FOLLOW
FOLLOW THE SAME MASK AND DISTANCE THE REQUIREMENTS AS EVERYONE ELSE AND HAS SOME
PEOPLE SAYING WELL, WHAT'S
THE POINT OF GETTING
VACCINATED?
HEALTH EXPERT DR. PHILCO JOINS
US NOW TO PUSH THIS HARD.
I KNOW SO OBVIOUSLY THERE ARE
POPULATION LEVEL BENEFITS
OF GETTING THE VACCINE RIGHT
BUT THAT EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW
WHAT'S THE BENEFIT FOR ME ME
PERSONALLY SUCH AN IMPORTANT
QUESTION SCHENEMAN I'M SO GLAD
THAT YOU ASKED ME AND YOU KNOW,
I REALLY HAVE TO SAY THAT ALL
OF US HEALTH EXPERTS HAVE BEEN
FOCUSING ON THE GLASS HALF
EMPTY SORT OF APPROACH.
ALL THE THINGS THE VACCINE
CAN'T DO WE DON'T YET KNOW
WHETHER IT REDUCES TRANSMISSION
.
WE DON'T YET KNOW HOW IT
AFFECTS THAT THE SPREAD OF THE
DISEASE.
BUT I REALLY WANT TO TAKE A
DIFFERENT APPROACH TODAY.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE GLASS
HALF FULL IN FACT THE GLASS
NINETY FIVE PERCENT FULL
BECAUSE ALL THE THINGS THAT
THE VACCINE CAN DO FOR YOU
I DON'T THINK WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT ENOUGH.
SO FIRST AND FOREMOST IT
REDUCES THE RISK OF SEVERE OR
SYMPTOMATIC COVID INFECTION BY
95 PERCENT AND THAT'S HUGE.
IT ALSO REDUCES THE RISK
OF ASYMPTOMATIC INFECTION AFTER
JUST ONE DOSE OF THE MADONA
VACCINE BY 66 PERCENT.
IF YOU'RE UNFORTUNATE ENOUGH TO
GET SICK EVEN AFTER YOU GET
THE VACCINE, IT ACTUALLY
REDUCES THE SEVERITY OF YOUR
SYMPTOMS AND YOU'RE A LOT LESS
LIKELY OF COURSE TO END UP IN
THE ICU OR END UP IN
THE HOSPITAL AND AS WE JUST
HEARD, WE'RE STILL LEARNING
ABOUT TRANSMISSIBILITY BUT
THERE ARE SOME PROMISING EARLY
DATA THAT IT ALSO REDUCES
TRANSMISSION OF THE INFECTION
TO OTHERS.
SO YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS A DEBBIE
DOWNER.
I KNOW YOU'RE NOT YOU'RE A
HAPPY PERSON.
SO WE TALKED YOU MENTIONED
TRANSMISSION.
HOW DOES THE DATA FOR
THE VACCINE COMPARE TO OTHERS?
YEAH, THAT'S AN INTERESTING
THOUGHT BECAUSE YOU KNOW,
THE FLU VACCINE WHICH WE ALL
TAKE WITHOUT REALLY GIVING IT A
SECOND THOUGHT IN FACT YOU CAN
STILL TRANSMIT THE VIRUS
THE FLU VIRUS AFTER YOU GET
THE VACCINE.
SO I DO BELIEVE THAT IT'S
POSSIBLE TO STILL TRANSMIT BUT
THE LIKELIHOOD OF THAT
HAPPENING FROM A CLINICAL
PERSPECTIVE IS SIGNIFICANTLY
REDUCED.
IN FACT, THE DATA IS TELLING
US THAT PEOPLE THAT ARE
VACCINATED IF THEY GET EXPOSED
TO THE VIRUS HAVE A LOT LOWER
LEVELS OF THAT VIRAL LOAD.
SO THERE'S JUST A LOT LESS
VIRUS BEING SHED INTO THEIR
SECRETIONS.
SO I DO THINK WE'RE SPENDING A
LOT OF TIME FOCUSING ON WHAT IS
LIKELY TO BE A VERY SMALL
CLINICAL PHENOMENA WHICH IS
THE TRANSMISSIVE ABILITY AND IF
YOU LOOK AT OTHER VACCINES
THEY'RE NOT PERFECT BUT THEY
WORK REALLY WELL TO REDUCE
THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS BECAUSE
THEY NOT ONLY PROTECT THE HOST
BUT THEY ALSO PARTIALLY PROTECT
OTHERS.
AND IF I HAD TO PREDICT WHAT
THE DATA IS GOING TO SHOW, I DO
BELIEVE THAT WITH THE CURRENT
VACCINE THE DATA IS GOING TO
SHOW THAT IT WILL REDUCE
TRANSMISSIBILITY BASED ON THIS
VERY ENCOURAGING DATA.
WE WANT IT ALL, DON'T WE?
I MEAN I CAN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE
A VACCINE ALREADY WITHIN A
YEAR.
WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THAT.
SO THE REACTION TO THE VACCINE
WE'RE HEARING A LOT AND SOME
PEOPLE ARE REFERENCING COVID
ARM AND THAT'S A GOOD THING
RIGHT?
YEAH, I'VE HEARD THIS AS WELL.
SO REALLY THE REACTION TO
THE VACCINE AT THE SITE THERE'S
SORT OF TWO TYPES OF REACTIONS
YOU COULD HAVE.
THE FIRST IS WHAT'S CALLED AN
INJECTION SITE REACTION WHICH
HAPPENS SOON AFTER YOU GET
THE VACCINE WITHIN A FEW HOURS
OR THE NEXT DAY IS REALLY
REDNESS SWELLING A LITTLE BIT
PAIN AT THE SITE.
YOU COULD HAVE SOME PAIN
RADIATING DOWN YOUR ARM AND
BELIEVE ARE NOT KIM.
THAT'S A FACTOR OF MANY
DIFFERENT THINGS INCLUDING
THE SPEED WITH WHICH THE PERSON
THAT INJECTED THE VACCINE
INJECTED IT, THE ANGLE OF THE
INJECTIONS.
SO DID IT GO SUPERFICIAL OR WAS
IT MORE DEEP AS WELL AS
THE LENGTH OF THE NEEDLE THAT
WAS USED AGAIN DETERMINING
THE DEPTH?
SO THAT'S A LOCAL INFLAMMATION
THAT'S HAPPENING FROM
THE INJECTION ITSELF.
WHAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING BEING
CALLED COVID ARM IS WHAT'S
CALLED A DELAYED CUTANEOUS
HYPOCENTER ACTIVITY REACTION
AGAIN AN ACTIVATION OF THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM.
BUT WHAT'S SCARY ABOUT IT IS
THAT IT'S HAPPENING FIVE TO
NINE DAYS LATER AFTER YOU GET
THE VACCINE ALMOST LIKE THOSE
TUBERCULOSIS SKIN TEST THAT WE
SOMETIMES GET THOSE PPD SO
PEOPLE SEE THEIR ARM SWELLING
UP AND THEY START TO WORRY.
BUT I WANT TO REASSURE
EVERYBODY IT'S JUST THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM KICKING IN TO WHAT'S
GOING ON INSIDE AND IT'S NOT A
SIGN OF ANYTHING DANGEROUS OR
CONCERNING.
OK, PERSONALLY I LOOK FORWARD
TO IT WHATEVER HAPPENS WHEN