about PREVNAR 13® today.
>>> LET’S GO NOW TO THE RISING
CORONAVIRUS CASES ALMOST EVERY
STATE IS SEEING SOME KIEN KIND
OF INCREASE.
THE MIDWEST BECOMING A NEW HOT
SPOT.
THE COUNTRY HAS MORE THAN 8
MILLION CASES.
JOINING ME NOW DR. KAVITA PATEL
AND SYRA BEDAD.
>> DOCTOR, SOME ARE CALLING THE
RECENT INCREASE A THIRD WAVE OF
INFECTIONS, IS THAT HOW YOU
CLASSIFY IT OR HAVE WE GOTTEN
OUT OF A FIRST WAVE?
>> YOU’RE RIGHT.
WE’VE NEVER GOTTEN OUT OF THE
FIRST WAVE.
IT’S MANUFACTURE
IT’S MORE ACCURATE TO THINK OF
WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY AS A
PEAK.
IT’S FRUSTRATING BECAUSE PEOPLE
WHO HAVE BEEN FEELING THE
PANDEMIC FATIGUE YOU REFERENCED,
IT’S REAL AND WE’RE GOING INTO A
HOLIDAY SEASON SO THERE’S A LOT
OF PENT UP EMOTION ABOUT IT.
MAKE NO MISTAKE WE’RE SEEING
CASES RISING AT AN ALARMING RATE
ACROSS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY WITH
THE MIDWEST AND PARTS OF THE
WEST SEEING THE DOUBLE DIGIT
POSITIVITY RATES WE WORRY ABOUT.
WITH THAT WE WORRY ABOUT PEOPLE
TRAVELING TO AND FROM THOSE
AREAS.
>> ESPECIALLY WITH THE HOLIDAYS
COMING UP.
>> HERE IS SOME OF THE PROBLEMS
FACING THE MIDWEST STATES, NORTH
DAKOTA RUNNING OUT OF ICU BEDS.
WISCONSIN SETTING RECORDS FOR
NEW CASES IN A SINGLE DAY.
MICHIGAN HAS MORE THAN 7,000
CORONAVIRUS DEATHS NOW.
HOW CONCERNING ARE THESE NUMBERS
RIGHT NOW?
>> THEY’RE EXTREMELY CONCERNING
FOR MANY DIFFERENT REASONS.
WE KNOW THAT OVER 42 STATES IN
THE U.S. REPORTING INCREASING
HOSPITALIZATIONS, THE EPIDEMIC
IS EXPANDING IN 45 STATES.
WE ARE IN AN ACUTE PHASE OF THE
PANDEMIC.
THE NEXT THREE MONTHS ARE
EXTREMELY CHALLENGING FOR
AMERICA FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER
REASONS AS WELL.
RIGHT NOW THE MITIGATION
STRATEGIES HAVE NOT CHANGED,
STILL WEARING A MASK, LIMIT
CONGREGATION, IT’S TO TEST,
ISOLATE, TRACE AND QUARANTINE.
YOU NEED TO CONTINUE THE
MEASURES, NO NEW INTERVENTIONS
ARE HAPPENING.
THE OTHER THING YOU HIGHLIGHT IS
THE FIRST PEAK WAS LARGELY
DRIVEN BY THE NORTHEAST.
WE HAD A LOT OF CASES HERE.
THEN THE U.S. ESSENTIALLY, ABOUT
20,000 CASES OVER A PERIOD OF
TIME.
THEN SUMMER ROLLED AROUND AND
THEN THE SUN BELT STATES STARTED
SEEING AN INCREASE OF CASES,
OVER 70,000 TODAY.
AS WE SPEAK TODAY WE ARE AT
70,000 NEW CASES A DAY.
THIS NUMBER IS ONLY GOING TO
INCREASE.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO STAY VIGILANT.
OUR FUTURE HAS NOT BEEN WRITTEN
YET SO WE CAN TURN IT AROUND.
>> YOU MENTIONED THE PANDEMIC
FATIGUE, "THE NEW YORK TIMES" IS
CALLING THIS A NEW CULPRIT, IT’S
CREATING NEW RISKS AS THE CASES
SOAR.
IT’S NO SURPRISE THAT PEOPLE ARE
TIRED OF RESTRICTIONS, BUT HOW
DO YOU GET PEOPLE TO STILL PAY
ATTENTION AND COMPLY?
>> YOU HAVE TO GIVE PEOPLE A
SENSE OF WHY WE’RE DOING THIS.
IT’S NOT JUST THE SAME
REMINDERS.
IT’S REMINDING THEM THAT
THESE -- THE WAY WE CAN KIND OF
FIGHT THIS IS COMPLYING WITH
THESE MEASURES AND IT KEEPS
EVERYONE SAFE AROUND US SO THAT
WE CAN HAVE A HOLIDAY SEASON TO
LOOK FORWARD TO, IT’S JUST GOING
TO BE SMALLER AND IT’S
DIFFERENCE.
I LIKE TO MAKE THE NOLANALOGY IT
WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, THINKING OF
MAKING HEALTHY CHOICES WE HAVE
TO MAKE SWAPS IN ORDER TO BE
ABLE TO HAVE A LONGER, HEALTHY
LIFE, AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE
BATTLING.
I THINK ALSO YOU HAVE TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THE FATIGUE AND
DON’T MINIMIZE IT.
ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT YOU’RE