THAT DOES COME OUT OF THE GATEWAY VACCINATION SITE ALONG WITH THIS BREAKING NEWS OF
COURSE WE’LL BRING THAT TO YOU
I’LL SEND IT RIGHT BACK TO YOU
ALL.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ALL RIGHT
ASHLEY. THANK YOU, WE KNOW
YOU’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO
MONITOR THAT SITUATION AS IT
DEVELOPS AND WE ALSO KNOW THAT
A LOT OF YOU AT HOME HAVE
CONCERNS AND QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON VACCINE.
>> AND WHETHER IT IS SAFE FOR
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TO JOINING
US LIVE THIS MORNING BY PHONE
TO ANSWER SOME OF YOUR
QUESTIONS ALLERGIST AND
IMMUNOLOGIST DOCTOR SUNIL JOSHI
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US.
>>LAUREN VERNO: THE ACTION HERE IN YEAH WE CAN HEAR YOU SO DOCTOR JOSHI THERE’S ABOUT
7 MILLION PEOPLE WHO’VE ALREADY
BEEN VACCINATED WITH THE J AND
J VACCINE. WHAT ARE YOU SAYING TO THOSE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW I’M SURE YOU HAVE A LOT OF PATIENTS
WHO ARE CALLING YOU UP THIS
MORNING.
>> YEAH SO OBVIOUSLY THIS IS
THIS IS DEFINITELY CONCERNING
FOR FOR ALL OF
THE TIME. AND SO I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT TO PUT IT IN
PERSPECTIVE, THERE’S BEEN
ALMOST 7 MILLION DOSES OF THE
VACCINE GIVEN 6 CASES HAVE BEEN
REPORTED. THESE
BLOOD CLOTS AND THAT’S IT SO
THAT MAKES IT EXCEEDINGLY IN
TERMS OF THE TOTAL NUMBER
OF PEOPLE. THE PERCENTAGE OF
THE POPULATION IN VACCINATED
HIS PRIEST WHO HAD HIS
BLOOD CLOT AND JUST FELL TO PUT
IT IN PERSPECTIVE ABOUT THE
READY IN THE GENERAL
POPULATION. THERE’S NOT 3 BUT
CLOUDS AND EVERY 1 MILLION
PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY JUST IN
GENERAL SO
TO YOU KNOW WHAT THE CDC AND
THE FDA NOW NEED TO DO IS LOOK
INTO WHETHER OR NOT.
THESE CASES WERE TRULY RELATED
TO
THE VACCINE OR WHERE THEY ARE
OR THEY AND PEOPLE WHO MAY BE
AT HIGH RISK OF HAVING BLOOD
CLOT ANYWAY FOR OTHER REASONS
AND I THINK THAT’S A VERY VERY
IMPORTANT KEEP IN PERSPECTIVE
THOUGH CAN YOU KNOW COMPLETELY
AGREE WITH THEM HALTING
THE USE OF THE VACCINE UNTIL
THEY CAN GET MORE INFORMATION
DOCTOR JOSHI IS IT POSSIBLE
THAT THE VACCINE IS NOT THE
CAUSE OF THESE BLOOD CAUGHT AND
IT JUST LIKE YOU SAID IT IS A
VERY COMMON DISORDER THAT
HAPPENED THROUGHOUT PEOPLE AND
IT’S JUST SOMETHING THAT HAS
POPPED UP.
>> YES, AND THAT’S THE
IMPORTANT THING IS TO
UNDERSTAND IS THIS A
CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP OR IS THIS
SOMETHING THAT THAT WOMEN WHO
ARE UNFORTUNATELY GOING TO BE
AT RISK FOR HAVING
ANYWAY. I THINK THE REASON THAT
THERE IS THAT LITTLE BIT MORE
OF A CONCERN IS THAT THEY LIKE
EACH OF THESE CASES
OCCURRED WITHIN WEEK ONE TO 2
WEEKS OF RECEIVING THE VACCINE
IS NOT. BUT THESE
CASES OCCURRED 3 OR 4 MONTHS
LATER, YOU
KNOW THERE’S THAT THAT GROUP
THAT’S IN THAT TIME PERIOD
THERE THAT MAKE SAID OR
IS INVESTIGATING. BUT YES
THAT’S A GREAT POINT THAT THESE
WOMEN MAY INDEED HAVE BEEN AT
RISK HAVING THESE BUT CLOUDS
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER THEY
RECEIVE THE VACCINE
OR NOT.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: AND DOC, LET’S
FACE IT A LOT OF PEOPLE RIGHT
NOW DON’T TRUST THE VACCINES
PERIOD WHETHER IT’S JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON PFIZER
OR MODERNA HOW IS THIS GOING TO
AFFECT THE NATION’S CONFIDENCE
IN THE VACCINES AND THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW LEADERS
ARE PUSHING THEY WANT PEOPLE TO
GET VACCINATED AND NOW YOU HAVE
THIS GIANT HURDLE.
>> WELL YOU KNOW AND AGAIN THE
VACCINE HESITANCY HAS BEEN A
REAL
ISSUE HERE AND THE UNITED
STATES, NO DOUBT ABOUT IT AND
THIS DOESN’T HELP THOSE OUT FOR
THAT’S FOR SURE, BUT I THINK
THE YOU KNOW THE POSITIVE PART
OF THE WHOLE THING IS THAT THE
CDC AND THE FDA DECIDED
ONCE THEY REALIZE THAT THIS IS
WORTH INVESTIGATING TO GO AHEAD
AND STOP YOU PROVIDING THE VACCINE UNTIL THEY CAN LEARN MORE
INFORMATION SO YOU KNOW
ULTIMATELY WHAT THIS IS SHOWING
IS THAT SAFETY REMAINS THE TOP
PRIORITY. ONE. THEY REALIZE
THAT THERE IS A BLOOD HERE THAT
THEY WEREN’T THING THIS IS
FAIRLY IN THE STUDIES
THEY BACKED OFF AND THEY’RE NOW
STUDYING IT AND MORE DETAIL.
SO I THINK WE SHOULD LOOK AT IT
AS. THE CDC AND THE AND THE FDA
LOOKING OUT FOR THE GENERAL
POPULATION AND MAKING SURE THAT
THE VACCINE IS SAFE AS WE
MOVE FORWARD AND IF AND WHEN
THEY GET THROUGH THIS
INVESTIGATION IF THEY FEEL THAT
IT’S A FREE SYSTEM ARE
COMFORTABLE GETTING
THE VACCINE.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: AND I WANT TO
ASK ABOUT SUPPLY BECAUSE I FEEL
LIKE WE FINALLY HAD THE BALL
ROLLING WHERE THERE’S A LOT OF
ACCESS TO
ALL 3 OF THE VACCINES HERE IN
NORTHEAST, FLORIDA AND
SOUTHEAST GEORGIA. NOW ONE OF
THE MAJOR PLAYERS, A 3RD OF
THAT IS GONE WHAT DOES THAT
MEAN FOR PEOPLE THAT STILL WANT
TO GET
THEIR VACCINATIONS.
>> IT DOES DEFINITELY HEARD WE
THE AS YOU SAID THE BALL IS
ROLLING OUT A COUPLE DAYS AGO
WE HAD 4.5 MILLION PEOPLE
VACCINATED AND ONE DAY IN
THIS COUNTRY. AND EVEN HERE IN
JACKSONVILLE, A LIGHT AT THE
END OF LAST WEEK WE HAD ONE DAY
WHERE ERASED ALMOST
9,000 PEOPLE THAT RECEIVE THE
VACCINE AND A LOT OF THAT WAS
DUE TO THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
ONE AND
DONE VACCINE. AND SO BY HALTING
ITS THAT DEFINITELY WILL
SLOW DOWN. YOU KNOW VACCINE
FOR FOR SURE YOU KNOW OVER THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS
OR SO. INTO THAT MAY PROLONG
THIS WHOLE PROCESS AS WE TRY TO
GET TO THE END OF THE
PANDEMIC BUT BUT I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO REALIZE
THAT OVER A 100 MILLION PEOPLE
HAVE ALSO HAVE BEEN VACCINATED
AND HAVE BEEN RECEIVING THE
MODERNA AND
PFIZER VACCINES WITH MINIMAL
SIDE MINIMAL SIGNIFICANT SIDE
EFFECTS AND THOSE VACCINES HAVE
BEEN SHOWN TO
BE SAFE.
>>LAUREN VERNO: DOCTOR JOSHI
LAST QUESTION REAL QUICK, WHAT
ARE YOU SAYING TO YOUR PATIENTS
THIS MORNING THAT CALL IN AND
WHAT OUR MEDICAL EXPERTS AROUND
THE COUNTRY SAYING TO THOSE
7 MILLION PEOPLE
ALREADY VACCINATED.
>> SO YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY FOR
THOSE WHO HAVE RECEIVED THE
JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON VACCINE. IF THEY’RE
DOING WELL AND AND THEY DIDN’T
HAVE ANY OTHER SIGNIFICANT SIDE
EFFECTS OF CONCERN WHICH WOULD
INCLUDE SEVERE HEADACHES
ABDOMINAL PAIN. LEG PAIN AFTER
WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF RECEIVING THE
VACCINE AND I FEEL VERY
COMFORTABLE THAT THEY SAY THAT
THEY’RE FINE GOING FORWARD IF
IT’S BEEN WITHIN THE 2 WEEK
PERIOD OF RECEIVING.
THE JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
VACCINE, THOSE ARE
THE SYMPTOMS THAT THAT THEY
THAT SHOULD MAKE THEM ALERT
THEIR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER FOR
FURTHER INVESTIGATION.
FOR THE FOLKS THAT ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING
VACCINES GOING FORWARD. WE ARE
TELLING THEM THAT THE MODERNA
AND PFIZER VACCINE
HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE VERY VERY
SAFE. THERE CERTAINLY IS THAT
SIDE EFFECT PROFILE THAT WE’VE
ALL TALKED ABOUT.
BUT WE FEEL VERY COMFORTABLE
WITH THEM RECEIVING EITHER OF
THOSE VACCINES AT
THIS POINT.
>>LAUREN VERNO: DOCTOR SUNIL
JOSHI THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL
THIS INFORMATION, I KNOW WE’LL
BE REACHING BACK OUT TO YOU AND
SOMETHING ELSE THAT HE POINTED
OUT TO MENTION IS THAT
PFIZER MODERNA THEY’RE STILL
BEING OFFERED AND THEY USE A
DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY THAT MRNA
TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR VACCINES.
WELL JOHNSON JOHNSON USES A
DIFFERENT ENVIRONMENT, A DEAD
VIRUS SO THAT IS WHY YOU CAN’T
REALLY PUT THOSE 2 VACCINES,
THE SAME CATEGORY SO IF YOU ARE
THINKING ABOUT GETTING A
VACCINE MOVING FORWARD.
THESE ARE VERY DIFFERENT
VACCINES. SO AGAIN AND AGAIN
WE’RE NOT SURE IF THESE CASES
ARE LINKED TO THE VACCINE.
IT’S JUST SICK.
SAYING RIGHT NOW THAT THE FDA
AND CDC WANT TO DO A LITTLE
MORE RESEARCH AND THEY’RE DOING
THEIR DUE DILIGENCE TO MAKE
SURE THAT IT IS SAFE TO OFFER
TO THE
PUBLIC SO A LOT COMING OUT OF
HERE A LOT OF INFORMATION.
WE’RE OF COURSE GOING TO BE
FOLLOWING THIS STORY ALL DAY
LONG AND OF COURSE EVEN GET UP
TO DATE