NOT PEOPLE SHOULD BE GETTING
THEIR FIRST DOSES.
THE CDC CLEARED UP TODAY WHAT
THEIR POSITION IS.
>> THE POLICY IS THAT WE
CERTAINLY WANT EVERYONE THAT
GETS A FIRST DOSE TO GET THEIR
SECOND DOSE WHEN YOU’RE DEALING
WITH A TWO-DOSE REGIMEN.
A DOSE THAT IS AVAILABLE WILL GO
INTO SOMEONE’S ARM IF A PERSON
IS READY FOR THEIR SECOND DOSE,
THAT PERSON WILL BE PRIORITIZED.
IF A PERSON IS NOT GOTTEN THEIR
FIRST DOSE, BUT YOU HAVE TAKEN
CARE OF ALL OF THE SECOND DOSE
PEOPLE, THEN YOU GO AHEAD WITH
THE FIRST DOSE.
>> WITH ME NOW IS DR. RICK
BRIGHT.
HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE
TRANSITION BOARD AND BEFORE THAT
HE WAS PART OF THE BIOMEDICAL
ADVANCED MEDICAL AUTHORITY.
JUST TO BE PCLEAR ON WHAT DR.
FAUCI WAS SAYING.
FOR THOSE DISTRIBUTING THE
VACCINE, GET IT ALL OUT THERE,
BUT IF SOMEONE IS COMING IN FOR
THEIR SECOND DOSE PUT THEM AT
THE FRONT OF THE LINE.
SO IT IS A COMBINATION OF NOT
JUST A SECOND DOSE BUT ALSO MAKING SURE THE SECOND DOSES ARE
MAKING SURE THE SECOND DOSES ARE
GIVEN OUT AS SOON AS THEY’RE
NEEDED.
THAT IS EXACTLY RIGHT.
THE SUPPLY IS INCREASING AND
HOPEFULLY WE’LL HAVE A THIRD
VACCINE IN THE COMING MONTH, AND
ONCE WE HAVE THEM THESE
CHALLENGING MAY BE LESS
CUMBERSOME.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE SECOND
DOSE IS AVAILABLE WHEN YOU COME
IN IF RFOR YOUR SECOND DOSE.
THIS CAN BE EASIER AS TIME GOES
ON.
WE’RE IN A RACE AGAINST THESE
VIRUS VARIANTS AND I THINK
EVERYONE SHOULD TAKE THIS
ABSOLUTELY SERIOUSLY.
THE VIRUS WILL WIN, IT WILL
CONTINUE TO MUTATE, AND THE ONLY
WAY TO STOP IT IS TO GET AS MANY
PEOPLE VACCINATED AS POSSIBLE.
>> I WAS READING THE NEW YORK
TIMES, THEIR MORNING NEWSLETTER,
AND THEY WERE ARGUING THAT THE
COVERAGE HAS BEEN A LITTLE TOO
NEGATIVE.
WHEN THE REALITY IS THAT
EVERYBODY WHO IS GETTING A
VACCINE.
OF THOSE THAT ARE GETTING IT,
THERE ARE NOT DEATHS FROM COVID.
THERE ARE NOT SERIOUS
HOSPITALIZATIONS FROM COVID ANY
LONGER.
SO EVEN THOUGH SOME OF THESE
VACCINES ARE LESS EFFECTIVE IN
TERMS OF PERCENTAGES THAN THE OTHERS, THE REALITY IS THEY’RE
OTHERS, THE REALITY IS THEY’RE
ALL EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE FROM
KEEPING PEOPLE FROM GETTING
SERIOUSLY ILL.
>> YEAH, IT’S EASY TO GET IT
CONFUSED.
A 94.5.
I’M REALLY AT THE END OF THE DAY
YOU WANT A VACCINE THAT COULD
PROTECT YOU, AND EVERY ONE OF
THEM DO THAT AND THEY DO IT
WELL.
YOU CANNOT REALLY COMPARE THE EF TRA SI NUMBERS.
TRA SI NUMBERS.
THEY WERE TESTED IN THE SAME
ENVIRONMENT AND THE SAME GROUP
OF PEOPLE.
EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE SEEN THAT HAS BEEN TESTED IN CLINICAL
HAS BEEN TESTED IN CLINICAL
TRIALS HAS BEEN SHOWN TO PROTECT
PEOPLE FROM DIEING.
THAT IS REALLY THE MOST ENCOURAGING NEWS THAT WE CAN
ENCOURAGING NEWS THAT WE CAN