>>LAUREN VERNO: WELCOME BACK SO ASIDE FROM CORONAVIRUS HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
ANOTHER HEALTH CRISIS
AFFECTING KIDS. ACCORDING TO
THE DUVAL COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT MORE THAN HALF OF
THE COUNTY’S 4 YEAR-OLD AND
NEARLY 30% OF
5 YEAR-OLD ARE NOT VACCINATED
AGAINST MEASLES MUMPS
OR RUBELLA A NATIONAL STUDY
MIGHT GIVE SOME INSIGHT INTO
WHY THAT’S THE CASE
IT FOUND THAT MOST PARENTS
BELIEVE VACCINES ARE THE BEST
WAY TO PROTECT
THEIR KIDS. BUT 2 THIRDS OF
PARENTS ARE STILL A LITTLE
NERVOUS TO TAKE THEM TO THE
DOCTOR’S OFFICE BECAUSE OF
COVID-19 DOCTOR PAULINE ROLLE
HEAD OF THE DUVAL COUNTY HEALTH
DEPARTMENT JOINS US NOW SO
EXPLAIN WHY SHE’S SO CONCERNED
ABOUT THESE LOW
NUMBERS, LOCALLY SO LAST YEAR
WE TALKED AND WE WERE
APPLAUDING THE COUNTY’S
VACCINATION RATE. THIS YEAR
IT’S A MUCH DIFFERENT PICTURE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT
OUR YOUNGEST STUDENTS.
>> YES UNFORTUNATELY LAST
YEAR WE WERE CELEBRATING THE
FACT THAT WE HAVE FINALLY
GOTTEN ABOVE 95% OR 90% RANGE
AS THE HAVEN’T BEEN IN THE
70’S. BANK 3,
4 YEARS AGO AND SO WE’RE IN NOW
WHERE WE SAW IN THAT CITY AND
AS WE LOOK AT OUR CHILDREN ARE
IN TREATING THE GARDEN
THIS YEAR. WE HAVE WITH UP OVER
50% OF THE PRETEEN KIDS
AND AREN’T SIMPLY THE NEXT DAY
YOU GET TO MARCH AND ANOTHER
30% OF SIGHT YEAR OLDS TO TO TO
TO GUARD THAT ARE NOT
COMPLETELY EXIT AGAINST MEASLES
MUMPS
AND RUBELLA.
>>LAUREN VERNO: YOU KNOW ONE
REASON THAT YOU SAID MANY OF
THE NURSES ARE HEARING THE
PARENTS ARE NOT GETTING BACK
TOGETHER
KIDS VACCINATED AS THEY THINK
THE KIDS WHO ARE DOING VIRTUAL
ARE HOME SCHOOLED DON’T NEED
VACCINATIONS BUT THAT IS JUST
NOT TRUE.
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NOT TRUE
AS SCHOOL HAVE NURSES WERE VERY
HARD TO LISTEN TO REACH OUT TO
PARENTS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO
GET THEIR
KIDS VACCINATED AND THEN SOME
SENSE THEY’RE GETTING MUCH
ALLISON THIS YEAR AND THEY
DON’T NEED A VACCINATION IS SO
WE’RE TRYING TO EDUCATE PARENTS
THAT IS SIMPLY NOT THEIR
DIFFERENCES, YOU’RE STILL
REQUIRED TO HAVE AN UP TO
SHOT RECORD AND THEIR HOME
SCHOOL AND SO IT’S IMPORTANT
FOR PARENTS TO REMEMBER THAT
AND GOING AND IT’S NOT JUST
ABOUT THE RECORD AS A MANAGER
AND A CHILD IS AND WILL BE
PROTECTED AGAINST THE
CAN SEATS.
>>LAUREN VERNO: YEAH, THE ONLY
WAY TO AVOID VACCINATIONS THE
FILED AN EXEMPTION AND YOU SAID
THAT RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS ARE
UP
AS WELL BUT THAT COULD BE
DANGEROUS BECAUSE WHAT YOU FIND
YOU SAID IS THAT PEOPLE THEN
GET SPOTTY SHOTS AND THEY DON’T
THEY’RE NOT FULLY VACCINATED.
>> YES WE HAVE A NUMBER OF
PARENTS AND IF WE LOOK AT YOUR
CHILD’S RECORD OVER TIME OR THE
OTHER 2 DIDN’T RECORD IN TIME
WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY WHEN IT
WAS CONVENIENT FOR THEM OR IN
ORDER TO SPACE OUT BACKS A
NATIONS ENCOURAGED HIM TO HAVE
A
CONVERSATION WITH DIFFERENT
MAKE OF THE MATTER AND THIS IS
WITH US FOR HELP FROM ONE OF
THE THINGS WE SEE TO DO IS
EDUCATE AND INFORM ACT THAT
RELIGIOUS WAS FROM MY THEY WILL
BE EXECUTION HAS RELEASED AN
EXPLANATION OF WHAT IT MEANS
NOT TO GET YOUR CHILD
VACCINATED.
>>LAUREN VERNO: RIDE HERD
IMMUNITY, SOMETHING WE HEAR A
LOT OF VACCINATION RATES NEED
TO BE BETWEEN 80 AND PREFERABLY
98% OF THE PEOPLE NEED TO BE
VACCINATED WE’RE NOWHERE NEAR
THAT
RIGHT NOW SO HOW QUICKLY CAN
THESE DISEASES SPREAD AND WHAT
COULD THE REALITY BEFORE KIDS
WHO DON’T GET VACCINATED.
>> WAS CERTAINLY A MEASLES IS
HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS SO SHE CAN
CATS ONLY SAYS HE’S A HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS AND WE SEEN UPTICKS
IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY
OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS DUE TO
PEOPLE NOT
BEING VACCINATED AND SO MY
CONCERN IS A PUBLIC HEALTH
OFFICIAL AND OF CONCERNS OF
PETER ISSUES AROUND WHAT IS
THAT CHILDREN ARE NOT CONNECTED
PROPERLY AND WE’RE GOING TO
A MEASLES OUTBREAK ON TOP OF A
COVID AND CAN TO MAKE AND THAT
IS NOT GOING TO BE OUT FOR
COMMUNITIES AND SO WE’RE
ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO GO AHEAD
AND GET THOSE VACCINATIONS NOW
DUE TO LAY A NEW PROVIDERS HAVE
MADE PLANS TO ENSURE THAT YOU
ENSURE YOUR SAFETY WHEN YOU’RE
IN
THEIR OFFICES AND FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
CONTINUES TO PROVIDE DAILY AND
WE’RE OFTEN WHEN IT’S
RIGHT NOW.
>> AND THAT’S SOMETHING A
CHANGE AS USUAL YOU CAN JUST
KIND OF WALK IN AND GET THAT
APPOINTMENT START WALK IN AND
GET THE VACCINE. BUT NOW YOU DO
NEED AN APPOINTMENT.
WHAT ARE SOME OTHER THINGS THAT
YOU’RE DOING TO TRY TO SPACE
PEOPLE OUT AND KEEP FAMILY
SAFE.
>> WELL OF COURSE RETURN,
EVERYONE WEARS A MASK MONEY
INTO
THE BUILDING. AS YOU STATED
THIS IS A CHANGE FOR US WITH
THE PROMISE BUT THAT’S WHAT IT
IS IT’S SURE WE DON’T HAVE A
LARGE AMOUNT OF PEOPLE IN OUR
WE WANT PEOPLE WHO WERE IN
GUNFIRE CROWDS TURNED AND JUST
WEST AND SO TRYING TO AVOID AS
FAST
THIS YEAR. THE OTHER PART THAT
IS WE ARE LOOKING TO OUR
ESSENCE OF MASS
WITH KEEPER, LET’S
ASK YOU TO ANSWER. YEAH, THIS
IS THIS IS NOT SO SAYS HAPPENED
IN GOING TO IN YOUR OFFICE AND
YOU REACH HERE WITHOUT
ENDANGERING THEIR.
>>LAUREN VERNO: ALL RIGHT, YOU
SAID YOU WANT PEOPLE TO MAKE
DECISIONS THAT ARE STEEPED IN
SCIENCE AND NOT FEAR.