television industry brings you a special report on the sauk polio vaccine the public health service of the department of health education and welfare has been conducting extensive tests on the vaccine. and tomorrow. the department is releasing its final report on the findings of those tests. to give you the highlights of that report here now are the secretary of health education and welfare, mrs. obito call papi and the surgeon general of the united states public health service, dr. leonard a shealy secretary hobby. good evening. ladies and gentlemen. poliomyelitis and the safety of the sauk antipolio vaccine. is vitally important to all of us? scientific processes are often difficult for us to understand as lame. yet it is important that we understand the results of scientific findings. so that we can be intelligent in making decisions about our own children. the public health service of the united states whose duty it is to protect the health of the nation. it's a core of positions. scientist and other professional health workers. it is served us with integrity. in 1798 i have asked the surgeon gen

passed the first bill which eventually led to the establishment of the public health service as we know it today as part of the department of health education and welfare. the department is the newest in the federal government having been established by congress on april 1st 1953. this program has come to you from washington. and was a presentation of the combined radio and television industry. vanderbilt university professor michael eric dyson discussed his book entertaining race, which examines the impact of black culture and politics on america. here's a portion. so yeah, the reason i talk about tupac shakura is a as an artist, but also as a poet. on par with the great maya angelou who i knew personally beautiful woman brilliant woman. i mean, you know, you know when my angela say, you know, you might write me down in dirt, but still. i rise and then tupac took that inspiration tupac in the outlaws and have a song somebody wake me call still i rise right? somebody wake me up dreaming. i started as a seed the -- swimming up stream planted in the womb while screaming on the top was my pops my mama hollering stop from a

we have been doing that with the department of building inspection and the department of public healthartment. >> it is really important for the industry to know that we are treating them like industry. like manufacturing. like coworkers pick so that is the way we are approaching this from a health and safety and a consumer protection network. this is just the way practice happens with restaurants or manufacturing facilities. >> because there are so many pieces of industry that people haven't even thought about. there are different permits for each piece. you have to set up a permitting system for growing, for manufacturing, for testing. for delivery. for retail. you have to make sure that there is an appropriate health code. certainly the regulation of alcohol in terms of restaurants and retail it's probably a model for how this industry will be regulated as well, both on sale and consumption. >> it is completely uncharted territory. there is a blessing and a curse with that. it is exciting because we are on a new frontier, but it is very nerve-racking because there's a lot at stake.

and we have susan earlich from the department of public health to present on this item. sorry. our c.e.o. of zuckerberg sf general. thank you so much for being here, doctor. >> good morning, chair haney, and good morning supervisor mar and supervisor safai. thank you very much. it turns out i am also a member of the department of public health very proudly and i'm happy to be here to present to you a very brief presentation about the cross country contract and hopefully get your approval for that today. so first of all, just to start, high rank high level nurses is always our first priority. we've done well with this even in a time when the market for nurses with hospitals is just completely tumultuous. we've maintained a 7%. it does vary by specialty and the areas that are hardest to recruit in are also the areas where we have the highest turn over. and more approaches about 13%. the total contract request is $85 million over five years and just to break that down, $67 million of that is for zsfg which is what i'm going to speak to today. smaller amounts are for laguna honda a

i'm of the division of administration, the department of health of the wheezing on a national guard to ensure there will be no federal aid repercussions or other adverse consequences for not renewing the proclamation purchase because the proclamation does not mean covid is over and if the circumstances a worsening call for, i will not hesitate to declare another emergency. but god willing we will never have to see such difficult mitigation measures in the state again. i do not doubt the future holds we were two years ago. i will also tell you that is due in large part to healthcare heroes around the state of louisiana. when also the louisiana department of health and doctor courtney phillips we may be wary. [applause] they may be weary but they never wavered in their efforts to save lives. ii will also tell you what we earn a much better place today that we were six years ago. my first state of the state i just inherited billion-dollar budget deficit to close out that year end a 2 billion-dollar deficit. today as i stand here before you we have hundreds of millions in surplus, even mor

the state department of public health is now loosening. to show a proof of a vaccine. at a major event, ktvu is james torres live outside chase center in the city with the new guidance and how soon it will take effect. james. good morning. frank good morning to you. just outside chase center this morning where? you know, several events have been in full swing here. concerts warriors games. john mayer, just having a concert here tonight. warriors playing a home game here tomorrow. but before you get in before you even cross those gates. you see the sign in front of you there, you have to have the vaccination card ready to show but that sign will soon go away and a statement from chase center that we received this morning, it says in part in the lineman with the san francisco department of public health update, proof of covid-19 vaccination or negative test result will no longer be required for fans to enter chase center beginning april 1st. the warriors and chase center continue to encourage everyone to receive their full covid-19 vaccinatio

of a difficult position. would you return to that again? what would you do differently, if anything? >> i would commend our county health officers and our california departmentpublic health. they've certainly given us as much as one could hope for in terms of insights about how to address the coronavirus. let's face it, there is no playbook for the coronavirus. it was new to all of us. in public health departments across the state, they've helped us tremendously. as you said though, we don't have health staff, you know, who can advise us on these tough questions. if there's anything that we can do to bring our county health officers closer to our schools, everyone is hungry for information. it has been very difficult to get information out. if we keep talking to our schools, listening to our schools, what their needs are and making sure our state health officials hear that feedback, we believe that's the best place that we can be. again, it has been difficult and i will acknowledge that for our schools. it is certainly not for lack of effort on the part of our department of public health who tried their best to make sure the word would get out about health n

of ukraine. in clear, the 10th regional health, epidemiological department of the central health, epidemiological department of the ukrainian ministry of defense. in odessa, the 27th regional health, epidemiological department of the central epidemiological department of the ukrainian minister defense in of, of the 28th regional health epidemic epidemiological department of the central epidemiological department of the ukrainian defense in hawk over 100, an 8th regional department of the ukrainian ministry of defense, epidemiological department, i'd like to draw attention to one another vitally important point. the representative view stake departments continue to muddle the information and s. and the 3rd ascertain that u. s. a allegedly don't on does not operate in any biological laboratories in the territory of ukraine, but the facts show otherwise. according to the ment plan that i mentioned for technical assistance, the donor is the u. s. ministry of defense. they established the attack, the tasks and the workload with as part of the projects on ukraine in territory. and i said, for a list of

i think it is an open question whether or not having the department of health changed the rules around nursing homes is actually an inflationary measure or more and the health policy market. host: you talked about build back better as an overall plan, we understand it has not gone anywhere in congress, but what about the plans that he wants to revise? guest: the white house has decided, really decided over christmas, to rebrand it. it was not working the way that they wanted, the styling telling of it, so they are trying to talk about it differently. he will stall talk about elements of the plan, like lowering the cost of health care, lowering the price of prescription drugs, bringing down the price of childcare. those are things that white house officials said yesterday will still come up. he will talk about elements of the plan even if the framing is different. host: we saw the administration and congress passed the infrastructure plan or in the infra structure a bill into law, will we hear more about its implementation tonight? guest: we will hear more about that and more about the

response in the coming days. >> taking into account the data and health equity implications to our highly impacted communities. and the department ofhealth goes on to say, regardless what the health department says, individual school districts can be more restrictive. >> then even they are. so it's just a waiting game to see what happens live in san francisco, dan kerman kron. 4 news. >> thank you, dan. a number of school districts are responding to governor newsom's announcement. oakland unified has said it is going to keep enforcing mask mandates as schools pending whatever guidance alameda county comes out with which hasn't happened yet. that's expected in the coming days. and then the oakland unified school district will review what alameda county suggesting and make a determination from there contra costa and mount diablo unified have said that they are aligning with the state's guidelines and will be removing the mask requirement. starting march. 12th, we do expect many more similar announcements from various school districts to coming to the kron, 4 news room and once that happens, we'll post them on our website for all the

workouts, but not joe mazza has been looking forward to wednesday since the santa clara county department of public health announced that date for lifting the mask mandate get out of breath of fresh air. you've got the mask on your kind restricted and, you know, kind of claustrophobic. so it's kind of it's best that we don't have a punching fitness owner, mauricio mathias, saw a decline in membership during the omicron surge. now that mask rules are changing. people are starting to feel more comfortable coming back to work out. the phones have been ringing where people are asking a lot of questions. and i think we're we're now we're just the answers coming out. a lot more easier because mask mandates are off now. it's not just gyms that anticipated the change. well, so barber shops like faded barber shop in san jose where some customers and employees chose to keep the mask on while others took theirs off wednesday owner vicki reynolds feel strongly about having the choice. and i feel that no one should be telling you what to do with your body should be a personal decision. you know yourself very whether i

of our border. i appreciate the effort supervisor ronan and others have done with mental health sf. we called for audit of mental health services within department of public health for a year and a half to get that report. that laid a lot 6 ground work for conversations. there was debate about should we rebuild the jail, rebuild the institution that would provide mental health services. that seems to have died and not gone anywhere. i just think at in point similar to the conversations we have around the care. i feel like we need to think outside the box. i appreciated the breakdown what beds were needed for the continuum of care. to supervisor ronan's point if someone is on the ground every day dealing with this pushing the agenda. some frustration lies in doing a lot of the same things over and over again with the same results. we have this wonderful kind of outline really long to get that i ammented. there are opportunities outside of the county we haven't i don't think we have taken advantage of. >> i will say, yes, we should look and take advantage to regional opportunities. we have actually done that with our newest rehabtative board and c

we have been lucky that dave chose a career in san francisco and here at the department of public health and he's brought a sense of culture to the department, and pride to the work and the way that pharmacy services have been delivered. and so i'd like to thank him as a teammate and as a friend and speaking for those who have had a benefit to benefit to the work that he did, we are extremely indebted. so reading the resolution number 22-11, honoring dr. david woods whereas, dr. david woods served the city and county of san francisco at the department of public health for over 0 years, and, whereas, during dr. woods' tenure with dph he served in the following leadership roles. the critical care, critical pharmacist, and the in-patient pharmacy supervisor, and the chm manager, and the laguna honda hospital pharmacy operator. and whereas, dr. woods guided the pharmacy department through expansions of the new building at laguna honda hospital and ensuring uncompromising ability of his team to provide the highest quality pharmaceutical care to the patients of san francisco. and he oversaw th

we have been doing that with the department of building inspection and the department of public health. >> it is really important for the industry to know that we are treating them like industry. like manufacturing. like coworkers pick so that is the way we are approaching this from a health and safety and a consumer protection network. this is just the way practice happens with restaurants or manufacturing facilities. >> because there are so many pieces of industry that people haven't even thought about. there are different permits for each piece. you have to set up a permitting system for growing, for manufacturing, for testing. for delivery. for retail. you have to make sure that there is an appropriate health code. certainly the regulation of alcohol in terms of restaurants and retail it's probably a model for how this industry will be regulated as well, both on sale and consumption. >> it is completely uncharted territory. there is a blessing and a curse with that. it is exciting because we are on a new frontier, but it is very nerve-racking because there's a lot at stake. and qui

well, late this afternoon, the san francisco department of public health said it is going to line with the state of california in dropping that requirement. but so far. >> san francisco unified school district is keeping the mask mandate in place. the days of students being required to wear masks in california. classrooms could soon be coming to an end. >> now that state officials have announced come march, 12th, their mask requirement will become a strong recommendation. i was relieved to hear that. we are finally aligning with the rest of the country. >> to allow kids to have, you know. >> at least have choice. cindy bird has a second crater in the san francisco unified school district. she says now is the time to lift that mask requirement. san francisco has been the beacon of it. you know, you know, following covid rules and trying to maintain our community safe. >> at this point, the cdc has shown that we are now in the green where the lowest risk. and they said, you know, kids are lower risk. and so the community standards to the line in the schools, to the adult, what we're doin

this analysis was done in collaboration with the department of emergency management as well as members of the department of public health wells representative from the mayor's office. the analysis that was done was very careful in acknowledging a very small but very burdensome portfolio of nonemergency calls we felt would be very situated for a community response and not a police response. additionally, part of the c.a.r.t. proposal includes establishing and convening an ongoing collaboration, learning and adaptive task force. this is a group of dispatched response pryers that would come together to study both successful and less than successful responses so that dispatch protocols could be updated on an on going basis. those are the two aspects of the report that might provide more information to your question. >> commissioner huie: do you know the difference between c level and b level call? >> i will defer specifically to the d.e.m. i believe that the goal is to provide a response time of about 20 minutes for b level call and right now the median response time for c level calls is typically somewhere near an hour. th

>> i would commend our county health officer and our california department of public health. they have given us as much as one could hope for in terms of insights about how to address coronavirus. let's face it, there is no playbook for the coronavirus. it was new to all of us. and public health departments across the state have helped us tremendously. as you said, though, we don't have health staff who can advise us on these tough questions. if there's anything that we can do to bring our county health officers closer to our schools, everyone is hungry for information. it's been very difficult to get information out. if we keep talking to our schools, listening to our schools, what their needs are and making sure our state health officials get that feedback, we believe that's the best place we can do. again, it's been difficult and i'll acknowledge that for our schools. it's not for lack of effort on the department of public health who tried the best to get the word out about health needs. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> you can watch laura's full interview wit

situation is there, but we also keep a very close tab on the main players, and of course, that's the san francisco health department because they're the ones that were affected the most. so instead for the safety and health of everybody, we decided to replace the live, in-person parade, with a virtual one. >> we decided to do a retrospective parade broadcast. we had old performances, new performances submitted, and we did digital floats. we also did a public art project called ox on parade. >> our community is basically about bringing people together to experience things, so in a time when we can't bring people together, it's been incredibly difficult. not just for artists in the parade world, but everyone has struggled in some way. i am extremely grateful for the parade committee who had so many suggestions in creative ways, and they gave people an opportunity to be here, even if it was socially distanced. >> the hon. london breed: we're here today to talk and announce that the city and county of san francisco, along with the university of san francisco and the department of public health, we have discovered our f

may be better to explain our criteria. >> yes, this is karen with the environmental health branch of the health department. the -- the health department has data with regards to 20 years worth of data -- 20 years or more worth of data telling us where most of our poisoning have occurred in san francisco. so in order to triage the spending of money, we decided to focus first primarily on those zip codes in the city where the highest lead poisoning cases have been in the past 20 years. now this funding is available to all residents of san francisco, but we're going to start with some zip codes where most of the poisoning have occurred. so our outreach for the next few years will be 94110, 94112 and 94124. as application from property owners come in, we have developed criteria based on equity and as well as hazard and based upon those, we are going to be first come first serve, based on those three systems we're going to be selecting the units and prioritizing the units to start the work. now 350-something is just an estimate of how many units we're going to get to. we haven't done this type of work in quite

department of health and human services said it would be the first agency to fly a trans pride flag. michael george, cbs news, new york. >> sang the buy to our beloved san francisco shop. we will show you the huge demand for the last batch of moshi plus how the latest space tour invite is meant to inspire students. >> the flag is still standing out on , the focus is on service on this cesar chavez day honoring the champion. martha's kitchen distributepeop today is an important reminder of the importance of building a community. >> this is an opportunity for each one of us to step up in our own way. >> >>> today, customers are saying goodbye to a long time shop in san francisco's japan town. it has been there for more than a century. >> you can see just how much support people are showing the business on its last leg. at one point, the line went down the sidewalk past the stop light and around the corner. >> this is what many waited and hours of a line for. >> we got here around 2:15, 2:30. >> that was in the morning. >> for generations, they have been crafting their traditional japan

please join me in welcoming jen smyers who is the chief of staff of the department of health and human services. >> thank you. it's a pleasure to join you today. i want to thank the mayors and commissioner and the ambassador and every one on behalf of the office of refugee settlement. go back home and thank your communities. the welcome that's been extended to afghans has been incredible. we feel it. we know there's incredible stories of communities all over who have extended their arms and we're appreciative. i'm going to focus on the role there and on our mission to serving on serving unaccompanied children. the office was started in 1980 under the refugee act of 1980 which created the office under the administration for children and family within the department of health and human services. over the last 40 years or so, orr has expanded our commission. congress has expanded our commission to include victims of trafficking, torture, cuban haitian entrance and unaccompanied children. as of september 30th, we're able to provide the same services we provide to refugees to afghan evacuee

i want to bring in doctor william shafter, he's a professor of preventive medicine at the department of health policies professor of medicine also at the vanderbilt university school of medicine in nashville, tennessee. dr. shepherd, good to see you again. so what did you say about the f d a authorizing the 2nd booster? a good decision? well, i think it's very good to brent at the da has authorized to vaccine. it's great that we have it on the shelf ready to use if we needed. now the reality is that, well over half the people who are eligible haven't yet received their 3rd dose. remember, you've got to get your 3rd dose for your 4th. and so the, the main emphasis and delivery of vaccine should still be for people completing this 3rd dose now series. now there are some people, older people, people who are frail underlying illnesses. of course people who are you compromise, who can take advantage of this additional dose. it's a soft recommendation. they insight everybody over age 50 should get it, but you should discuss it with your health care provider. why the age 50. i've understood someone t

so the city's department of health is warning and alerting people of this trend.is being found in other drugs like cocaine dyer, to you. all right. thank you for that report. camila. it's 5.36 and still ahead on the kron, 4 morning news now we know how long the warriors are going to be without steph curry will have an update his condition. >> and you might be wondering where your tax return is. if you're getting a check back, congress is stepping in and trying to get you your money quicker. >> and we are seeing a day that is going to bring the warmest and clearest of the weekend. enjoy it. these 50's and 60's of the coast 60's and 70's further inland are about to get a whole lot cooler cloudier wetter tomorrow. your forecast is ahead. advancements in the medical field are giving nurses faster, more effective results than ever before. they should expect the same from their education, too. with flexpath from capella university, you can complete your rn-to-bsn program in 9 months and under $10,000. set your own deadlines, and leverage your experience to move at a pac

according to the san francisco department of public health, hiv testing is down 44% from 2019. rates of viral suppression down from 75 to 70%. however, it is worse among homeless people. their rate of viral suppression dropped from 50% in 2019 to 20% last year. >> it is more about the attention as well. for example, everyone got deflected at the health department. this was a health department that used to be really focused on hiv. we have community and academic and health department partnerships getting to zero. it is bringing back that attention to hiv in treatment, in retaining people in care, and getting our hiv outcomes better, especially in terms of care. >> the san francisco department of public health gave us a statement that reads in part, san francisco's successful covid emergency response drew from lessons learned during our response to the hiv epidemic in the 1980s and we remain deeply committed to san franciscans living with hiv or at risk infection. we are working diligently to reach our goal of zero hiv infections and hiv-related deaths in partnership with communit

he's a professor of preventive medicine at the department of health policy of vanderbilt university medical center in nashville, tennessee. dr. schaffner, it's good to see you again. it seems like ages since we last spoke. that's partly because of the war and ukraine. also the falling coven numbers where you are, when you look at the new lock downs in china, and these new record cases here. what do you see? well, what i see obviously is an increase. and as the lead in a statement said, a lot of that is due to the da to variance of, of on the crime, which is if you can imagine it even more contagious than oma cron itself. and so we're getting cases, but we're not getting as many hospitalizations at least here in the united states and other developed countries because of vaccination and boosting those vaccines and boosters, art helping to keep us out of the hospital still. and that's excellent news in the u. s has fewer fully vaccinated people than what we have here in europe in terms of percentages. but the numbers they're in the u. s. they've been falling. you've got mass recommendations, n

he's not in favor of opening safe consumption sites. >> the san francisco department of public health did not make anyone available for questions about the future of the linkage center including questions about its funding. in san francisco, sergio quintana, nbc bay area news. >> it's loosening up, the mask mandate at the oakland unified school district. starting monday masks will be optional on monday, that goes for student, staff and visitors. masking will still be required until the middle of april. it's keeping the mask mandate in place because it's worried about a covid surge after spring break in early april. it will reassess it in mid-april. oakland is one of the few school districts in the bay area that still require masks. >> they could be fired. we told you yesay ac transit worker by the e of the y to show they are vted nst covid-19. 88%f thekers are in compliance nout that means 260 employees are noweingent notices that they will lose their jobs. but some of those workers have applied for medical and religious exemptions, ac transit didn't have a time line on when the worke

yes spoke to the chief of the emergency department at ucsf's parnassus campus who says mental health is playing a key role in cases before the pandemic homelessness and drug overdoses were some of the main issues of concern in san francisco. now those on the front lines of the medical system are sounding the alarm the first year of the pandemic was a deadliest for the homeless community the number of deaths in that population actually doubled and none of them were due to covid 82% were actually due to drug. artists basically led by sentinel dr. maria raven chief of emergency medicine at ucsf's parnassus campus is seeing these cases firsthand. she authored a report in collaboration with san francisco department of health that points to a grim number 311 homeless individuals died in san francisco between march 2020 and march 2021 substance abuse was the main driver but also, what's the role mental health is playing in these cases. we know that a large number of people with substance use disorder have co-occurring mental health disorder, but this is not a san francisco exclusive issue. t

deputy director of health for her more than 10 years of dedicated public service through her work the our department of public health. i want to thank the doctor for her tremendous leadership during our response to the covid-19 pandemic. you have been absolutely amazing. she began her career in 2009 as director of public health, emergency preparedness and response. a role which was prepare her very well for the challenges she would face these last two years. she oversees all aspects of d.p.h. policy and planning. during the pandemic, dr. bobba led efforts to prevent the spread of covid-19 by ensuring collaboration with city agencies, academic partners, community partners and other healthcare systems. she helped lead a community-based pandemic response which was absolutely crucial to better understand and addressing the need, barriers and pinpoints for those disproportionately affected and impacted by covid-19. thanks dr. bobba's leadership, san francisco has one of the lowest covid-19 death rates and among the lowest transmission rates in the country. it's impossible to overstate how critical her wo

deputy director of health for her more than 10 years of dedicated public service through her work the our department of public health. i want to thank the doctor for her tremendous leadership during our response to the covid-19 pandemic. you have been absolutely amazing. she began her career in 2009 as director of public health, emergency preparedness and response. a role which was prepare her very well for the challenges she would face these last two years. she oversees all aspects of d.p.h. policy and planning. during the pandemic, dr. bobba led efforts to prevent the spread of covid-19 by ensuring collaboration with city agencies, academic partners, community partners and other healthcare systems. she helped lead a community-based pandemic response which was absolutely crucial to better understand and addressing the need, barriers and pinpoints for those disproportionately affected and impacted by covid-19. thanks dr. bobba's leadership, san francisco has one of the lowest covid-19 death rates and among the lowest transmission rates in the country. it's impossible to overstate how critical her wo

of our border. i appreciate the effort supervisor ronan and others have done with mental health sf. we called for audit of mental health services within department of public health for a year and a half to get that report. that laid a lot 6 ground work for conversations. there was debate about should we rebuild the jail, rebuild the institution that would provide mental health services. that seems to have died and not gone anywhere. i just think at in point similar to the conversations we have around the care. i feel like we need to think outside the box. i appreciated the breakdown what beds were needed for the continuum of care. to supervisor ronan's point if someone is on the ground every day dealing with this pushing the agenda. some frustration lies in doing a lot of the same things over and over again with the same results. we have this wonderful kind of outline really long to get that i ammented. there are opportunities outside of the county we haven't i don't think we have taken advantage of. >> i will say, yes, we should look and take advantage to regional opportunities. we have actually done that with our newest rehabtative board and c

in the marin county department of health says it will allow school districts to make their own choice. ama: south bay solidarity. the new show support for ukraine and the power plan one councilmember is pushing for. >> they held this alarm back and hurled it. dan: a bash at ocean beach and d in violence. we hear from the victim. ama: and what happened to annie, the search for the beloved bird that has disappeared? >> starting march with springlike weather and wet weather follows. i will show you one, coming up. dan: here's a look at what is coming on jimmy kimmel live. >> thanks. we will do this together as a family. how does your daughter -- is this crazy to her that ed sharon is over at her house? >> i cannot impress that girl. ♪i want to break free♪ (vo) imagine a place where we can finally be free. free to zoom without a meeting request. free to enjoy savory bites, and stunning sights. and free to reunite with old friends...and new. it's time to break free. ♪i want to break free♪ ♪ohhh i want to break free♪ (vo) ready to break free? plan your getaway with norwegian cruise line. sa

the department of public health announced it is aligning with state guidelines. ers are still recommending masks to prevent the spread of covid-19. masks are required while hearing -- attending public hearings. jobina: this morning, there are concerns over a subvariant. how worried should americans be? >> about one quarter of the cases here, it's a bit more transmissible than omicron. the good news is vaccines work fine. it's the same virus as americans have to get vaccinated. being boosted is the best possible protection. i'm confident we will get through any surge. jobina: the president has named him the new covid-19 response coordinator. gma will have a new report at 7:00. julian: modernity is asking the fda to authorize a fourth dose of the vaccine for all adults. the request does not mean all adults will need a booster shot. securing that authorization would allow for more flexibility down the road if guidance changes. the company's only four adults 65 and older. the fda is planning a meeting on booster shot recommendations for different age groups. jobina: t

we have been doing that with the department of building inspection and the department of public healthndustry to know that we are treating them like industry. like manufacturing. like coworkers pick so that is the way we are approaching this from a health and safety and a consumer protection network. this is just the way practice happens with restaurants or manufacturing facilities. >> because there are so many pieces of industry that people haven't even thought about. there are different permits for each piece. you have to set up a permitting system for growing, for manufacturing, for testing. for delivery. for retail. you have to make sure that there is an appropriate health code. certainly the regulation of alcohol in terms of restaurants and retail it's probably a model for how this industry will be regulated as well, both on sale and consumption. >> it is completely uncharted territory. there is a blessing and a curse with that. it is exciting because we are on a new frontier, but it is very nerve-racking because there's a lot at stake. and quite frankly, being san francisco, bein

, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the president's fiscal year 2023 budget for the department of health and human services. pleased to be with you today. speaking of today, 250 million americans have received one dose of the covid-19 vaccine. two-thirds of adults over age 65 have gotten their bosser shots. we have also closed the gap in vccine rates. we usually see fall behind for communities in some of our distressed areas. it pays dividends to surge resources including tests and treatments to our hardest hit and highest risk communities. we think the numbers show that. 325 million free covid-19 tests have been shipped out to americans. 270 million free n-95 masks have been made available. you all made it possible to have $186 million available through the relief fund, so so far, we have seen some 766,000 claims submitted by doctors, hospitals, pharmacies, labs, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, all of them receiving some very critical support at a very necessary time. more than 450,000 providers to date have submitted requests for reimbursement. real money, real relief, real r

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the san francisco department of public health says starting friday march 11th, you will no longer needccinated or a negative covid test to enter businesses where food and drinks are served. the same goes for indoor spaces where elevated breathing happens. like getting a workout at a gym or in the fitness studio. i do want to say some businesses may want to keep things a little tighter. so we just ask that everybody check with their restaurants and cafes and bars. >> but a lot of people will be moving in this direction. we anticipate, in fact, although facial coverings and vaccine mandates will no longer be required. the san francisco department of public health will still allow each individual business owner the right to decide to continue the more restrictive health guidelines for their staff and customers. their london breed sees this as an important moment for the people of san francisco to feel the pride. >> and what our city has done and can do the first in the country to shut down. and we saw one of the lowest death rates in the country and the highest vaccination rate. >> we did

so it's the department of emergency management, the department of public health, and our human servicese department of homelessness and supportive housing and human services agency. so it's sort of a three-headed command in which we are coordinating and operating everything related to covid response. and now, of course, in this final phase, it's mass vaccination. the first year was before the pandemic was extremely busy. the fires, obviously, that both we were able to provide mutual support but also the impact of air quality. we had, in 2018, the worst air quality ten or 11 days here in the city. i'm sure you all remember it, and then, finally, the day the sun didn't come out in san francisco, which was in october. the orange skies, it felt apocalyptic, super scary for people. you know, all of those things, people depend on government to say what's happening. are we safe? what do i do? and that's a lot of what department of emergency management's role is. public service is truly that. it is such an incredible and effective way that we can make change for the most vulnerable. i spend a l