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YOU AN UPDATE ON THE CLOSURES THAT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT YESTERDAY BECAUSE THE WINTER
STORM RACHEL.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU SO MUCH,
VANESSA.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
SERVICES ANNOUNCED SOME
STARTLING COVID-19 NUMBERS
YESTERDAY.
THERE ARE MORE THAN 4700 NEW
CONFIRMED CASES IN ARIZONA.
OFFICIALS ALSO ANNOUNCED AN
ADDITIONAL TWO HUNDRED AND NINE
DEATHS AND THAT IS UP
SUBSTANTIALLY FROM LAST WEEK.
A LARGE PORTION OF THOSE DEATHS
ARE CONNECTED TO PATIENTS OVER
THE AGE OF 65 AND THESE NUMBERS
COME AS THE STATE CONTINUES TO
HOST HUGE VACCINE DRIVES FOR
ARIZONA.
AT LAST CHECK MORE THAN FOUR
HUNDRED AND EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND
VACCINE HAVE BEEN ADMINISTERED
NEARLY SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND
OF WHICH HAVE RECEIVED BOTH
DOSES.
GOVERNOR DUCEY ISSUED AN
ADVISORY TO ACCELERATE
STATEWIDE DISTRIBUTION OF THE
VACCINE.
THE NEW ADVISORY REQUIRES
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS WHO
ADMINISTER THE VACCINE TO
REPORT ALL THEIR DATA TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES.
IT ALSO ALLOWS THE STATE TO
REALLOCATE VACCINATION DOSES TO
FACILITIES WHERE THEY CAN MOST
RAPIDLY BE DISTRIBUTED.
AND THIS MORNING WE BROUGHT IN
A DOCTOR TO ANSWER YOUR
COVID-19 QUESTIONS.
WE'RE CHECKING BACK IN WITH DR.
FRANK VECCHIO.
OUR FIRST VIEWER QUESTION COMES
IN FROM KATHY.
SHE WANTS TO KNOW IF SOMEONE
YOU KNOW HAS RECOVERED FROM
COVID WITHIN THE LAST TWO TO
THREE MONTHS SHOULD THEY STILL
WEAR A MASK IF THEY'RE IN YOUR
HOME?
WELL, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT PERSON IS PROBABLY SAFE.
IT'S VERY, VERY UNLIKELY ALMOST
UNHEARD OF FOR SOMEBODY GET
COVID TWICE MUCH LESS GET IT
WITHIN 90 DAYS.
OK, IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT
THEY'RE A CARRIER.
IT'S VERY UNLIKELY TO OCCUR
AFTER 10 DAYS OR EVEN 14 DAYS.
SO IT'S AN INDIVIDUAL DECISION.
YOU KNOW, MY PRACTICE IS IF
THEY'VE HAD IT BEFORE OR BEEN
VACCINATED, THEY DON'T HAVE TO
WEAR A MASK WHEN THEY'RE AROUND
ME IN MY HOME.
ALL RIGHT.
SO OUR SECOND QUESTION THIS
HALF HOUR GRAM IN MESA ASKING
HOW OFTEN DO YOU NEED TO GET
THE COVID VACCINATION?
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU NEED
TO DO ANNUALLY LIKE THE FLU
SHOT OR EVERY FIVE YEARS?
OK, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A TOUGH
QUESTION.
THE MAIN REASON A TOUGH
QUESTION IS REMEMBER WE ONLY
HAD OUR FIRST CASE ONE YEAR AGO
IN ARIZONA AND THINK HOW MUCH
LIFE HAS CHANGED.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW LONG YOU'LL
BE PROTECTED WITH THE VACCINE.
ALL INDICATORS ARE THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO PROBABLY NEED SOME
BOOSTER ALONG THE LINE, MAYBE
NOT EVERY YEAR.
YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY WON'T BE
THAT OFTEN.
BUT THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT
IT IS THESE VACCINES ARE MADE
IN A LAB SO THEY CAN
GENETICALLY CHANGE, YOU KNOW,
TO COMBAT ANY VARIANCE.
SO I SUSPECT THAT SOME OF THE
NEWER VACCINES THAT COME OUT
THE SAME YOU KNOW, FOR COVID-19
WILL PAY ATTENTION TO SOME
OF THE VARIOUS THAT ARE KIND
OF FLOURISHING AND YOU WANT TO
COMBAT THOSE.
SO BOOSTERS LIKELY PROBABLY NOT
EVERY YEAR, YOU KNOW, BUT
PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND TWO
OR THREE YEARS IS THE BEST
PREDICTOR RIGHT NOW.
SO OUR THIRD QUESTION COMES
FROM JOHN IN MESA.
HE SAYS I'M DIALYSIS PATIENT
WHEN I GET THE VACCINE.
WILL IT BE FILTERED OUT OF MY
SYSTEM AS I GO THROUGH MY
TREATMENTS BEFORE I GET MY
SECOND VACCINATION?
OK, GETTING A VACCINE WHILE YOU
HAVE DIALYSIS IS SAFE.
IT'S RECOMMENDED YOU KNOW,
PEOPLE ON DIALYSIS ARE VERY,
VERY HIGH RISK.
IF YOU GET THE VACCINE IT WON'T
BE FILTERED OUT, YOU KNOW, IN A
IT TELLS IT'S A MESSENGER RNA
AND IT TELLS YOUR BODY WHAT TO
DO TO DEVELOP THESE ANTIBODIES
.
SO IT'S KIND OF IN THERE
QUICKLY.
IT'S VERY, VERY SMALL PARTICLE
WON'T COME WITH DIALYSIS BUT
REGARDLESS IT'S MORE OF A
MESSENGER.
IT'S DELIVERING THE INFORMATION
HEY, DO THIS AND THEN IT LEAVES
SO YOU'RE FINE.
SO OUR LAST QUESTION THIS
MORNING IS ACTUALLY SOMETHING
I'M WONDERING.
EARLIER THIS MONTH DR. FAUCI
SAID PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD COVID
SHOULD WAIT 90 DAYS BEFORE
GETTING THE VACCINE TO PREVENT
QUOTE INTERFERENCE BETWEEN
NATURAL ANTIBODIES AND
ANTIBODIES FROM THE VACCINE.
BUT MOST PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS
HAVE SAID YOU SHOULD GET THE
VACCINE REGARDLESS.
SO IS THERE ANY RESEARCH TO
SUGGEST A NEGATIVE RESPONSE FOR
PEOPLE WHO HAVE ALREADY HAD
NATURAL ANTIBODIES?
YOU KNOW, FIRST OFF, YOU KNOW,
DR. FAUCI IS A GOD TO US.
SO I THINK IT'S HARD TO ARGUE
WITH HIM.
HOWEVER, IT'S CLEARLY AN
OPINION THERE IS NO RESEARCH,
YOU KNOW, ASSOCIATED WITH THAT
AND I THINK WHAT WE'RE TELLING
PEOPLE NOW, YOU KNOW THAT IF
YOU GOT THE DISEASE, IF YOU HAD
COVID-19 AND YOU RECOVER IT,
IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT YOU'RE
GOING TO GET IT AGAIN.
AND IF THERE'S A WAY YOU WANT
TO PUT OFF YOUR VACCINE FOR A
LITTLE WHILE TO SAVE IT FOR
OTHER PEOPLE, THAT'S WHAT SOME
OF MY COLLEAGUES ARE DOING.
MOST OTHERS I SAID LOOK, IF YOU
HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AT THE
VACCINE, WHO KNOWS WHERE YOU'RE
GOING TO GET IT AGAIN.
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AGAIN.
YOU JUST GET IT.
SO WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT
AS A WHOLE.
I THINK WE'RE PAYING ATTENTION
TO HIS COMMENTS, TRYING TO LOOK
FOR SOME SCIENCE TO TO BACK UP
AND I KNOW HE'S A VERY SMART
MAN AND IT'S HIS OPINION.
BUT RIGHT NOW I TELL PEOPLE,
YOU KNOW, WAY TO RECOVER FROM
COVID-19, YOU KNOW, SEVEN DAYS
OUT AND YOU FEEL ALMOST BACK TO
NORMAL, YOU KNOW, GO AHEAD AND
GET THE