AUSTIN
AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH HAS BUMPED BACK TO STAGE 3 RISK-BASED GUIDELINES.
RISK-BASED GUIDELINES. THAT'S BECAUSE CASES ARE
CONTINUING TO RISE AGAIN IN THE AUSTIN-TRAVIS COUNTY AREA.
HEALTH LEADERS AROUND THE
COUNTRY HAVE
BEEN WARNING PEOPLE ABOUT THE
SPREAD OF THE DELTA
VARIANT, AND THAT THIS PANDEMIC
ISN'T OVER YET.
A-B-C NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR
DR. DARIEN SUTTON JOINS US NOW TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THE
DEVELOPMENTS OF THE PANDEMIC.
THANK YOU FOR TALKING WITH US
TODAY.
TODAY.
TODAY. AREN'T WE SEEING A RISE IN CASES
IN PART BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE GOING BACK TO WORK
AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN
AROUND
AROUND EACH OTHER IN A WHILE? ISN'T THIS HOW ALL VIRUSES WORK? FDA HAS BEEN HOLDING SAFETY
MEETINGS ABOUT HEART ISSUES IN
YOUNG PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE
VACCINE - LAST MONTH THE FDA
REPORTED 1,226 CASES OF
MYOCARDITIS FOLLOWING THE MRNA
VACCINES -- MOSTLY BOYS --
SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATES IN
TEENAGE BOYS. TYPICALLY EXPECT
TO SEE BETWEEN 1 AND 12 BOYS
AGES 12 - 17 EXPERIENCE THESE
HEART SYMPTOMS -- THEY SAW 132.
18-24 YEAR OLDS YOU TYPICALLY
SEE 2- 25 - AFTER
THE VACCINE WE'VE SEEN 233 YOUNG
MEN
MEN EXPERIENCE THOSE SYMPTOMS. THAT'S A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RISK - WHAT DO YOU
WHILE?
WHILE? ISN'T THIS HOW ALL VIRUSES WORK?
FDA
FDA HAS
FDA HAS BEEN HOLDING SAFETY MEETINGS ABOUT HEART ISSUES IN YOUNG
PEOPLE FOLLOWING THE
VACCINE - LAST MONTH THE FDA
REPORTED 1,226 CASES OF
MYOCARDITIS FOLLOWING THE MRNA VACCINES -- MOSTLY BOYS
--
-- SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATES IN TEENAGE BOYS. TYPICALLY EXPECT TO SEE BETWEEN
1 AND 12 BOYS AGES 12
- 17 EXPERIENCE THESE HEART
SYMPTOMS
SYMPTOMS -- THEY SAW 132. 18-24 YEAR OLDS YOU TYPICALLY SEE 2- 25 - AFTER
THE VACCINE WE'VE SEEN 233 YOUNG
MEN EXPERIENCE
THOSE SYMPTOMS.
THAT'S A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER
RISK - WHAT DO YOU
TELL PARENTS WITH BOYS WHO ARE
CONCERNED
ABOUT THIS INCREASED RISK? THE
DEFINITION OF WHAT IS CONSIDERED
A BREAKTHROUGH
CASE CHANGED MAY 1, 2021.
PRIOR TO THE CHANGE
THERE WERE 10,262 SARS- COV-2
VACCINE BREAKTHROUGH
INFECTIONS NATIONWIDE, 160 2%
PATIENTS DIED.
SINCE THE DEFINITION CHANGED
TO ONLY INCLUDE HOSPITALIZATIONS
AND DEATHS
THERE HAVE BEEN 5,186
BREAKTHROUGH CASES
NATIONWIDE, 988
PATIENTS DIED.
PATIENTS DIED.
DR.
DR. DARIEN SUTTON IS A MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR FOR A-B-C NEWS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.