Subcommittee on oversight. Were holding this hybrid hearing in compliance with House Resolution 965. Accordingly, im joined by members here in the hearing room as well as approximately ten members on the remote platform. Thats outstanding and i want to thank them for joining us. Before we turn to todays important topic, i want to remind the members of a few procedures to help us navigate the terrain here. First, consistent with regulations, the committee will keep microphones muted for those participating virtually to limit background noise. Pause for one moment. The committee will pause. We will pause for one moment. Members are responsible for unmuting themselves, unmuting themselves when they seek recognition or when recognized for their five minutes. Members in the hearing room are reminded to keep your microphones muted when youre not recognized. Second, for the members participating virtually, you must have your cameras on at all time. If you need to step away from the proceeding
Track any adverse reactions. At least five ultracold freezers similar to these have been installed in various county owned facilities with more on order. They will store the vaccines at up to minus 90 degrees fahrenheit. Some freezers are portable and they are currently compiling a list of where ultra cold storage is available. We are prepared to store, then distribute the full volume of what we received. Everything can go wrong, the logistics are enormous. Dr. Schwartzberg says that the debate is on about who is next in line, police, firefighters, people with comorbidities, and so on. That just seems like a very difficult conversation to have. It is, you can see that people with resources, and the money will demand special favors. I hope our society is able to withstand that. The cdc has shortened its quarantine recommendation time from 7 to 10 days, and Santa Clara County imposed a 14 day travel quarantine on monday. Without possibly change now . They are considering it or they will
About its new travel quarantine, which was just rereclarified again by the county in the past hour. Nbc bay areas robert handa was at todays announcement and why its so crucial to get moving on it. Reporter the race is on as the Public Health Department Works to keep its vaccine and quarantine plans on track, even as covid cases surge. Whether its a vaccine or a travel quarantine, its all about trying to stop what Public Health calls a chain of transmission. The latest numbers show parts of the south bay running out of hospital beds. We are especially concerned because none of the hospitals serving south county and East San Jose had more than five icu beds available as of yesterday. Reporter the downy submitted its vaccine plan to the state detailing how it will distribute and administer vaccinations. There are some difficult logistics, including that necessary ultra cold Storage Units are now only being set up to store the vaccines at 70 degrees below zero. Dr. Jennifer tong says they
The Senior Historian at the National World War Ii Museum in beautiful new orleans, louisiana. We have a really superb guest with us tonight, a friend of the museum, my friend and a wonderful writer and ahor, ian toll. Ian, welcome. Thank you, rob. Ian probably is one of those people who with, you know, doesnt really need an introduction, as we like to say. You all know what that means, the introduction should be really long. Ians an extremely accomplished scholar and writer. Hes the author of six [inaudible] the founding of the u. S. Navy as well as a trilogy called the pacific war, the third volume of which has just been released called twilight of the gods. Hes won the Samuel Elliot morrisonward from the naval orr of the United States, hes won the william e. Colby militaryriters award, hes won the other morrison award given by the uss constitutio museum. If theres any more morrison awards out there, i fully expect to see you winning one in the not too distant future. But thanks so mu
Us will enjoy the warming trend but part of that system is going to sag to the south, bringing a few clouds to the north bay. Maybe even a sprinkle. Its 35 right now in santa rosa, 43 in oakland, 42 in santa rosa and a check of the fog youll notice livermore just one mile visibility, five miles in santa rosa. So the deal for your sunday starting out with partly cloudy conditions, lots of sunshine, low 60s around noontime, bay side and inland in the 50s at the coast and later on this afternoon in the upper 60s in parts of the south bay and east bay valleys. Clouds in the north bay and chance of a sonoma sprinkle. Well talk about that and the next rain chance for the entire bay area in a beau minutes. We begin way look at the surge in covid19 cases. California officially topped 1 million diagnosed coronavirus cases, the state reported more than 9,800 new cases yesterday, one of the largest single day counts we have seen since august. The 14day Positivity Rate is 4. 2 , 4 friday and 3. 7