BACK
BACK TO
BACK TO YOU GUYS. RACHEL, THANKS. HOPEFULLY GET SOME RELIEF OUT
THERE TO THE NATION.
THEY NEED IT REALLY BADLY AND
NOW THAT THE COBIAN 19 VACCINE
IS OUT.
WHAT'S NEXT?
WELL, THERE IS A LOT EXPECTED
TO GO DOWN OVER THE NEXT COUPLE
OF WEEKS.
SO TAKE A TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
IN ARIZONA THE FIRST VACCINES
ARE EXPECTED TO GO IN MARICOPA
AND PIMA COUNTY STARTING
TOMORROW.
NOW WE KNOW THAT THOSE ARE
GOING TO FIRST RESPONDERS AND
HEALTH CARE WORKERS FIRST.
ALSO EXPECTED TO HAPPEN THIS
WEEK, THE FDA IS GIVING THE
GREEN LIGHT TO ANOTHER KOVEN 19
VACCINE.
THIS ONE FROM DRUG MAKER
MADDERN.
NOW THE VACCINE IS KNOWN FOR A
HIGH EFFICACY AND IT'S SUPPOSED
TO BE AS EFFECTIVE IF NOT
BETTER EVEN THAN THE PFIZER
VACCINE AT THE BEGINNING
OF NEXT YEAR.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT JANUARY
1ST.
THE SECOND ROUND OF DOSES ARE
EXPECTED TO GO OUT TO CITIES
ACROSS THE U.S. BOTH PFIZER AND
MADUNA.
THOSE VACCINES REQUIRE TWO
DOSES.
AFTER THAT THEY'RE ARE EXPECTED
TO BE SEVERAL STUDIES DONE ON
HOW THE VACCINE IMPACTS PEOPLE,
ESPECIALLY PREGNANT WOMEN AND
CHILDREN.
THOSE ARE THINGS WE JUST DON'T
KNOW BECAUSE NEITHER VACCINE
HAS BEEN TESTED ON WOMEN WHO
ARE EXPECTING AND BY THE END
OF JANUARY CLOSE TO 50 MILLION
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN
VACCINATED ROUGHLY AND
HOPEFULLY NOW THIS IS JUST A
ROUGH TIMELINE ON HOW THINGS
COULD SHAKE OUT.
THE ACCURACY OF THIS TIMELINE
RESTS ON A LOT OF IT ON THE
SUCCESS OF EACH VACCINE,
WHETHER OR NOT PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY
ARE WILLING TO TAKE IT.
RACHEL YEAH, THAT IS DEFINITELY
A KEY PART.
>> WELL, THIS MORNING WE
BROUGHT IN A DOCTOR TO ANSWER
YOUR COVID 19 QUESTIONS AND
CHECK BACK IN WITH DR. FRANK LA
VECCHIO.
ALL RIGHT, DR. WILL MEKI, OUR
FIRST QUESTION THIS MORNING
COMES FROM JACKIE IN MESA.
SHE'S ASKING IS THERE A CHANCE
YOU CAN GET COVERED AFTER BOTH
THE FIRST AND SECOND SHOTS LIKE
SHE'S SAYING PERHAPS A
DIFFERENT STRAIN WITH REGARD TO
DIFFERENT STRAINS?
>> SO FAR WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS
NO THE WHEN YOU GET THE VACCINE
IT WILL BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST
ALL THE STRAINS THAT ARE
CIRCULATING RIGHT NOW.
AGAIN, NO VACCINE IS 100
PERCENT EFFECTIVE.
BUT THIS IS PRETTY CLOSE.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE HITTING
NINETY FIVE PERCENT EFFECTIVE
BUT SO FAR YOU'RE OK WITH ALL
THE STRAINS THAT ARE OUT THERE.
>> SO OUR SECOND QUESTION THIS
HALF HOUR I JUST HAD MAJOR
SURGERY FOUR WEEKS AGO NOT ME
THE PERSON WHO TEXAS-SAN
SHOULDER REPLACEMENT SAID HE IS
SEVENTY FIVE YEARS OLD AND
SUFFERS FROM COPD.
>> SO IS THE IS THE VACCINATION
SAFE SO SOON AFTER A MAJOR
SURGERY LIKE THAT?
>> WELL THAT WAS NOT A
CONTRAINDICATION IN THE STUDIES
SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT WOULD BE
SAFE WITH REGARD TO ACTUALLY
GETTING IT.
>> YOU SHOULD PROBABLY CONSULT
WITH A SURGEON.
YOU HAVE TO BE PREPARED THOUGH
THAT AFTER YOU GET THE SHOT,
YOU KNOW A PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE
HAVE FEVER AND IT'S USUALLY
SHORT LIVED FOR A DAY AND THAT
MIGHT COMPLICATE WHAT YOUR
SURGEON IS THINKING.
IS IT RELATED TO YOUR SHOULDER
SURGERY OR IS THE FEVER RELATED
JUST TO THE VACCINE?
SO HAVE TO KIND OF DISCUSS WITH
THEM BUT I SEE NO REASON NOT
TO.
IF THEY OK IT A THIRD QUESTION
IS COMING IN FROM STACIE UP IN
FLAGSTAFF.
>> SHE SAYS SHE'S ASTHMATIC AND
SHE ASKS HOW WILL I MORE LIKELY
REACT TO THE INJECTION?
DO THE ASTHMA?
>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT'S A
GREAT QUESTION AND PEOPLE WHO
ARE ASTHMATIC WERE INCLUDED IN
THE STUDY AND THEY DID WELL AND
THEY DEVELOPED ANTIBODIES AND
PEOPLE WITH ASTHMA ARE HIGH
RISK FOR DYING FROM COGAT 19.
SO IT MAKES SENSE FOR ME TO
RECOMMEND GETTING THE VACCINE.
I KNOW SHE'S ASKING MORE.
WELL, I REACT DIFFERENTLY AND
PEOPLE HAVE ASTHMA TEND TO HAVE
MORE ALLERGIES.
SO WE HAVE MORE ALLERGIES.
THEY TEND TO WATCH YOU A LITTLE
BIT LONGER.
SO NOW THE RECOMMENDATION IS
ONCE YOU GET THE VACCINE TO
WATCH IT FOR 30 MINUTES AS
OPPOSED FIFTEEN.
IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE ASTHMA, THE
CHANCES ARE YOU MIGHT MORE
LIKELY DEVELOP ALLERGIC
SYMPTOMS.
BUT THAT'S COMMON WITH MANY
ASTHMATIC.
BUT ALL THE OTHER STUFF SEEMS
TO BE THE SAME WEAKNESS TIRED
ARM PAIN, BODY ACHES, ET CETERA
.
DOCTOR, WE KNOW THAT THE
VACCINE IS COMING OUT IN PHASES
AND WE'VE BEEN GETTING THIS
QUESTION FROM A LOT OF FOLKS
THIS MORNING.
WE DO HAVE INFORMATION ON OUR
WEB SITE ABOUT IT.
BUT HOW WILL YOU KNOW WHEN IT'S
YOUR TURN AND WHEN IT IS YOUR
TURN?
HOW CAN YOU GO ABOUT GETTING
IT?
>> I MEAN DO YOU JUST SHOW UP
SOME WHERE YOU HAVE TO MAKE AN
APPOINTMENT?
HOW DOES ALL THIS WORK?
>> WELL, HERE'S WHAT I DID AND
MY COLLEAGUES DID.
YOU KNOW, PUTTING GOOGLE
MARICOPA DOT GOV AND
VACCINATION AND THEN ALONG WEB
SITES COME AND IT ACTUALLY DOES
A SCREENING PROCESS AND THIS
SCREENING PROCESS AS YOU KNOW,
AGE DATE OF BIRTH AND
ELIGIBILITY.
WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING WHERE
YOU WORK, ET CETERA, YOU KNOW,
CERTAIN PARAMETERS THAT THEY DO
TO LAID OUT.
AND THEN AFTERWARDS THEY SENT
ME AN APPOINTMENT.
SO I DID ALL THAT STUFF AND
THEN GOT AN APPOINTMENT FOR
THIS THURSDAY.
I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A MASS
VACCINATION EVENT.
I'M GETTING VACCINATED AT THE
FAIRGROUNDS.
THERE'S OTHER LOCATIONS AROUND
THE VALLEY BUT I THINK IT'S
RECOMMENDED THAT YOU DO THAT.
I DON'T EXPECT PEOPLE WITH NO
MEDICAL PROBLEMS THAT OTHERWISE
HEALTHY YOUNG TO GET VACCINATED
BEFORE A FEW MONTHS HERE.
BUT THE HOPE IS THAT BY THE
SUMMER ALL OF US IN MARICOPA
COUNTY WILL HAVE RECEIVED TWO
VACCINES.
>> ALL RIGHT.