NOW
NOW BACK
NOW BACK TO THE MASSIVE SHORTAGE OF THE JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON VACCINE.
SUPPLY TO LOCAL HEALTH
CARE PROVIDERS TOOK A
MAJOR NOSEDIVE.
THIS IS ALL DUE TO A
MANUFACTURING ISSUE
BACK EAST THAT RUINED
MILLIONS OF DOSES.
BUT THIS ISN'T THE ONLY
FIRE THAT JOHNSON &
JOHNSON IS FACING.
THE COMPANY IS
MONITORING A NUMBER
OF SEVERE REACTIONS TO
ITS VACCINE ACROSS THE
COUNTRY.
JOEY PRECHTL IS ON THIS
STORY FOR US TONIGHT.
JOEY-- LET'S START WITH
IDAHO'S VACCINE SUPPLY...
BECAUSE IT TOOK QUITE
THE HIT.
THE HIT.
KIM
KIM --
KIM -- A
KIM -- A SPOKESPERSON FOR CENTRAL DISTRICT HEALTH TOLD ME THEY
RECEIVED JUST 800 DOSES
OF THE JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON VACCINE THIS
WEEK.
THIS COMES JUST ONE
WEEK AFTER RECEIVING
SIX THOUSAND 700
DOSES.
THERE IS A LOT OF
INTEREST IN THIS VACCINE
BECAUSE IT'S ONE-AND-
DONE.
WHILE THE SHORTAGE
COULD LAST A FEW
WEEKS-- LOCAL
PROVIDERS HAVE PLENTY
OF PFIZER AND MODERNA
DOSES-- FOR ANYONE
WHO WANTS TO
SCHEDULE THEIR
VACCINATION.
:38 LAST WEEK I BELIEVE
WE HAD A LITTLE OVER A
THOUSAND DOSES OF THE
JOHNSON
JOHNSON AND THIS WEEK WE HAVE ONLY 100. :47 AND ONCE PRIMARY
HEALTH USES THOSE 100
DOSES -- THAT'LL BE IT
FOR AT LEAST A COUPLE
OF WEEKS.
:50 WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY
THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS IT COULD
BE TWO WEEKS BEFORE
WE RECEIVE ANY AND IF
WE DO RECEIVE SOME
IT'LL BE SIGNIFICANTLY
LIMITED. 1:00
C-E-O DR. DAVID
PETERMAN IS CONCERNED
ABOUT THE IMPACTS TO
IDAHO'S VACCINE
ROLLOUT.
3:53 I DO HAVE A WORRY
THAT IF WE DON'T HAVE
AS MUCH JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON THEN LESS
PEOPLE WILL BE
VACCINATED. 4:00
ST. LUKE'S IS ALSO
EXPERIENCING A SIMILAR
DROP OFF... ALTHOUGH
THEY NEVER GOT THAT
MUCH TO BEGIN WITH.
1:13 THAT SHARPLY
REDUCED EVERYTHING TO
OUR STATE SO THIS WEEK
WE WERE ALLOCATED
ZERO ACROSS ALL OF OUR
DISTRICTS
DISTRICTS THAT WE'RE ENGAGED IN. 1:20 BUT THE DEMAND FOR
THIS ONE-AND-DONE
SHOT IS THERE.
3:13 WE HAVE A LOT OF
POPULATIONS AND A LOT
OF AREAS WHERE THERE
ARE PEOPLE PHONING IN
SPECIFICALLY ASKING
WHERE THEY CAN GET
THAT VACCINE. 3:22
THIS IS CAUSING SOME
PEOPLE TO THINK ABOUT
DELAYING THEIR VACCINE
APPOINTMENT TO WAIT
FOR
FOR THE
FOR THE ONE SHOT DOSE. DR. LAURA MCGEORGE FROM ST. LUKES SAYS YOU
SHOULD THINK ABOUT
RECONSIDERING.
4:41 THERE'S REALLY
OTHER THAN THAT,
THERES REALLY NO
ADVANTAGE TO GETTING
THAT VACCINE AND THERE
IS PLENTY OF PFIZER AND
MODERNA OUT THERE
4:50
7:42 YOU COULD WAIT A
MONTH FOR JOHNSON
AND JOHNSON OR YOU
COULD GET YOUR PFIZER
TODAY AND GET YOUR
PFIZER BOOSTER IN THREE
WEEKS. 7:48
BUT THIS ALSO COMES AT
THE SAME TIME FOUR
STATES HAVE REPORTED
MORE THAN 40 ADVERSE
REACTIONS TO THE
VACCINE.
IDAHO HAS NOT
REPORTED A SEVERE
REACTION TO THIS SHOT....
AND PROVIDERS ARE
MOVING FORWARD WITH
ADMINISTERING THEIR
DOSES OF JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON.
6:46 SERIOUS REACTIONS
ARE EXCEEDINGLY RARE,
VERY VERY RARE. 6:52
7:04 THESE ARE SAFE
VACCINES AND SO WE
CONTINUE TO GIVE ALL
THREE AS LONG AS WE
HAVE THEM. 7:09
10:40 WE WANT PEOPLE
TO UNDERSTAND WE
BELIEVE THESE ARE SAFE
AND EFFECTIVE. 10:43
SAINT ALPHONSUS ALSO
DID GET BACK TO ME AND
SAID THEY ARE
CONFIDENT
CONFIDENT IN THEIR DOSES SAFETY. THEY USE THAT VACCINE
MOSTLY AT THEIR MOBILE
VACCINE CLINICS FOR THE
PURPOSE OF
CONVENIENCE AND TO
HELP SERVE UNDER-
SERVED COMMUNITIES.
THE MAIN MESSAGE
FROM THE PROVIDERS
TODAY IS THAT WHILE
THERE IS A SHORTAGE OF
JOHNSON
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON -- THEY WANT IMMUNIZATION TO BE THE
GOAL AND NOT BRAND
LOYALTY.
LOYALTY. AGAIN -- ANYONE 16 AND OLDER IN IDAHO IS
ELIGIBLE
ELIGIBLE FOR THE VACCINE AND THERE IS PLENTY OF
BOTH
BOTH PFIZER AND MODERNA, RIGHT NOW. BACK TO YOU.