Challenges. Food, water, shelter, refugees flee. To surround the rebel held capital of northern stans, opposition puts up on our show in the streets of push all in on to resign. We begin in the united states, where the head of the Vaccine Program says the 1st americans could be receiving it. As soon as december, the 11th says the plan is to vaccinate 20000000. 00 people before the end of the year. 2 vaccines are up for approval in early december. Shows them to be 95 percent effective. Our plan is to be able to ship vaccines to the immunization sites within 24 hours from the approval. So i would expect maybe on day 2, after approval on the 11th or on the 12th of december, hopefully the 1st people will be immunized across the united states. Across all states, in all the areas where this, the state department of health will have to told us where to deliver the vaccine is in washington d. C. It sounds like this could be a major turning point in the global fight against crime, the virus exa
As of this morning, there were over 27 million confirmed cases covid19, and over 800,000 deaths. Have 6. 3 million confirmed cases and we are approaching 190,000 deaths. We have seen significant economic disruption to businesses and families and normal daytoday activities have been vastly altered. Leading experts have said we need a vaccine to return to normal. Which is why the topic of todays discussion is so critical. We will also discuss the lessons we are learning and developing a learning now in developing a covid19 vaccine, and the implications for future Vaccine Development. We have a short amount of time and a number of really terrific speakers. So why dont we go ahead and get started . Mark, why dont we begin with you. We have all heard about vaccines under development from pfizer, astrazeneca and the university of oxford, all of which are phasing phase three Clinical Trials. You have been working to develop a process to fasttrack safe and effective vaccines. Can you tell us w
Good to see you two. How are you faring in this pandemic time. A little cabin fever, i must admit, im eager to get back to traveling again, i was getting sick of it before the pandemic and im eager to get out of california. How are you . Pretty good were all doing what we can to get through it. Even the movie contagion which said was going to happen Something Like this but it did not capture the full scope of what is unfolding, a gift to my first question about the book which is apocalypse never, very definitive statement unless surgeon wants and i missed, it implies certainty and worlds of interlaced, i describe her Current Situation as tripwires and landmines that are complex and largely unpredictable in the system. So are you confident when you say apocalypse never. Thank you andy, the argument of the book is that Climate Change is real but its not the end of the world and not the most serious environmental problem, ive been a climate activist for 20 years environmental for 30, i se
Clerk okay, mr. President , you do have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart. Will you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee welcome, supervisor safai. Lets see. Where are we . On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who record all of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. President yee go ahead. Clerk yes. The record will reflect that during covid19, members of the board of supervisors participate in the same extent as if they were in the chambers. The board of supervisors believe that all communities with or without the internet have the following available options to participate in this meeting. We will receive your correspondence and make it part of the legislative file. Address the mail to the San Francisco board of supervisors, city hall, room 244, Sa
President yee good afternoon and welcome to the july 28, 2020 meeting of the San Francisco board of supervisors. Madam clerk, would you please call the roll . Clerk thank you, mr. President. [roll call] clerk okay, mr. President , you do have a quorum. President yee okay. Thank you, please place your right hand over your heart. Will you please join me in reciting the pledge of allegiance. [pledge of allegiance] president yee welcome, supervisor safai. Lets see. Where are we . On behalf of the board, i would like to acknowledge the staff at sfgtv who record all of the meetings and make the transcripts available to the public online. Madam clerk, are there any communications . Clerk yes, mr. President. President yee go ahead. Clerk yes. The record will reflect that during covid19, members of the board of supervisors participate in the same extent as if they were in the chambers. The board of supervisors believe that all communities with or without the internet have the following availabl