TOO
TOO AMBITIOUS. THE TURNING POINT FOR WHAT IS GOING TO REALLY BRING OUR LIVES
BACK TO NORMAL WITHIN THE NEXT
YEAR OR SO.
SO I THINK IT'S A DAY FOR
CELEBRATION.
THE US IS CLOSER THAN EVER TO
ITS FIRST DOSE OF A COVID
VVACCINE AN INDEPENDENT PANEL
HAS ENDORSED PFIZERS VVACCINE
AS THE US KEEPS SETTING RECORDS
FOR DEATHS AND NEW CASES,
THE FDA IS EXPECTED TO FOLLOW
THAT RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVE
VVACCINE WITHIN DAYS.
THE FIRST SHOTS MAY BE READY
FOR AMERICANS BY NEXT WEEK
TAKING PLACE LIKE SO MANY IN
TWENTY TWENTY ONLINE PANEL
VOTED SEVENTEEN TO FOUR IN
FAVOR THAT VACCIANTED AT APEAR
SAFE AND EFFECTIVE IN PEOPLE
SIXTEEN AND OLDER RESEARCH
SHOWS IT'S NINETY FIVE PERCENT
EFFECTIVE.
MUCH OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION IS
WHETHER TO RECOMMEND
AUTHORIZING SHOTS FOR 16 AND 17
YEAR OLDS.
SOME EXPERTS WORRY THERE'S NOT
ENOUGH DATA THERE.
OUR9HEALTH EXPERT DR. COLEY
SAYS MORE STUDIES WILL BE
NEEDED TO CONCLUSIVELY FIND ANY
POSSIBLE ADVERSE SIDE EFFECTS.
THE CAVEAT TO ALL THIS IS THAT
THIS IS AN EMERGENCY
AUTHORIZAITON SO VERY CLOSE
POST MARKETING SURVEILLANCE
WILL BE NECESSARY BECAUSE WE
DEVELOPED THIS AT WARP SPEED
AND SO IT'S NOT CLEAR RIGHT NOW
ENTIRELY EVERYTHING THAT'S
GOING TO COME OUT JUST AS WE
SAW THOSE ALLERGIC REACTIONS
OCCUR YESTERDAY FOR EXAMPLE,
ONCE APPROVED THE FIRST DOSES
WILL MOVE FROM A PLANT IN
MICHIGAN TO HOSPITALS AND
DISTRBUTION CENTERS ACROSS
THE COUNTRY.
US COULD BECOME THE FOURTH
COUNTRY TO AUTHORIZE USE
OF VVACCINE BEHIND THE UK,
CANADA AND BAHRAIN.
HEALTH CARE WORKERS AND PEOPLE
LIVING IN LONG TERM
CARE FACILITIES WILL BE
THE FIRST VACCINATED.
THEY'VE BEEN HIT HARD BY THIS
PANDEMIC TO BIG NAME PHARMACY
HAVE STEPPED IN TO HELP
DISTRIBUTE THE VACCINE TO THEM.
BUT AS ALLI LEVINE SHOWS US ,
IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN
OVERNIGHT SEEING THE VACCINE ON
THE HORIZON NOW IN THE NEAR
HORIZON WE HAVE A GREAT HOPE.
FOR MONTHS NOW DR. GREGORY
JOHNSON HAS WAITED FOR A
VACCINE.
YEAH.
VACCINE. YEAH. WOW.
YEAH. WOW. A VACCINE THAT WAS ENDORSED
TODAY.
MY HEART KIND OF LEAPS THAT
THAT AND THE SCIENTIST IN ME
HAS SOME RESERVATIONS.
THE PFIZER VACCINE IS EXPECTED
TO ARRIVE IN COLORADO AS EARLY
AS SUNDAY.
DR. JOHNSON SAYS IT'LL TAKE
SOME TIME FOR RESIDENTS IN LONG
TERM CARE FACILITIES LIKE GOOD
SAMARITAN TO BE VACCINATED.
THERE WILL BE A LAG.
SOME OF THAT'S ABOUT
TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS.
WALGREENS AND CVS PARTNERED
WITH THE CDC TO TAKE CARE OF
ALL OF THAT.
IT'S A GREAT SERVICE AND IT'S
AVAILABLE TO MORE THAN FIFTEEN
THOUSAND NURSING HOMES
NATIONWIDE.
THERE ARE REALLY HOPING TO GET
VVACCINE IN ARMS BY THE TIME
THE BALL DROPS IN TIMES SQUARE
THEY'LL VISIT EACH FACILITY
THREE TIMES AND THAT'S
ESSENTIALLY FORTY FIVE THOUSAND
VISITS A LOT PEOPLE ARE
VACCINATED BUT WE'RE EXCITED
THAT IT'S BEGINNING.
DR. JOHNSON STILL DOESN'T KNOW
WHEN HE'LL GET THE FIRST
SHIPMENT IN COLORADO.
GOOD.
SAM HAS THREE HUNDRED AND
THIRTY EIGHT RESIDENTS.
THAT WOULD MEAN SIX HUNDRED AND
SEVENTY SIX DOSES TO VACCINATE
EVERYONE BUT NOBODY'S MANDATING
THE VACCINE.
I THINK THAT WE'RE EITHER
MANDATING FOR EMPLOYEES NOR
RESIDENTS HE EXPECTS THAT TO
IMPACT WHEN AND HOW THEY CAN
REOPEN FACILITIES TO LOVED
ONES.
IN THE MEANTIME, HE ASKS
EVERYONE FOR PATIENCE AND TO
NOT GIVE UP HOPE.
IT IS STILL HARD TO HOPE
AGAINST HOPE THAT WE WERE JUST
GOING TO WAIT UNTIL THIS WHOLE
THING RAN ITS COURSE AND AND
THAT ISN'T THE CASE.
AL A29 NEEWS WALGREENS WILL
HANDLE ADMINISTERING
THE VACCINE TO GOOD SAMARITAN
FACILITIES IN COLORADO.
THEY'RE EXPECTING TO USE BOTH
THE PFIZER AND MADRONA VACCINES
ONCE APPROVED THE VACCINE NEWS
CAME THE DAY AFTER THE US SET A
NEW RECORD WITH THIRTY ONE
HUNDRED DEATHS IN A DAY AND
NOVEMBER TWENTY SEVENTH IS NOW
COLORADO'S DEADLIEST SINGLE DAY
OF THE PANDEMIC WITH FIFTY
NINE DEATHS REPORTED, WE'RE
AVERAGING ABOUT FORTY SEVEN
DEATHS A DAY.
IF YOU LOOK BACK TOWARD
THE START OF THE MONTH YOU CAN
IGNORE THE DROP OFF ON
THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GRAPH
BECAUSE THE DEATHS COME IN
REPORTED DAYS OR WEEKS LATER
THOSE NUMBERS BACKFILL OVER
TIME WE'RE SEEING SOME OTHER
ENCOURAGING SIGNS.
HOSPITALIZATIONS FROM COVID ARE
DOWN ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED
FORTY FIVE PEOPLE HAVE
CONFIRMED CASES IN COLORADO'S
HOSPITALS THAT IS DOWN THREE
HUNDRED PATIENTS FROM THE PEAK
LAST WEEK NINE POINT SIX
PERCENT OF TESTS WERE POSITIVE
YESTERDAY.
WE'RE AVERAGING A LITTLE MORE
THAN 11 PERCENT OVER THIS LAST
WEEK THE STATE ADDED THIRTY
NINE HUNDRED NEW CASES
YESTERDAY STILL A LOT BUT OUR
SEVEN DAY AVERAGE IS DROPPING
TO ABOUT FOUR THOUSAND.
THAT NUMBER WAS FIVE THOUSAND
THREE WEEKS AGO.
WHILE NUMBERS ARE GOING DOWN,
THAT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN
WE AVOIDED A SPIKE IN CASES
WFROM THANKSGIVING NINE HEALTH
EXPERT DR. POLTICAL SAYS IT MAY
BE TOO SOON TO TELL.
I REALLY THINK THERE'S A LOT
OF UNDER DETECTION GOING ON AND
THE DATA IS TELLING US THAT
THERE'S FOUR TO SEVEN TIMES AS
MANY CASES OUT THERE AS WE'RE
DOCUMENTING AND I THINK
COLORADO IS VICTIM TO THIS
BECAUSE WE'RE NOT REALLY
TESTING ENOUGH.
DR. KOHLI SAYS THE BENCHMARK IS
TESTING TWO PERCENT OF THE
POPULATION EACH DAY, WHICH IS
ABOUT ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
TESTS.
MOST DAYS WERE WELL BELOW HALF
THAT.
DR. COLEY AND HEALTH EXPERTS
HOPE PEOPLE STAY HOME FOR
THE UPCOMING HOLIDAYS.
SO WE DON'T SEE AN EVEN BIGGER
SPIKE LATER THIS MONTH OR EARLY
NEXT HOPEFUL THAT PEOPLE DO
FOLLOW THE RULES BECAUSE IT'S
THANKSGIVING WAS A PRECEDENT
THEN I'M GOING TO GET NERVOUS
THAT CHRISTMAS HANNAKUH NEW
YEAR'S ARE JUST GOING TO LAYER
ON MORE AND MORE AND MORE ON
TOP OF EACH OTHER.
AND AS DR. OUTCUE SAYS, THESE
THIS IS ONE DISASTER AFTER
ANOTHER IF YOU ARE CHOOSING TO
SPEND TIME WITH PEOPLE OUTSIDE
YOUR BUBBLE FOR CHRISTMAS, DR.
KOHLI