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>>> ITS THE NEW ANTHEM OF A HOT
VAC SUMMER.
A RIFF ON THE 1999 CLASSIC.
INITIAL
I REMEMBER IT WELL.
HOPEFULLY IT WORKS.
BUT ON A SERIOUS NOTE THE
VACCINATION RATE NEARLY STALLED
AMONG MANY GROUPS AND PEOPLE OF
COLOR CONTINUE TO BEAR THE BRUNT
WITH BLACK, LATINO AND
INDIGENOUS PEOPLE THREE MORE
LIKELY THAN WHITES TO BE
HOSPITALIZED FROM COVID AND
TWICE AS LIKELY TO DIE.
HERE TO BREAK DOWN THE MYTHS IS
PUBLIC HEALTH PHYSICIAN DR.
CHRIS CORNELL.
IM SO HAPPY TO HAVE YOU HERE
AND I HAVE 8,000 QUESTIONS.
THE BOOSTER SHOT.
PFIZER CAME OUT AND SAID IT IS
TIME TO GET THAT BOOSTER.
THE CDC AIDSAID, WHAT?
SLOW YOUR ROLL.
WHERE ARE YOU ON THIS?
>> WERE NOT READY FOR THAT
BECAUSE WE JUST DONT HAVE THE
DATA THAT IT IS NECESSARY.
WHAT IS ENCOURAGING IS THAT THE
SCIENCE IS READY IF AND WHEN WE
NEED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.
I THINK WHERE WE NEED TO BE
FOCUSED IN THE MARKET AND AMONG
PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCIES IS HOW WE
CAN EXPEDITE FULL APPROVAL OF
THE VACCINES SO LETS JUST
FOLLOW THE SCIENCE AND THE DATA
AND BE READY IF AND WHEN WE NEED
TO DO THE BOOSTERS.
>> OKAY.
SO STICKING WITH BOOSTERS FOR A
SECOND WHY IF I GOT THE PFIZER
VACCINE DO YOU KNOW IF I CAN
INTERMIX A BOOSTER?
SO LIKE COULD I DIDGET THE MODER
BOOSTER?
>> THIS IS INTERESTING.
SO HOW WE MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS
IN PUBLIC HEALTH IS ROOTED IN
CLINICAL TRIALS AND BECAUSE THEY
WERE CONDUCTED WHERE WE DIDNT
MIX THE PRODUCTS WE MADE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT IN THE TWO
DOSE SERIES YOU STICK WITH THE
BRAND OF VACCINE THAT YOU
RECEIVED IN THE INITIAL
VACCINATION.
HOWEVER WHEN WE START TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION ABOUT BOOSTERS,
SINCE BOOSTERS WILL BE DESIGNED
TO BE VERY EFFECTIVE AGAINST
VARIANTS CIRCULATING IN THE PUNL
THERE IS A POSSIBILITY TO HAVE
FLEXIBILITY.
YOU COULD RECEIVE A BOOSTER
THATS FOR PFIZER IF YOU HAVE
BEEN VACCINATED WITH MODERNA OR
VICE VERSA.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO YOU TALKED ABOUT VARIANTS.
I HAVE DONE SOME TRAVELS.
I HAVE BEEN OUT AND ABOUT LIKE A
LOT OF THE PEOPLE AND IM
NERVOUS BEING PLACES WITHOUT MY
MASK.
THIS DELTA VARIANT HAS
BECONCERNED.
WITH CLUSTERS OF PEOPLE NOT
VACCINATED, CAN THE DELTA
VARIANT OR ANOTHER VARIANT
PENETRATE THE PROTECTION WE
THOUGHT WE HAD FROM THE VACCINE?
>> AS LONG AS THE VIRUS IS ALIVE
AND PROLIFERATING THERE IS A
POSSIBILITY FOR MUTATIONS, THAT
COULD POTENTIAL EVADE THE
IMMUNITY OF THE VACCINES THAT WE
HAVE.
LOOK.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE
VACCINES THAT HAVE BEEN
AUTHORIZED HAVE VERY EFFECTIVE
AT PREVENTING SEVERE DISEASE.
HOSPITALIZATION.
VERY EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING A
CRITICAL CARE STATE OR BEING
VENTILATED AND EFFECTIVE AT
PREVENTING DEATH.
WHAT WE DONT KNOW WITH THE SAME
DEGREE OF CERTAINTY THE S TO
PREVENT ALL ASYMPTOMATIC
ILLNESS.
IF WHERE YOU SAW IN ISRAEL THE
PFIZER VACCINE PERHAPS 64%
EFFECTIVE IT STILL HELD THE
GROUND TO BE 93% EFFECTIVE TO
PREVENT SERIOUS DAMAGE.
I STILL WEAR MY MASK WHENEVER
INDOORS IN A PUBLIC SETTING AND
COMING FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH
PHYSICIAN BECAUSE THIS VARIANT
IS DOING ANYTHING AND EVERYTHING
THAT IT CAN TO OUTSMART WHAT WE
NOW KNOW TO BE TRUE.
>> THE VIRUS IS A LIVING THING
TRYING TO SURVIVE AND IT MAKES
SENSE.
THERE IS STILL SO MANY
CONSPIRACY THEORISTS OUT THERE.
INCREASINGLY IM DISCONCERTED BY
THESE.
THERES A VIDEO OF AN OLDER
BLACK WOMAN SAYING DONT GET THE
VACCINE.
THE SECOND GENTLEMAN AT A
BARBERSHOP IN CHICAGO AND
SOMEONE SAID AINT NOTHING GOING
TO MAKE ME TAKE THAT UNLESS YOUR
LIFE IS ON THE LINE AND YOU WANT
TO SCREAM YOUR LIFE IS ON THE
LINE.
HOW CAN WE PENETRATE THE
COMMUNITIES?
YOU HAVE THE ANTI-VAXXERS AND
THEN SOME POCKETS OF
AFRICAN-AMERICANS BECAUSE OF
MISTRUST, WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO
AT THIS POINT?
>> WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE
VARIOUS FACTORS THAT IMPLICATE
OR INFLUENCE HUMAN BEHAVIOR.
I WILL MAKE THIS VERY PLAIN.
I DONT HAVE ANY TOLERANCE FOR
THE ANTI-VAXXER MOVEMENT.
I DONT HAVE ANY TOLERANCE FOR
POLITICIANS WHO BEFRIEND, WHO
COZY UP TO OR BECOME ALLIES OF
THAT MOVEMENT.
I SEE THAT AS ANOTHER XAMPLT OF
WHITE SUPREMACY.
IN PARTICULAR THEY TARGET
COMMUNITIES OF COLOR ENTHE
ATROCITY THAT IS THE COMMUNITIES
HAVE EXPERIENCED TO PLAY ON THE
VULNERABILITIES.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE WHO HAVE
QUESTIONS.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE UNFORTUNATELY
WHO HAVE BECOME SUSCEPTIBLE TO
THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES.
WE CONTINUE TO WALK IN
COMPASSION.
WE CONTINUE TO WALK IN LOVE AND
BE VERY DIRECT.
WHEREVER MISINFORMATION AND
DISINFORMATION EXISTS WE WHO
KNOW THE SCIENCE AND HAVE BEEN
VACCINATED WE HAVE TO SPEAK UP
AND BE WILLING TO SPEAK UP
CONTINUALLY AND SPEAK UP
EMPHATICALLY BECAUSE LIKE YOU
SAID LIVES ARE ON THE LINE.
THOSE WHO ARE STILL DYING, THOSE
WHO ARE STILL BEING