TEMPERATURES GETTING UP TO ABOUT 50 FOR A HIGH.
BACK TO YOU.
ALL RIGHT, ROB, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
MUCH.
MUCH. >>
MUCH. >> FOR THE FOURTH STRAIGHT DAY,
OREGON BREAKS A RECORD FOR
CORONA VIRUS CASES.
THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
REPORTED 1000 517 NEW CASES ON
SUNDAY.
SUNDAY.
SUNDAY. NOT ONLY IS THAT THE HIGHEST
SINGLE DAY TOTAL THAT WE'VE
SEEN SO FAR.
IT'S ALSO THE SECOND DAY IN A
ROW CASES HAVE TOPPED FIFTEEN
HUNDRED.
HUNDRED.
HUNDRED. SO LOOKING AT THIS GRAPH YOU
CAN SEE ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE
IT GOES UP.
THE VIRUS IS NOT SLOWING DOWN.
IT HAS SOME WORRIED THAT OUR
HOSPITALS WON'T BE ABLE TO
HANDLE A SURGE IN PATIENTS THAT
COULD HIT IN TWO WEEKS OR
SOONER.
SOONER.
SOONER. THE OREGON HEALTH AUTHORITY
REPORTS AS OF FRIDAY THERE WERE
SEVEN HUNDRED TWENTY TWO ICU
BEDS STATEWIDE.
BEDS STATEWIDE. ONE HUNDRED ELEVEN ARE OPEN AND
AVAILABLE KOVEN CASES CONTINUE
TO CLIMB IN WASHINGTON AS WELL.
>> THE STATE'S DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH REPORTED MORE THAN
SEVENTEEN HUNDRED NEW CASES
YESTERDAY BUT THOSE NUMBERS MAY
NOT TELL THE WHOLE STORY.
ON SATURDAY IT SAID THERE WAS A
BACKLOG OF ABOUT 53000 RESULTS
THAT HAD PILED UP OVER THE LAST
FEW DAYS SOME POSITIVE, SOME
NEGATIVE.
NEGATIVE.
NEGATIVE. THE DEPARTMENT HAS PUT A PAUSE
ON REPORTING NEGATIVE RESULTS
TO HELP KEEP UP WITH DEMAND AND
FOCUS ON THOSE WHO'VE TESTED
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE. WELL, THE HEAD OF THE U.S.
EFFORT TO PRODUCE A CORONA
VIRUS VACCINE SAYS THE FIRST
IMMUNIZATIONS COULD HAPPEN AS
EARLY AS DECEMBER 12TH.
>> THE FDA ADVISORY COMMITTEE
IS SET TO MEET TWO DAYS BEFORE
THAT TO DISCUSS PFIZER'S
REQUEST FOR THE EMERGENCY USE
AUTHORIZATION.
AUTHORIZATION. PFIZER AND ITS GERMAN PARTNER
BIONTECH APPLIED FOR EMERGENCY
USE AUTHORIZATION ON FRIDAY.
THEY SAY THEIR VACCINE APPEARS
95 PERCENT EFFECTIVE.
THE HEAD OF THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT'S OPERATION WARP
SPEED SAYS THAT VACCINE WOULD
START SHIPPING TO STATES WITHIN
24 HOURS OF FDA APPROVAL.
THAT WOULD BE GREAT NEWS.
SO ALMOST ALL OF US TRUE ARE
WAITING AND WATCHING FOR THE
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE VACCINE
IS READY TO GO.
THAT'S RIGHT, BRENDA KGW.
GAIL IN AS A MATTER OF FACT
SPOKE WITH TWO LOCAL
RESEARCHERS TO LEARN WHAT MAKES
THE COVERT VACCINE UNIQUE AND
ALSO TO ANSWER SOME OF OUR
VIEWERS QUESTIONS.
VIEWERS QUESTIONS. >> DR. GAURAV SAHAY IS
OPTIMISTIC THE BEGINNING OF THE
END GOES TO PANDEMIC NEW
VACCINES BEING TESTED FROM
PFIZER AND MADONA COULD BE THE
TURNING POINT AGAINST KOFOD 19
THE VIRUS.
THE VIRUS. >> THINK OF IT AS AN INTRUDER.
WHO HAS A KEY IN HAND?
>> HE WORKS WITH OREGON STATE
UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF PHARMACY
LAB SPECIALIZING IN MESSENGER
RNA INSTEAD OF A VACCINE
CONTAINING REAL PARTICLES
OF THE KOFOD 19 VIRUS M RNA
VACCINES CONTAIN PROTEINS THAT
ACT AS CODES TELLING THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. >> THIS IS HOW THAT HE LOOKS
LIKE OF THIS INTRUDER.
AND SO IF YOU SEE SOMEONE WITH
THE SKIS START ACTING ON IT
THAT'S SYNTHETIC CODE TRIGGERS
A RESPONSE TO THE REAL KOFOD 19
.
.
. >>
. >> THIS
. >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS
KIND OF VACCINE HAS COME INTO
THE PICTURE M RNA VACCINES HAVE
BEEN UNDER DEVELOPMENT SINCE
THE 90S BUT IT NEVER YIELDED AN
FDA APPROVED VACCINE.
>> WAS THIS TIMELINE SOMETHING
THAT MADE SENSE TO YOU?
WAS IT REALLY FAST, REALLY
SLOW?
SLOW?
SLOW? WHAT GOES INTO THIS SORT
OF DEVELOPMENT?
OF DEVELOPMENT? >> YEAH.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. SO YOU KNOW THIS THIS TIMELINE
IS I THINK UNPRECENDENTED
VACCINES AND VACCINE
DEVELOPMENT.
DEVELOPMENT. GENERALLY TAKES ONLY 30 YEARS.
EARLY REPORTS FROM PFIZER AND
BOGDANA SHOW VACCINES COULD BE
95 PERCENT EFFECTIVE.
>> THOSE ARE VERY HIGH C'S.
DR. JAN MEDLOCK IS ALSO AN
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AT OSU
FOCUSED ON BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE.
>> HIS RESEARCH IN 2000 LINE
ABOUT THE FLU AND H1N1
HIGHLIGHTED WHO SHOULD GET
VACCINATED FIRST DEPENDING ON
PERSONAL RISK.
PERSONAL RISK. VACCINE SUPPLY AND A VIRAL
SPREAD AND I THINK THAT'S
REALLY INTERESTING TO THINK
ABOUT IN TERMS OF COPD 19
BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THE DYNAMIC
IS DIFFERENT THAN H1N1 BUT WILL
MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE IN HOW WE
HAVE THAT CONVERSATION A
PRIORITY.
PRIORITY.
PRIORITY. >> THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT.
THAT'S RIGHT. WE SAW THAT IT WAS BETTER TO
ACTUALLY VACCINATE THE PEOPLE
WHO DO ALL THE TRANSMITTING
DURING H1N1 VULNERABLE
COMMUNITIES WHERE THE FOCUS TO
REDUCE RISK BUT WITH POTENTIAL
COVID 19 VACCINES BEING MORE
EFFECTIVE.
EFFECTIVE. >> MEDLOCK SAYS YOUNGER PEOPLE
WHO ARE NOW SPREADING THE VIRUS
NEEDED TO INDIRECTY PROTECT THE
PEOPLE WHO ARE ACTUALLY AT RISK
OF SEVERE DISEASE AND DEATH.
>> HE SAYS MEDICAL WORKERS AND
FIRST RESPONDERS ALSO NEED
PRIORITY BUT MANUFACTURING AS
THEY GETTING ENOUGH VACCINE TO
ENOUGH WILLING PEOPLE IS TOUGH
FOR PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT RISK
OR FOR MAYBE SIDE EFFECTS.
>> WHO ARE CONCERNED THAT THIS
WAS AN UNPRECEDENTEDLY FAST
TIMELINE?
TIMELINE?
TIMELINE? WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THEM?
>> SAFETY IS NOT BEING
COMPROMISED.
COMPROMISED. YES, LONG TERM EFFECTS AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
IT ALWAYS TAKES A COUPLE
OF YEARS TO FOLLOW UP WITH
THOSE PATIENTS.
THOSE PATIENTS. BUT IT'S NOT AS IF A STEP WAS
MISSED.
MISSED.
MISSED. I
MISSED. I WOULD BE VERY EXCITED TO GET
A SIDE EFFECTS ARE ALSO A
QUESTION MARK BUT SEEMED
PROMISING IN EARLY REPORTS.
>> DR. SANJAY SAYS THE NEWS IS
A HUGE BREAKTHROUGH IN UGM RNA
RESEARCH THAT COULD HELP FUTURE
VACCINES FOR OTHER DISEASES AS
MUCH AS IT DOES A HARD TIME
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. >> I THINK SCIENCE HAS COME TO
THINGS WILL GET GET BETTER.
>> I'M GALEN ETTLIN FOR KGW
NEWS.
NEWS.
NEWS. >>
NEWS. >> WE CONTINUE KOVIK COVERAGE
THIS MORNING TALKING ABOUT THE
MILLIONS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WHO
ARE FLYING THIS WEEK EVEN
THOUGH THE CDC HAS ISSUED CLEAR
WARNINGS THE SAFEST MOVE IS TO
STAY HOME.
STAY HOME. TSA SCREENED MORE THAN TWO
MILLION PEOPLE AT AIRPORTS
AROUND THE COUNTRY ON FRIDAY
AND SATURDAY.
AND SATURDAY. NOW THAT IS A MUCH LOWER NUMBER
THAN WE USUALLY SEE AROUND THE
HOLIDAYS BUT IT'S STILL THE
HIGHEST NUMBER OF TRAVELERS
WE'VE SEEN SINCE THE PANDEMIC
STARTED.
STARTED.
STARTED. SO BRIAN CLERKLEY HAS THE
HOLIDAY TRAVEL STORY FOR US
THIS MORNING BRIAN.
>> I KNOW YOU HAVE SOME TIPS
FOR PEOPLE TODAY WHETHER
THEY'RE FLYING THIS WEEK OR
WHETHER THEY'RE CONSIDERING A
LAST MINUTE CANCELATION.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> AND GOOD MORNING, DREW.
A LOT OF PEOPLE BOUGHT PLANE
TICKETS BEFORE THE CDC STARTED
URGING PEOPLE NOT TO TRAVEL
THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.
BUT YOU SHOULDN'T BE AFRAID TO
CANCEL YOUR PLANE TO CANCEL
YOUR TRAVEL PLANS IF YOU HAVE
HEALTH CONCERNS.
HEALTH CONCERNS. THE NATIONAL CONSUMERS LEAGUE
SAYS MOST AIRLINES WON'T PAY A
CASH REFUND, WON'T PAY CASH TO
REFUND THE FLIGHT IF YOU DECIDE
TO HEAT NATIONAL WARNINGS BUT
THEY ARE WAIVING FEES AND
OFFERING VOUCHERS.
OFFERING VOUCHERS. PDX IS ALSO MAKING SURE PEOPLE
ARE SAFE IF THEY DO TRAVEL
THROUGH THE AIRPORT, FACE
COVERINGS ARE REQUIRED.
IF YOU'RE PICKING SOMEONE UP OR
DROPPING SOMEONE OFF, YOU'LL BE
ASKED TO STAY OUTSIDE.
THE AIRPORT IS ALSO DOING
FREQUENT CLEANING OF HIGH TOUCH
AREAS LIKE ESCALATORS AND
BATHROOMS.
BATHROOMS. THEY EXPECT A 65 PERCENT
DECREASE IN TRAFFIC THIS
THANKSGIVING COMPARED TO LAST
YEAR KGW.
YEAR KGW.
YEAR KGW. JOE RAINERI INTERVIEWED
TRAVELERS EARLIER THIS MONTH
WHO ARE PLAYING IT SAFE AND
APPRECIATE THE PRECAUTIONS AT
PDX.
PDX.
PDX. >>
PDX. >> NOT AS MUCH TRAFFIC
OBVIOUSLY PEOPLE AREN'T
TRAVELING AS MUCH.
PLENTY OF TASTE TESTING
STATIONS.
STATIONS.
STATIONS. I THINK THEY'RE DOING THE BEST
THEY CAN.
THEY CAN.
THEY CAN. >> BEING CAUTIOUS, YOU KNOW.
HAND SANITIZER, WASHING HANDS,
SOCIAL DISTANCING.
SOCIAL DISTANCING. ALL THAT GOOD STUFF WEARING A
MASK.
MASK.
MASK. >>
MASK. >> IT'S ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE
IF YOU'RE TRAVELING ALONG THE
WEST COAST AND YOU TRAVEL
TRAVEL OUTSIDE YOUR STATE
AUTHORITIES WANT YOU TO
QUARANTINE FOR TWO WEEKS WHEN
YOU RETURN HOME.
BACK TO YOU GUYS.
ALL RIGHT, BRIAN, THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
VERY MUCH. LET'S TALK MORE ABOUT CASES
SURGING HERE ACROSS OREGON
BECAUSE BAND IS STEPPING UP ITS
MASC ENFORCEMENT RIGHT NOW.
THE OREGONIAN REPORTS THE BAND
NOW HAS A HOTLINE THAT YOU CAN
CALL IF YOU ACTUALLY SEE
BUSINESSES NOT FOLLOWING THE
STATEWIDE MASK MANDATE.
THE NEWEST KOVIK RESTRICTIONS
IN OREGON WENT INTO EFFECT LAST
WEDNESDAY AND AMONG THE NEW
RESTRICTIONS IS A LIMIT ON
SOCIAL GATHERINGS.
SOCIAL GATHERINGS. GOVERNOR BROWN MADE THOSE
RESTRICTIONS ENFORCEABLE.
RESTRICTIONS ENFORCEABLE. SO WE ASKED HER DOES THAT MEAN
PEOPLE SHOULD CALL POLICE IF
THEY SEE THEIR NEIGHBOR
SKIRTING THE RULES?
>> THIS IS NO DIFFERENT THAN
WHAT HAPPENS IF THERE'S A PARTY
DOWN THE STREET AND IT'S
KEEPING EVERYONE AWAKE.
WHAT A NEIGHBORS DO THEY CALL
LAW ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE IT'S
TOO NOISY LIKE THAT COULD BE A
YES, YES, YES.
>> THE GOVERNOR ADDED SHE HOPES
IT DOESN'T COME TO THAT AND SHE
HOPES PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW THESE
RESTRICTIONS VOLUNTARY.
RESTRICTIONS VOLUNTARY. >> OREGON STATE POLICE AND
OTHER AGENCIES HAVE SAID
THEY'LL TAKE AN EDUCATION FIRST
APPROACH TO THESE COMPLAINTS
AND TRY TO AVOID HANDING OUT
PENALTIES.
PENALTIES. >> NEW THIS MORNING, A ONE
PERSON IS HURT AFTER STREET
RACERS CRASHED INTO THAT HOUSE
IN BEAVERTON AND IT CAUGHT ON
FIRE.
FIRE.
FIRE. >>
FIRE. >> THIS WAS RIGHT NEAR A
SOUTHWEST ONE HUNDRED SIXTY
SEVENTH AND FARMINGTON ROAD.
FIREFIGHTERS HAVE PUT OUT THE
FLAMES.
FLAMES.
FLAMES. BEAVERTON POLICE ARE ALSO
INVOLVED IN THIS INVESTIGATION
ON THE OREGON COAST.
>> THE STATE'S MOST VALUABLE
SEAFOOD IS FACING A SETBACK.
COMMERCIAL DUNGENESS CRAB
SEASON IS NOW BEING DELAYED.
IT WAS SET TO START DECEMBER
1ST BUT NOW WON'T BEGIN UNTIL
AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF THE
MONTH.
MONTH.
MONTH. CRABS JUST AREN'T BIG ENOUGH
YET.
YET.
YET. IT'S
YET. IT'S ANOTHER HIT TO AN ALREADY
STRUGGLING INDUSTRY.
STRUGGLING INDUSTRY. DEMAND FOR CRAB, ESPECIALLY IN
RESTAURANTS FELL SIGNIFICANTLY
IN THE PANDEMIC.
>> WE FILED FOR UNEMPLOYMENT IN
MARCH.
MARCH.
MARCH. AND MY HUSBAND AND WE WAITED 17
WEEKS TO SEE A DIME AND IF WE
DID NOT HAVE ANY SAVINGS TO
LIVE ON, I MEAN WE WERE TO
REALLY BEEN HURTING.
I MEAN IF THEY START ON TIME IF
THEY START SUMMER 15TH, MOST
OF THESE GUYS WILL BE LUCKY TO
SEE A PAYCHECK BEFORE CHRISTMAS
HITS.
HITS.
HITS. I
HITS. I MEAN THAT'S JUST HOW IT
FALLS.
FALLS.
FALLS. >>
FALLS. >> WOW.
>> WOW.
>> WOW. DUNGENESS CRAB SEASON HAS BEEN
DELAYED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE
PAST FEW YEARS BECAUSE OF CRAB
SIZE OR BECAUSE OF HIGH LEVELS
OF WHAT'S CALLED DOMOIC ACID
WHICH CAN BE HARMFUL TO HUMANS.
IF THERE IS A BIT OF GOOD NEWS,
IT'S THAT DOMO DOMOIC ACID
ISN'T A PROBLEM.
SO FAR THIS YEAR.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. >> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT.
>> RIGHT. I FEEL LIKE WE'VE DONE 30
MINUTES WORTH OF NEWS ALREADY
BUT THE CLOCK DOES SAY IT'S
JUST ELEVEN MINUTES AFTER FIVE
O'CLOCK.
O'CLOCK.
O'CLOCK. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THE
FORECASTER DIALING UP FOR THIS
THANKSGIVING WEEK.
THANKSGIVING WEEK. GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. NOT A BAD WEEK AHEAD.
WE DO HAVE THE MOST ACTIVE
WEATHER COMING IN LATE TOMORROW
,TUESDAY, OVERNIGHT WEDNESDAY.
IT'S CALLED THE BULL'S EYE WHEN
THINGS COULD BE ROCKING AND
ROLLING A LITTLE BIT.
THIS MORNING IT'S A WEAK
WEATHER SYSTEM MARCHING AND YOU
CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT OF SNOW
PICKING UP ON RADAR OUT OVER
THE BLUES.
THE BLUES. OTHERWISE IT'S MAINLY OUT HERE
ON THE WEST SIDE.
THIS IS HEAVIER RAIN POCKETS UP
AROUND THAT STORY INTO LONGVIEW
LIGHT STUFF IN PORTLAND AND
SALEM RIGHT NOW THERE'S
BATTLEGROUND GOOD MORNING.
SOME HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS JUST TO
YOUR NORTH LONG BEACH.
YOU'VE HAD SEVERAL SHOTS
OF PRETTY GOOD RAIN ALREADY
COMING THROUGH.
COMING THROUGH. COULD BE A QUARTER OF AN INCH
OF RAIN I SUPPOSE UP IN THAT
CLATSOP AND COLLINS COUNTIES
FROM WHAT'S PASSING THIS
MORNING PORTLAND DOWN INTO
SALEM LIKELY A TENTH OF AN INCH
OR LAST.
OR LAST.
OR LAST. HERE WE ARE AT ONE O'CLOCK.
SO I'M SAYING MORNING SHOWERS
AND THEN MAINLY DRY ONCE WE GET
TO LUNCHTIME HERE WE ARE ONE
FUTURE CASH THROUGH THIS
EVENING SEVEN 30.
>> AGAIN IT SHOWS THE RAIN
CHANCES NOT ZERO BUT OVERALL
PRETTY QUIET WEATHER ONCE WE
GET THROUGH THE MID-MORNING
HOURS.
HOURS.
HOURS. TEMPERATURE NOT A PROBLEM.
FORTY PORTLAND ZAVEN KELSO
FREEZE IN SALEM ABOVE FREEZING
OUT IN THE GORES.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. THIRTY SIX IS YOUR NUMBER IF
YOU TRAVELING UP THE HIGH
COUNTRY THE SNOW LEVEL TODAY
4000 FEET NOT A LOT OF ONE TO
FOUR INCHES OF SNOW THEY PICKED
UP AN INCH SO FAR UP AT
TIMBERLINE LODGE AND OURS BY
SEVEN TEGNA.
SEVEN TEGNA. WE HAVE A LIVE SHOW CALLED
SUNRISE EXTRA FOLLOWING THIS
NEWSCAST AND I'LL HAVE MY
SEVENTH DAY COMING UP IN ABOUT
OH, EIGHT MINUTES.
I HAVE A FEELING THAT'S NOT
WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE UP ON
THE SCREEN.
THE SCREEN. BRENDA, YOU WOULD HAVE YOU
WOULD HAVE LIKED TO LAST WEEK
WHEN YOU'RE UP.
ROD WAS ACTUALLY