More on the accuweather sevenday forecast coming up. Thanks, mike. Happening today the cdc will meet with the countrys top Health Adviser to discuss a possible covid19 vaccine. The fda could approve pfizers vaccine as early as next week. Dr. Tom freeden explained how the cdc is going to decide who gets priority. How many lives are you going to save . Second is what is fair . What is the fair way to do it. The third is, how can we do this openly, transparentally so no backroom deals. Groups with high priority include people in Nursing Homes and essential workers and although a vaccine may be approved soon, the Vaccine Program may face some bumps in the road. When you vaccinate millions of people, some people get sick after the vaccination and you dont know whether that was the vaccine or coincidence. That has to be studied carefully or all sorts of wild rumors flying around. Thats another place where you really need transparency. The full interview with dr. Freiden coming up. We are get
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
Does not end. Plus the secret of Silicon Valley company palantir will become the latest unicorn to go public this week. We will find out why 2020 is shaping up to be a banner year for new listings and thats despite the coronavirus pandemic. And tomorrow, the first president ial debate of the 2020 campaign. The fox bet ceo here to tell us how you can cash in on the political faceoff between President Trump and joe biden. Less than an hour to the closing bell, im Cheryl Casone in for liz claman. Lets start the claman countdown. Cheryl we start with Virgin Galactic reaching for the stars after two bullish calls. Bank of America Global Research initiated the Space Tourism firm with a buy and streethigh price target of 35 bucks. The stock is up more than 23 right now. Susquehanna with a positive rating. Definitely a stock to watch. From space to the air, Airline Stocks taking flight after American Airlines said it secured a 5. 5 billion government loan and it could tap an additional 2 billi
Building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. This is abc7 news. Two dozen inmates at san quentin prison have died from covid19. Today we learned a guard who spent his entire career there is the first staff member to die from the disease. Hello, thank you for joining us. Im eric thomas. And im dion lim. A south bay family now mourning the loss of a beloved husband, father, veteran, and longtime corrections officer. 55yearold Gilbert Polanco died this morning after a long battle with covid19. Polanco is the first guard at san quentin prison to die from the virus. Abc7 news spoke with the family today. Cornell barnard is live in san jose. Just so heartbreaking. It is a heartbreaking story, dion. His family says he wascovirus f corrections officer will live on. He is a good man. Were all devastated. Family and friends mourning the loss of 55yearold sergeant Gilbert Polanco who died at this San Jose Hospital sunday morning. He was a longtime corrections officer at san quentin pr
Unemployment boost was 600 a week. Not everyone feels the new reduced pay is enough for people trying to make it here in the bay area. I feel like its not enough, probably. The 600 i thought was fair, you know, for people that need it. Reporter the orders would also protect renters from being evicted and suspend payments on Student Loans through the end of the year. But the divide in washington continues. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says the orders are not enough. This provides little help to families. Not only does the president s announcement not only extend the moratori moratorium, it would pay the rent. And some question if the president s executive orders are legal. I would suggest it on monday, there would be one or not more people heading to the district court, asking for the whole idea to be declared unconstitutional or at least an injection of some sort, before the court can listen to the arguments. But he believes that maybe he can ge