Got a call from his wife that a doctor. Was flabbergasted its not safe for people who just have chronic pain to give them opioids because they dont have the years of tolerance built up that people with heroin addiction have didnt really understand the complexity of adding that drug is a reflection on. Guys much training this was the published data i said theres something wrong here. And that left a. Hole in my heart i still remember him very very clearly he had opened up a shop and Small Business and was really getting on conceit and he even gave me his a. 100 day to come running accomplish that information was dribbling in that the opioid miracle pain relievers were killing people is produce pharma and the other Drug Companies would have acknowledged the potentially lethal effects of opioids when these problems are 1st discovered hundreds of thousands of lives could have been saved instead they took steps to suppress negative information within a month received a 3 page letter from pu
Bay area news. Thank you. Kaiser is looking to rush to build a lab to deal with the rash of new tests on north berkeley, to handle 10,000 tests a day. The hospital says test results will be open in 24 hours. The lab should be up and running by june 1st. President trump revealed just in the past hour that he signed his executive order barring immigration into the u. S. The order blocks immigrants from entering the country for 60 days and bans temporary work visas. The president says he is protecting american jobs and also reserves the right extend it if the outbreak continues. And President Trump talked about how he is helping Governor Newsom with californias new testing plan. The government will be sending california swabs for the testing ability. We will get them quickly, can he get it himself . Yes, but we can get it faster and we talked about it. And he has done a good job. Governor newsom talked about the phone call with the president and appreciates the help that he is giving cali
Removing a tumor. The coronavirus is in the south bay much earlier than we had known. More information on what Health Officials are saying were the first cases in the bay area. Those first cases now it appears were the first cases in the entire country, not washington state. Scott budman is tracking the story. Reporter we now know there were three covid19 related deaths in Santa Clara County earlier than we thought. The first on february 6th, two others on february 17th and march 6th. Previously, the first death in the south bay was thought to have happened march 9th. Dr. Sarah cody says the newly known cases are likely the tip of the iceberg. What these deaths tell us is we had Community Transmission probably to a significant degree far earlier than we had known. Reporter she also says while the three victims didnt seem to travel much before they got sick, their symptoms were probably similar to the seasonal few. Robert morales of san jose thought the same thing. He thinks he may have
Political circles rallies for the definition of liberty a lot these days is that liberty is the freedom from arbitrary or despotic control. And it was apparently this particular definition that led hundreds upon hundreds upon hundreds of u. S. Citizens across the country from michigan and minnesota down to texas and up to colorado to throw down their face masks and rubber gloves and take to their streets their capitol buildings and their governors residences in protest of the social distancing policies and stay at home borders that have affectively closed businesses both large and small across the country since the start of the code 19 pandemic us President Donald Trump he triumphantly egged those protesters on tweeting proudly liberate michigan liberate minnesota and liberate virginia yes it was our undying need for liberty and freedom that caused these protests to take place much like the Boston Tea Party of old. Or at least thats the bill of goods that was sold to these poor souls w
News at 5 starts right now. Im terry mcsweeney. A break through in the bay area. For the first time at ucsf, doctors have transfused convalescent plasma into a covid19 patient. That means using blood from people who have recovered from the virus and have antibodies from the disease in their blood. The global death toll has topped 200,000. More than 1 4 of those deaths in the u. S. To put things into perspective on how fast this number is rising. Just 15 days ago, april 10th. The global death toll stood at 100,000. Now its doubled. Here at home cases continue to climb. More than 7200 reported cases. At least 259 people have died. Today every county with the exception of marin, solano, sonoma and men doe seen know counties added new cases. Cases in San Mateo County have now topped 1,000. Despite masks and social distancing, testing will be a crucial part of moving forward in this pandemic. Ucsf is trying to take action. Nbc bay areas tom jensen reports from the mission district. Reporter