THE NUMBERS ARE CERTAINLY CONCERNING ESPECIALLY WITH THE RATE OF COVID-19 VACCINATIONS
SLOWING DOWN CASES UP IN OUR
AREA NUMBERS UP IN THE HOSPITAL
OR
POSITIVITY RATE. NOW UP OVER
11% NEARLY DOUBLING FROM THE
WEEK BEFORE SO TO GIVE US AN
IDEA OF WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW AT
THIS POINT AND THIS
PANDEMIC DOCTOR RUTH BERGGREN
JOINING US AS SHE ALWAYS DOES
ON THURSDAYS INFECTIOUS DISEASE
SPECIALIST WITH UT HEALTH SAN
ANTONIO, GOOD TO SEE YOU AS
ALWAYS TELL US TELL
US WHAT WE’RE DEALING WITH
RIGHT NOW IN SAN ANTONIO IN
TERMS OF THESE NUMBERS WHAT
DOES THAT SAY TO YOU.
>> YES WELL THIS WAS NOT AN
PREDICTED RIGHT, I MEAN WE KNEW
WITH THE
DELTA VARIANT AND WITH A LARGE
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE REMAINING
UNVACCINATED THAT WE WOULD SEE
INCREASED NUMBERS OF CASES
WE’VE SEEN
A DOUBLING AND WE SEE WE KNEW
THAT WE WOULD SEE MORE PEOPLE
IN THE HOSPITAL AND SO WE HAVE
ROUGHLY 250 PEOPLE IN THE
HOSPITAL IN SAN ANTONIO RIGHT
NOW THAT’S UP FROM A 117 LAST
MONTH AT THE LOW.
AND YOU KNOW THIS ISN’T NEARLY
WHERE WE USED TO BE 6 MONTHS
AGO AND WE HAD OVER 1400
HOSPITALIZED. BUT WE DON’T LIKE
THIS UPTICK
AND WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WE
NEED TO DO ABOUT IT THOUGH
EXACTLY WHAT WE NEED TO DO IS
GET EVERYBODY VACCINATED.
>> ARE THESE YOUNG ADULTS THAT
YOU’RE SEEING I MEAN WHAT ARE
THE WHAT ARE THE AGES THAT
WE’RE SEEING OF THE OF THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING IN AND
THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE HOSPITALIZED.
>> YEAH, YOU KNOW 95% OF THE
HOSPITALIZED PEOPLE ARE
UNVCCINATED THAT MEANS IT’S
RARE TO HAVE A PERSON WITH
COVID IN THE HOSPITAL THAT
WAS VACCINATED A LOT OF THEM
ARE IN MORE YOUTHFUL AGE GROUP
AND. RIGHT NOW ONLY A
3RD OF OUR 15 TO 29 YEAR OLDS
IN SAN ANTONIO ARE FULLY
VACCINATED SO WE’D LOVE TO
FOCUS ON THIS GROUP AND
MOTIVATE THEM TO COME ON IN AND
GET VACCINATED TO AVOID LANDING
IN
THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE IT ISN’T
ONLY OLDER PEOPLE WHO GET
HOSPITALIZED KNOW QUITE FRANKLY
MOST OF OUR OLDER PEOPLE IN SAN
ANTONIO HAVE
BEEN VACCINATED AND YET WE’RE
SEEING HOSPITAL START TO FILL
UP AGAIN SO IT’S MORE.
IT’S IT’S AN ISSUE FOR SURE FOR
YOUNG ADULTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE
WE KNOW THAT THE VACCINE IS
WIDELY AVAILABLE THERE ARE
SEVERAL PLACES THAT YOU CAN GO
GET IT WITHOUT HAVING AN
APPOINTMENT SO FOR THOSE WHO
STILL HAVE NOT.
>> BEEN VACCINATED WHAT’S THE
SCENARIO YOU BELIEVE THAT THOSE
PEOPLE ARE FACING OR THE
POTENTIAL FOR THEM TO GET
INFECTED. WITH THIS DELTA
VARIANT NOW.
>> YEAH, I MEAN I THINK I THINK
FOLKS ARE ARE PAYING ATTENTION
TO STUFF THAT THEY’RE SEEING ON
SOCIAL MEDIA WHICH IS OFTEN
TIMES A
VERY MISLEADING
WE’RE IN THE PHASE NOW WHERE
LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE TAKING OFF
THEIR MASKS BECAUSE AS THE CDC.
GUIDANCE SAID YOU DON’T HAVE TO
WEAR A MASK IF YOU’VE BEEN
VACCINATED SO EVERYBODY’S
TAKING OFF THEIR MASKS BOTH THE
VACCINATED AND THE UNVACCINATED
AND THAT LEAVES THE
UNVACCINATED PEOPLE
UNPROTECTED AND SO WHAT THEY’RE
FACING IS THE POTENTIAL TO GET
SICK. THE POTENTIAL TO GET
SICK WITH THIS DELTA VARIANT
WHICH IS BECOMING THE DOMINANT
VARIANT ACROSS THE UNITED
STATES AND WHICH WE
HAVE SEEN IS MORE INFECTIOUS TO
OTHER PEOPLE IN 10 BE MORE
LETHAL AND MAKE PEOPLE SICKER
QUICKER THEN THE ORIGINAL
VARIETY OF THE VIRUS THAT WE
HAD.
>> YEAH AND WE’RE SEEING THIS
ACROSS THE IN LOS ANGELES
COUNTY TODAY JUST RE
INSTITUTING ITS MASK MANDATE.
THERE. MY NEXT QUESTION IS THE
KIND OF TWOFOLD WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN FOR BACK TO SCHOOL
AND OR IS THERE REAL PROBLEM
WITH PEOPLE JUST GETTING
THE FIRST DOSE AND NOT COMING
BACK FOR THE SECOND DOSE WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT PFIZER
AND MODERNA.
>> YEAH LET ME TAKE THE SECOND
QUESTION IN SAN ANTONIO, WE
HAVE MORE THAN 200,000 PEOPLE
THAT DIDN’T COME BACK FOR THEIR
SECOND VACCINE. SO I’M TALKING
TO YOU
RIGHT NOW IF YOU’RE IN
SAN ANTONIO, AND YOU’RE ONE OF
THOSE 200,000 THAT DIDN’T COME
BACK TO YOUR SECOND VACCINE YOU
NEED TO KNOW THAT YOU’RE NOT
VERY PROTECTED AT ALL AGAINST
THIS NEW DELTA VARIANT ONLY
ABOUT 33% PROTECTION IF YOU’VE
HAD ONE DOSE. SO COME ON
BACK AND GET YOUR SECOND DOSE
IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW LONG IT’S
BEEN SINCE YOUR FIRST HAS JUST
COME ON BACK AND TRY TO GET THE
SAME VARIETY OF VACCINE THAT
YOU’VE GOT THE FIRST TIME IN
OTHER WORDS IF YOU HAD MODERNA
GET MODERNA IF YOU HAD PFIZER
GET PFIZER BUT ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER COME BACK AND GET YOUR
SECOND DOSE. NOW WHAT ABOUT BACK TO SCHOOL. WE’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY
RIGHT NOW AND AS YOU KNOW IT
SAID 21 DAYS IN BETWEEN THE
FIRST AND THE SECOND DOSE OF
THE PFIZER VACCINE. SO IF YOU
STARTED NOW, YOU COULD GET
YOURSELF FULLY VACCINATED BY
THE TIME YOU GO BACK TO SCHOOL
AND WE STRONGLY URGE PEOPLE TO
DO THAT SO THAT THEY CAN GO TO
SCHOOL AND PAY
ATTENTION AND NOT BE CONSTANTLY
NERVOUS AND WORRIED ABOUT
WHETHER THEY’RE GOING TO GET
SICK OR WHETHER THEY’RE GOING
TO TAKE THE VIRUS HOME TO
SOMEBODY WHO’S ELDERLY ARE
UNPROTECTED. AT HOME. SO BACK
TO SCHOOL, WE’LL BE BEST IF WE
CAN GET AS
MANY PEOPLE, 12 AND UP
VACCINATED AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
BACK TO SCHOOL IS GOING TO BE HERE BEFORE WE ALL KNOW IT. >> IT SEEMS LIKE WITH CASES
INCREASING NUMBERS IN THE
HOSPITAL INCREASING A BIG
QUESTION A LOT OF PEOPLE ASK
FIRST IS WERE PEOPLE VACCINATED
WHO HAVE BEEN INFECTED AND WE
DID GET A VIEWER QUESTION KIND
OF SPEAKING TO THAT POINT THAT
A LOT OF PEOPLE WONDER
THIS PERSON ASKS WITH COVID
CASES INCREASING ITS BEEN SAID
THAT SOME INFECTED PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN VACCINATED
DO WE HAVE ANY IDEA WHICH
VACCINES THESE PEOPLE RECEIVE
TO HAVE BEEN INFECTED DESPITE
BEING VACCINATED.
>> YEAH, I MEAN SO THIS
>> VERY WELL DOCUMENTED NOBODY
WOULD DENY THAT WE’VE SEEN
CASES OF COVID WITH SYMPTOMS IN
PEOPLE THAT ARE FULLY
VACCINATED IT’S
RARE THOUGH AND THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THOSE FULLY
VACCINATED PEOPLE DO NOT GET
SICK ENOUGH TO GO THE HOSPITAL,
OKAY
NOW WHAT WE KNOW IN OUR OWN
HOSPITAL IS THAT THE VAST
MAJORITY OF THE SICK PEOPLE THE
COVID PEOPLE IT’S WITH SYMPTOMS
BAD ENOUGH TO GET THEM
HOSPITALIZED. THEY ARE
UNVACCINATED THERE ARE A FEW
PERCENT. MAYBE 5%.
ARE PEOPLE WHO WERE VACCINATED
AND WIND UP IN THE HOSPITAL.
BUT AS FAR AS WHETHER IT’S THE
MODERNA THAT’S FAILING VERSUS
THE PFIZER VERSUS THE JOHNSON
AND JOHNSON. WE DON’T HAVE THAT
KIND OF GRANULAR DATA FROM SAN
ANTONIO. BUT WE CAN GO BACK TO
THE POPULATION DATA THAT’S BEEN
RELEASED BY THE COMPANIES THAT
MAKE THESE VACCINES
AND WE KNOW THAT THE MRNA
VACCINES PFIZER MODERNA
TEND TO BE 94 TO 95% EFFECTIVE
AT PREVENTING SYMPTOMS
WHEREAS THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
VACCINE TENDS TO BE MORE LIKE
ABOUT 64% EFFECTIVE IN
PREVENTING SYMPTOMS.
>> DOCTOR RUTH BERGGREN WITH A
LONG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT UT
HEALTH SAN ANTONIO’S ALWAYS WE
APRECIATE YOUR HELP IN
SEPARATING THE FACT FROM THE
FICTION THAT’S OUT THERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR DON’T MISS
YOUR SHOT DON’T MISS YOUR SHOT.