>> THAT'S COMING UP NEXT.
WELL, JUST OVER ONE YEAR AGO
COMMUNITY HEALTH NETWORK
ADMINISTERED ITS FIRST COVID-19
VACCINE AND SO FAR THE NETWORK
HAS VACCINATED HALF A MILLION
USERS.
DR ROBIN LED TO A CHIEF MEDICAL
OFFICER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH
NETWORK IS HERE WITH THIS THIS
MORNING.
IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE ONE YEAR
LATER ISN'T IT?
AND HERE WE ARE IN THE THICK OF
THINGS YET AGAIN.
RIGHT?
RIGHT.
YEAH, OUT OF THE GATE WE WERE
SO HOPEFUL SO MANY PEOPLE CAME
FORWARD.
WE DID.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THERE'S SO
MANY ISSUES WITH WHAT HAPPENED
OUT OF THE GATE.
WE HAD A LIMITED SUPPLY AND SO
WE STRATIFIED THE ELDEST
POPULATION BECAUSE WE KNEW WAS
COVERED OUT OF THE GATE THAT
THE ELDERLY WOULD GET SICKER.
RIGHT.
SO WE WANTED TO TAKE CARE OF
THEM FIRST, WHICH WAS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO BUT WE JUST
COULDN'T MOVE FAST ENOUGH.
AND THEN I THINK WITH SOME OF
THAT HESITANCY PEOPLE HAVE
ALWAYS HAD VACCINE HESITANCY.
AND SO I THINK WITH THAT
INCREASED AS IT'S RELATED TO A
NEW DISEASE, A NEW VACCINE THAT
CAME FORWARD SO FAST WE JUST
HAVE GOTTEN A LITTLE BIT BEHIND
AND IT'S ALLOWED COVID TO
MUTATE AND CAUSE THESE NEW
VARIANTS AND SPEAKING OF NEW
VARIANTS, WE'VE GOT OMICRON.
I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I
CYPRIEN ANSWER THAT CORRECTLY
BECAUSE I MEAN WE'RE SEEING
VIDEO OF KIDS GETTING
VACCINATED HERE AS WELL.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN
FAIRLY NEW BUT THIS NEW VARIANT
ALSO FAIRLY NEW AND YOU AND I
WERE CHATTING EARLIER IT THIS
CONFUSED I MEAN LET'S PUT IT
OUT THERE IS THIS CONFUSING AT
TIMES IT IS BECAUSE YOU WANT
WONDER DO I HAVE IT?
MY NEIGHBOR HAD IT.
THEY WERE FINE.
MY OTHER NEIGHBOR HAD IT.
THEY WERE TERRIBLY SICK RIGHT.
SEVERAL THINGS FOR ALL OF US.
RIGHT.
WE HAVE NEVER LIVED THROUGH A
PANDEMIC.
WE'VE NEVER HAD A DISEASE THAT
SPREAD WORLDWIDE LIKE THIS AND
TO WHO WOULD HAVE GUESSED THAT
IT WOULD MUTATE SO FAST?
RIGHT.
AND SO VIRUSES HAVE TO HAVE A
VECTOR.
THEY HAVE TO BE ABLE TO SPREAD
HUMAN TO HUMAN AND IF THEY CAN
THEY'RE GOING TO ADJUST THEIR
SPREAD TO SPREAD FASTER AND
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENED
WITH ALMOST INTERESTING.
YES, IT REALLY IS.
AND I KNOW THE INFORMATION
SHOWS IS THAT INDIANA ACTUALLY
ACTUALLY RANKS THE LOWEST IN
TERMS OF PEOPLE GETTING
VACCINATED.
I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE STILL
RELUCTANT TO DO SO BUT WHAT IS
THE BEST WAY TO CONVINCE THEM?
OK, THIS IS SOMETHING WE NEED I
MEAN THAT'S A MILLION DOLLAR
QUESTION AND I KNOW PEOPLE
UNDERSTANDABLY SO JUST HAVE
CONCERNS.
I THINK EVERYONE JUST WANTS TO
BE SAFE.
THEY WANT TO BE PROTECTED RIGHT
ON ON BOTH SIDES OF THE
SPECTRUM I GUESS LIKE I SAID, I
THINK THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN
VACCINE HESITANCY AND SO PEOPLE
ARE LESS INCLINED TO GET A
TREATMENT FOR SOMETHING THEY
DON'T ALREADY HAVE A WAIT UNTIL
THEY HAVE IT RIGHT.
AND SO THERE'S ALWAYS BEEN THAT
AND THEN I JUST THINK THE
NEWNESS OF IT.
BUT WHAT I WOULD SAY IS TODAY I
CHECKED I CHECKED THIS MORNING
THERE HAVE BEEN ABOUT FOUR AND
A HALF BILLION BILLION WITH A B
DOSES OF THE VACCINE GIVEN
WORLDWIDE.
AND SO AGAIN THERE IS NO OTHER
TREATMENT OR PREVENTION THAT
HAS BEEN SPREAD SO QUICKLY AND
WE HAVE NOT SEEN COMPLET
PATIENTS THAT THAT GET BAD
PRESS.
WE HAVE NOT IN THOSE FOUR POINT
FIVE BILLION WHAT HAS HAPPENED
IS WE'VE SAVED LIVES.
YEAH.
AND SO I STILL YOU KNOW, WITH
OMICRON STILL TODAY THE BEST
COURSE OF ACTION IS IF YOU
HAVEN'T GOT A BOOSTER, IF
YOU'RE FULLY VACCINATED, GET
THE BOOSTER TO BUILD UP YOUR
ANTIBODIES.
SURE YOU HAVE TO WAIT SO MANY
MONTHS SIX MONTHS, SIX MONTHS,
SIX MONTHS, SIX MONTHS, TWO
YEARS AND IF YOU HAD JOHNSON
AND JOHNSON FROM THE BEGINNING,
THERE'S GOOD EVIDENCE TO GO
AHEAD AND GET A PFIZER MODERNA
TO DO THE MIX AND MATCH.
THE CDC IS RECOMMENDING THAT
AND THEN WEAR YOUR MASK AGAIN,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE IN
PUBLIC PLACES AND YOU'RE GOING
TO BE CLOSER THAN WE ARE IF
YOU'RE NOT AWARE AND BE AWARE
OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND AGAIN,
IF YOU FEEL SICK AT ALL CHANCES
ARE REALLY HIGH RIGHT NOW THAT
YOU COULD HAVE COVERED.
SO GET TESTED, TAKE CARE OF
YOURSELF.
THAT'S THE TOUGH PART BECAUSE
YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR YOU'RE IS
THAT THE FLU?
IS IT IS IT THAT AND SPEAKING
FROM MY EXPERIENCE JUST TALKING
WITH COLLEAGUES AND FRIENDS OF
MINE I MEAN GETTING TESTING
RIGHT NOW IT'S VERY SHORT
SUPPLY.
IT IS IT IS.
AND SO YOU MAY HAVE TO LOOK AT
VARIOUS PLACES YOU KNOW LOOK AT
THE STATE WEBSITE, SEE WHAT'S
AVAILABLE THERE, CHECK THE
WALGREENS, CVS ALL THE HEALTH
SYSTEMS.
I STILL THINK THAT YOU CAN FIND
A SLOT BUT I WILL TELL YOU LIKE
THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS,
ESPECIALLY AFTER THE CHRISTMAS
WEEKEND.
RIGHT.
TESTING SITES ARE A LITTLE BIT
DELAYED.
I'VE NOTICED THAT ANYTHING ELSE
THAT WE NEED TO KNOW VIEWERS
PERHAPS NEED TO KNOW BEFORE WE
LET YOU GO.
YEAH, I JUST THINK AGAIN IF YOU
IF YOU FEEL SICK AT ALL,
CHANCES ARE REALLY LIKE A FIFTY
FIFTY THAT YOU COULD HAVE
COVERED AND SO EVEN IF YOU'VE
BEEN VACCINATED GET TESTED SO
YOU DON'T SPREAD AND VERY
QUICKLY DOES IT TAKE TIME FOR
THAT IF YOU DO HAVE A NEGATIVE
TEST BECAUSE I KNOW PEOPLE WHO
HAVE HAD NEGATIVE TEST RIGHT
THEN THEY WAIT HOW IS FROM WHAT
WE'RE SEEING THOUGH IS A FASTER
REPLICATION OF THE VIRUS SO YOU
OFTEN BECOME POSITIVE WITHIN
THREE DAYS OF EXPOSURE WHERE IT
WAS FIVE TO SEVEN WITH DELTA
IT'S NOW THREE DAYS WITHOUT
MCCRANE SO GO AHEAD AND GET
THAT TEST SO THAT YOU CAN
ISOLATE LET YOURSELF GET
HEALTHY FOR ABOUT FIVE DAYS
WHICH IS WHAT THE CDC IS
RECOMMENDING NOW THAT'S A NEW
CHANGE TO LET YOURSELF HE'LL
GET SOME REST AND THEN
HOPEFULLY WE'LL CONTINUE TO GET
THROUGH THIS.
I KNOW HOOSIERS WANT TO TAKE
CARE OF EACH OTHER.
CERTAINLY SO MANY UNKNOWNS BUT
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR