REALLY.
REALLY. AND UNLIKE MOST SURPRISES IN TWENTY TWENTY ,
THIS ONE'S ACTUALLY NOT
TERRIBLE. HERE'S KENT
>>. AFTER
>>. AFTER
>>. AFTER >> THOSE HISTORY MAKING SHOTS
OF HEALTH CARE WORKERS RECEIVING
THE PFIZERS COVID-19 VACCINE
THIS WEEK, HOSPITALS BEGAN
TO DISCOVER THERE WERE ACTUALLY
EXTRA SHOTS TO GO AROUND.
HERE'S WHY. EACH VIAL IS
GUARANTEED TO HAVE FIVE DOSES
OF THE VACCINE, BUT MANY
ARE FINDING THERE'S ACTUALLY
ENOUGH FOR A SIXTH AND SOMETIMES
A SEVENTH DOSE. THE FDA
ACKNOWLEDGED IT YESTEREDAY IN A
TWEET SAYING IT IS AWARE
THAT SOME VIALS OF THE VACCINE
HAVE CONTAINED EXTRA PRODUCT
AFTER FIVE DOSES ARE OBTAINED.
THERE
THERE
THERE >>
THERE >> IS OVER FILL IN EVERY VIAL
AND THAT'S DONE BY FIVE PER
PHILLPS. FORMER
PHILLPS. FORMER >> FDA COMMISSIONER DR. DAVID
KESSLER TOLD MSNBC THAT THE
OVERFILL IS NEEDED TO MAKE
UP FOR DESIGN DIFFERENCES
IN SYRINGES BECAUSE SOME CAN
DRAW A BIT TOO MUCH FROM A VIAL.
IF
IF
IF >>
IF >> YOU
IF >> YOU CAN USE A PARTICULAR
SYRINGE, YOU MAY BE ABLE TO GET
AN EXTRA DOSE OUT OF THIS
AND THAT WOULD BE GOOD.
THAT WOULD MEAN ANOTHER 10 %
ANOTHER THE SEVEN MILLION
PEOPLE OR SO WE CAN GET
VACCINATED. WE GET TO OUR GOAL
>>. THAT'S WHY THE FDA QUICKLY
RESPONDED LAST NIGHT SAYING AT
THIS TIME, GIVEN THE PUBLIC
HEALTH EMERGENCY, FDA IS
ADVISING THAT IT IS ACCEPTABLE
TO USE EVERY FULL DOSE
OBTAINABLE, THE SIXTH OR
POSSIBLY EVEN SEVENTH FROM
EACH VIAL PENDING RESOLUTION
OF THE ISSUE.
>> THE FACE OF IT, IT SEEMS SO
SIMPLE AND SO GREAT AND THEN
WHEN YOU GET INTO THE DETAILS,
THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS
TO THINK. MINNESTOA IS DIRECTOR
OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
CHRIS EHRESSMAN SAYS HOSPITALS
HERE HAVE REPORTED FINDING EXTRA
DOSES IN THEIR VIALS AS WELL .
BUT SHE SAYS MDH STILL NEEDS
MORE INFORMATION BEFORE SIGNING
OFF ON USING THEM . EVERY VIAL,
SURE, WHO HAVE HAD THEIR FIVE
DOSES AND YOU MAY OR MAY NOT GET
ADDITIONAL DOSES OF CLOUD.
AND SO THE QUESTION IS HOW DO
WE ENSURE THAT THAT SIX DOSE IS
A COMPLETE DOSE?
>> THE FDA ACKNOWLEDGED
THAT ISSUE ON TWITTER AS WELL AS
CLARIFYING SINCE THE VIALS
ARE PRESERVATIVE FREE, IT IS
CRITICAL TO NOTE THAT ANY
FURTHER REMAINING PRODUCT
THAT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A FULL
DOSE SHOULD NOT BE POOLED FROM
MULTIPLE VIALS TO CREATE ONE.
AND THERE'S ANOTHER BIG QUESTION
WHAT HAPPENS IF THEY FIND
AND USE EXTRA DOSES NOW
BUT DON'T HAVE THE SAME NUMBER
IN A MONTH WHEN ALL THOSE
PEOPLE NEED A SECOND SHOT?
CHRIS SAYS THEY'VE REACHED OUT
TO THE CDC AS WELL AND THEY
ARE WORKING WITH THE FDA TO PUT
OUT GUIDANCE AS TO HOW WE SHOULD
BE HANDLING THIS. IN THE
>> MEANTIME, HERE'S WHAT WE DO
KNOW. BY THE END OF THIS WEEK,
WE'LL HAVE FORTY SIX THOUSAND
EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS.
>> SO DOING SOME RUDIMENTARY
JOURNALIST MATH THAT WOULD BE
OF MORE THAN 9000 EXTRA DOSES
POTENTIALLY OF EACH OF THOSE
VIALS HAS AN EXTRA
>> I MEAN, THAT THAT THAT SEEMS
ABOUT RIGHT TO HAVE IT AT DO
THE MATH MYSELF . BUT IT WOULD.
BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. I THINK
THE IMPORTANT THING IS IT WOULD
MAKE A DIFFERENCE. AND SO THAT'S
THAT'S WHY WE'RE LOOKING INTO
IT. AND OBVIOUSLY WE'LL AS SOON
AS WE HEAR SOMETHING FROM CDC
AND THE FDA IN WRITING
WILL DEFINITELY LET OUR VIEWERS
KNOW. BUT WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT EVERYONE WHO RECEIVES
THE VACCINE RECEIVES THE FULL
DOSE THAT THEY NEED
>>. IT IS NOT JUST MINNESNOWTA
THAT'S TRYING TO FIGURE THIS ALL
OUT RIGHT NOW. CLEARLY THE FDA
AND THE CDC, FDA AND THE CDC
ARE TRYING TO GET SOME GUIDANCE
HERE IN THE MINNEAPOLIS VA,
WHICH IS PART OF THE
FEDERAL ROLLOUT FOR THE VA
SYSTEM. THEY'RE STRUGGLING
WITH THIS, TOO. THEY STARTED
GIVING THOSE SHOTS A COUPLE
OF DAYS AGO, OF COURSE, BUT THEY
KIND OF HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH
EVEN TODAY WAITING ON FEDERAL
AUTHORITIES TO TELL THEM WHETHER
OR NOT THEY SHOULD BE TRYING
TO GET THESE EXTRA DOSES OR IF
THEY HAVE TO JUST MOVE ON .
JANAH,
JANAH,
JANAH, >>
JANAH, >> I HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS VERY 20 20 STORY
THAT'S SO EXTRA. BUT I'LL FOCUS
ON THIS ONE IF THERE'S SOME LEFT
IN THE VIAL AND THEY'RE STILL
WAITING FOR THESE ANSWERS AT
SOME POINT, DO THEY JUST HAVE
TO TRASH IT? DOES IT GO BAD?
WELL , THAT IS WHAT MANY HAVE
HAD TO DO AT THIS POINT BECAUSE
AS THEY ARE TAPPING INTO THOSE
VIALS AND THEY'RE GIVING THESE
SHOTS, THEY DON'T HAVE
DIRECTION. THEY DO HAVE TO MOVE
ON AND ESPECIALY BECAUSE YOU
ARE TRYING TO ACCOUNT FOR NOT
ONLY IN ONE SHOT BUT ANOTHER ONE
COMING UP DOWN THE ROAD.
BUT THAT'S WHERE MINNESNOWTA
STRATEGY IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY
GOING TO PAY OFF A LITTLE BIT.
IF YOU REMEMBER STATEWIDE,
THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS
THEMSELVES ARE ONLY JUST MAYBE
TO TOMORROW OR EARLY NEXT WEEK
STARTING TO ACTUALLY ADMINISTER
THESE VACCINES BECAUSE THE STATE
SAID WE WANT TO TAKE A LITTLE
BIT MORE TIME TO GO THROUGH ALL
THE SAFETY PROTOCOLS
AND TRAINING IN THAT FIND THEM A
LITTLE BIT