IF
IF ANY
IF ANY OTHER ACCIDENTS POP UP THIS MORNING AND WHEN THIS ONE CLEARS UP IN THE WEST VALLEY
RACHEL.
THANK YOU VANESSA.
WELL, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SERVICES ANNOUNCED SOME
STARTLING COVID-19 NUMBERS
YESTERDAY.
THERE WERE MORE THAN 40 700 NEW
CONFIRMED CASES IN ARIZONA.
OFFICIALS ALSO ANNOUNCED AN
ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED AND NINE
DEATHS.
THAT IS UP SUBSTANTIALLY FROM
LAST WEEK.
A LARGE PORTION OF THOSE DEATHS
ARE CONNECTED TO PATIENTS OVER
THE AGE OF 65.
NOW THESE NUMBERS COME AS THE
STATE CONTINUES TO HOST HUGE
VACCINE DRIVES FOR ARIZONANS.
AT LAST CHECK MORE THAN FOUR
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND
VACCINES HAVE BEEN
ADMINISTERED.
NEARLY SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND
PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
BOTH DOSES.
GOVERNOR DOUG DUCEY ISSUED AN
ADVISORY TO ACCELERATE
STATEWIDE DISTRIBUTION OF THE
VACCINE.
THE NEW ADVISORY REQUIRES
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WHO
ADMINISTER THE VACCINE TO
REPORT ALL THEIR DATA TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES.
IT ALSO ALLOWS THE STATE TO
REALLOCATE VACCINATION DOSES TO
FACILITIES WHERE THEY CAN BE
MOSTLY RAPIDLY DISTRIBUTED.
WELL, THIS MORNING WE BROUGHT
IN A DOCTOR TO ANSWER YOUR
COVID-19 QUESTIONS.
WE'RE CHECKING BACK IN WITH DR.
FRANK LA VECCHIO.
SO DOCTOR, OUR FIRST QUESTION
FROM THE VIEWERS THIS MORNING
COMES FROM SANDRA AUSTIN.
SHE'S ASKING EVERYONE IS AFRAID
IF THEY DON'T GET NUMBER TWO IN
THE ALLOTTED TIME THEY'RE GOING
TO HAVE TO START OVER.
IS THIS TRUE OR FALSE?
I WAS TOLD THAT YOU NEVER START
OVER.
YOU KNOW, IN THE STUDIES SOME
PATIENTS GOT IT AS LATE AS A
MONTH AND A HALF BUT REALIZED
THAT TIME IN BETWEEN YOU'RE NOT
AS PROTECTED.
REMEMBER WE GET ABOUT NINETY
FIVE PERCENT EFFICACY OR 95
PERCENT YOU KNOW, PROTECTION
AGAINST COVID-19 AFTER THE
SECOND DOSE TWO WEEKS AFTER THE
SECOND DOSE.
BUT THAT TIME IN BETWEEN YOU
WERE ABOUT 50 PERCENT REALLY
FIFTY TWO PERCENT EFFECTIVE SO
THAT TIME IN-BETWEEN IS SO
CRITICAL TO WEAR A MASK AND TO
REALIZE THAT THERE'S STILL A
CHANCE YOU CAN GET IT REALIZED
THAT THE SECOND SHOT IS MORE
OF A BOOSTER.
YOU KNOW IT WAKES UP YOUR
IMMUNE SYSTEM FROM WHAT
HAPPENED THE FIRST TIME.
THE IMPORTANT THING IS YOU HAVE
TO GET THE SECOND SHOT BASED
UPON CURRENT DATA, TRY TO GET
IT WITHIN 42 DAYS IF YOU WANT
TO GO WITH THE DATA, SAYS
IDEALLY, YOU KNOW, THE 21 OR 28
DAYS IS RECOMMENDED.
WE DON'T HAVE TO START OVER.
ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THAT'S CERTAINLY GOOD
NEWS FROM OUR FIRST VIEWER.
OUR SECOND QUESTION THIS HALF
HOUR COMES FROM DAVID IN PHENIX
WHO SAYS WE HEARD THAT IF YOU
HAVE HAD SOME KIND OF BOTOX
PROCEDURE, TAKING THE SHOT
COULD HAVE SOME SIDE EFFECTS.
HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT ANYTHING
LIKE THIS AND IS IT TRUE?
WELL, YOU KNOW, I HAVE NOT
HEARD ABOUT WITH BOTOX BUT I
THINK WHAT HAPPENS SOMETIMES IF
PEOPLE GET FILLERS, FILLERS AND
THEIR LIPS AND I'M TOLD PEOPLE
GET FILLERS IN THEIR CHEEKS
THAT THAT CAN CAUSE A REACTION.
AMAZINGLY, SOME PEOPLE HAD A
REACTION SIX MONTHS AFTER
GETTING LIP FILLER.
SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THE TO THE
VACCINE COMES IN AND IT HAS AN
INFLAMMATORY REACTION WITH THE
CHEMICALS IN THE LIP FILLERS
THAT KIND OF MAKE YOUR LIPS
PUFFY SO YOU HAVE TO TRY TO
AVOID IT.
I GUESS AT THAT TIME MAYBE KIND
OF GET THE FILLER AFTER YOU GET
THE VACCINE IF YOU NEED TO GET
THE FILLER.
OUR THIRD VIEWER QUESTION THIS
MORNING IS TEXTED IN TO US
ASKING IF YOU GET THE VACCINE
SHOULD YOU DO SO IF YOU
ACTUALLY HAVE A PEANUT ALLERGY
?
YOU KNOW, THE INTERESTING THING
ABOUT ALLERGIES ARE THAT WE ARE
SEEING ALLERGIC REACTIONS AND
THEY DO OCCUR AT ABOUT ONE
PERCENT OR SO.
AND I THINK ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO
I TOLD YOU THAT NO ONE GOT
HOSPITALIZE BUT NOW WE ARE
SEEING A FEW PEOPLE THAT GOT
HOSPITALIZED AS FAR AS I KNOW
HAS BEEN ABOUT FOR PEOPLE IN
THE NATION HAVE BEEN
HOSPITALIZED WITH, YOU KNOW, AN
ALLERGY TO COVID BACK TO THE
COVID-19 VACCINE.
SO IF YOU HAVE ALLERGIES TO
PEANUTS, IT'S NOT A
CONTRAINDICATION BUT PEOPLE
WITH ALLERGIES TO OTHER THINGS
TEND TO HAVE ALLERGIES TO YOU
KNOW, MANY THINGS.
IN OTHER WORDS THEIR STUFF IN
THE VACCINE, THINGS LIKE
POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL, THINGS
THAT WE USE TO DISSOLVE DRUGS
OR MEDICATIONS AND THAT YOU MAY
HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO IN THE
PAST AND IF YOU HAD AN ALLERGY
TO THOSE THINGS, IT'S IMPORTANT
YOU MIGHT FIND THOSE CHEMICALS
IN CERTAIN MEDICATIONS OR IF
PEOPLE HAVE TAKEN A DRUG CALLED
MURLAK WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT
HELPS YOU MOVE YOUR BOWELS, YOU
KNOW THAT STUFF IS IN THE
VACCINE IF YOU ALLERGIC TO THAT
DEFINITELY NOT.
BUT IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO
PEANUTS THEY USUALLY WATCH YOU
FOR 30 MINUTES.
IF YOU'RE NOT ALERT TO ANYTHING
THEY USUALLY WATCH IT FOR 15
MINUTES.
SO PEOPLE WITH ALLERGIES TO
MANY THINGS GET BETTER FOR A
LONGER TIME.
CERTAINLY PEANUTS IS NOT A
CONSTANT OCCASION BUT IT JUST
SIGNALS TO THE PHYSICIANS AND
PROVIDERS THAT YOU HAVE A
TENDENCY TOWARDS ALLERGIC
REACTIONS AND OF COURSE THAT
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE RECOMMENDING
THAT YOU LET THE VACCINATION
SITES KNOW ABOUT ANY AND ALL
ALLERGIES THAT YOU HAVE
BEFOREHAND.
I'VE EVEN SEEN IN SOME PHOTOS
WHERE THEY'LL PUT A TAG ON THAT
PERSON'S DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR SO
THAT WAY FOLKS THERE KNOW
EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE DEALING
WITH AND THEN THEY'LL MONITOR
YOU FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
DR. LO.
WE DO APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH
US HERE ALL MORNING LONG.