>> PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOT GOTTEN COVID YET SEEM TO BE IN AN EXCLUSIVE CLUB. IN FACT, WE
LEARNED THE PRESIDENT BIDEN
TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID FOR
THE FIRST TIME JUST YESTERDAY.
ONE OF THE REASONS IS THE MOST
RECENT AND MORE CONTAGIOUS
COVID VARIANT. JOINING ME IN
THE MORNING SHOW DOCTOR
SHIRLEY COULD WE’VE SYSTEM
MEDICAL DIRECTOR FOR BAPTIST
HOSPITAL. HEY, GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME. SO WE’VE GOT TO BE
A 5 OUT THERE NOW. IT’S A
MONSTER. AND EVEN IF YOU HAD
COVID BEFORE AND YOU’VE BEEN
VACCINATED, YOU GET IT. SO
PEOPLE GO, OK, WHY SHOULD THEY
GO AHEAD AND GET VACCINATED?
THE REASON IS PRETTY SIMPLE.
IT MAY KEEP YOU OUT OF THE
HOSPITAL, CORRECT?
>> SO AS OF LAST WEEK, BA 5,
THIS VERY TRANSMISSIBLE
VARIANT WAS 78% OF THAT
VARIANT, THE DOMINANT STRAIN
THAT WE’RE SEEING IN THIS
COUNTRY. SO IT IS IT IS, AS
YOU SAID, A MONSTER AND THAT
IT’S VERY TRANSMISSIBLE AND
THAT IT EVADES IMMUNITY EITHER
FROM PAST INFECTION OR FROM
VACCINE. IN THE PAST. BUT WHAT
IS I’M NOT SO MEAN ABOUT IT IS
THAT IT DOES. THERE ARE NO
STUDIES SHOWING THAT IT CAUSES
MORE SEVERE DISEASE.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: SO I READ A
STUDY JUST YESTERDAY, AS A
MATTER OF FACT, THAT PEOPLE
ARE DOING THE HOME TESTING
THESE HOME TESTING KITS, OUR
NECESSARILY CATCHING IT. AND
PEOPLE ARE SHOWING SYMPTOMS
THAT MIGHT BE A BIT OF
DIFFERENT SORT OF THROAT AND A
BIT OF HOARSENESS. SO WHAT DO
YOU DO? HOW DO YOU KNOW? DO I
HAVE COVID? DO I HAVE FLU?
SOMETHING ELSE SHORE.
>> SO THESE HOME TESTS ARE
HIGHLY RELIABLE WHEN A
POSITIVE. SO IF YOU HAVE
SYMPTOMS AND YOU TEST
POSITIVE, THEN YOU HAVE COME
COVID OMICRON MOST LIKELY IF
YOU TEST NEGATIVE AND YOU HAVE
SYMPTOMS, YOU SHOULD STILL
ISOLATE. AND ONE THING THAT
YOU CAN DO IS TEST AGAIN. YOU
CAN TEST SEQUENTIALLY
CONTESTANT. 24 HOURS. YOU CAN
TEST IN 48 HOURS IF IF ALL
THIS FAILS AND YOU’RE STILL
HAVING SYMPTOMS AND YOU’VE
TESTED NEGATIVE AROUND 3 OR SO
TIMES, THEN YOU SHOULD
CERTAINLY REACH OUT TO YOUR
PRIMARY PROVIDER TO SEE IF IT
COULD BE SOMETHING OTHER THAN
COVID OR IF YOU NEED ANOTHER
TEST FOR AND I WANT TO ASK
ABOUT BOOSTER SHOTS IN THE
SECOND, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE
AVOID THE VACCINE IN THE FIRST
PLACE AND THEY DIDN’T DO IT
BECAUSE THERE WAS THE MRNA
VACCINE.
>> BUT THERE’S NOW AN MORE A
MORE TRADITIONAL VACCINE THAT
OUT THERE NOVAVAX.
>> JUST LAST WEEK THE CDC
APPROVED NOVAVAX WHICH WILL BE
SEEING IN THE COMING WEEKS.
AND SO WHAT NOVAVAX IS IS IT’S
THIS MORE TRADITIONAL TYPE OF
VACCINE, WHICH IS A PROTEIN
VACCINE. SO THIS IS THE 4TH
AUTHORIZED VACCINE IN THE
UNITED STATES FOR COVID. BUT
THE FIRST PROTEIN VACCINE THE
WAY THESE VACCINES WORK
AGAINST COVID IS ALL THE SAME.
THE THE TRY TO GET THE BODY TO
HAVE A REACTION AGAINST THE
SPIKE, WHICH ARE THAT, YOU
KNOW, THE AREAS THAT YOU SEE
STICKING OUT OF THE
CORONAVIRUS IN THE PICTURE. SO
THE MRNA TYPES OF VACCINES.
THE SCENT JUST NECK. THEY SENT
INSTRUCTIONS SO YOUR OWN CELLS
MAKE IT. BUT THIS IS MORE LIKE
THE TRADITIONAL VACCINES WHICH
WE’VE HAD AROUND NOVAVAX THAT
FOR 30 YEARS WHERE THEY JUST
INJECT A LITTLE PIECE OF AN
INACTIVATED PROTEIN ALONG WITH
SOMETHING CALLED AN AD EVENT,
WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES
YOU HAVE MORE OF AN IMMUNE
RESPONSE.
>> INTO THE BODY FOR YOUR YOUR
BODY TO MAKE ANTIBODIES. LOOKS
LIKE DPT THAT THINGS REDUCING
ITS LIKE TEED AFFLECK SHINGRIX
LIKE THAT VACCINE FOR CERVICAL
CANCER AT WHAT WE’VE SEEN
BEFORE. SO LET ME ASK, YOU
KNOW, ABOUT THE BOOSTER SHOT.
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GET IT.
THEY SAID I DON’T WANT ANOTHER
SHOT WAY TO LIKE GO ON A TRIP.
I’M GOING TO WAIT TILL THEY
COME OUT WITH THE NEW FLU
VACCINE.
>> YOU KNOW, COM COMPILATION
THAT’S GOING TO DEAL WITH THE
NEW VARIANTS. SHOULD I WAIT.
>> YOU SHOULD NOT WAIT. SO WE
ARE IN A SEARCH RIGHT NOW WITH
BA 5. AND SO WE’RE SEEING
CASES GO UP LIKE THIS, WHICH
THAT WITH THIS LOW. AND THAT’S
EVEN AN UNDERESTIMATE BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE HOME TESTING. BUT
YOU’LL SEE THAT IN THIS SEARCH
THE WAY THAT WE’RE GOING UP
WITH HOSPITALIZATIONS IS LIKE
THIS. SO IT’S LOWERS SLOWER
SLOPE AND THEN WITH ICU
ADMISSIONS IS LIKE THIS. AND
THEN WITH DEATHS, IT’S LIKE
THIS, A VERY LOW SLOPE. AND
THAT’S BECAUSE OF THE
VACCINES. AND BECAUSE OF PAST
INFECTIONS ARE ARE AS A
COMMUNITY. WE HAVE MORE
IMMUNITY. SO, YES, YOU SHOULD
GET THE BOOSTER NOW. MANY
PEOPLE ARE WORRIED THAT THEY
WON’T BE ABLE TO GET THE NEW
VACCINE IN THE FALL, WHICH IS
MORE OF AN OMICRON SPECIFIC
VACCINE. BUT YOU WILL STILL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE VACCINES.
THE HEALTH CARE EXPERTS SAY
THE MANUFACTURERS SAY EVEN IF
YOU GET THE SECOND BOOSTER. SO
YOU KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW WITH
BA 5 ARE REAL. BEST DEFENSE IS
BOOSTING. SO IF YOU’RE OVER
50, YOU’RE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
OR LIKELY ELIGIBLE FOR A
SECOND VACCINE. THE BOOSTER
AND A RULE OF THUMB IS IF YOU
HAVEN’T HAD THE VACCINE THIS
YEAR IN 2022, THE BOOSTER,
THAT IS THE SECOND BOOSTER.
YOU’RE PROBABLY ELIGIBLE AND
YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD AND BOOST
NOW AND LIKELY THAT THEY WILL
MAKE THAT BUS ARE AVAILABLE TO
PEOPLE YOUNGER THAN 50
SOMETIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.