it's going to hurt, but we'll just make do. >> shutting down in san mateo county. just hours until the stay-at-home order goes into effect. the last few bay area counties not under it already. mandatory quarantine. san francisco announces a new rule for travelers. more help might be on the way. an fda advisory panel recommends another vaccine for emergency-use authorization. >> building a better bay area for a safe and secure future. this is abc 7 news. >> a second covid-19 vaccine could be on its way to americans next week. that's after an fda advisory committee overwhelmingly backed moderna's vaccine this afternoon. good evening. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. thanks for joining us. the vote paves the way for a nine green light from the fda then nearly 6 million doses of this vaccine will go out.

abc 7 news reporter kate larson is in the newsroom and, kate, moderna certainly another very exciting, encouraging, vaccine. >> absolutely. dan and ama, like the pfizer vaccine, it uses mrna technology, butt unlike pfizer which needs to be stored at negative 70 degrees celsius, moderna can be stored much like ice cream at negative 20 degrees celsius which is a normal freezer temperature. >> it looks like we have a favorable vote. >> reporter: with 20 yes votes and 1 abstention, a panel of independent experts voted to recommend that the fda authorization moderna''s covid vaccine for emergency use authorization. >> i am so excited i can barely contain myself. >> reporter: dallas resident, susan, volunteered for a phase 3 moderna study and believes she got the vaccine over a placebo after testing positive for antibodies. >> i want to be able to see my grandkids again and hold them and kiss them. i want to see my children. my mother. it's -- everything's good. it's not just me.

it's the whole world is going to be able to come out of this. >> reporter: the committee's vote puts the u.s. on the cusp of a second covid-19 vaccine with blockbuster efficacy. similar to pfizer's vaccine, data from moderna suggests its two-dose vaccine is safe and 94% effective. the formal fda decision expected tomorrow would clear the way for 5.9 million moderna doses to be shipped across the country in the next week. it comes as the nation is reeling with the uncontrolled spread of the virus. >> there's a reality that we can only vaccinate people so fast. it does feel bittersweet. >> reporter: rochelle dickerson lives in seattle and also volunteered for a phase 3 moderna trial. she was inspired by her friend, jennifer, the first person in the u.s. to get injected in the covid vaccine trial back in march. >> as a black woman i really wanted to be represented because we've also been disproportionately impacted by this disease. hopefully, being part of this study will make it so that not as many of us die. >> reporter: after jennifer,

seattle resident neil browning was the second person in line for moderna's phase 1 trial. >> this is real now. >> reporter: he says almost nine months after his injections antibodies are still present in his blood work. >> i'm super excited that something i was a part of that's never been done before, it was a moon shot, we weren't sure if this was going to work and to have the efficacy numbers we're seeing is just incredible. the ramifications are going to echo around the world now. >> i'm also told by several of the moderna volunteers that they will be unblinded soon and given the vaccine if they received the placebo during the trials. pfizer is discussing doing something similar. in the newsroom, i'm kate larson, abc 7 news. >> yeah, the pace of play here really picking up speed, kate. it is nice to see. thank you. we're dedicating this week to everything that you need to know about the covid-19 vaccine. coming up in about ten minutes, how speedy development has changed the business of drug making, itself. california health officials

reported 52,281 new covid cases today. the state's positivity rate is 12%. so cases will likely continue to rise. . there are now 15,431 people hospitalized in the state with covid-19. that's a new record. and 379 more californians have lost their lives to the virus. san francisco is now ordering anyone who comes into the city from outside the bay area to quarantine for ten days. the order goes into effect at midnight and ends on january 4th but could be extended. passengers coming into sfo will be notified of the order. those who violate it could be fined, jailed or both. city health director dr. grant colfax is projecting covid cases could overwhelm hospitals in the city within weeks. well, tonight is the last night restaurants and some other businesses in several bay area counties will be open for at least the next three weeks. the bay area regional stay-at-home order goes into effect at 11:59 midnight, sem essentially. napa, solano, santa cruz, san

mat mateo, joined other counties already under this lockdown. abc 7 news reporter chris wray y reyes is live with more on this. >> reporter: hi. good evening, dan, i took a seat to get into the spirit, much like the diners behind me likely savoring their last meal before it shuts down in eight hours. earlier today i spoke to restaurant owners who spent so much money investing in these elaborate outdoor dining areas only to be shut down after using these areas for just weeks. >> so we just remodeled our deck for the outside dining. did some new landscaping. 14 electric heaters. almost one heater per table. >> reporter: at new england lobster market and eatery, just for the heaters alone, a $40,000 bill. go around back, more tables, more renovations. another 15k for this backdrop. >> we painted this mural and then we were able to put down, like, 25 tables down this driveway. >> reporter: all in all, almost $100,000 for renovations that the owners now have to shut down

after just eight weeks. >> at this point it's a long-term investment. >> reporter: here in san mateo, ted's salon, the stylist didn't have time to stop and talk. every appointment he had for the weeks ahead moved to today. >> already, i feel numb now, so what can i do? >> tonight we will be clearing everything here. so everything has to go in, no more outdoor seating. just deliveries and takeouts. >> avenida restaurant was over a month old when the pandemic just hit. outdoor dining has been their only lifeline. now they chance the all reservations dashing hopes for a busy christmas season. >> especially on weekends, we have a big crowd. and, yeah, it helps us survive. >> reporter: back at new england lobster and eatery, the tables filled up quick. many here treating themselves to one last sit-down meal before lockdown. after tonight, this place is drive-through and takeout only. >> as i told my wife, this is the last chance.

after this, just go home and stay home. >> reporter: and remember it's not just restaurants and salons shutting down. wineries, museums as well. movie theaters. all that shutting down in san mateo county. january lth 8th is the earliest bay area could exit lockdown. >> okay, chris, thank you. the pandemic obviously has had a dramatic impact on our lives and certainly shape what lies ahead for the economy in 2021. abc 7 news reporter david louie asks experts to forecast how problems the pandemic created this year will be addressed in the new year ahead. >> reporter: if the pandemic created the year of remote work, 2021 could usher in some minor changes. google, for example, has already said it will have employees work three days a week in the office to allow collaboration. while doing two days remotely. much larger issues loom ahead. >> traditional jobs with benefits and set hours and stability and all of that,

they're really declining. >> reporter: marina is executive director of palo alto-based institute for the future. more than a million californians end the year unemployed with no end of the pandemic predicted. the biggest losses have been in the hospitality and food service sectors. >> already that a lot of people were moving into the ranks of the long-term unemployed which means it's going to be harder for them to regain jobs in the future so i see that as a huge threat and i don't see how we can come out of it without some major government initiatives. >> reporter: layoffs with thousands behind in rent, left them without health benefits if they had any at all. remote work also had parents juggling childcare and schooling at home. which employers may have to deal with. one by one, companies are leaving silicon valley for other states. that could lead to job losses or lack of job growth in 2021. >> i think the competition is going to get tougher and the bay

area, san francisco, needs to raise its game if it's going to play well in this lane. >> reporter: there's also one wildcard possibility no one wants to think about with hopes so high for the covid-19 vaccines. >> down the road six months after we've vaccinated people, there's something that turns out that's wrong with the vaccine or the virus has mutated in some way where vaccines are not working. >> reporter: lots of issues to tackle in the future. david louie, abc 7 news. looking forward to looking back. we talk to a bay area teenager who got her start in activism this year with a huge protest from the golden gate bridge. i'm wayne freedman in napa where two days ago a bad shipment of covid-19 vaccine arrived. it wasn't safe. we are the thrivers. women with metastatic breast cancer. our time... ...for more time... ...has come. living longer is possible- and proven in postmenopausal women

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abc 7 news is dedicating this entire week to what you need to toe about the covid-19 vaccine. we learned the government delayed the number of vaccines california will receive in the next shipment to 393,000 down to 233,000. the vaccine has strict shipping protocols as you've heard and there have already been a few issues, not a huge surprise given the complexity of dealing with that vaccine. abc 7 news reporter wayne freedman explains how hospitals are double checking their shipments. >> reporter: at the redwoods assisted living facility today, a long line for a brief injection that for anyone receiving it put to rest almost one year of worry. >> worried about safety? >> no. >> reporter: well, the vaccine rollout has gone faster than expected there have been some hiccups. one batch in california never made it into patients' arms due to safety concerns. queen of the valley hospital had to destroy 975 doses received on tuesday. >> the phone call was from

pfizer and it said that the shipment may have been shipped too cold and that we should not use it and that they would be shipping us a replacement. >> we're working with the fda now. cdc, fda and pfizer, to determine if that anomaly is safe or not. but we were taking no chances and we could see that. >> reporter: which leads to a question, how does anyone getting this new vaccine know it's going to be safe or going to work? well, it turns out the manufacturing and shipping of vaccines is always done under great scrutiny. never like what we're seeing with the covid vaccines, however. >> this vaccine is very complicated as far as handling and storage. probably the most complicated we've seen. >> reporter: we've already heard how the vaccine ships at minus 80 degrees. to ensure quality, each container has a gps-enabled thermal sensor that tracks temperatures moment by moment in transit. in mill valley today, they opened the refrigerated container at 1:33 then had to wait half an hour for vials to

reach room temperature for final mixing with a saline solution. it is very specific. >> what's more crucial is that this cold chain is not disrupted. >> reporter: all of which leads to a strong degree of assurance for judy that the vaccine she received today arrived as intended. safe and viable. was it anticlimactic? >> pretty much. >> reporter: in mill valley, wayne freedman, abc 7 news. the race for a vaccine unleashed a powerful collaboration between the government and drug manufacturers. what happens in the long run after covid-19? abc 7 news anchor dion lim tells us some experts believe that could be a focus of a new national debate. >> reporter: with multiple covid vaccines coming out of the gate, one thing is certain. the timetable has been historic. candidates have paced through clinical trials at record speed and now comes the ethical question. can we ever go back? >> do we go back to business as usual? or are there elements that were

coming into play during the time of corona that could help accelerate the vaccine pipeline? >> reporter: stanford immunology professor believes the answer has the potential to revolutionize the business of vaccines. first it helps to understand how a development process that can normally take a decade was compressed into months. fueling the launch, a set of emergency laws enacted after 9/11 designed to combat bioterrorism by developing emergency vaccines. applied to the covid crisis, they opened up a massive funding pipeline. >> so companies could make them even before they knew how safe or effective they were. >> reporter: the pandemic also unleashed a new level of centralized planning from everything, distributing vaccines nationwide, to figuring out how to an minister them to patients. >> it's nothing like a pandemic which by its definition is caused by an agent that doesn't discriminate at all. everyone is vulnerable. >> reporter: dr. david relmand

is also a professor at immunology at stanford. he believes the need to vaccinate a majority of americans against covid-19 could spark a fresh look at access to health care. the government has pledged to initially make their covid vaccines available for little or no cost. still, projected profits from some of the early vaccines are estimated to reach the billions of dollars. and drug companies will also hold lucrative patents for years to come. with future costs uncertain. >> there are so many aspects of this pandemic that have brought to light the fundamental reasons why we have a public health system. >> reporter: and with thousands of lives in the balance, some believe there could be growing pressure to re-examine the government's long-term role in speeding vaccine development. spearheading distribution and keeping costs to patients under control. at stanford, dion lim, abc news. >> and abc 7 news is dedicating

this entire week to what you need to know about the vaccines and tomorrow we have a special hour-long town hall at 4:00 with a national panel of medical leadelead e ers. as this year winds down abc 7 news is looking back on some of the most memorable stories and people of the year. it's part of our new immersive story series, "facing 2020." one of those people is tiana day. as george floyd's death sparked protests around the world, the san ramon teenager organized one of the bay area's biggest demonstrations and became one of the faces of the movement. abc 7 news anchor liz kreutz has the story. >> reporter: a movement spilled out onto the golden gate bridge in june. from sky 7 you could see the passion of the black lives matter movement as protesters stopped traffic and chanted the names of those who have died at the hands of police. >> breonna taylor! >> reporter: the peaceful march was a powerful turnout, one that tiana day, teenage organizer of the protests, could have never expected. >> this came together in less than 24 hours.

my friend made fliers and we kind of pushed them out. >> we posted all over social media. >> it just blew up. >> reporter: the protests briefly stopped traffic on the span giving a new generation a platform to have their voices heard. >> black lives matter! black lives matter! >> honestly, all these protests are really inspired, honestly, like, i feel like the whole youth as a whole, this whole generation, like, we are really speaking out and speaking up for each other, fighting for equality. it's a beautiful thing. >> all in the first week of my activism, first protest i led on my own. >> reporter: tiana grew up in san ramon and graduated from high school this year. plans for college for put on hold when the pandemic hit. >> no just it icjustice, no pea! >> got there, there were thousands of people lined up, news cameras in my face. i was like, i have no idea what is going on, like, is this for us? like, did we do this? >> reporter: inspired by that turnout, tiana is on a mission. >> on climate change, need to

talk about black lives matter, lgbtq rightsing women's rights, all the marginalized communities and need to bring attention to it. >> reporter: to help give a voice to the voiceless, she's founded an organization to enable more youth to make a difference. >> i started a non-profit called youth advocates for change. so far we have 50 students who are mainly in california but we have some sprinkled throughout the united states, too. and we pair with a bunch of other non-profits to do amazing things that are youth led. >> reporter: in a year filled with so much tragedy, tiana has hope for the future. it happened when she took a leap of faith and decided to stand up for what mattered to her. >> it's changed everything for me. without -- quhowhite house this moment my life would be so different. >> reporter: at the same time, spreading a message of hope for a better future. liz kreutz, abc 7 news. >> read more about tiana in the immersive stories series "facing 2020." on abc7news.com. we checked in with a dozen memorable people from the year.

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all right. time for the accuweather forecast. any more rain coming? sandhya patel is here with that. >> i don't see anything immediately, ama, at least not through christmas. after that, things can change. we did get the rain the last 24 hours, as you take a look at live doppler 7. taking you back in time. it was pounding rain for a brief period as the front went through. and in the sierra we did measure snowfall, 3 to 8 inches of snow for some of the elevations, sierra resorts. how much rain? 3 quarters of an inch in santa rosa. .039 in san francisco. just over that in half moon bay. san jose, .017 of an inch. oakland under a half. .028 an inch in fairfield with about a quarter in concord. now look at the view from our san jose cameras. absolutely glorious post-sunset

view. live doppler 7 showing you a few passing clouds. that's it. so we are in for a chilly night. little breezy along the coast right now. it's been brisk all kay. northwesterly wind gusting to 21 in half moon bay. east bay hills camera showing you what's left of the post-sunset view. 53 in san francisco, mountain view, san jose. 52 in mountain hill. li live look from our kgo roof camera, breeze along the embarcadero. temperatures in the low to mid 50s, stepping out tonight, grab a jacket, you'll need it. our golden gate camera, mainly clear night. dry and milder through the weekend. no rain is in sight before christmas. things are going to change after that. temperatures, low 30s to the mid 40s. patches of fog out there. tomorrow afternoon, nothing but bright skies, upper 50s to the low 60s. with temperatures close to average for this time of year. we're going to fast forward to the weekend. you will notice that these systems are passing to our north. going into monday and tuesday.

and then another one next week arriving on christmas day. northern california has some rain. it looks like it's going to fall apart by the time it reaches our area. beyond that, perhaps the last week of christmas week, i should say the last week of 2020, we may see some changes and that may include rain. until then the accuweather seven-day forecast showing you cold mornings ahead. mild days. we are looking at the end of autumn on a dry note and the beginning of winter as well. at 2:02 monday morning. as we head into next week, going into christmas eve, mix of sun and clouds. abc 7 news at 5:00 will be back

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got any room in your eye? talk to an eye doctor about twice-daily xiidra. i prefer you didn't! xiidra. not today, dry eye. it's a white week before christmas on the east coast. these are pictures from binghampton, new york. one area of the city set a record with 41 inches of snow. according to the national weather service. boy, very wintery there. finally here tonight, much-needed help for a bay area

food bank. wells fargo delivered a van full of personal protective equipment to second harvest of silicon valley. along with a big surprise. >> we about to present you with this check. >> oh. >> for $100,000. >> wow. isn't that amazing? second harvest says that $100,000 will translate into 200,000 meals. the food bank is putting out the call for more volunteers in 2021. >> sign up for january, sign up for february. we are going to have this need sustained for months and probably the next year. >> along with the money, wells fargo donated 2,900 bottles of hand sanitizer and hundreds of disposable gloves and masks. wonderful to see. >> yeah. all right. "world news tonight" with david muir is next. i'm ama daetz. >> i'm dan ashley. for sandhya patel, all of us here, we appreciate your time. see you again at 6:00.

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learn more at factsonhand.com today. stories as we come on the air. tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. just a short time ago, a second vaccine clearing a major hurdle. late today, an fda panel recommending emergency use authorization for a second vaccine here in the u.s. recommending emergency approval of the moderna vaccine. the fda's final decision expected within hours. tonight, what the data reveals on the moderna vaccine, preventing severe cases of coronavirus and can it stop the spread of the virus? what we've learned. could there now be two vaccines up and running before christmas? while across the country tonight, vaccinations under way. drive-through sites for health care workers and new questions after a second health care worker suffers an allergic reaction. and news that there could be extra doses in some vials of the pfizer vaccine. all of this comes following the deadliest day of the