THEMEPARKS NEWS8 AT FIVE WILL YOU TAKE THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE? GOOD EVENING
AND THANKS FOR JOINING US
TONIGHT. I'M STEVE PRICE AND
I'M ALWAYS A SUMMER IS
CATHOLICS ARE FACING SOME
CONFLICTING MESSAGES THIS
SUNDAY ABOUT WHETHER TO GET THE
JOHNSON JOHNSON CORONAVIRUS
VACCINE. THE COUNTY WILL START
DISTRIBUTING IT THIS WEEK.
NEWS8 BRANDON LEWIS EXPLAINS
THE DEBATE AND WHY SOME BISHOPS
ARE TELLING PARISHIONERS TO
CONSIDER A DIFFERENT VACCINE IF
THEY HAVE A CHOICE STEPHEN. AT
LEAST ON THE SURFACE IT CAN
SOUND LIKE SOME BISHOPS ARE
ADVOCATING AGAINST TAKING THE
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE BUT
IT REQUIRES A LITTLE BIT MORE
HISTORICAL CONTEXT TO
UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE
TRYING TO SAY AND WHY IT GOES
BEYOND JUST THIS ONE VACCINE.
CATHOLICS MAY BE HEARING MIXED
MESSAGES ABOUT WHETHER TO GET
JOHNSON OR JOHNSON'S
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE. WE'RE
GOING TO EXPLAIN THIS FROM A
SCIENCE AND A RELIGIOUS
PERSPECTIVE TO HELP YOU MAKE AN
INFORMED DECISION. THE
DISCUSSION OFTEN STARTS WITH
ABORTION BUT IT'S NOT THAT
SIMPLE. IT'S REALLY ABOUT
SOMETHING CALLED FETAL CELL
LINES DERIVED FROM ABORTED
FETUSES FROM THE NETHERLANDS IN
THE 1970S. THIS ONE THIS ONE SO
OFTEN HAPPENS TO BE REALLY EASY
TO GET DNA AND YOU KNOW ALL THE
STUFF THAT YOU NEED TO EXPRESS
INTO THE CELL THE LINE IS GROWN
IN A LAB THOUSANDS OF TIMES
OVER AND USED IN VACCINES FROM
HEPITITIS EIGHT TO EBOLA. ALL
THREE CORONAVIRUS VACCINES USED
CELL LINES IN DEVELOPMENT BUT
ONLY JOHNSON AND JOHNSON USES
IT IN MANUFACTURING. THE
CATHOLIC CHURCH HAS SPOKEN OUT
AGAINST WHAT IT CALLS THE
MANIPULATION OF HUMANS FOR
DECADES AND THE U.S. CONFERENCE
OF BISHOPS THIS MONTH ARGUES
CATHOLICS SHOULD OPT FOR
MODERNA OR FYSSAS VACCINES IF
THEY HAVE A CHOICE. BUT THE
VATICAN HAS KNOWN IT FOR YEARS
QUOTE THE USE SUCH VACCINES
DOES NOT CONSTITUTE FORMAL
COOPERATION WITH THE ABORTION
FROM WHICH THE CELLS USED IN
PRODUCTION OF THE VACCINES
DERIVE UNQUOTE. BASICALLY IT'S
OK TO GET THE JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON VACCINE BUT THE CHURCH
IS URGING PHARMACEUTICALS TO
THINK DIFFERENTLY IN A BROADER
SENSE. THE CONCRETE MORAL
QUESTION OF THIS MOMENT
CATHOLIC THEOLOGY IS IT MORALLY
APPROPRIATE AND IN FACT MORALLY
A VERY GOOD THING TO TAKE ANY
ONE OF THESE THREE VACCINES OUT
TO BRING IMMUNITY TO THE HOLD
OF THE OF THE SOCIETY? AND THE
ANSWER QUITE CLEARLY AT ALL
LEVELS IS YES, SOME COUNTY
SCIENCE WILL START GETTING THE
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE
THIS WEEK. BUT OF COURSE AS
WE'VE SEEN DELAYS CAN HAPPEN
AND THAT'S WHY THE CHURCH SAYS
JUST GET ANY AVAILABLE VACCINE
THAT'S OFFERED TO YOU. STEPHEN
ALAKSA BRANDON, THANK YOU. AND
SOME SAY DIEGANS HAVE ALREADY
RECEIVED THE JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON VACCINE. ACEBES IN SAN
MARCOS IS AMONG THE PHARMACIES
THAT GAVE IT OUT THIS WEEKEND
AND THE SAN DIEGO FIRE RESCUE
DEPARTMENT IS TAKING
APPOINTMENTS FOR THAT VACCINE
WHICH IT PLANS TO START GIVING
OUT LATER THIS WEEK. NOW
THEY'RE GOING TO BE
ADMINISTERING THE SINGLE DOSE
VACCINE AT THE MUNICIPAL
GYMNASIUM AT THE BALLPARK THEY
SEE APPOINTMENTS TUESDAY
THROUGH THURSDAY HAVE ALREADY
FILLED UP. THERE WERE STILL A
FEW OPEN TIMES ON FRIDAY BUT WE
DO HEAR THOSE ARE GOING FAST.
OTHER SLOTS MAY COME OPEN IF
PEOPLE CANCEL. WE HAVE THE SIGN
UP LINK AT CBS8 DOT COM. JUST
CLICK ON THE HELP BUTTON.
MEANTIME TODAY THE VACCINATION
SUPERSTATION IN DEL MAR
REOPENED AFTER A VACCINE
SHORTAGE BUT NOW FOUR COUNTY
SITES WILL BE AGAIN TEMPORARY
CLOSED TOMORROW. THOSE SITES
ARE LINDA RHODES, REXON INVESTA
BORDER VIEW YMCA IN OTAY MESA,
THE LEMON GROVE COMMUNITY
CENTER AND THE MLK COMMUNITY
CENTER NATIONAL CITY. IF YOU
HAD AN APPOINTMENT SCHEDULED AT
THESE SITES FOR TOMORROW, CHECK
YOUR EMAIL FOR AN UPDATED
APPOINTMENT TIME. THE CITY
OF SAN DIEGO IS WINDING DOWN
HOMELESS SERVICES AT THE
CONVENTION CENTER BROUGHT BY
OPERATION SHELTER TO HOME
FRIDAY, MAYOR TODD GLORIA SAID
THE SIX HUNDRED OR SO PEOPLE
STILL STAYING THERE WILL BE
TRANSFERRED TO OTHER SHELTERS
STARTING MARCH ONE. HE SAID IT
SINCE LAST APRIL MORE THAN
THIRTEEN HUNDRED INDIVIDUALS
AND FORTY THREE FAMILIES HAVE
BEEN TRANSITIONED INTO LONG
TERM HOUSING THROUGH THAT
PROGRAM. COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY
THERE ARE NOW PLANS IN THE
WORKS TO CONVERT THE CONVENTION
CENTER INTO A MASS VACCINATION
SITE. SLOWLY BUT SURELY
CALIFORNIA IS REOPENING. SOME
SAY THANKS TO THE TIGHT
RESTRICTIONS THE STATE HAS HAD
BUSINESES MASK MANDATES BUT WE
ALL KNOW SAN DIEGO IS A POPULAR
TOURIST DESTINATION FOR
FAMILIES AND FOR SPRING
BREAKERS. MANY OF THEM COMING
FROM STATES THAT HAVE LOOSER
REGULATIONS THAN CALIFORNIA
NEWS8 TIM BLODGETT SPEAKS WITH
SUPERVISOR NATHAN FLETCHER
ABOUT HIS MESSAGE TO ANYONE
WHO'S VISITING US HERE IN SAN
DIEGO AS STATES LIKE TEXAS,
ALABAMA AND NOW OUR NEIGHBORS
TO THE EAST AND ARIZONA LIFT
ALL CORONAVIRUSES RESTRICTIONS.
CALIFORNIA IS REOPENING AT A
MUCH SLOWER PACE SAN DIEGO
ESPECIALLY AS THE COUNTY
REMAINS IN THE MOST RESTRICTIVE
GATYHER AND THAT WE'VE MADE
PROGRESS WITH OUR NUMBERS.
PUBLIC OFFICIALS ARE WORRIED
THAT RESIDENTS FROM OTHER
STATES WITH HIGHER CASE RATES
MIGHT BE TRAVELING TO SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. WELL, IF YOU'RE
GOING TO COME TO IF YOU'RE
GOING TO COME TO CALIFORNIA,
COMES TO INDIANA, YOU NEED TO
FOLLOW THE RULES THAT ARE IN
PLACE HERE. NATHAN FLETCHER IS
THE CHAIR FOR THE SAN DIEGO
COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
THE LAST THING WE WANT IS A LOT
OF FOLKS COMING IN FROM PLACES
WITH DIFFERENT STRAINS OR
HHIGHER CASE COUNTS REALLY
IMPEDING THE PROGRESS THAT
WE'RE MAKING HERE. THE NUMBERS
HAVE INDEED BEEN IMPROVING AS
VACCINES ARE BEING DISTRIBUTED
AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE. BUT
OFFICIALS WARN THAT WE'RE NOT
OUT OF THE WOODS YET. IT'S
BECAUSE OF THIS THAT SUPERVISOR
FLETCHER IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE
TO STAY THE COURSE AND TO NOT
ACT LIKE THEY'RE IN A STATE
THAT HAS LIFTED THE
RESTRICTIONS. I HAVE A LOT
OF PEOPLE TELL ME WELL, TEXAS
OPENED UP EVERYTHING WE SHOULD
DO WHAT THEY DID. TEXAS ALSO
HAS A DEATH RATE ALMOST TWICE
THAT PER PERSON OF SAN DIEGO.
AND SO I THINK WHAT WE'VE BEEN
MORE CAUTIOUS BUT WE ARE ON THE
PATH TO REAL RUNNER GOES
MACHADO'S SWING SETS OUT TO
RIGHT FIELD ON FRIDAY
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIALS ANNOUNCED THAT
OUTDOOR THEMEPARKS AND STADIUMS
CAN BE OPEN AT A LIMITED
CAPACITY STARTING ON APRIL 1ST.
IN ADDITION TO THIS YOU MUST BE
A CALIFORNIA RESIDENT TO ATTEND
A BALLGAME OR GO TO DISNEYLAND
IN AN ATTEMPT TO CURB THE
AMOUNT OF PEOPLE TRAVELING FROM
OUT OF STATE. BUT THERE ARE NO
RULES FOR PEOPLE TRAVELING
ACROSS STATE LINES TO VISIT SAN
DIEGO'S BEACHES, BOARDWALKS OR
RESTAURANTS. SUPERVISOR
FLETCHER JUST HOPES THAT
TOURISTS COMING TO VISIT
CALIFORNIA FOLLOW THE RULES
OF THE STATE THAT THEY'RE IN.
AND I REALLY THINK THE
IMPORTANT MESSAGE WE JUST NEED
PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO BE SAFE.
WE WON'T HAVE EVERYONE FULLY
VACCINATED BY THEM WHERE WE'RE
ON THE RIGHT PATH AND WE WANT
TO CONTINUE OUR PROGRESS. AND
SO I THINK CAUTION WOULD WOULD
WOULD WOULD BE THE WORD
OF ADVICE I'D GIVE TIM BLODGETT
NEWS8 THAT WAS A COOL WEEKEND
HERE IN SAN DIEGO WITH MORE
CHANGES ON THE WAY IN THE FORM
OF MARCH SHOWERS. METEOROLOGIST
SEAN STYLES JOINS US NOW WITH A
LOOK AT YOUR MICROCLIMATE
FORECAST AND MAN, WHAT A
DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES. SEAN,
MY GOODNESS. YOU KNOW, STEVE, I
THOUGHT THAT MARINE LAYER WOULD
HOLD OFF A LITTLE BIT MORE BUT
WITH THIS STORM THAT IS
DEVELOPING TO THE NORTH OF US,
IT IS KIND OF SQUEEZING ALL
THAT MOISTURE UP ALONG THE
COASTLINE AND KEPT THINGS
COOLER THAN AVERAGE AND THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS
ALREADY GONE AHEAD AND THEY'RE
LOOKING TUESDAY INTO BASICALLY
THURSDAY A WINTER STORM WATCH.
SO WE WERE TALKING ABOUT SOME
SNOW IN OUR LOCAL MOUNTAINS.
WELL NOW THERE'S ENOUGH COLD
AIR IN THAT STORM AND WITH IT
WE'RE GOING TO SEE A SMALL
CRAFT ADVISORY BECAUSE WE'RE
GOING TO SEE SOME PRETTY GUSTY
WINDS WITH THAT THAT'LL SHOW UP
IN OUR OUR BIG FORECAST. BUT
THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU A
BLANKET STATEMENT OF IT'S
HEADING OUR WAY. AS COOL AS IT
MAY HAVE SEEMED, IT WAS ONLY
ONE DEGREE BELOW. SO AREN'T WE
SPOILED FROM ALL THE WARM
WEATHER WE'VE HAD FOR THIS
WINTER RUNNING ABOUT SIX TO
SEVEN DEGREES ABOVE AVERAGE?
PRETTY MUCH ALL OF THIS MONTH
OF MARCH AND MUCH OF FEBRUARY
AND IT'S BEEN DRY TO RAINFALLS
.WE'RE GOING TO START TO ADD
TO THAT. KEEP YOUR FINGERS
CROSSED. WE COULD SEE MAYBE AN
INCH TOTAL BY THE TIME THIS
SYSTEM PULLS OUT OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA. SO TOMORROW THE
FRONT PASSES THROUGH. WE GET A
LITTLE BIT MORE SUNSHINE BUT WE
STILL STAY COOL AND IT'S
WEDNESDAY THAT THE RAIN REALLY
ARRIVES MAYBE AS EARLY AS
TUESDAY, LATE IN THE EVENING
INTO THE EARLY MORNING HOURS
OF WEDNESDAY. SAME FOR THE
INLAND AREAS PARTLY SUNNY INTO
TUESDAY AND THEN THAT RAIN
ARRIVES. WE'LL GO INTO MORE
DETAIL ON THIS STORM AND TALK
ABOUT IT AND SEE HOW LONG IT'S
GOING TO STICK AROUND IN JUST A
BIT. ALL RIGHT. WE'RE SPOILED
AND WE MAKE NO APOLOGIES FOR
IT. WE'LL SEE IN A FEW MINUTES.
A SCARY SITUATION IN VISTA, 13
YEAR OLD GIRL SAYS A MAN TRIED
TO CONVINCE HER TO LEAVE WITH
HIM AND WHEN THAT DIDN'T WORK
HE GRABBED HER. SHERIFF'S
DEPUTIES SAY IT HAPPENED AROUND
EIGHT THIRTY IN FRONT OF THE
WATER SHACK ICE CREAM SHOP ON
SANTA FE AVENUE. THE MAN
REPORTEDLY TRIED TO COAX THE
GIRL TO GO WITH HIM BEFORE
GRABBING HER BY HER SWEATER.
NOW SHE WAS ABLE TO GET FREE.
SHE RAN INSIDE THE STORE WHERE
HER BROTHER WAS THERE. THE
SUSPECT FLED ON A RAZOR SCOOTER
HE'S DESCRIBED AS A THIN WHITE
MALE AROUND 30 YEARS OLD, SIX
FEET TALL WITH A DARK BEANIE, A
SWEATER AND PANTS. IF YOU HAVE
ANY INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT
HAPPENED OUT THERE, YOU'RE
ASKED TO CALL CRIMESTOPPERS AT
THE NUMBER YOU SEE THERE ON
YOUR SCREEN THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
WITH FELONY MARIJUANA
CONVICTIONS IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY
HAVE BEEN REDUCED TO
MISDEMEANORS LAST MONTH TWENTY
SIX THOUSAND PEOPLE WERE
AFFECTED BY THE REDUCTION AND
AROUND A THOUSAND PEOPLE HAD
THEIR CASES COMPLETELY
DISMISSED. NOW THIS NEWS COMES
FROM THE SAN DIEGO UNION
TRIBUNE WHICH SHOWS THE RULING
WAS MADE ON FEBRUARY 5TH. THESE
CASES WERE RECOMMENDED TO BE
RELIEVED BY THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY AFTER RECREATIONAL
MARIJUANA WAS LEGALIZED IN
CALIFORNIA MORE THAN FOUR YEARS
AGO. WELL, ONE YEAR AGO THIS
WEEK IN SAN DIEGO SAID GOODBYE
TO COMMUNITY LEADER REVEREND
GEORGE WALKER SMITH. THIS
AFTERNOON SAN UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT ANNOUNCED THAT IT'S
NAMING A NEW CAMPUS IN CITY
HEIGHTS AFTER HIM BOARD
OF EDUCATION PRESIDENT RICHARD
BARRERA AND VICE PRESIDENT DR.
SHARON WHITEHURST PAYNE JOINED
REVEREND SMITH'S FAMILY FOR THE
VIRTUAL ANNOUNCEMENT. REVEREND
SMITH WAS SAN DIEGO'S FIRST
AFRICAN-AMERICAN ELECTED TO
OFFICE AND SERVED