.
. WE
. WE ARE
. WE ARE BACK AT IT NOW SEVEN THIRTY NINE THIS SATURDAY
MORNING AND YESTERDAY MARKED A
HISTORICAL DAY AT THE FDA
ISSUED AN EMERGENCY USE
AUTHORIZATION FOR THE FIRST
COVID-19 VACCINE IN THE US.
THE US BECAME THE SIXTH COUNTRY
TO AUTHORIZE THIS VACCINE.
SO WHAT COMES NEXT AND SHOULD
WE ALL BE PREPARING TO PUT OUR
ARMS OUT FOR THIS OR MAYBE NOT
JUST YET?
YOUR SCIENTIFIC PERSPECTIVE IS
NINE HEALTH EXPERT DR. PIKOLI
ALSO JUST IN GENERAL A GREAT
LIFE EXPERT GIVES ME ALL
MY ADVICE FOR EVERYTHING.
DR. KELLY, LET ME JUST START
OFF WITH THE MOST IMPORTANT
QUESTION I THINK A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE WANTING TO KNOW
RIGHT NOW IS THAT WITH
YESTERDAY'S NEWS, IS THIS
THE LAST STEP NOW THAT WE'RE
SEEING AND THE VACCINE IS JUST
READY TO BE DISTRIBUTED IN
JORDAN?
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ALWAYS
ONE ADDITIONAL STEP AND IN THIS
CASE THERE'S JUST ONE MORE
STEP.
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT
THE VACCINE CAN START BEING
DISTRIBUTED SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH
THOSE LAST STEPS.
THE LAST STEP IS REALLY
THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON
IMMUNIZATION PRACTICES WHICH IS
A COMMITTEE FROM THE CDC THAT'S
NOW GOING TO MEET AND THE CDC
IS GOING TO FORMALLY RECOMMEND
THE WHO WHAT, WHEN, WHERE AND
HOW A VACCINATION.
SO THE FDA AND REGULATORY DRUG
AGENCY HAS APPROVED IT.
NOW THE CDC WILL AUTHORIZE IT
AND PRESIDENT TRUMP'S IN A
STATEMENT YESTERDAY THAT IN
LESS THAN TWENTY FOUR HOURS
THE FIRST AMERICANS ARE GOING
TO START TO GET IT AND HE ALSO
GUARANTEED THAT IT'S GOING TO
BE FREE TO ALL AMERICANS.
SO ALL REALLY GOOD NEWS
YESTERDAY AND I THINK THIS IS
REALLY IMPORTANT TO ASK PEOPLE
WITH THE MEDICAL BACKGROUND
LIKE YOU LIKE YOURSELF.
BUT WHAT DO YOU PERSONALLY
THINK ABOUT THIS VACCINE?
WILL YOU BE GETTING IT YOURSELF
AND WE'D BE RECOMMENDING IT TO
YOUR FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILY?
ABSOLUTELY.
ONE HUNDRED PERCENT I'M GOING
TO BE GETTING IT IN FACT IN
JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS
MY HOSPITAL IS GOING TO START
TO ADMINISTER IT TO ME.
I'M GOING TO BE THE PHASE ONE B
AND I'M DEFINITELY GOING TO PUT
MY ARM OUT.
BUT I MEAN I DO WANT TO SAY DO
I HAVE QUESTIONS?
DO I HAVE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS?
ARE THERE POTENTIAL RISKS WITH
THIS VACCINE?
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING IS FOOLPROOF
BUT EVERYTHING IN LIFE IS ABOUT
DIFFICULT DECISIONS.
JORDAN AND ON THIS SIDE WE HAVE
THE RISK OF CONTRACTING AND
HAVING COMPLICATIONS FROM
COVID-19 AND ON THE SIDE IS
THOSE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS FROM
VACCINES.
AND IF YOU WEIGH THE SCIENTIFIC
EVIDENCE IT IS SO FAR IN FAVOR
OF THOSE VACCINES THAT
I ENCOURAGE EVERY SINGLE
AMERICAN WHEN IT'S THEIR TURN
TO REALLY ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES
AND PUT THEIR ARM OUT AND GET
THAT VACCINE.
HOW YOU COMBAT PEOPLE WHO SAY
WELL WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S
IN IT, WHY WOULD I DO THIS?
WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THEM?
YOU KNOW, I WOULD SAY EVERY
SINGLE SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS THAT
WE'VE EVER MADE IT'S A STEP
IT'S VENTURING INTO THE UNKNOWN
.
THERE ARE A LOT OF ANTIBIOTICS.
WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT WE
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS IN THEM.
YOU KNOW, PEOPLE USED TO DIE
OF ALL KINDS OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASES THAT WE COULDN'T AND
NOW WE'VE ERADICATED SOME
OF THOSE WITH VACCINATION.
SO I WOULD SAY THAT PROGRESS BY
DEFINITION HAS SOME DEGREE
OF UNCERTAINTY
THE
THE MOST
THE MOST IMPORTANT THING TO BE SURE OF IS THAT WE'VE DOTTED OUR I'S
AND CROSS THE T'S WHICH IN THIS
CASE WE REALLY HAVE THE ONLY
THING WE DON'T HAVE IN OUR
FAVOR IS THE TINCTURE OF TIME.
WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE LUXURY
TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT'S GOING
TO, YOU KNOW, PLAY OUT OVER
THE NEXT FIVE TO TEN YEARS.
BUT AGAIN WITH PROGRESS AND A
LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS WE
REALLY DON'T NEED TO.
AND THEN I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT
EVERYTHING WE DO IN LIFE,
WHETHER IT'S GETTING ON A PLANE
OR GETTING IN A CAR IS A
CALCULATED RISK.
YOU KNOW THE RISK BENEFIT FOR
EVERYTHING.
SO WE REALLY HAVE TO KEEP THAT
IN MIND AS WELL WHEN WE THINK
ABOUT HOW ABOUT OUR HEALTH AND
HOW TO STAY AS HEALTHY AS
POSSIBLE.
YEAH, LIKE YOU KNOW AT THE CDC
SAYS THAT EVERYONE WHO WILL BE
VACCINATED WILL GET VACCINATED
SHIN GUARDS.
WHAT ARE THE PURPOSE OF THESE
CARDS?
YEAH, THEY SOUND VERY OMINOUS
AND VERY BIG BROTHER ISH BUT
REALLY IT'S ONLY INTENDED TO
SERVE THE PURPOSE
OF BOOKKEEPING.
SO YOU KNOW, THERE'S TWO DOSES
THE VACCINE SEPARATED BY TWENTY
ONE DAYS IN THE CASE OF THE
FIZER VACCINE.
SO THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE OF A
COUPLE OF THINGS.
FIRST THAT YOU DON'T FALL OFF
THE TIMETABLE BECAUSE IT'S NOT
GOING TO WORK AS WELL IF YOU DO
SECOND THAT YOU GET THE EXACT
SAME SORT OF TYPE OF VACCINE
THAT YOU GOT THE FIRST TIME
BECAUSE AS THE MODERNA VACCINE
UNDERGOES EMERGENCY USE
AUTHORIZATION NEXT WEEK THAT
WILL ALSO START BEING
ADMINISTERED HOPEFULLY SHORTLY.
SO YOU DON'T WANT TO GET ONE
DOSE OF THE PFIZER AND ONE DOSE
OF THE MADONA BECAUSE THEY
DON'T WORK AS WELL.
AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE
ARE ARE SPECULATING AND
I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF THEY
DID END UP BEING IMMUNITY CARDS
TO ALLOW YOU ACCESS TO
BUSINESSES OR RESTRICT YOU
ACCESS FROM BUSINESSES.
WE'VE SEEN A PRECEDENT OF THIS
HAPPEN IN SCHOOLS WHERE WE
CAN'T GET OUR KIDS INTO SCHOOLS
UNLESS THEY'RE VACCINATED.
SO IT'S NOT ENTIRELY OUT OF OUT
OF THE BLUE.
BUT OF COURSE AT THIS POINT
THE PURPOSE IS INTENDED JUST TO
BE TO MAKE SURE YOU GET
THE RIGHT DOSES ON THE RIGHT
TIMING.
YEAH, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD
POINT.
I REMEMBER JUST TO LIVE IN
MY DORMS IN COLLEGE WE HAD TO
PROVE THAT WE HAD
THE VACCINATION FOR MENINGITIS
.
SO IT JUST KIND OF LIKE THAT IS
WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BUT LET'S BE HONEST FOR A LOT
OF PEOPLE THAT WATCHING AT HOME
IT'S GOING TO BE MONTHS BEFORE
THEY'RE ABLE THEY'RE EVEN
ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THIS
VACCINE.
SO FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO GET
TOGETHER OVER THE HOLIDAYS, HOW
CAN THEY DO SO SAFELY?
CAN THEY DO SO SAFELY?
WELL, I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
GOING TO SAY IS THAT THE SAFEST
OPTION REALLY WAS RECOMMENDED
FOR EVERYONE THIS YEAR IS TO
NOT GATHER AND TO NOT TRAVEL
BUT OF COURSE WE ALSO KNOW THAT
SOME PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DO IT
CHOOSE TO DO IT ANYWAY.
SO IF YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT
THEN REALLY TRY TO MITIGATE
THOSE RISKS AND THE BEST WAY TO
MITIGATE THAT RISK OF ALL
THE STRATEGIES THAT WE HAVE IS
THAT QUARANTINE BASED STRATEGY
WHICH MEANS YOU QUARANTINE FOR
YOU STARTING TODAY BECAUSE
WE'RE LESS THAN 14 DAYS AWAY
FROM CHRISTMAS AND SIMILARLY
THE PEOPLE THAT YOU'RE MEETING
WITH QUARANTINE FROM NOW UNTIL
CHRISTMAS AND THEN YOU CAN
SAFELY GATHER WITHOUT THOSE
MASKS AND REALLY FEEL
COMFORTABLE IF YOU'RE GOING TO
TRAVEL THAT RESETS THE CLOCK.
SO REALLY WHAT YOU WANT TO DO
IF IT'S POSSIBLE IS TO TRAVEL
AND THEN QUARANTINE BECAUSE
THE MINUTE YOU TRAVEL YOU'VE
ALREADY EXPOSED YOURSELF TO
PEOPLE AND REALLY RESET THAT
CLOCK.
SO TESTING BASED STRATEGY IS
ALSO HELPFUL TO REDUCE
THE RISKS BUT IT'S NOT NEARLY
AS FOOLPROOF AS A QUARANTINE
BASED STRATEGY.
AND FOR ANYONE WHO WILL SPEND
ALL THOSE DAYS IN QUARANTINE,
I HAVE A VERY LONG LIST OF TV
SHOWS AND MOVIES THAT
I RECENTLY WATCHED.
HAPPY TO SHARE WITH YOU
MY FRIENDS DR. GORLEBEN TAYLOR
SWIFT SONGS AND THE NEW TAYLOR
SWIFT ALBUM.
AND LISTEN, THIS IS A DOCTOR
TELLING YOU THAT THIS IS THIS
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