CELEBRATING. THAT'S WHY IT IS OUR BIG STORY
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THERE WE GO.
TODAY A FEDEX PLANE LANDED IN
PORTLAND CARRYING NINE HUNDRED
SEVENTY FIVE DOSES OF THE MOST
PRECIOUS CARGO IMAGINABLE.
>> LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.
THE FIRST BATCH OF THE CORONA
VIRUS VACCINE ARRIVING HERE IN
THE STATE.
THE STATE. A PORTION IMMEDIATELY WENT TO
LEGACY'S HOLIDAY PARK LOCATION
,THE REST TO MERIDIAN PARK
INTO WALLINGTON AND THEN THAT'S
NOT IT THOUGH.
>> GET THIS TOMORROW ANOTHER
BATCH OF NINE HUNDRED SEVENTY
FIVE DOSES WILL ARRIVE IN
ONTARIO, OREGON BY WEDNESDAY.
PORTLAND'S V.A. MEDICAL CENTER
IS EXPECTING ANOTHER THREE
THOUSAND DOSES.
THOUSAND DOSES. MORE THAN 19000 ADDITIONAL
DOSES WILL ARRIVE AT PORTLAND
AREA HOSPITALS THROUGHOUT THE
WEEK AND NEARLY 11000 DOSES
GOING TO SKILLED NURSING
FACILITIES WITH EVEN MORE
SHIPMENTS WITH EVEN MORE BIG
NUMBERS THAT WE WON'T EXPECT
YOU TO REMEMBER TO FOLLOW IN
THE WEEKS AHEAD TOOCH.
>> ALL IN ALL, IT'S BEEN LESS
THAN A YEAR SINCE THE FIRST
CASE IN THE U.S. TO THE FIRST
VACCINE INJECTION LESS THAN A
YEAR BETWEEN THOSE TWO POINTS
BEFORE THIS YEAR BEFORE THIS
PANDEMIC THE FASTEST THAT
SCIENTISTS WERE ABLE TO
MANUFACTURE A VACCINE FOR A
NOVEL VIRUS LIKE THIS WAS FOUR
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. >>
YEARS. >> SO WE ARE WITNESSING A
SCIENTIFIC WONDER UNFOLDING
BEFORE OUR VERY EYES.
>> THAT SAID, IT'S NOT WITHOUT
HICCUPS BECAUSE IT'S 20/20,
ISN'T IT?
ISN'T IT?
ISN'T IT? THERE ARE A LOT OF BIG
QUESTIONS, MAYBE THE BIGGEST
OF WHICH WHO IS GOING TO GET
THE VACCINE NEXT?
THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND FRONTLINE
HEALTH CARE WORKERS IN OREGON.
EXPECTED TO GET THEIR FIRST
SHOT THIS WEEK.
BUT AFTER THAT GETS A LITTLE
MURKY.
MURKY.
MURKY. DR. PAT DOORIS ABOUT WHY WE
DON'T KNOW THE ANSWER YET.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> KGW USE PAT DOORIS.
JOINING ME NOW ON PAT WHELERE
TO SAYING IT'S SUCH A HISTORIC
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. YOU
DAY. YOU KNOW AS WELL AS I DID WE'VE
BEEN GETTING SO MANY QUESTIONS
FROM PEOPLE ABOUT EVERYTHING
TIED TO THIS VACCINE
DISTRIBUTION.
DISTRIBUTION. SO I WANT TO READ A COUPLE
OF THEM TO YOU NOW.
FIRST UP, ARE OUR HOSPITALS
USING ALL THE DOSES THAT
THEY'RE GETTING IN THIS FIRST
ROUND RIGHT AWAY KIND
OF STOCKPILING SOME OF THEM?
>> WELL, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
>> THEY SHOULD BE USING ALL
OF THEM.
OF THEM.
OF THEM. THE GOVERNMENT IS SAYING
LISTEN, THE DOJ THE DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE IS COORDINATING ALL
OF THIS AND THEY WANT EVERY ONE
OF THOSE DOSES TO GO INTO A
PERSON THEY DO NOT WANT THEM
HOLDING HALF OF THEM BACK
BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO GET
MORE AND MORE SHIPMENTS COMING
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. SO
. SO THEY
. SO THEY SHOULD BE USING ALL
OF THEM.
OF THEM.
OF THEM. >> AND HOW OFTEN WILL THEY GET
NEW SHIPMENTS THAT WE KNOW
PRETTY PRETTY MUCH EVERY WEEK.
>> THERE'S THIRTY FIVE THOUSAND
TOTAL COMING IN THIS WEEK IN
OREGON.
OREGON.
OREGON. AND THEN THERE'S, YOU KNOW,
TENS OF THOUSANDS NEXT WEEK AND
TENS OF THOUSANDS THE WEEK
AFTER THAT.
AFTER THAT. WE DON'T KNOW, YOU KNOW, TWO
AND THREE MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD
BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE EVEN
MORE.
MORE.
MORE. I
MORE. I MEAN THE GOVERNOR LAST WEEK
TALKED ABOUT INOCULATING AS
MANY AS 10000 PEOPLE A DAY
WHICH BY THE WAY WILL TAKE
ALMOST A YEAR TO REACH THE GOAL
OF THREE MILLION.
BUT THERE'S GOT TO BE A LOT
COMING.
COMING.
COMING. >> AND THEN ONE QUESTION THAT
WE'VE BEEN GETTING A TIME MAYBE
THIS IS THE MOST MOST FREQUENT
ONE WHEN WILL THE OREGON HEALTH
AUTHORITY DETERMINE THE ORDER
AS TO WHO GETS THEIR SHOTS WHEN
WHEN IS THAT FULL LIST AND FULL
ORDER COMING OUT?
>> WELL, YOU WOULD THINK THAT
THIS WOULD ALREADY BE DONE.
AND I SORT OF WANT TO BE A
LITTLE SNARKY AND REMIND THEM
CHRISTMAS IS THE 25TH
OF DECEMBER BUT THEY HAVE SO
FAR ONLY DONE THE ONE A.
SO IT'S THE HEALTH CARE WORKERS
AND THE JANITORS AND THE FOOD
SERVICE PEOPLE AND THE SECURITY
PEOPLE ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE
HOSPITAL THAT ARE GOING TO COME
INTO CONTACT WITH COVERED BUT
THEN IT'S THAT LEVEL B WHICH IS
STARTING TO GET INTO OTHER
PEOPLE LIKE MAYBE PRISONERS AND
MAYBE TEACHERS AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. THEY HAVE NOT DECIDED THAT YET.
THEY SAY THEY'RE GOING TO PUT
TOGETHER A PANEL TO DECIDE THAT
THEY PROBABLY DO HAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF LAG TIME BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO GET ALL THE HEALTH CARE
WORKERS ACROSS THE STATE
VACCINATED FIRST.
VACCINATED FIRST. THERE'S SOME THREE HUNDRED
THOUSAND OF THOSE I THINK.
BUT STILL COME ON.
THEY SHOULD BE ON TOP OF THAT
AND REALLY WE SHOULD HAVE THE
ANSWER PROBABLY A COUPLE
OF MONTHS AGO.
>> THAT DOORIS.
THANK SO MUCH.
I APPRECIATE IT.
YOU BET.
YOU BET.
YOU BET. MY PLEASURE.
MY PLEASURE. >> I LOVE WHEN PAT GETS BLIND.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. THAT WAS REPORTER PAT NOW A
VIEWER PAT WHO ASKS A KEY
QUESTION TONIGHT IF YOU ARE
VACCINATED, IS IT OK?
IS IT OK FOR YOU TO BE WITH
OTHERS WHO YOU KNOW WERE ALSO
VACCINATED WITHOUT SOCIAL
DISTANCING, WITHOUT WEARING A
MASK?
MASK?
MASK? YOU
MASK? YOU ARE PAT.
THAT'S AN AWESOME QUESTION.
WE REALLY APPRECIATE YOU
WRITING AND SO THE SCIENCE
ACTUALLY DOESN'T HAVE A CLEAR
ANSWER YET.
ANSWER YET. THE ANSWER IS THERE'S NO ANSWER
RIGHT NOW.
RIGHT NOW. SO YOUR BEST BET IS TO BE ON
THE SAFE SIDE.
THE EXPERTS SAY BASICALLY THE
VACCINE AS WE UNDERSTAND IT IS
EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE AT
PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM GETTING
SICK FROM KOBAN 19.
BUT AND THIS IS KEY.
THERE ARE STILL A LOT
OF QUESTIONS AS TO WHETHER THE
VACCINE PREVENTS PEOPLE FROM
CONTRACTING THE VIRUS AND THEN
SPREADING IT TO OTHER PEOPLE.
IN OTHER WORDS, YOU COULD STILL
BE A CARRIER.
THEY SAY THEY DON'T KNOW RIGHT
NOW.
NOW.
NOW. OF
NOW. OF COURSE YOUR QUESTION
SPECIFICALLY MENTIONED OTHER
PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALSO GOTTEN THE
VACCINE AGAINST SPECIFICALLY
ALL OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS
WE'RE HEARING FROM DOCTORS SAY
WE SHOULD CONTINUE DOING WHAT
WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR MOST
OF 2020 WHICH MEANS WEARING
MASKS, SOCIAL DISTANCING AND
STAYING HOME AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE.
POSSIBLE. THE VACCINE IS A HUGE STEP.
DON'T GET US WRONG BUT IT'S NOT
AN ON OFF SWITCH AND OF COURSE
AS THE SCIENCE GETS BETTER, SO
WILL OUR UNDERSTANDING.
THE ANSWERS COULD CHANGE.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, FROM WHAT
WE KNOW NOW, IT'S JUST BETTER
TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY.
AND AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE THE
QUESTION.
QUESTION.
QUESTION. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU. WE ANOTHER ONE FROM SHUNG KIM.
THEY ASK CAN YOU DO A STORY ON
THIS SIDE EFFECTS OF THE CAUVIN
19 VACCINE?
19 VACCINE? GREAT QUESTION.
GREAT QUESTION. SO WHILE THE VACCINE HAS BEEN
TESTED ON THOUSANDS OF ADULTS
AND DEEMED SAFE, THERE ARE SOME
SIDE EFFECTS TO BE AWARE OF .
>> SO DR. JOHN TORRES WITH NBC
NEWS LAYS OUT SOME OF THEM FOR
US.
US.
US. >>
US. >> TAKE A LOOK.
NOW MOST OF US WON'T BE GETTING
A VACCINE UNTIL AROUND THE
SPRINGTIME BUT ONCE YOU DO GET
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> DON'T BE SURPRISED IF HE
FEELS SOME MINOR SIDE EFFECTS
THAT'S NORMAL WITH MOST
VACCINES.
VACCINES.
VACCINES. IF YOU KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT, YOU
CAN BE PREPARED.
THE MOST COMMON SIDE EFFECTS
WITH THE PHIZER VACCINE ARE
FATIGUE HEADACHE PAINTED THE
INJECTION SITE AND MUSCLE ACHES
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. THEY
. THEY USUALLY KICK IN AROUND 24
TO 48 HOURS AFTER THE SECOND
DOSE.
DOSE.
DOSE. AND
DOSE. AND TYPICALLY PEOPLE FEEL
BETTER WITHIN A DAY OR TWO IF
YOU EXPERIENCE ANY OF THESE
AFTER YOU GET THE VACCINE.
YOU CAN TAKE IBUPROFEN OR
ACETAMINOPHEN TO HELP RELIEVE
THE SYMPTOMS.
THE SYMPTOMS. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO WAIT
TO TAKE THESE UNTIL THE
SYMPTOMS START UP AND NOT
BEFOREHAND.
BEFOREHAND. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
SIDE EFFECTS ARE COMMON WITH
MOST VACCINES.
MOST VACCINES. AND THIS ONE IS NO DIFFERENT.
IT SIMPLY MEANS YOUR IMMUNE
SYSTEM IS REVVING UP TO FIGHT
OFF AN INFECTION.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> GOOD TO KNOW.
SO BY THE WAY, AS FOR PEOPLE
WITH SEVERE ALLERGIES, IT'S
JUST BEST TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH YOUR DOCTOR
IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW
THIS VACCINE MIGHT AFFECT YOU.
BUT LEADING