WELL
WELL ,
WELL , RIGHT NOW IT'S HARD TO IMAGINE,
BUT TRUTH BE TOLD, IF AMERICA
KEEPS UP AT THE PACE IT HAS
GOING NOW WITH MAKING VACCINE,
WE ARE GOING TO GO FROM FAMINE
TO FEAST. AND JUST A MATTER
OF WEEKS, A SURPLUS OF VACCINE
IS POSSIBLY ON THE HORIZON.
AND TO TALK ABOUT THAT , I HAD
A CHAT WITH THE LEAD VACCINE
REPORTER ELIZABETH WIESS FROM
USA TODAY. COME TOMORROW IT
WILL BE EXACTLY ONE YEAR TO THE
DAY IT COVID-19 WAS DECLARED
A PANDEMIC. AND IT'S NOT
HYPERBOLE TO SAY WHERE WE ARE
RIGHT NOW WITH VACCINE TO KNOCK
IT OUT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.
>> THIS IS GOING TO BE ONE
OF THE GREAT TECHNOLOGICAL
AND POLICY MARVELS OF THE 21ST
CENTURY.
CENTURY.
CENTURY. >> IT REALLY IS. WHEN YOU THINK
ABOUT IT, THIS OPERATION DID GO
AT WARP SPEED .
>> I MEAN, JUST LISTEN TO WHAT
DR. MARK JENKINS WAS SAYING 10
MONTHS AGO. WE ARE WORKING ON A
VACCINE ABOUT BACK THEN
THE DAUNTING TASK OF GETTING
A VACCINE FOR COVID IN A YEAR.
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TAKING
A NINE YEAR PROCESS DOWN TO A
ONE HOUR PROCESS.
>> SO THAT'S THAT'S JUST
UNPRECEDENTED. IT WAS.
>> IT IS. AND WE HAVE DONE IT.
IT WAS LIKE THE MOON LANDING. IT
SHOWS WHAT YOU CAN DO WHEN YOU
REALLY FIND THE SMARTEST PEOPLE.
>> AND WITHOUT EVEN GETTING
A VACCINE IN A YEAR, LET ALONE
THREE DIFFERENT VACCINES BEING
THE PROVERBIAL MOON LANDING,
AMERICA HAS GONE FULL ON MARS
LANDING. BUT TRUTH BE TOLD,
UNLESS SOMETHING GOES HORRIBLY
WRONG, THE VACCINE PRODUCTION
PROCESS BY MAY AND POTENTIALLY
BY LATE APRIL, WE'RE GOING TO BE
SWIMMING IN VACCINE.
>> WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE THAN
ENOUGH VACCINE FOR EVERYBODY
IN THE US. AND WHILE SHE MEANS
SWIMMING AS A METAPHOR, SHE DID
DO THE MATH TO BACK IT UP .
>> FIFTEEN THOUSAND EIGHT
HUNDRED AND FIFTY GALLONS
OF PFIZER AND TWENTY SIX
THOUSAND FOUR WITH SIXTEEN
GALLONS OF THE MODERNA
AND JOHNSON AND JOHNSON VACCINES
ALTOGETHER. IT'S SIXTY EIGHT
THOUSAND GALLONS OF VACCINE,
WHICH IS ENOUGH FOR A GOOD SIZED
PEOOPLE.
PEOOPLE.
PEOOPLE. >> AND SO OUR CHALLENGE
WILL SHIFT FROM SCARCITY
TO GETTING IT TO THE PEOPLE
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY.
QUICKLY. >> A COUPLE OF THE ISSUES WE'RE
GOING TO SEE IS ONE, HAVING
ENOUGH PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY GIVE
ALL THESE SHOTS IN SOME STATES
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT BRINGING
IN MEDICAL STUDENTS, NURSING
STUDENTS, VETERINARIANS. THEY
KNOW HOW TO GIVE SHOTS SO THEY
CAN DO THAT . SO I THINK
WE'LL SEE MORE. MASBACK ANATION,
CLINICS, MASSIVE VACCINE EVENTS
THAT WILL GET PEOOPLE DOSES BY
THE THOUSANDS EACH DAY. AND THEN
ONCE WE GET IT TO ALL WHO
ARE EAGER TO GET IT, WE TAKE
A LOOK AT HOW MANY THAT IS.
>> IS IT ENOUGH FOR HERD
IMMUNITY? IF NOT, LOOK
FOR CAMPAIGNS TO ENCOURAGE TWO
GROUPS OF PEOPLE.
>> I HEAR TWO TERMS. THERE'S
VACCINE HESITANT. THE FOLKS WHO
ARE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT
THAT . AND THEN THERE'S
THE VACCINE. CURIOUS. THESE
ARE PEOPLE WHO AREN'T SAYING NO.
THEY'RE SAYING I WANT TO KNOW
MORE. AND I KIND OF WANT TO KNOW
SOME PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY GOTTEN
VACCINATED SO THAT I CAN SEE
FOR MYSELF THAT THEY WOULD FINE
ADDING THOSE IN PERHAPS WE EDGE
CLOSER TO BEING IN A PLACE WHERE
THE VIRUS AND ITS MUTATIONS
DON'T HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE.
AND AS FOR AT THAT POINT,
WITH ANY VACCINE LEFT OVER,
WELL , AMERICA WILL GO FULL
ON MR. ROGERS.
>> THEN WE HAVE A CHANCE TO HELP
OUR NEIGHBORS AND MEAN POOR
CANADA IS DESPERATE FOR A
VACCINE. I THINK THERE ARE .
BUT THERE ARE ONLY FIVE %
OF THEIR POPULATION VACCINATED
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE
TO GET MUCH MEXICO VIRUS DO NOT
RESPECT BORDERS. AND SO THE IDEA
THAT WE HERE IN THE US SHOULD
ALL BE VACCINATED
AND EVERYTHING'S HUNKY DORY IS
WRONG BECAUSE IT'S VIRUSES OUT
THERE CIRCULATING THE REST
OF THE WORLD, ESPECIALLY IF
IT'S MUTATING, THEN IT'S JUST
GOING TO COME BACK AND BITE US.
SO IF WE HAVE EXTRA VACCINE,
I'M GUESSING WE WILL PRACTICE
VACCINE DIPLOMACY AND GIVE IT
TO FOLKS AND HELP OUT.
>> SHE'S RIGHT, PRESIDENT BIDEN
SAID. SO TODAY WE WILL SHARE
WHAT WE HAVE SURPLUS AND TO TALK
ABOUT THE COUNTRY SHE TALKED
ABOUT CANADA DOES HAVE ISSUES
WITH SUPPLY AND AS OF EARLY THIS
WEEK THEY WERE HOVERING AROUND
FOUR TO FIVE % OF THEIR
POPULATION BEING VACCINATED.
MEXICO HAS HAD ISSUES TOO. IN A
COUNTRY OF ONE HUNDRED
AND TWENTY SIX MILLION