This virus has killed over 180000 americans lately its not unusual for more than a 1000 a day and now as School Bells Ring should they lets ask dr Tanya Dempsey a Board Certified internist founder of the ame center for personalized medicine and a mother of 3 docs since we had you on just 3 weeks ago some School Systems have opened and some which did have already closed again somewhere and even trying theyre opting for Distance Learning which nobody really likes do we know enough about this Novel Coronavirus to be sending young kids and aging school team. Back to school. But i think the answer has to be no i understand that the issues that were concerned about as far as childrens learning Children Social Development in there are lots of issues here that schools have to consider but the problem is we are still learning about this virus its only been a number of months right and we are learning every day about how this virus acts now we have reports now of the possibility of reinfection h
California is a vital piece of our response, not only to focus on taking care of patients who present with symptoms if our care delivery system, but also to understand the patterns of transmission across the state in vulnerable communities, in different parts of our state, so that we can respond effectively. More than 5. 5 Million People have been tested for the coronavirus here in california. In the south bay, businesses are wonder how long they will recover after investing in a plan to reopen, only to be told they have to close down just days later. Maureen naylor joins us with their reaction. Reporter well, julie, Business Owners who waited months to reopen say its taking a toll on them both financial economy is emotionally to have to close now two days later. At rage salon in campbell, its not anger, but sadness the owner and his wife felt tuesday morning. . When i saw the bathroom light come on, went in there to see how she was doing, and she was already in tears. Reporter what di
Instead. H hs said they are trying to streamline Data Information which will be used to form policy at the federal level, but critics say its just another move to sideline the cdc and other Health Experts and potentially political size the findings. Here in california, officials are calling for new strategies to streamline covid testing, as many test sites are being overwhelmed. The new goal is to allow doctors to do some testing in their own offices, and pharmacists, too. Andre, there have also been problems such adam delayed test results. Yeah, julie, so they have created a Testing Task Force to face problem we have not seen since the airline days of the pandemic. The Alameda County fire chief told the board of supervisors tuesday that covid19 testing has hit a bump in the road. The one issue were running into is getting First Responders testing on a rapid basis. Many of the test sites by noontime are out of tests for the day. Across the bay in San Francisco, superintendent matt hane
Coronavirus vaccine the u. S. Company moderna published data today showing that the van riemsdyk candidate vaccine created antibodies. This one just went from genome to human trials in just over two months, and now it is ready for phase 3. A promising break through during this coronavirus pandemic. Re researchers released the results of their trial, from moderna, for the vaccine. Most only had middle eastern flulike sideeffects. The safety seems to be very good. Julia is executive director, and said that moderna is using new technology. Moderna is a part of the group that develops mra vaccines, and out of all of the candidates there, theyre probably the most advanced. Reporter questions remain about the vaccines safety and whether it provides immunity to covid19. Moderna will begin phase 3 with 30,000 people soon. Were ready to distribute the vaccine when we all get it. Were all set. Taking an economic risk of preparing for delivery, because we feel very certainette going to be there.
Right here in the bay area, there was 37,000 cases and nearly 670 deaths. New a new, the state superintendent of schools is urging districts to use an abundance of caution when it comes to reopening classrooms this coming fall. Superintendent Tony Thurmond held a virtual News Conference this morning on the efforts to support School Reopening decisions we talked about what the state is doing to help districts hold classes on campus. Thurmond is hoping School Districts do not rush to any Big Decisions on how to reopen. We know conditions have changed significantly. Those conditions warrant School Districts taking steps, i would say require an abundance of caution, to think through how reopening might take place, and to repair some contingency plans, if conditions persist. Just last month, the state department of education released 62 pages of guidance for districts on how to implement physical distancing and properly disinfect campuses. The sand for this Unified School District has annou