.
. SO
. SO AS
. SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT NEW CDC GUIDANCE OUT TODAY SAYS NO MORE
MASKS OUTDOORS IF YOU'RE FULLY
VACCINATED.
SO LET'S BRING IN OUR
NINE HEALTH EXPERT DR. PYALA
KOHLI TO TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS
MEANS.
YOUR INITIAL REACTION TO
THE NEWS OF THE DAY.
SO TOM, OBVIOUSLY MY INITIAL
REACTION WAS REALLY POSITIVE
BECAUSE THE SUMMER IS COMING
MORE OF US ARE GETTING
VACCINATED.
IT'S TIME TO GET OUTDOORS.
BUT I WILL SAY THERE ARE A
COUPLE OF CAUTIONS, A COUPLE
OF ALARM BELLS THAT WENT OFF IN
MY HEAD THAT I WANTED TO SHARE
.
THE FIRST IS IS THIS CONFUSING?
WE HAVE FULLY VACCINATED,
PARTIALLY VACCINATED,
UNVACCINATED.
WE HAVE ALL THESE DIFFERENT
SCENARIOS.
ARE PEOPLE GOING TO GET
CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT THEY SHOULD
DO WHERE SO IS THIS GUIDANCE
ACTUALLY MAKING THINGS A LITTLE
MORE COMPLICATED RATHER THAN
LESS?
AND THE SECOND IS IS
THE MESSAGE GETTING MUDDLED
AGAIN?
I HAD A NUMBER OF PATIENTS COME
UP TO ME TODAY AND SAY OH I'M
DONE WITH THE MASK BECAUSE I'M
FULLY VACCINATED AND THAT'S NOT
THE MESSAGE TO BE TAKEN FROM
THE GUIDELINES TODAY.
THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE TAKEN AS
WE'RE GETTING CLOSER TO
NORMALCY BUT WE STILL NEED
THE MASK EVEN FOR
THE VACCINATED PEOPLE TO HELP
US TO END THIS PANDEMIC.
AND THEN THE THIRD PART OF IT
MY REACTION WAS THAT IT'S A
LITTLE MORE NUANCED THAN WHAT
THE CDC PRESENTED.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU'RE OUTDOORS
AND YOU COME TO A STOPLIGHT AND
THERE'S 10 OTHER PEOPLE
GATHERED THERE, SHOULD YOU PUT
YOUR MASK ON?
YOU THOSE TYPES OF THINGS THAT
REALLY HAVEN'T KIND OF PLAYED
THEMSELVES OUT.
SO OVERALL A POSITIVE MOVE
I THINK HEADING IN THE RIGHT
DIRECTION.
BUT I DO THINK WE NEED TO BE
CAREFUL AS WE INTERPRET THESE
GUIDELINES.
OK, SO LET'S START TALKING
ABOUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
VEEANN VACCINATED AND NOT
VACCINATED.
YOU TALK ABOUT SUMMERTIME
WARMER WEATHER OUTDOOR EVENTS
GO TO COORS FIELD OR RED ROCKS
FOLSOM FIELD IS TALKING ABOUT
SEE YOU FOOTBALL FANS GETTING A
CHANCE TO SEE THE SPRING GAME
THIS WEEK AND WELCOMING SOME
PEOPLE IN WHAT SHOULD BE YOUR
PROTOCOL LET'S SAY BOTH
VACCINATED AND UNVACCINATED
GOING TO THESE OUTDOOR EVENTS.
WELL, I'M REALLY GLAD YOU ASKED
BECAUSE THE SCIENCE TELLS
US THAT OBVIOUSLY THE RISK
OF TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS IS
VERY LOW OUTDOORS.
BUT IF SOCIAL DISTANCING IS NOT
POSSIBLE, WHETHER YOU'RE
VACCINATED OR NOT, I WOULD
REALLY STRONGLY RECOMMEND
THE MASKS.
SO IN THESE TYPES OF CROWDED
VENUES SUCH AS BALL GAMES OR
CONCERTS THAT ARE COMING AT RED
ROCKS, ET CETERA, WE REALLY
NEED TO HAVE A MASK UP
REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE'RE
VACCINATED OR NOT BECAUSE WE
KNOW NO ONE THAT YOU CAN STILL
CATCH THE VIRUS OUTDOORS AND
YOU COULD STILL CATCH IT IF
YOU'RE FULLY VACCINATED.
AND NUMBER TWO, YOU DON'T KNOW
WHO ELSE OVER THERE IS
UNVACCINATED SO YOU KIND
OF HAVE TO TELL EVERYBODY TO
KEEP THEIR GUARD UP IN ORDER TO
PROTECT THOSE INDIVIDUALS
ESPECIALLY THAT ARE
UNVACCINATED.
YOU TEND TO THINK OF IT AS JUST
BEING OUTDOORS THE WHOLE TIME
BUT THERE'S OBVIOUSLY A LOT
MORE TO IT.
YOU'RE GOING TO RESTROOM'S
YOU'RE STANDING ON LINE TO GET
A COKE OR A HOTDOG OR YOU'RE IN
A CAR OR A BUS TO GET THERE.
SO IT'S NOT JUST SITTING IN
THE STADIUM OUTDOORS WITH A
NICE BREEZE BLOWING AND
HOPEFULLY KEEPING THE COVID
AWAY.
BUT SO NOW WE HAVE PEOPLE WHO
ARE VACCINATED SOME
VACCINATED PEOPLE WHO ARE UNVACCINATED. IT MAKES THINGS CLUNKY BECAUSE
ONE SIZE CERTAINLY DOES NOT FIT
ALL OF THOSE THREE PEOPLE AS WE
GO FORWARD.
THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
AND I THINK THE MESSAGE SHOULD
BE THAT MORE OF US NEED TO GET
INTO THAT FULLY VACCINATED
PHASE BECAUSE AS YOU'VE SEEN
BASED ON THESE GUIDELINES
TODAY, ONCE YOU'RE FULLY
VACCINATED IT OPENS UP A WHOLE
NEW WORLD OF THINGS THAT ARE
SAFE FOR YOU.
IT IS THE PATH TO NORMALCY AND
DATA FROM THE CDC JUST
YESTERDAY TOLD US THAT EIGHT
PERCENT OF AMERICANS ARE NOT
GOING BACK FOR THEIR SECOND
DOSE AND I WOULD STRONGLY URGE
AGAINST MISSING THAT SECOND
DOSE BECAUSE YOU'RE REALLY
GAMBLING HERE.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW LONG THAT
IMMUNITY IS GOING TO LAST IF
YOU MISS THAT SECOND DOSE.
SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT JUST
TO GET THE VACCINE BUT TO GET
BOTH DOSES OF THE VACCINE SO
THAT WE CAN REALLY HAVE AT
LEAST THAT ROBUST PROTECTION
FOR THE NEXT SIX MONTHS START
TO TRANSITION OUR LIVES BACK TO
NORMAL.
AND AS YOU'VE SEEN JUST TODAY
AND FROM THE GUIDANCE A FEW
WEEKS AGO THAT WE CAN GATHER
INDOORS WITH OTHER FULLY
VACCINATED PEOPLE, THE VACCINE
IS REALLY GOING TO OPEN UP A
WHOLE NEW WORLD OF ACTIVITIES
FOR YOU AS WE TALKED ABOUT WITH
MASKS AND WITH VACCINE, YOU'RE
CERTAINLY HELPING YOURSELF BUT
YOU'RE HELPING A LOT OF OTHER