.
. WELCOME
. WELCOME BACK. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT COVID-19
VACCINE IN COLORADO BY
THE NUMBERS.
OUR WEEKLY SEGMENT WHERE WE GET
MORE IN-DEPTH INFORMATION FROM
OUR NINE HEALTH EXPERT AND DR.
WILLL KOHLI JOINS US NOW.
IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
SO FIRST OFF, HOW ARE WE DOING
WHEN IT COMES TO VACCINATIONS?
OH, GOOD MORNING, GARY.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING QUITE
WELL COMPARED TO THE REST
OF THE COUNTRY.
SO OF A FIVE HUNDRED AND THIRTY
THREE THOUSAND DOSES THAT
COLORADO HAS RECEIVED WE'VE
ADMINISTERED SIXTY TWO PERCENT
OF THEM WHICH IS AN INCREASE
FROM WHERE WE WERE LAST WEEK.
AND IF YOU THINK ABOUT
THE FIRST AND SECOND DOSE
BREAKDOWN WE'VE GIVEN ABOUT
EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT OF THOSE AS
FIRST DOSES AND ABOUT 15
PERCENT OF THOSE AS SECOND
DOSES AND THIS HAS BEEN DONE
THROUGH ABOUT FOUR HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY THREE COMUNITIES SITES
AROUND THE STATE.
NOW IF WE LOOK AT THE BREAKDOWN
BETWEEN PFIZER AND MODERNA, WE
HAVE SLIGHTLY MORE PFIZER
VACCINES ADMINISTERED ABOUT
FIFTY TWO PERCENT PFIZER
VACCINES AS COMPARED TO ABOUT
FORTY EIGHT PERCENT MAJORITY
OF VACCINES BUT THEY'RE LARGELY
EVEN PFIZER DID GET A LITTLE
BIT OF A HEAD START ON MODERNA.
SO GARY, I REALLY WANT TO TALK
ABOUT AS WE'RE STARTING TO
SHIFT FROM VACCINATION ONE
POINT TO VACCINATION TWO POINT
WHAT ARE THE PRIORITIES THAT
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MOVING
FORWARD?
SO SO FAR WE'VE REALLY JUST
BEEN TRYING TO IRON OUT
THE LOGISTICS OF THE STORAGE
AND THE ADMINISTRATION.
BUT I THINK AS WE SHIFT INTO
MORE MASS VACCINATION WE NEED
TO THINK ABOUT THE LOGISTICS
OF HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT
HERE IN COLORADO WE'VE PILOTED
A DRIVE BY VACCINATION SITE
THAT'S BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL
MODEL.
BUT THE LAST THING WE WANT TO
DO IS TO HAVE A LARGE ARENA
WITH LOTS AND LOTS OF PEOPLE
COMING TO GET VACCINATIONS
BECAUSE THAT COULD BE A
POTENTIAL SOURCE OF EXPOSURE.
WE WANT TO TRY TO ENLIST
SMALLER COMMUNITY SITES LIKE
THEY'VE DONE IN STATES LIKE
WEST VIRGINIA WHERE THERE HAVE
BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL.
THAT'S PRETTY INTERESTING.
YEAH, BECAUSE THEY TALKED IN
CALIFORNIA ABOUT THESE HUGE
SITES AT DISNEYLAND AND THAT
SORT OF THING AND SO I THINK A
LOT OF PEOPLE EXPECT THAT.
SO WHEN IT COMES TO OUR TURN TO
GET THE SHOT, SHOULD WE DO
ANYTHING TO PREPARE TO GET
THE VACCINE?
YES, YOU ABSOLUTELY SHOULD.
SO KEEP IN MIND WHEN YOUR TIME
IS COMING BECAUSE THE FIRST
THING YOU WANT TO DO IS TO NOT
SCHEDULE ANY OTHER VACCINATIONS
WITHIN AT LEAST TWO WEEKS
BEFORE YOUR COVID-19 VACCINE
BECAUSE YOU DON'T OUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM FIGHTING SOMETHING ELSE
BECAUSE IT MAY DECREASE
THE EFFICACY OF YOUR RESPONSE
TO THIS VACCINE.
THE SECOND THING WHICH I'VE
HEARD A LOT OF PEOPLE DOING AND
I STRONGLY ADVISE AGAINST IS TO
MEDICATE WITH TYLENOL OR
IBUPROFEN BECAUSE YOU'RE
EXPECTING A LITTLE FEVER.
YOU'RE EXPECTING TO FEEL UNDER
THE WEATHER SOME ARM PAIN SO
YOU TAKE A TYLENOL OR IBUPROFEN
BEFORE YOU GO FOR YOUR VACCINE
AND THAT CAN ALSO SIMILARLY
POTENTIALLY BLUNT THE IMMUNE
RESPONSE.
WE DON'T KNOW YET.
SO I WOULD ADVISE AGAINST IT.
AND THEN FINALLY YOU WANT TO
SCHEDULE THE VACCINE WHEN YOU
CAN TAKE THE NEXT TWELVE TO
THIRTY SIX HOURS OFF SO
THE AFTER YOU GET THE VACCINE
YOU'LL REALLY START TO
EXPERIENCE THOSE SIDE EFFECTS
ABOUT 12 HOURS LATER.
SO YOU WANT TO BE IN A POSITION
WHERE YOU CAN TAKE THE NEXT DAY
OFF OF WORK IF POSSIBLE.
FINALLY A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN ASKING US IF YOU GET
THE VACCINE COULD THAT LEAD TO
A POSITIVE COVID-19 TEST RESULT
AND COULD THAT AFFECT THEREFORE
THE POSITIVITY RATE?
YEAH, THIS IS AN INTERESTING
QUESTION BECAUSE THE POSITIVITY
RATE IS THE METRIC WE FOLLOW SO
CLOSELY SO LET'S TALK ABOUT IT.
THERE'S TWO TYPES OF POSITIVITY
THE PCR POSITIVITY AND
THE ANTIBODY POSITIVITY SO
THE VACCINE WILL NOT GIVE YOU
COVID SO WILL NOT MAKE YOU TEST
POSITIVE ON A PCR TEST OR A
RAPID TEST BECAUSE YOU DON'T
HAVE COVID SO THAT'S NOT GOING
TO GET AFFECTED.
THE PCR POSITIVITY WHICH IS
THE ONE WE TALK ABOUT MOST DAYS
ON THE OTHER HAND THE ANTIBODY
POSITIVITY WHICH TELLS YOU
WHETHER YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM HAS
BEEN EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS MAY
CERTAINLY TURN POSITIVE AFTER
THE VACCINE AND THEREFORE IT
WILL BECOME A METRIC THAT WE
PROBABLY REALLY CAN'T FOLLOW IN
TERMS OF KNOWING WHERE
THE VIRUS HAS BEEN.
YOU KNOW, ONCE THAT TURNS
POSITIVE BUT IT IS CERTAINLY A
METRIC WE CAN THINK ABOUT WITH
RESPECT TO HERD IMMUNITY.
PRETTY