ABOUT
ABOUT THAT . NOW, I TALKED TO HER MOM AND DAD ABOUT GOOD
FRIDAY EVENING, EVERYONE. AS
WE WRAP UP ANOTHER WEEK IN THIS
SEEMINGLY ENDLESS PANDEMIC,
THERE ARE REASONS TO BE
OPTIMISTIC. OUR LEADERS SAY THEY
HAVE SECURED ENOUGH DOSES
OF VACCINE TO REACH 300 MILLION
AMERICANS BY THE END OF JULY
AND THIS WEEK, DR. FAUCI ALSO
SAID THAT PARENTS COULD SEE
A VACCINE APPROVED FOR THEIR
SCHOOL AGED KIDS BY THE TIME
SCHOOL STARTS AGAIN IN THE FALL.
SO TONIGHT, KENT TAKES US INSIDE
ONE OF THE STUDIES THAT COULD
HELP THOSE SCHOOL AGE KID
VACCINES HAPPEN INSIDE
THE MEDICAL ARTS BUILDING
IN DOWNTOWN MINEAPOLIS. IT WAS
AN EVENTFUL DAY. I FEEL GREAT.
I FEEL FINE FOR 14 YEAR OLD MAX
ARONSON I WAS GIVEN A SHOT AT.
>> THERE'S A CHANCE THAT AS
A VACCINE, AS A CHANCE IT WAS
SALT-WATER.
SALT-WATER. >> MAX IS THE NEWEST PARTICIPANT
IN MODERNE ADOLESCENT COVID-19
VACCINE TRIAL, WHICH HE SIGNED
UP FOR THROUGH THE CLINICAL
RESEARCH INSTITUTE AFTER GETTING
THE OK FROM MOM. HE'S A PATIENT
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OFFICE
AND THE ALLERGY CLINIC AND THEY
SENT A LETTER TO ALL OF THEIR
PATIENTS AND HE READ THE LETTER
AND CAME AND SAT ON MY DESK,
CIRCLED IT AND SAID, I THINK
WE SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS AS
A PARENT.
A PARENT.
A PARENT. >> WERE YOU HESITANT? NO, I WAS
NOT. I THINK I I'VE WORKED
IN THE MEDICAL DEVICE INDUSTRY.
MY ENTIRE CAREER AND SO I KNOW
HOW IMPORTANT DOING CLINICAL
RESEARCH IS AND ESPECIALLY
WITH WHAT'S GOING ON WITH
THE PANDEMIC. I THOUGHT IF THERE
WAS A CHANCE THAT HE COULD BE
HELPFUL AND HE WAS WILLING IT
WAS HIS CHOICE ENTIRELY, THEN
WE SHOULD GO DO IT. THE SUPPORT
THE COMMUNITY IS JUST
TREMENDOUS.
TREMENDOUS. >> PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR DR.
GARY BERMAN SAYS ENROLLING
ADOLESCENT TRIALS, WHICH INCLUDE
AGES 12 TO 17, OFTEN TAKES
MONTHS, BUT NOT THIS TIME TWO
TO THREE WEEKS WHERE WE HAD ALL
OF OUR NAMES. WE HAVE PEOPLE
COMING FROM DULUTH. WE HAVE
PEOPLE COMING FROM MADISON.
WE ARE PEOPLE. THEY'RE DRIVING
LONG DISTANCE. THE IDEA THAT SO
MANY PEOPLE WANT TO PARTICIPATE
TELLS ME THAT PEOPLE WANT TO GET
THEIR LIVES IN ORDER AND THEY
WANT TO MOVE THIS PROCESS AS
FAST AS POSSIBLE.
>> NATIONWIDE, MADRONA IS
LOOKING TO ENROLL 3000
ADOLESCENTS IN THE TRIAL. TWO
IN THREE WILL BE GIVEN
THE VACCINE AND THE OTHER THIRD
WILL RECEIVE PLACEBO. NOT EVEN
THE DOCTORS KNOW WHO GETS WHAT
UNTIL LATER. BUT THEY'RE NOT
JUST LOOKING AT ITS
EFFECTIVENESS.
EFFECTIVENESS. >> SAFETY IS HUGE. THAT'S
PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT SO
FAR. IT'S VERY SIMILAR TO ADULTS
MEIRE MAYBE SORENESS, MAYBE
A LITTLE FEVER. NOTHING, NOTHING
THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT.
WE'VE SEEN HOW COVID-19 AFFECTS
OLDER ADULTS MUCH MORE SEVERELY.
IT SEEMS. BUT WHY IS A VACCINE
FOR CHILDREN POTENTIALLY REALLY
IMPORTANT WHEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT GETTING THE HERD IMMUNITY?
YOU NEED? SEVENTY FIVE % OF THE
POPULATION TO BE VACCINATED.
KIDS ARE PART OF THAT.
>> BUT KIDS WON'T BE JUMPING
OLDER ADULTS IN LINE AND WITH
TRIALS STILL UNDERWAY, EXPERTS
SAY A REALISTIC TIMELINE
FOR MOST TO GET A SHOT WOULD BE
JUST BEFORE SCHOOL RETURNS
IN THE FALL.
>> THERE'S A LOT OF EXCITEMENT.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE IN A HYBRID
MODEL RIGHT NOW. I THINK THERE'S
A LOT OF EXCITEMENT FOR US
TO KIND OF GET BACK AND GET
WITH EACH OTHER. AND SO I THINK,
YOU KNOW, KIDS MY AGE ARE TRYING
TO DO THAT ANY WAY POSSIBLE. MY
STAFF HAS BEEN WORKING SIX DAYS
A WEEK, 10 HOURS A DAY TO REALLY
WORKING HARD TO TRY TO GET THIS
OUT THERE. PEOPLE CAN HAVE A LOT
OF FAITH IN THE FACT THAT THIS
WAS DONE CORRECTLY, CAREFULLY
AND DELIGIENTLY. WHAT WOULD YOU
SAY TO THESE FAMILIES AND THESE
KIDS WHO ARE WHO ARE PART
OF THIS? I JUST WANT TO THANK
THEM FOR PARTICIPATING BECAUSE
WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT THEIR
ASSISTANCE.
ASSISTANCE. >> I'M JUST KIND OF HAPPY
THAT I'M ABLE TO KIND OF HELP
ARE , YOU KNOW, HELP WITH
THE RESEARCH AND HOPEFULLY
THAT IT'LL BE APPROVED SO MORE
PEOPLE CAN GET THE VACCINE.
>> NOW, BOTH MODERNA AND PFIZER
SAY THEY HOPE TO HAVE THESE
TRIALS WRAPPED UP BY SUMMER.
OF COURSE, THEN THEY WOULD GO
TO THE FDA FOR EMERGENCY
APPROVAL. BUT DR. BERMAN SAID
THERE ARE ALREADY TALKS
AND TRIALS UNDERWAY FOR YOUNGER
STUDENTS AGES FIVE TO 11
SPECIFICALLY RIGHT NOW. AND HE
SAID THAT'S HOW THE FDA OPERATES
WITH THESE. THEY START
WITH ADULTS AND THEY WORK THEIR
WAY BACK SO THAT BY THE TIME
THE FALL ROLLS AROUND, WE COULD
BE TALKING ABOUT VACCINES
FOR FIRST GRADERS.
>> DEEVON, GENOLA. OH,
THAT MAKES SENSE. SO WOULD THESE
WHAT THEY CALL DOUBLE-BLIND
STUDIES YOU MENTIONED
THAT EFFICACY OR
THE EFFECTIVENES OF THE
VACCINE? WE'RE NOT GOING
TO REALLY KNOW WHAT THAT IS
UNTIL LATER ON . BUT ARE THERE
OTHER QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT BE
ANSWERED AS WE GO THROUGH
THE PROCESS? WELL , THAT'S WHAT
THEY'LL BE WATCHING REALLY IS
THE SAFETY OF NUMBER ONE. FIRST
AND FOREMOST, THEY'RE ALSO GOING
TO BE KIND OF WATCHING HOW
STUDENTS REACT TO DOSE ONE
VERSUS THOSE TWO. AND DR. BERMAN
SAID WHEN IT'S ALL SAID
AND DONE, THAT MIGHT AND ONE
OF THE EXPLANATIONS FOR HOW THEY
REACT MAYBE DIFFERENTLY FROM
ADULTS IS WHETHER OR NOT THEY
MAYBE HAVE THE VIRUS. BUT THEY
DIDN'T KNOW IT. HE SAID
THAT THIS IS A VERY DISTINCT
POSSIBILITY WITH KIDS AND PART
OF THIS TRIAL, THEY'RE TESTING
EVERYONE FOR ANTIBODIES.
>> SO IT WILL GIVE US A LOT MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT HOW THIS ALL
SPREADS. OH, THAT MAKES MUCH
SENSE. WE'LL GET A BIGGER
PICTURE. HOW MANY PEOPLE
ACTUALLY HAD IT? ALL RIGHT.
THANKS SO MUCH. CANCER. WELL ,
LET'S CHECK IN WITH HOW
THE VACCINE EFFORT IS GOING AS
OF THIS NIGHT IN THE STATE OF
MINNESOTA. THE LATEST NUMBERS
FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SHOW MORE THAN SIX HUNDRED
THOUSAND MINNESOTANS HAVE NOW
RECEIVED AT LEAST ONE DOSE OF A
COVID19 VACCINE THAT INCLUDES
MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY
NINE THOUSAND WHO ARE FULLY
VACCINATED. THAT'S IN THE GREEN
CHART RIGHT THERE. SO WHAT'S
THAT TRANSLATE TO ? ABOUT 11 %
OF OUR STATE'S FIVE POINT SIX
MILLION PEOPLE HAVE RECEIVED AT
LEAST ONE DOSE OF THE VACCINE SO
FAR. SO LET'S COMPARE OURSELVES
TO THE REST OF THE COUNTRY,
SHALL WE ? WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE,
ACCORDING TO THE CDC. WISCONSIN
IS IN THE SAME CATEGORY AS
WE ARE WITH BETWEEN NINE TO 11 %
OF OUR POPULATION IS HAVING
THAT FIRST SHOT. EIGHT STATES
ARE AHEAD OF US WITH 11 %
VACCINATED. THOSE ARE THE STATES
IN GREEN