>> LIVE WITH BRIDGETT ELLISON TO BE BROUGHT METEOROLOGIST CANDACE CAMPOS AND TRAFFIC
SAFETY EXPERT TROOPER STEVE,
THIS IS NEWS 6 AT 09:00AM
GETTING RESULTS.
>> JULIE: WHEN IT COMES TO THE
COVID VACCINE. ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS OR THE VACCINE IS
EFFECTIVE AGAINST VARIANTS OF
THE VIRUS UNDERSTANDING
VARIANCE CAN BE CONFUSING. SO
MORNING ANCHOR AND HEALTH
PORTER KIRSTIN O’CONNOR IS
STANDING BY NOW TO ASK DOCTOR
ASK A DOCTOR IS SPONSORED BY
CAN BE PRIMARY CARE FOR
>> CANDACE: WHILE DOCTOR JANIS
ORLOWSKI IS THE CHIEF HEALTH
CARE OFFICER AT THE
ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN
MEDICAL COLLEGES. SHE WORKS
WITH DOCTORS FROM A 155
SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND 400
TEACHING HOSPITALS. WE HAVE
SOME OF THOSE HERE IN ORLANDO
AND THEY’RE ALL COLLABORATING
WITH THE CDC TO HELP ANSWER
THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS
ABOUT THEIR HANDS. AND AS WE
JUST HEARD SEVERAL OF THOSE
AROUND VARIANTS OF THE VIRUS
AND WHAT WE’RE MOST FAMILIAR
WITH AND SOMETHING TO THINK
ABOUT WHEN YOU’RE THINKING
ABOUT THIS WORD VARIANT IS THE
FLU EVERY YEAR. IT CHANGES
SLIGHTLY. BUT AS YOU KNOW, WE
HAVE TO GET THE FLU SHOT EVERY
YEAR. SO WHEN IT COMES TO
CORONAVIRUS, HOW DO DOCTORS
KNOW ALL 3 VACCINES PROTECT
AGAINST THESE VARIANTS.
>> IT’S A VERY FOR PEOPLE TO
BE VACCINATED BECAUSE WE KNOW
THAT THE 3 VACCINES THAT WE
HAVE OUT RIGHT NOW ARE STILL
AFFECTIVE AGAINST THE VARIANTS
THAT WE’RE SEEING. YOU MAY BE
SEEING A VARIANT THAT’S COMING
OUT OF INDIA RIGHT NOW AND
THAT BARRY IT YOU KNOW,
THERE’S AT SUCH A LARGE NUMBER
OF PEOPLE WHO WERE IMPACTED.
IT’S LIKELY. THAT’S WHY WE SEE
A THAT CAME FROM INDIA JUST
LIKE WE VARIANT THAT CAME FROM
THE UK. LET’S SAY THAT THERE’S
A NEW VARIANT THAT COMES FROM
FLORIDA. WE WOULD THEN TAKE
THAT VIRUS AND WE WOULD STUDY
THE VACCINE AND SAY HOW GOOD
IS IT AGAINST THAT. SO THE
REASON WHY WE KNOW IS THAT
WE’RE STUDYING IT AND WE
CONTINUE TO STUDY THE VACCINES
AGAINST EACH VARIANT.
>> AND ANOTHER BIG QUESTION
WE’VE HEARD WHEN IT COMES TO
VACCINE HESITANCY SURROUNDS
HOW QUICKLY THE VACCINE WAS
MADE AVAILABLE. USUALLY
VACCINES. TAKE A LOT OF TIME
TO DEVELOP. BUT IN THIS CASE
IT WAS FAST TRACKED. SO SOME
PEOPLE WORRY ABOUT THE
TECHNOLOGY AND THE VACCINE AND
POTENTIAL LONG-TERM EFFECTS.
>> ONE THING THAT I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT THAT PEOPLE ALWAYS
ASK ME ABOUT WITH THE VACCINE.
IS THAT THEY SAY WILL YOU
NOTED THAT MRNA VACCINE JUST
HERE OVER THE LAST 10 ANSWERS
SNOW MRNA VACCINE WAS STUDY
AND ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS.
20 YEARS OR OUT. THAT’S THAT’S
WHY WE INVEST IN BASIC SCIENCE
RESEARCH WE UNDERSTAND THAT
THAT THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE
WE’VE STUDIED IT IN. AND, YOU
KNOW, I’VE BEEN INVOLVED IN IN
SCIENCE FOR 30 YEARS. THAT I
HAVE SOME EXPERT INFORMATION.
BUT THERE IS OPPORTUNITY FOR
EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND YOU’RE
DOING A SERVICE LETTING THE
PUBLIC UNDERSTAND MORE AND ASK
QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. THAT’S
WHAT WE HOPE FOR WITH THE
SEGMENT ASK A DOCTOR.
>> CANDACE: DOCTOR LASKY SAYS
FOR THOSE SAYING THEY’D RATHER
JUST GET COVID-19 AND BUILD
THEIR OWN ANTIBODIES. SHE SAYS
THAT’S LIKELY NOT THE BEST
IDEA.
>> EVEN THOUGH WE ARE SMARTER
AND BETTER AT TREATING COVID.
THERE ARE STILL PEOPLE DIE
EVERY SINGLE DAY. FROM AND IF
THEY’RE NOT WE HAVE SOMETHING
WHICH ARE LONG-TERM
COMPLICATIONS FROM COVID SO
THIS IDEA THAT ALL, YOU KNOW,
I’M I’M HEALTHY OR I HAVE NO
MEDICAL CONDITIONS ALL JUST
GET THE DISEASE AND ALL BE
BETTER OFF ALL I MAKE MY
ANTIBODIES. DON’T DO THAT.
THAT IS VERY RISKY.
>> CANDACE: AND YOU DID HEAR
HER SAY THAT SHE IS GLAD THAT
PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN
SCIENCE. WE KNOW THAT A LOT OF
YOU HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
VACCINE. SO WE’RE GOING TO
WORK TO GET YOU THOSE RESULTS
WERE DEDICATING A WHOLE DAY ON
FRIDAY TO ANSWERING YOUR
QUESTIONS. AND EXPLORING WHY
SOME PEOPLE ARE RELUCTANT TO
GET THE SHOT. THE COVERAGE
BEGINS AT 04:30AM IN THE
MORNING WITH THE MORNING NEWS
AND LIVE OPPORTUNITIES TO ASK
QUESTIONS WITH LOCAL HEALTH
OFFICIALS. YOU CAN START BY
SUBMITTING YOUR QUESTIONS NOW
HEAD OVER TO CLICK ORLANDO DOT
COM SLASH VACCINE. I WILL BE
HERE. WE’LL HAVE IT ON
FACEBOOK. WE WILL HAVE IT ON
THE AIR. AND OF COURSE ON