THOUGH AS WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE WEEKEND AS DAYTIME HIGHS HOVER ABOVE OUR SEASONAL TREND IN THE
LOWER 80’S JEN BACK TO YOU.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THANK YOU RICH MORE FLORIDIANS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE COVID-19
VACCINE STARTING TODAY BUT 3
FEDERAL SITES IN JACKSONVILLE
WILL STOP ADMINISTERING FIRST
DOSES AT THE END OF THE
DAY TOMORROW. DOCTOR SUNIL
JOSHI IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
DUVAL COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
FOUNDATION JOINS US HERE ON THE
MORNING SHOW THIS MORNING, GOOD
MORNING, THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US DOC APPRECIATE IT GOOD
MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME IT’S INTERESTING
BECAUSE FOR SOME IT WAS A SIGH
OF RELIEF WHEN THEY HEARD THE
GOVERNOR MAKE THE DECISION TO
LOWER THE AGE TO 50 AND OLDER
STARTING TODAY. THEN WE LEARNED
OF COURSE THAT THE FEDERAL
STATES SITES WILL STOP OFFERING
THE VACCINE. THE FIRST DOSE
AT LEAST YOU KNOW BASICALLY
BOUGHT
BY WEDNESDAY ARE YOU CONCERNED
THAT THIS IS GOING TO LIMIT THE
ACCESS OF MORE PEOPLE IN THE
COMMUNITY FROM GETTING THE
VACCINE. YEAH VERY CONCERNED
BECAUSE HERE AT THE SAME TIME
THAT WE ARE INCREASING ACCESS
TO THE VACCINE TO LARGER GROUP
OF PEOPLE. >> OF CLOSE TO 404 4 MILLION FLORIDIANS WILL NOW BE ELIGIBLE
FOR
THE VACCINE. WE’RE ALSO CLOSING
SOME OF THE FEDERAL SITES WHICH
AGAIN IS NOW GOING TO GET US
INTO THAT SAME SITUATION WHERE
DEMAND IS STARTING TO INCREASE
ABOVE SUPPLY
WHICH IS WHERE WE WERE IN
DECEMBER AND EARLY JANUARY AND
PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING THAT THE
LONG LINES AND ALSO.
DIFFICULTY GETTING INTO MAKING
APPOINTMENTS FOR THE FOR THE
VACCINE. SO LET’S HOPE THAT THE
FEDERAL SITES WILL COME BACK.
AND CAN PROVIDE VACCINES,
ESPECIALLY THESE UNDERSERVED
AREAS WHERE THEY WERE DOING
THAT VERY SUCCESSFULLY.
>> PLUS YOU WONDER DOES IS ADD
CONFUSION. THE STE HAS
A DIFFERENT THE STATE CITED
REGENCY HAS
A DIFFERENT GUIDELINES AS TO
WHO CAN GO THERE THEN YOU HAVE
THE FEDERAL CHANGING AND THEN
THERE’S
ALSO THE THE YOU KNOW THAT THE
FEDERAL PROGRAM THROUGH THE
PHARMACIES WHICH THEN OPENED IT
UP TO ALL TEACHERS OF
ALL AGES IS THERE SO MUCH
CONFUSION THAT PEOPLE ARE
SAYING TO THEMSELVES. I DON’T
EVEN KNOW WHERE I CAN GO TO GET
VACCINATED YEAH AND THAT’S
EXACTLY PART OF THE ISSUE KNOW
THAT WE’RE SEEING EVEN IN OUR
OFFICE AND OUR PRACTICES PEOPLE
COME IN WANTING THE VACCINE.
>>LENA PRINGLE: AND THEY’RE NOT
EVEN SURE THEY CAN
GET IT.
>> AND IN SOME LOCATIONS THEY
ARE ELIGIBLE TO GET IT IN OTHER
LOCATIONS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO
GET IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE IF
WE DID HAVE A UNIFIED APPROACH
TO. WHO IS AND WHO IS ELIGIBLE
FOR THE VACCINE AT
THIS POINT. BUT THERE IS NO
DOUBT THAT THAT ADDS TO THE
CONFUSION AND POTENTIALLY A
LITTLE BIT TO THE PRESIDENCY.
BUT AGAIN THAT’S WHERE IT’S UP
TO US TO EDUCATE PEOPLE AS TO
WHERE THEY CAN GET THE VACCINE
WHERE THEY’RE ELIGIBLE FOR IT.
AND THAT REALLY IS ON US AS
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS AND EVEN.
AS THE MEDIA AS WELL TO GET
THAT WORD OUT AND HOPEFULLY
PEOPLE WILL BE
PAYING ATTENTION.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THERE HAS
BEEN SOME SKEPTICISM OF THE
VACCINE ITSELF WE HEARD FROM
LOCAL PASTORS IN FACT LAST
FRIDAY WHO ARE ADDRESSING
THOSE CONCERNS SPECIFICALLY
WITHIN THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN
COMMUNITY, WHAT IS YOUR MESSAGE
TO THE PUBLIC WATCHING TODAY
WHO MAY
BE NERVOUS. WHEN YOU HEAR
SOMETHING CALLED OPERATION WARP
SPEED I CAN SEE WHY MAKE MAKE
YOU NERVOUS ABOUT
THE VACCINE.
>> YEAH, I MEAN I CAN
DEFINITELY UNDERSTAND WHY THERE
WAS SOME CONCERN EARLY ON IN
THE
PROCESS, ONE WE NOBODY REALLY
UNDERSTOOD WHETHER OR NOT THE
VACCINE IS GOING TO BE AS SAFE
AS IT LOOKED LIKE IN THE
STUDIES BUT WE NOW HAVE HAD
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE 10’S OF
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN THIS
COUNTRY VACCINATED AND ALL 3 OF
THE VACCINES APPEAR TO BE VERY
VERY SAFE.
OTHER THAN THE TYPICAL SIDE
EFFECTS THAT YOU GET FROM ANY
VACCINE LOW GRADE FEVERS MUSCLE
ACHES AND
JOINT PAINS. THERE HAVEN’T BEEN
SIGNIFICANT SIDE EFFECTS FROM
THIS VACCINE. AND SO THE SAFETY
IS DEFINITELY THERE. IT IS UP
TO US EDUCATE PEOPLE.
AND GOING TO THE GROUPS,
ESPECIALLY THE GROUPS THAT ARE
MORE HESITANT TO GET VACCINES
AND LET THEM UNDERSTAND HOW TO
HELP THEM UNDERSTAND
THE SAFETY AND THE FACT IN THIS
OF THESE VACCINES AND THEN
ULTIMATELY LET THEM MAKE THE
DECISION AS TO WHETHER THEY
WANT TO RECEIVE IT.
BUT WE NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB
EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE
SAFETY SO WE CAN GET THESE
NUMBERS UP AND GET BACK TO LIFE
IS AS NORMAL DO YOU THINK THAT
YOUNGER PEOPLE ONCE THEY’RE
ELIGIBLE WILL
GET THIS.
>> I THINK THERE ARE A GROUP OF
YOUNGER PEOPLE WHO WHO WILL BE
LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING AND
I CERTAINLY
SEE IT IN MY OFFICE AND SEE IT
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA BUT
THERE’S GOING TO BE A LARGE
GROUP OF THEM THAT FEEL LIKE
THEY’RE NOT AT INCREASED RISK
OF. GETTING SICK FROM THE VIRUS
AND ARE GOING TO CHOOSE NOT TO
GET IT. BUT AGAIN I JUST
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND
THAT THE MORE PEOPLE TO GET
VACCINATED THE CLOSER YOU GET
TO HERD IMMUNITY AND THE CLOSER
YOU CAN GET BACK TO DOING THE
THINGS THAT WE ALL ENJOY DOING
IN THIS COUNTRY SAY
I DEFINITELY ENCOURAGE FOLKS TO
GET VACCINATED NOT JUST FOR
THEMSELVES OR FOR THEIR
NEIGHBORS AS WELL DOCTOR SUNIL
JOSHI THE PRESIDENT THE DUVA