I'M
I'M PAYING ATTENTION AND I STILL FEEL GOOD AND REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HAVING GOTTEN THE
VACCINE SO WITH SO MANY
QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THE
VACCINES, WE THOUGHT THAT WE
WOULD CHECK IN WITH SAFEWAY'S
PHARMACY DIRECTOR DAVID GREENE.
GOOD MORNING, DAVID.
GOOD MORNING.
WE'RE SO GLAD THAT WE GET TO
TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS THIS
MORNING AND WE WANT TO KIND
OF EXAMINE A LITTLE BIT MORE
ABOUT THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
IS THIS ONE OF THOSE AS WE
HEARD SO MUCH OF LAST YEAR,
ABUNDANCE OF CAUTION SITUATIONS
OR ARE THERE REAL CONCERNS THAT
COULD ELIMINATE THIS VACCINE
ALTOGETHER?
YOU KNOW, IT'S I THINK IT'S TOO
EARLY TO SAY AT THIS POINT.
I THINK THAT THE THERE WAS
CONCERNS AND I THINK THEY'RE
JUST BEING CAUTIOUS AND WANT TO
MAKE SURE THEY HAVE AN
UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT IS
HAPPENING AND DECIDED TO PUT A
PAUSE ON THE VACCINE TO REVIEW
THE DATA.
SO YOU KNOW, JUST TO MAKE SURE
THAT IF THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT
MORE PEOPLE AREN'T OR PEOPLE
AREN'T IMPACTED, WHAT DOES THE
LATEST DECISION TO PAUSE THE
TRIAL MEAN FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE
TRYING TO GET THE VACCINES OR
THOSE WHO MAYBE ALREADY HAD AN
APPOINTMENT?
YEAH.
APPOINTMENT? YEAH. SO LET ME LET ME START WITH
THOSE THAT HAD AN APPOINTMENT
WITH THE JANJA AND WE'VE WE
HAVE OTHER UP WE HAVE OTHER
OPTIONS SO WE HAVE THE INTERNET
,WE HAVE THE FIZER SO WE FEEL
PRETTY GOOD ABOUT OUR IN STOCK
CONDITION ON THOSE VACCINES
THAT WE DID MAKE WE DID MAKE
REPLACEMENT PAYMENTS FOR THOSE
THAT HAD AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE
JMJ VACCINE AND WE'VE HAD
PFIZER MODERNA IN OUR
PHARMACIES FOR OVER GOSH IT'S
IT'S WELL OVER A MONTH NOW SO
WE FEEL GOOD.
WE'RE JUST MOVING FORWARD AND
IMMUNIZING WITH THOSE VACCINES.
SO I ACTUALLY GOT MY VACCINE
WITH AND I HAVE TO SAY IT WAS
SUCH AN EASY PROCESS IT WAS ONE
OF THE EASIEST PROCESS I'D
FOUND BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TRYING
REALLY HARD TO FIND ONE IN
KING COUNTY ACTUALLY ALMOST HAD
ONE IN THURSTON COUNTY.
I WAS GOING TO DRIVE TO OLYMPIA
NO BIG DEAL.
BUT WILL YOU WALK US THROUGH
YOUR PROCESS OF GETTING AN
APPOINTMENT BECAUSE I DID FIND
IT PRETTY EASY.
YEAH.
SO THERE IS A TECHNOLOGY ASPECT
TO IT.
SO OUR PLANET SCHEDULER IS YOU
CAN FIND IT ONLINE ON OUR
WEBSITE.
IT'S ALSO ON OUR APP AND YOU
COULD EVEN GO ON THE DEAL PAGE
THE WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT
OF HEALTH WEBSITE.
SO WE WILL POST A CERTAIN
AMOUNT OF APPOINTMENTS EVERY
DAY ON AVERAGE OUR PHARMACIES
ARE SCHEDULING THIRTY TO FORTY
APPOINTMENTS PER DAY AND WE
POST THOSE APPOINTMENTS
TYPICALLY ONCE A WEEK AND ONCE
ONCE YOU GO ON TO OUR SCHEDULER
YOU CAN SEE DIFFERENT DAYS.
YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENT
APPOINTMENTS AT A SPECIFIC
SAFEWAY ROBERTSON STORE AND IF
THERE'S NOTHING LESS THAN THAT
MEANS THERE'S APPOINTMENTS AND
YOU CAN GO SEARCH FOR FOUR
NEARBY STORES TO PROVIDE BETTER
TIMING OR IF YOU'RE ANXIOUS TO
GET THE SHOT EARLIER THAN
GETTING IT THAT YOUR YOUR
FAVORITE SAFEWAY STORE COPY
THAT.
SO VACCINES THOUGH THEY JUST
OPENED THIS WEEK TO ALL ADULTS
SIXTEEN AND OVER.
SO I WOULD IMAGINE THERE'S
GOING TO BE A BIG WAIT TO GET
AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE ANY
TIPS.
YOU KNOW, PATIENTS PERSISTENCE
.
THAT'S KIND OF BEEN OUR TAGLINE
FROM THE BEGINNING AND WE'RE
EXCITED THIS IS ANOTHER GROUP
BUT THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE
GROUPS.
I THINK IT JUST MAKES IT JUST
SO MUCH JUST STRAIGHTFORWARD
FOR FOR EVERYBODY AT SIXTEEN
PLUS BUT JUST JUST KEEP TRYING
IF YOU HAVE TECHNOLOGY ISSUES
OR YOU HAVE ACCESS ISSUES TO
GETTING TO FOR TECHNOLOGY WE
ARE TAKING LIMITED CALLS IN OUR
PHARMACIES.
OUR TEAM CAN WALK WALK PEOPLE
THROUGH THAT BUT WE DO ASK THAT
THOSE ARE LIMITED.
IF YOU HAVE ACCESS YOU DON'T
CALL THE PHARMACY, YOU CAN'T
GET IN LINE QUICKER BY CALLING
THE PHARMACY.
GOT IT.
THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE
WE WANT THOSE PHARMACIES TO BE
ABLE TO DO THEIR JOB REAL
QUICK, LET'S GO BACK TO THOSE
LIKE MYSELF WHO RECEIVED THE
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINE.
IS THERE ANYTHING WE SHOULD BE
AVOIDING RIGHT NOW?
ANYTHING THAT KIND OF IT?
IS IT TOO EARLY TO TELL?
NO.
I THINK I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
PUTTING THE SCREENSHOT THERE
WITH THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS.
I JUST THINK JUST BEING AWARE
OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH, LEG
PAIN, HEADACHE AND I ENCOURAGE
EVERYBODY THAT IF YOU
EXPERIENCE THAT JUST LET YOUR
DOCTOR KNOW YOUR CONTACT YOUR
PHYSICIAN ALSO WE'RE JUST
WATCHING TO GET GET THE SHOT I
HAVE YOUR PHARMACIST HOPE
THAT'S OKAY.
I BUT SHE DID EXPLAIN TO ME SEE
HOW HAPPY I WAS THERE.
SHE DID EXPLAIN TO ME THAT
AFTER I GOT THE SHOT I HAD TO
SIGN UP WITH THE CDC TO GET
HEALTH NOTIFICATION AND EVERY
DAY THEY'VE BEEN TEXTING ME
ASKING ME HOW I'M DOING.
CAN YOU TELL ME A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT WHY THEY DO THAT?
YEAH, THAT'S B.S. IT REALLY
IT'S JUST A DIRECT CONDUIT IN
GETTING THE CDC JUST REAL TIME
INFORMATION.
SO I THINK IT'S JUST WITH WITH
WITH GETTING THESE VACCINES OUT
THERE.
I THINK IT'S JUST MAKING SURE
THAT PEOPLE HAVE A DIRECT
DIRECT WAY TO GIVE THE CDC
INFORMATION THAT'S REALLY HANDY
VERY, VERY HELPFUL OVERALL I
THINK THE BIG CONCERNS FOR I
THINK MEDICAL COMMUNITY IS WHEN
YOU HEAR SOMETHING LIKE THE
PAUSE THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
VACCINE, PEOPLE MAY BE MORE
HESITANT TO GET THE VACCINE BUT
IT'S NOT THE CASE.
WE SHOULD BE GOING FORWARD WITH
THIS, CORRECT?
YEAH, I THINK IT HAS HESITANCY
IS SOMETIMES AROUND BEING
MISINFORMED AND GET GET THE
FACTS.
I THINK YOU DID A NICE JOB
OF GETTING THE FACTS SIX PEOPLE
OUT OF SIX POINT EIGHT MILLION
IS WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR.
BUT WE ALSO HAVE TWO OTHER
ALTERNATIVES.
SO EVEN IF THERE'S SOME
NERVOUSNESS AROUND JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON RIGHT NOW, THERE'S
STILL OTHER OPTIONS TO GET
VACCINATED.
WE HAVE A PFIZER VACCINE AND A
MEDICINE A VACCINE THAT HAVE
REALLY GOOD SAFETY RECORDS AND
REALLY GREAT
RECORDS.
RECORDS. THE CLINICAL RESULTS ARE JUST FANTASTIC TO VACCINES.
SO YES, THEY'LL GET VACCINATED
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT GOING TO
PREVENT ILLNESS.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PREVENT
COVID IF WE DON'T GET
VACCINATED.
SO THE VACCINE IS REALLY THE
KEY WAY THE ONLY WAY TO GO TO
PREVENT THE DISEASE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, DAVID.
I APPRECIATE ALL YOUR TIME AND
CHATTING WITH THIS MORNING.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
YEAH, THANK YOU.
HAVE A GREAT THANKS AS WELL TO
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR YOUR
VACCINE.
IT'S SAFE TO GO TO SAFEWAY
DOTCOM SLASH PHARMACY.
WELL APRIL IS ARTMAN A GOOD
TIME TO THINK ABOUT THE WAY WE
CONSUME THINGS.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD CONSUME LESS
AND USE MORE SUSTAINABLE
PRODUCTS.
WELL, COMING UP NEXT, OUR
FRIENDS AT ZULILY HAVE A FEW
VERY COOL SUSTAINABLE
SOLUTIONS.
YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE AND THEN
LATER ON IN THE SHOW COULD YOU
USE A BIT OF CALM?
WE'RE GOING TO BRING YOU THE
SOOTHING SOUNDS OF NATURE AND
TELL YOU WHY IT'S JUST WHAT YOU
NEED RIGHT NOW.