>>JENNIFER WAUGH: NOW THAT 16 YEAR OLD AND OLDER CAN RECEIVE THE VACCINE. WE WANT TO MAKE
SURE THAT YOU KNOW WHERE YOU
CAN GO TO GET
THE SHOT. JOINING ME VIA ZOOM
THIS MORNING AS THE INTERIM
DIRECTOR OF THE DUVAL COUNTY
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
HEATHER HUFFMAN WHO IS ALSO THE
ADMINISTRATOR AT THE CLAY
COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT GOOD
MORNING, THANKS FOR BEING
WITH US.
>> GOOD MORNING. JENNIFER HOW
ARE YOU WONDERFUL, THANK YOU SO
WHAT
YOU ARE EXPLAIN BECAUS
HAVE ALL OF THE
DIFFERENT PHARMACIES WOULD YOU
EXPLAIN WHAT YOU THINK IS THE
BEST OPTION FOR PARENTS WHO HAS
A 16 OR
17 YEAR-OLD WHO THEY REALLY
WANT THEM TO GET THE VACCINE
WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE FOR THEM
TO RECEIVE THAT GIVEN THE FACT
THAT GATEWAYS AN EXAMPLE TODAY
IS NO LONGER GOING TO BE
OFFERING THE PFIZER VACCINE
WHICH IS THE ONLY ONE APPROVED
FOR THOSE THAT AGE GROUP AFTER
TODAY.
>> SO MOST
OF THE STATE’S SITES ARE
OFFERING THE PFIZER VACCINE
THAT WOULD NEW REGENCY LOCATION
IS A STATE
SPONSORED SITE. ALONG WITH THE
CLAY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
AT OR POD LOCATED IN GREEN KUZ
IS ALSO ANOTHER LOCATION THAT
AND TO GET THE PFIZER WE’RE
USING PFIZER ON A REGULAR BASIS
WE’RE NOT PUTTING TO DOTSON AND
DOTSON SO I THINK PARENTS CAN
REACH OUT TO THEM MOST OF YOUR
PHARMACIES THAT YOU HAVE PUBLIX
WINN DIXIE WALMART THOSE MOST
OF THOSE
HAVE MODERNA WHICH IS NOT
ELIGIBLE FOR YOUR 1617 YEAR
OLDS SO I AGAIN I WOULD CALL
AND FIND OUT BEFORE YOU DRIVE
THERE AND I THINK THAT’S THE
IMPORTANT PART 2 BECAUSE THE
MOST IMPORTANT INFORMATION IS
IS THAT 1617 YEAR OLDS YOU CAN
ONLY GET THE PFIZER VACCINE.
IT’S THE LOAN APPROVED
FOR THAT.
>> LET ME PIVOT IF I COULD JUST
HEAR BECAUSE I THINK IT’S VERY
INTERESTING ABOUT 5 MINUTES AGO
EXPLAIN TO OUR VIEWERS. WE HAD
THIS
CUMULATIVE PERCENTAGE OF THOSE
VACCINATED COUNTY BY COUNTY.
I THOUGHT A VERY INTERESTING
SINCE THAT SINCE YOU’RE YOU’RE
BASICALLY IN CHARGE OF BOTH
WHEN IT COMES TO THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IN DUVALL AND CLAY
THERE’S A REAL DISPARITY THERE
IF YOU KNOW DUVAL IS A MUCH
LARGER COUNTY THEN CLAY.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND WE’RE
SEEING THAT FEWER PEOPLE IN
CLAY COUNTY ARE ACTUALLY
GETTING VACCINATED ONLY ABOUT
23% AND CLAYS HAD MORE DEATHS
FROM COVID-19 AND EVEN DUVAL
COUNTY. IT’S GOING ON THESE
THINGS.
>>LAUREN VERNO: UNITED MORE
DEATHS THE DUVAL COUNTY BUT I
THINK WE’VE HAD A LITTLE BIT OF
A HIGHER PERCENTAGE MORTALITY
RATE WE’RE CLOSE TO 2%. I THINK
THEY’RE CLOSER TO ONE.
THERE’S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT
HAVE HAPPENED ONE
THE OUTLINE COUNTIES LIKE
NASSAU AND SAINT JOHN’S
HAVE HAD ADDITIONAL DOSES SENT
TO THEM, BUT ALSO DUVAL HAS HAD
SUPPORT FROM THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT WITH THEIR FEDERAL
SITE AND THE STATE SPONSORED
SITES WE’VE KIND OF BEEN A LONE
WOLF IN CLAY COUNTY WITH ONLY
RUNNING THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
COMBINED PARTNERSHIPS SITE WITH
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT WE’RE
DOING BETWEEN 750 IN A 1000
DOSES A DAY 5 DAYS
A WEEK. AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO
GET THE VACCINE INTO OUR PUBLIC
SAYS EARLY ON THEY ARE THERE
NOW, BUT WE DIDN’T HAVE THAT
OPTION. SO WE’RE A LITTLE BIT
BEHIND THE EIGHT-BALL
BUT WE’RE MAKING STRIDES EVERY
DAY AND I WANT MY COMMUNITY TO
KNOW IN CLAY COUNTY THAT WE
HAVE AVAILABLE APPOINTMENTS
PLEASE DO NOT LET YOUR GUARD
DOWN PLEASE DO NOT LET
APPOINTMENTS THAT HE’D GET
TRYING TO OBTAIN AN APPOINTMENT
THAT HE GET YOU AT THIS POINT
THERE ARE MANY OPTIONS YOU WANT
TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT YOU CAN
GO TO CLAY COUNTY GOV DOT COM.
WE HAVE APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE
THE REST OF THE WEEK.
>> OR YOU CAN CALL 8, 7, 7, 2,
5, TO 9362.
GET THOSE APPOINTMENTS. THE
EXCITING NEWS IS THAT WE ARE
ALSO OFFERING THE VACCINE AT
THE STARE INTO A LOT OF PEOPLE
GO TO THE FAIR
SO WE’RE OVER BY THE FIRST AID
STATION WITHIN CLAY COUNTY
AGRICULTURAL FAIR YOU CAN GO
AHEAD AND GET YOUR FIRST DOSE
OF PFIZER WILL ARRANGE FOR THE
SECOND APPOINTMENT FOR YOUR
SECOND BUS AND GOING TO THE
CLAY COUNTY FAIR IS IT ONLY
PFIZER THAT’S AVAILABLE IS JNJ
OFFERED ANYWHERE. IT’S NOT
OFFERED AT THE FAIR WE ONLY
HAVE THE THERE WE HAVE A VERY
SMALL ALLOCATION OF JNJ AND
WE’RE USING THOSE FOR HOMEBOUND
AND OUR NURSING HOME RESIDENTS
THAT WERE EITHER NEW RESIDENTS
ARE ONES THAT REFUSE BACK IN
JANUARY TIME FRAME. WE HAVE
THOSE MASS VACCINATIONS GOING
IN AND LET ME ASK YOU QUICKLY
ABOUT THE VARIANT EXPENSIVE
CONCERNED PARTICULARLY ABOUT
THE UK VARIANT WE’VE HAD THE
MOST CASES IN THE STATE
OF FLORIDA.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: WHAT CAN YOU
TELL US ABOUT DUVAL COUNTY AND
CLAY WHEN IT COMES TO VARIANCE
HERE IN OUR AREA.
>> WITH THE DATA I THINK WE’RE
ONE OF THE BEST STATES WHEN IT
COMES TO ALSO RELATED TO OUR
DATA WE HAVE ONE OF THE MOST
ROBUST SYSTEMS IN WHEN WE TALK
ABOUT NEW NICKEL DISEASE.
SO I THINK WE’RE DOING A REALLY
GOOD JOB OF TESTING THAT LOOKED
AT THE VARIANT CASES THIS
MORNING WITH 14 CASES OF THE
VARIANCE IN CLAY AND 62 CASES A
VARIANCE IN DUVAL COUNTY WE’RE
TESTING THOSE SAMPLES THAT THEY
TOO ARE STATE LAB.
MOST OF AS YOU CAN IMAGINE ARE
THE UK BE 1, 1, 7, AND WE DO
HAVE A FEW OTHER VARIANTS WHICH
ARE THE
B ONE 4 TO 7 IN THE B ONE FOR 2
MORE 9 WHICH OF THE CALIFORNIA
VARIANCE WHAT I’D LIKE TO SAY
ABOUT THE VARIANCE IN IT THIS
IS REALLY REALLY IMPORTANT IS
THAT WE NEED TO GET QUICKLY
BACK SON
ATE IT VIRUSES BY NATURE WILL
ALWAYS TRY TO MUTATE OR CREATE
NEW VARIANTS.
THAT IS THE NATURE OF HOW
CONTINUE TO SURVIVE AND THE WAY
TO COMBAT THAT IS TO GET PEOPLE
VACCINATED TO WHERE IT DOESN’T
CONTINUE TO SPREAD AND THEN IT
DOESN’T HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO
CREATE THESE MUTATIONS ARE VERY
WELL AND JUST LET ME FOLLOW
VERY QUICKLY. IT MEAN WHEN I
SPOKE WITH THAT WITH THE HELP
TO DUVAL COUNTY HEALTH DOCTOR
DOCTOR ROLE IN FACT ABOUT
I WANT TO SAY 3 OR 4 WEEKS AGO,
THERE WAS ONE CASE OF
THE UK.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: IN DUVAL
COUNTY THAT’S NOW A SEEMINGLY
EXPLODED TO 62 ARE YOU WORRIED.
>> I WOULDN’T SAY WORRIED I THINK IT’S SOMETHING THAT WE CONTINUE TO MONITOR IN THE
WORLD OF COMMUNICATIVE WE KNOW
THAT IT’S BEEN HERE I THINK
WE’RE TESTING IT MORE AND WE’RE
TESTING MORE OF THOSE SAMPLES
SO AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM
WE HAVE IN FLORIDA WERE ABLE TO
CAPTURE THOSE AND BE ABLE TO
SEE THAT I THINK SOME OF THE IN
THE UNITED STATES DON’T TEST AS
WELL AS WELL AS WE DO AND SO
WE’RE ABLE TO HAVE
THAT VISIBILITY. I THINK THE
MESSAGE AGAIN BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY IS GET VACCINATED
THIS IS NOT THAT HOT TIME TO
TAKE YOUR EYE OFF THE BALL,
IT’S TIME TO GET VACCINATED
PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR
FAMILY AND ALL THOSE LOVED ONES
AROUND YOU FROM YOUR FAMILY AND
YOUR FRIENDS. >>JENNIFER WAUGH: HEATHER HAS