health. Hes an expert a
Almost a 109,000 every day covid related deaths are up 18 over the same time span averaging 939 per day over the last 2 weeks. The virus has killed more than 237,000 americans. To the south bay now officials are warning of a possible return to tighter Health Orders in the wake of the surge in new covid19 cases. Santa clara countys Public Health officer and other officials calling on the community to stay on guard against the virus. 358 new covid19 cases reported yesterday. It is the most since the middle of july. Theres also been a sharp increase in hospitalizations to more than a 100. The newest infections are mostly in people between the ages of 1834 years old the county is stepping up enforcement of the health order and so far 79 businesses have received notices for noncompliance amid more than 1000 complaints state leaders are already gearing up to work with the president and Vice President elect joe biden and kamala harris. Although President Trump has yet to concede in the presid
Fours tapers actually chris sacchi rather she talked to a doctor at u c s f and she has concerning the weekend celebrations in how people were affected by that taylor. Can begin theres no doubt about it its definitely concerning to see an increase in those daily cases, but the good thing well if you want to even call it that, but the important thing to know is that San Francisco is in seeing an increase in hospitalizations that will be important because we typically see those hospitalizations increased as cases increase. So of course experts are now warning people to stay vigilant and to not get too comfortable, especially as the temperatures drop. Like many other bay area cities, San Francisco is also seeing a rise in coronavirus cases recording more than a 100 new daily cases over the past few days. Experts like doctor, peter chin, hong at ucsf say this is happening for several reasons people are getting comfortable and probably having more small gatherings and more people are also t
Ucsf believe this is for 3 reasons the first is were only as good as whats around us so if we saw in the country the rest of the country is on fire is like excluding with covid. And so is this because of the hot even with reduce travel, there are people going back and forth second. He says people are getting more comfortable lax in their precautions and probably having more small gatherings number 3 is its getting cold. So we know that these respiratory viruses love call not only because temperature aspect they survived betting cool but michael does is it brings people together you are if you go more likely going to meet somebody and then endure, setting versus outdoors. Something that doctor chan hong is more worried about after seeing celebrations on saturday once a president elect was announced while hundreds of people flooded castro street. Vast majority were Wearing Masks you may remember when we had black lives matter protests. People were also wearing their masks and the city di
That is up on the higher peaks. Always using mount st. Helena for our representative spot for what the wind will be doing in the mountains. And thats where this applies, 1000 feet and about. That is still 25 mile an hour sustained winds out of the north. Just enough wind where they cant let their guard down and they need to stay on a heightened level of alertness and readiness over the next 24 hours. And when you factor in how dry it is, and the relative humiditys will state relatively low into the overnight hours. We will talk more about what this all means, you might have noticed that your quality get a little better. So theres good news there, and wait until you see what could potentially be coming our way by saturday. Its good news, we might be looking at our first good rain of the season. Its very early on this but it is worth talking about at this point considering our current situation. I will be back with more on that coming up in a few minutes. Cooler weather and homer winds o