700
700 CITIZEN SOLDIERS TO HELP GET THE VACCINE OUT TO ARIZONANS.
WELL, THIS MORNING WE BROUGHT
IN A DOCTOR TO ANSWER YOUR KOVA
19 QUESTIONS.
>> LET'S CHECK BACK IN WITH DR.
FRANKLY VECCHIO.
OH, GOOD MORNING, DR. GOOD
MORNING.
>> SO WE HAVE A LOOK AT OUR
FIRST OF YOUR QUESTION THIS
HALF HOUR THEY'RE ASKING IF I
HAD COVERED BACK IN NOVEMBER
WOULDN'T MY BODY HAVE PRODUCED
ANTIBODIES AND IF SO, WHY DO I
STILL NEED TO GET THE VACCINE?
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
WE THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE HAVE
ANTIBODIES FOR AT LEAST THREE
MONTHS.
WE DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH LONGER
AFTER THAT DEPENDING ON HOW
SICK YOU WERE AND WHAT YOUR
BODY'S DOING AS FAR AS MAKING
ANTIBODIES IS PROBABLY AT LEAST
UP TO NINE MONTHS.
YOU WANT PROTECTION FROM COGAT
19 FOR MUCH LONGER THAN THAT.
SO YOU STILL HAVE TO GET THE
VACCINE OR WE STILL RECOMMEND
THAT YOU DO GET THE VACCINE
EVEN IF YOU'VE HAD COBA 19
BEFORE.
>> ALL RIGHT, DR. DELVECCHIO,
THIS NEXT QUESTION IS ONE THAT
WE'VE BEEN WE'VE BEEN HEARING A
LOT BECAUSE THESE VACCINES WE
HAVE IN AMERICA ARE TWO DOSES.
IT SAYS WHAT IF I MISS THE
SECOND DOSE?
AM I STILL PROTECTED?
>> THE SHORT ANSWER IS YES.
YOU ARE STILL PROTECTED IN THE
STUDIES THEY RECOMMENDED TWO
DOSES AND THAT'S WHAT WE KNOW
AND THAT'S WHAT WE RECOMMEND AS
PHYSICIANS, CLINICIANS, ET
CETERA.
BUT IF YOU JUST GET ONE DOSE
IT'S ABOUT EIGHTY TWO PERCENT
EFFECTIVE.
OK.
EFFECTIVE. OK. AND THAT WAS ONE OF THE STUDIES
THAT SHOWED THAT IF YOU GET THE
TWO DOSES NINETY FIVE PERCENT.
SO I THINK YOU KNOW, YOU
INCREASE YOUR PERCENTAGE YOUR
CHANCES OF NOT GETTING KOBAN 19
IF YOU GET THE TWO DOSES.
I'M NOT RECOMMENDING GETTING
ONE DOSE BY ANY MEANS BUT IF IT
DOES HAPPEN YOU'RE STILL ARE
PROTECTED TO SOME DEGREE.
AND OUR THIRD VIEWER A QUESTION
THIS MORNING IS ASKING I HAVE
THE ANTIBODIES FROM WHEN I HAD
COVID 19 I'M CURRENTLY DONATING
PLASMA.
CAN I BE A CARRIER?
THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
SO THE CHANCES OF YOU GETTING
KOGURE 19 TWICE ARE VERY, VERY
LOW.
AND IT'S ONLY OCCURRED, YOU
KNOW, LESS THAN 10 TIMES IN THE
WORLD WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TESTED
POSITIVE TWICE.
YOU MIGHT HAVE SOMEBODY THAT
YOU KNOW THAT TESTED POSITIVE
REALIZE BUT TRULY POSITIVE WITH
A LOOK AT THE VIRUS AND NOT
JUST A PARTICLE OF THE VIRUS
AND TRY TO GROW IT IN A CULTURE
LOTS OF TIMES YOU'RE STILL
SHEDDING THE VIRUS AND WE'LL
STILL TEST POSITIVE FOR MUCH
LONGER THAN THE 10 OR 14 DAYS
THAT ARE RECOMMENDED THAT YOU
QUARANTINE.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE TESTS MIGHT
STILL BE POSITIVE BECAUSE
PICKING UP SOME SIGNAL.
BUT IT'S VERY, VERY RARE THAT
YOU WILL GET INFECTED AGAIN.
AS FAR AS CARRYING IT AGAIN.
INTERESTING ENOUGH IN THE
STUDIES IN THE MODERNA STUDY A
SMALL PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO
WERE VACCINATED GOT SWABBED
EVERY DAY AND THEY STILL WERE
CARRYING THE VIRUS.
SO THEY WEREN'T SICK FROM IT.
THEY WERE STILL CARRYING IT.
BUT THAT NUMBER WAS MUCH, MUCH
LESS LESS THAN A THIRD LESS
OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE IN THE
PLACEBO ARM OR WE DID NOT GET
THE VACCINE.
SO STILL COULD PROBABLY CARRY.
YOU STILL SHOULD USE YOUR
PRECAUTIONS COMMENTS, SCIENCE,
ET CETERA.
>> ALL RIGHT.
SO WE DO HAVE ONE MORE FOR YOU
.
THIS IS FROM RUSS IN FOUNTAIN
HILLS.
AND LOOK, DOCTOR, WE LOVE
HAVING YOU HERE ON THE SHOW.
BUT BUT RUSS IS ASKING DO YOU
EXPECT TO STILL BE ON TV ONE
YEAR FROM NOW ANSWERING
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE OUTBREAK?
>> WELL, I HOPE I'M STILL
ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT
PUBLIC HEALTH, EMERGENCY
MEDICINE AND MEDICAL TOXICOLOGY
ADDICTION THINGS THAT YOU KNOW,
I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT ABOUT COBA
19.
I MEAN REMEMBER WE HAD THESE
TERRIBLE LANDMARKS.
ONE IN A THOUSAND AMERICANS
HAVE DIED AT 19.
YOU KNOW, WE JUST HIT THAT
LANDMARK RECENTLY.
IT'S ONE OF THE MOST COMMON
REASONS TO DIE DEPENDING ON
WHERE YOU PUT IT.
BUT IN ELDERLY FOLKS IT'S THE
NUMBER ONE REASON TO DIE IN OUR
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
SO KIND OF CRAZY AND YOU KNOW,
IT DIDN'T EXIST A LITTLE OVER A
YEAR AGO BUT I DO EXPECT TO BE
TALKING ABOUT IT.
BUT I THINK HEART DISEASE YOU
KNOW, ACCIDENTS, PULMONARY
DISEASE ARE GOING TO COME BACK
INTO PLAY AND IT'S GOING TO BE
SOME DEGREE OF NORMALCY IN
ABOUT A YEAR.
SURE HOPE YOU'RE RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT, DR. DELVECCHIO,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON
WITH US THIS MORNING.
AGAIN, QUESTIONS ARE COMING IN
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