WE
WE KNOW
WE KNOW A
WE KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HER WHEREABOUTS. THANKS FOR THAT.
THE NUMBER OF CALIFORNIANS WHO
ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS VACCINE COULD SOON
EXPAND. STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS
ARE REVIEWING A NEW
RECOMMENDATION BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO OPEN VACCINATIONS
TO ANYONE OVER THE AGE OF 65 AS
WELL AS THOSE WITH UNDERLYING
HEALTH CONDITIONS. YEAH. THESE
CHANGES IF ADOPTED COULD BE
ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS TODAY. BUT
WE'RE LEARNING NOT EVERYONE IS
READY TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES
JUST YET, INCLUDING SOME HEALTH
CARE WORKERS. NATIONAL CITY
MAYOR AND VACCINE TRIAL
PARTICIPANT ALAN HONDROS TELL
US ELISE JOINS US ALONG WITH
OUR FRIEND DR. ABBY AL.
ALTHOUGH LAW DAY FROM SHARP
RECENTLY MEDICAL GROUP. GOOD
MORNING TO YOU LADIES. THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH
US. RENEE, GOOD MORNING. WE
NEED TO HAVE THIS IMPORTANT
CONVERSATION SO PEOPLE AGE 65
OLDER AND THOSE WITH SERIOUS
UNDERLYING HEALTH CONDITIONS
ACROSS CALIFORNIA COULD QUICKLY
BECOME ELIGIBLE RIGHT FOR THE
COBRA 19 VACCINE. MAYOR, LET ME
START WITH YOU. WHAT DO YOU
THINK OF THIS PLAN BY THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? I THINK
IT'S GREAT THAT WE HAVE MORE
OPPORTUNITY TO GET THE VACCINE
IN ARMS OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MOST
VULNERABLE AND I THINK IT'S
IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT THE
CONVERSATION THAT A DOCTOR AND
MYSELF KNEW ALL ERIC SHELLEY
AND ARE HAVING RIGHT NOW NEEDS
TO BE HAPPENING IN EVERY HOME
ACROSS THE NATION AND HERE IN
PARTICULAR IN THE SAN DIEGO
COUNTY REGION. WHAT IT MEANS
WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT AND IF
PEOPLE WANT BACK TO PRE COVERED
DAYS WE NEED TO HAVE AT LEAST
80 PERCENT IMMUNE IMMUNISATION
OF OUR COMMUNITIES. SO THERE'S
JUST SO MANY CONVERSATIONS AND
YOU KNOW, JUST IT'S HARD BUT WE
NEED TO TALK ABOUT IT. AND THE
OPENING UP FOR THOSE THAT ARE
65 AND OVER WITH AND THOSE WITH
OTHER COMORBIDITIES BEING
ELIGIBLE MAKES IT POSSIBLE TO
DO THAT. DR. ABBY, YOU'RE ON
THE FRONT LINES. YOU'RE SEEING
WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE
HOSPITALS AND YOU KNOW YOUR
OFFICE. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT
THIS PLAN TO GET THOSE 65 AND
OLDER VACCINATED ACE UP? I
THINK IT'S EXTREMELY RATIONAL
AND IT HUSBAND OUT THAT OUT OF
THAT SPEECH AND IT'S WHERE WE
THOUGHT VACCINATIONS AND ARMS
IS WHAT SAVES LIVES AND NOT
VACCINATION. WE NEED TO BE MORE
EDUCATED. THAT HELPS WELL. AND
WE KNOW ALSO THAT 65 SHOULD BE
ADDED. AND THOSE PEOPLE
ACALLY BUY IT AND PEOPLE THAT
HAVE UNDERLYING SHOWS AS WELL
AS PEOPLE THAT. AND SO IT'S
IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THE
MESSAGE OUT FOR FOLKS THAT
USEFUL. I MEAN WE'RE HEARING
HEALTH CARE WORKERS ARE A BIT
RELUCTANT TO GET THIS VACCINE.
WHY IS THAT? I MEAN THEY'RE THE
ONES ON THE FRONTLINE PUTTING
THEIR LIVES AT RISK. THIS IS A
LIFELINE FOR THEM. SO WHY ARE
SOME OF THEM REFUSING IT? WELL,
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER THAT HEALTH CARE
WORKERS HAVE THE SAME
EXPERIENCE ADDS TO THE STUDY.
TIGER WOODS WE WERE DOING THAT
IN MEDICAL YOUR MEDICINE AND
AFTER SURVEYING OVER A THOUSAND
WORKERS FOR CALLED MOST SAID
THAT WERE ACTUALLY A GOOD SIGN
OR THEY WERE WORRIED ABOUT
BOSTON SITE. AND IT'S NOT THAT
THEY WERE SAYING GET THE
VACCINES. IT WAS THAT THEY WERE
WAITING. THEY WANTED TO WAIT TO
SEE IT BEFORE ACTUALLY THE
FACTS AND SOME ALSO SITE MRI
TECHNOLOGY KNOW IT'S IMPORTANT
TO ACTUALLY HAVE THE RIGHT
INFORMATION BECAUSE THIS IS NOT
A BRAND NEW TECHNOLOGY. IT'S
BEEN SAID BEFORE THAT IT IS
SAFE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO
REMEMBER ALSO THAT IT'S IN
APPRECIATE SCIENCE FUNDING AND
COLLABORATION WITH TECHNOLOGY.
WHEN IT COMES TO LONG TERM SIDE
EFFECTS, WE KNOW THAT VACCINES
REALLY. AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY
APPROVED AND STUDIED IN TERMS
OF ACTUALLY AND THOSE WERE
ACTUALLY MINOR AND MINIMAL. AND
SO NEED TO GET INFORMATION OUT
AND LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THINGS
JUST GO RIGHT RIGHT. MAYOR, YOU
TOOK PART IN THE VACCINE TRIALS
SHOWING YOUR FACE AND TO OTHERS
IN THE COMMUNITY AT EASE. WHAT
MESSAGE DO YOU HAVE FOR THE
PEOPLE STILL FEELING UNEASY AND
NOT TRUSTING THE VACCINES? IT'S
OK TO HAVE QUESTIONS. DOES THE
RESEARCH? THERE'S SEVERAL IN
FACT WE GO COUNTY WEB SITE.
THEY HAVE A COMPARISON SIDE BY
SIDE COMPARISON OF THE TWO
VACCINES THAT ARE OUT THERE.
LEARN ABOUT YOU KNOW WHAT WHAT
THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE LEARN. AND
MOSTLY IT'S BEEN SORE ARMS. YOU
KNOW KIND OF WHAT I SHARED WITH
THE GROUP WHEN I PARTICIPATED
IN THE VACCINE TRIAL. BUT ALSO
TO BE OKAY WITH ASKING THE
QUESTIONS BUT KNOWING THAT WE
ARE PART OF THE SOLUTION, WE
ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GOING TO
BE THOSE TRUSTED VESSELS OF
INFORMATION. WE'RE ALSO GOING
TO HELP FIGHT THIS PANDEMIC
THAT HAS HELD US FOR SO LONG
THESE LAST 10 MONTHS. IT'S
ALMOST BEEN YOU KNOW, WE'RE
GOING TO BE ENTERING FEBRUARY.
SO WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK AT
HOW WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THE
NORMAL POST COVERED AND DO THE
RESEARCH, HAVE THE
CONVERSATIONS AND BE OKAY WITH
NOT HAVING ALL THE ANSWERS. BUT
WHEN WE EAT HOT DOGS OR WE TALK
ABOUT WHAT'S IN CERTAIN FOODS,
YOU KNOW, WE DON'T KNOW EVERY
SINGLE NECESSARILY INGREDIENT.
SO YOU KNOW, WE STILL ENJOY
LOVING HOT AND EFFECTIVE. SO
WHEN WE TALK ABOUT WHAT WE WANT
TO DO FOR THE VACCINE, I THINK
IT'S FINDING AS MUCH AS WE CAN
KNOWING THAT WE HAVE TRUSTED
PARTNERS LIKE DR. ABBY, THE
DENTIST AND THE VACCINATE TOURS
LIKE OUR FIREFIGHTERS HERE IN
NATIONAL CITY. NINETY FIVE
PERCENT OF OUR FIREFIGHTERS
NATIONAL CITY HAVE RAISED THEIR
HAND AND HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.
SO WE KNOW THAT THERE MAY BE
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE VACCINES
BUT WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE SOME
HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS THAT
YOU KNOW, HAVE HAVE SAID 100
PERCENT FROM THE VERY
BEGINNING. WE WILL TAKE THE
VACCINE. IMPORTANT CONVERSATION
THAT WE HAD HERE. SO MAYOR