BACK
BACK HERE
BACK HERE AS SOME SAN DIEGO KIDS ARE RECEIVING THEIR SECOND DOSE OF THE VACCINE, WE'RE
FEELING HOPEFUL AND EXCITED TO
GET BACK TO NORMAL. BUT BEFORE
YOU LET YOUR GUARD OR YOUR MASK
DOWN DR. ABDULLAH LAWDY FROM
SHARP RESTYLING MEDICAL GROUP
WANTS TO MAKE SURE YOU'RE CLEAR
ON THE VACCINE GUIDELINES. SO
WE WANTED TO HAVE HER ON THE
SHOW ONCE AGAIN HERE. GREAT TO
SEE YOU AGAIN, DR. ABIE. IT'S
SO GOOD TO SEE YOU, ERIC.
THANKS FOR HAVING ME. SO IF
GRANDMA AND GRANDPA ARE FULLY
VACCINATED NOW, CAN THE
GRANDKIDS FINALLY COME OVER AND
GIVE THEM THAT BIG BEAR HUG,
THAT HUG THAT'S BEEN A YEAR IN
THE MAKING AS YOU KNOW? YEAH, I
KNOW THIS IS REALLY GOOD
NEWS AND IT'S EXCITING. IT'S
WHAT ALL OF US HAVE BEEN
WAITING FOR. AND SO YOU KNOW
WHAT THE CDC IS THAT IS WHEN
YOU ARE FULLY VACCINATED IT'S
ACTUALLY OK FOR YOU TO HANG OUT
INDOORS WITH PEOPLE THAT HAS
ALSO BEEN VACCINATED. IT'S MORE
ARRESTS AND YOU CAN DO THAT
WITHOUT MASKING BUT IF YOU ARE
VACCINATED AND YOU'RE GOING TO
SPEND TIME WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE
UNVACCINATED, THEN YOU NEED TO
MAKE SURE THAT THE PEOPLE THAT
ARE NOT YET VACCINATED ARE AT
LOW RISK FOR GETTING SICK.
THEIR SEVERE ILLNESS FROM
COVID. SO THAT WOULD MEAN THAT
THEY ARE OTHERWISE HEALTHY.
THEY'RE LESS THAN 65 FIVE YEARS
OF AGE AND THEY DON'T HAVE
CHRONIC UNDERLYING CONDITIONS
THAT COULD PUT THEM AT RISK.
BUT IF THEY'RE HEALTHY THEN
THEY'RE SAYING THAT IF YOU'RE
VACCINATED YOU CAN HANG OUT
INDOORS WITH PEOPLE THAT ARE
UNVACCINATED FROM ONE HOUSEHOLD
SO NO ONE SHOULD BE HAVING
LARGE PARTIES AND HANGING OUT
WITH A LOT OF PEOPLE. IT'S
REALLY JUST A SMALL INDOOR
GATHERING AND THAT'S WHAT
THEY'RE GIVING US GUIDANCE ON.
I THINK THERE WAS SOME
CONFUSION FOR PEOPLE WHEN THEY
HEARD THIS GREAT NEWS AT FIRST
THAT YOU KNOW, GRANDMA AND
GRANDPA COULD COULDN'T SEE
THEIR LOVED ONES WHO ARE
HEALTHY. BUT THEN THE CDC ALSO
SAID LOOK, THERE WAS FULLY
VACCINATED PEOPLE WHEN THEY'RE
OUT IN PUBLIC STILL HAVE TO
WEAR A MASK. SO I THINK PEOPLE
WERE A LITTLE CONFUSED BY THAT.
BUT WHEN YOU WHEN YOU WHAT YOU
JUST TOUCHED ON IS THAT YOU'VE
GOT TO BE AROUND HEALTHY PEOPLE
.YOU'RE NOT ALWAYS GUARANTEED
THAT RIGHT WHEN YOU'RE OUT IN
PUBLIC. SO CAN YOU TALK A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN FULLY VACCINATED HAVE
STILL GOT TO WEAR THOSE MASKS
AND TAKE PRECAUTIONS WHEN
THEY'RE OUT IN PUBLIC?
ABSOLUTELY. SO WE HAVE TO LOOK
AT THIS AS THE CDC ESTIMATING
RISK. SO THEY STARTED TO USE
THIS LANGUAGE ABOUT LOWER RISK,
MODERATE RISK, HIGHER RISK AND
IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THERE IS
NO RISK. RIGHT. IT DOESN'T MEAN
THAT THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO RISK
EVEN IF THOSE PEOPLE ARE
VACCINATED, THERE'S STILL A
SMALL AMOUNT OF RISK AND THERE
ARE STUDIES THAT SHOW THAT
PEOPLE THAT ARE VACCINATED CAN
POTENTIALLY GET REINFECTED. WE
ALSO KNOW THAT THEY MAY
TRANSMIT IT TO OTHERS. THEY'RE
ALL GETTING VARIANTS THAT ARE
OUT AND SPREADING AS WELL. SO
YOU HAVE TO THINK OF IT AS THE
RISK OVERALL AND WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO SEE HONESTLY IS REALLY
A DIMMER SWITCH MORE OF A
DIMMER SWITCH, MEANING THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO START TO ROLL
BACK THESE GUIDELINES AS MORE
PEOPLE GET VACCINATED AS CASES
HOPEFULLY CONTINUE TO GO DOWN.
BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO BE AN ON
OFF SWITCH LIKE YOU'RE NOT
GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, MASS
BEING OFF LIKE THAT OUT IN
PUBLIC. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO
STILL FOLLOW THIS GUIDELINES
WHEN YOU ARE OUT IN PUBLIC AND
ALSO REMEMBER THAT WE STILL
HAVE TO WAIT TO SEE WHAT OUR
COUNTY SAYS. RIGHT. SO THESE
ARE GUIDELINES FROM THE CDC BUT
I DO LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING
WHAT OUR COUNTY OFFICIALS SAY
AND WHAT THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS
ARE GOING TO BE. YOU KNOW,
WE'VE BEEN HAVING THIS VACCINE
SHORTAGE SO THERE'S A LOT
OF FOLKS OUT THERE THAT HAVE
HAD ONE DOSE. THEY HAVEN'T
MAYBE RECEIVED THEIR SECOND
DOSE. SO IF THEY HAVE JUST THE
FIRST DOSE, ARE THEY ABLE TO
STILL FOLLOW THESE GUIDELINES?
THEY'RE NOT AND I KNOW THEY'RE
NOT BY DEFINITION FULLY
VACCINATED. BUT WHAT ADVICE DO
YOU HAVE FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT
HAVE HAD THE FIRST SHOT BUT
MAYBE NOT THE SECOND RIGHT NOW
WHEN IT COMES SEEN LOVED ONES
AND BEING OUT IN PUBLIC SO ONE
WORD PATIENT THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT AND I'M REALLY GLAD
YOU BROUGHT THIS UP BECAUSE
THERE IS A CHANCE THAT PEOPLE
MAY GET CONFUSED BY ALL OF THIS
AND THAT IS OUR WORRY FROM THE
STANDPOINT OF BEING HEALTH CARE
PROFESSIONALS. PEOPLE MAY GET
CONFUSED. YOU ARE NOT FULLY
VACCINATED UNTIL TWO WEEKS
AFTER YOU GET YOUR SECOND
PAISER OR MODERNA VACCINE AND
ALSO NOT FULLY VACCINATED UNTIL
TWO WEEKS AFTER YOU GET THAT
SINGLE JOHNSON JOHNSON VACCINE.
SO YOU REALLY SHOULD NOT BE
RELAXING ANY OF THE GUIDELINES
OR RESTRICTIONS. THIS DOES NOT
APPLY TO YOU IF YOU ARE NOT
FULLY VACCINATED. SO THAT'S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER
EVEN IF AND WHEN WE RECEIVE
HERD IMMUNITY IN THE US THAT'S
SOMETHING WE ARE ALL DREAMING
OF . DO YOU EXPECT WE WILL
STILL BE DEALING WITH THESE
PRECAUTIONS, THESE SAFETY
GUIDELINES? IN OTHER WORDS, DR.
ABBY, WILL COVID EVER LEAVE
ONCE AND FOR ALL? WELL, YOU
KNOW, THIS IS NOT JUST A
MILLION QUESTIONS PROBABLY THE
BILLION DOLLAR QUESTION AT THIS
POINT BOTH LITERALLY AND
FIGURATIVELY. AND THE FACT IS
THAT NO ONE KNOWS NO ONE CAN
SAY WITH CERTAINTY WHEN EXACTLY
WE'RE GOING TO REACH HERD
IMMUNITY AT WHAT THRESHOLD THAT
WOULD BE. WE KNOW THAT MORE
PEOPLE THAN NOT HAVE TO BE
VACCINATED. EVERYONE SHOULD GET
THE VACCINE WHEN IT'S THEIR
TURN. BUT THERE IS A LOT
OF INDICATION THAT COVID MAY
BECOME ENDEMIC MEANING GO FROM
BEING A PANDEMIC TO ENDEMIC
WITH US ALL THE TIME AND
POTENTIALLY WE MAY HAVE TO HAVE
MASS AT CERTAIN TIMES POSSIBLY
IN THE FALL. BUT THAT IS ALL
JUST SPECULATION AT THIS POINT
WE DON'T KNOW YET. OK, WELL WE
CAN ONLY HOPE AND WISH AND GET
OUR VACCINE RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.
THANKS DR. ABITUR. APPRECIATE
YOUR TIME HERE THIS MORNING