.
. RIGHT
. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE A VACCINE TO FIGHT COVID-19 WE'RE MAKING
PROGRESS.
LIFE IS GETTING BACK TO NORMAL
BUT >> IT'S A BIG CHUNK OF THE
COMMUNITY SAYS NO THANKS TO
GETTING THE SHOT >> AS MUCH AS
KWO DESPITE A VACCINE THAT MAY
NOT WORK MEANING EVEN PEOPLE
WHO GOT THE VACCINE COULD BE >>
AT RISK.
IT WOULD BE STUCK WEARING MASKS
AND SOCIAL DISTANCING LONGER
THE VIRUS >> WILL LINGER
LONGER.
THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT IT.
SO >> WHO'S HOLDING OUT ON
GETTING A VACCINE AND WHAT CAN
YOU DO TO HELP?
LET'S DIG INTO IT >> GUYS.
THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT
WE GET EVERYONE VACCINATED AND
JUNE 1ST AS GOVERNOR ROY
COOPER'S DEADLINE FOR GETTING
TWO THIRDS OF PEOPLE VACCINATED
.
BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING THERE AS
FAST AS STATE LEADERS WOULD
LIKE >>.
YES, AS OF TUESDAY OUR STATE
DASHBOARD SHOWS THAT FORTY NINE
PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE ADULTS IN
THE STATE HAVE RECEIVED AT
LEAST ONE DOSE OF A VACCINE IF
WE LOOK ON A NATIONAL SCALE, AT
LEAST ONE HUNDRED FORTY
TWO MILLION PEOPLE HAVE GOTTEN
AT LEAST A SINGLE DOSE OF A
COVID-19 VACCINE ACCORDING TO
THE CDC, FIFTY FOUR POINT FIVE
PERCENT OF ELIGIBLE ADULTS HAVE
BEEN VACCINATED ACROSS THE
NATION >> BUT THAT'S FORTY SIX
PERCENT OF PEOPLE WHO STILL
HAVE NOT PRETTY MUCH ALL THE
EXPERTS AGREE THERE'S ONE BIG
GROUP HOLDING OUT >> HERE
PREDOMINANTLY AND YOUNGER
ADULTS ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE
YOUNGER.
I'M >> TALKING ABOUT YOUNGER
PEOPLE >> 30, 40 AND 50 YEAR
OLDS.
YEAH.
OLDS. YEAH. HELATH LEADERS SAY THEY ARE
WORRIED ABOUT HOW FEW YOUNGER
ADULTS ARE GETTING THE VACCINE
AND THIS IS REALLY A BIG
CONCERN AS VARIANTS OF THE
VIRUS CONTINUE TO SPREAD.
SO HEALTH EXPERTS SAY IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR YOU AND ME TO
HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR
YOUNGER FAMILY AND FRIENDS
ABOUT ALL THE REASONS THEY
MIGHT NOT GET VACCINATED BEFORE
YOU HAVE >> THAT CONVERSATION,
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE
THOSE YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE COMING
FROM FOR THE NEXT 10 MINUTES
WE'RE GOING TO DIG INTO ALL OF
THE MOST COMMON REASONS YOUNGER
PEOPLE ARE DECLINING THE
VACCINE STARTING WITH THE
ARGUMENT THAT THEY'RE HEALTHY
AND THEY DON'T NEED PROTECTION.
THIS >> MYTH IS ACTUALLY SO
WIDESPREAD IT IS NOT JUST YOUNG
PEOPLE REPEATING.
IN FACT, HEALTH EXPERTS ARE
BLASTING AMERICA'S TOP PAID
HARDISTER FOR SUGGESTING YOUNG
PEOPLE DON'T NEED THE VACCINE.
TAKE A LISTEN TO THIS RECENT
CLIP FROM JOE ROGAN.
>> IF YOU'RE IF YOU'RE A
HEALTHY >> PERSON AND YOU'RE
EXERCISING ALL THE TIME WHEN
YOU'RE YOUNG AND EATING WELL
AND LIKE I DON'T THINK YOU NEED
TO WORRY ABOUT THIS NOW ROGAN
HAS SINCE >> APOLOGIZED AFTER
DR. ANTHONY FAUCI BLASTED THOSE
STATEMENTS AS INCORRECT SAYING
OTHERWISE HEALTHY YOUNG PEOPLE
ARE AT RISK OF GETTING SICK
FROM CORONAVIRUS JUST AS THESE
TWO RIGHT HERE YOU SEE KAREEM
IS A TICK TOCK STAR WHO SPENT
SEVEN DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL
FIGHTING COVID HE ACTUALLY
POSTED ON HIS TICK TOCK PLEASE.
THIS ISN'T AN EASY VIRUS TO
DEAL WITH.
WEAR YOUR MASK AND THEN YOU GOT
16 YEAR LILIANA WHO WAS
HOSPITALIZED FOR 11 LONG >>
DAYS.
YEAH, I'M SORRY BUT IT WAS JUST
A SCARY EXPERIENCE.
IT WAS STRESSFUL ON MY MOM TOO
JUST TO SEE ME TALK TO ALL
THESE IVS AND EVERYTHING AND
IT'S SOMETHING NOT TO JOKE
ABOUT AND IT IS VERY REAL
DISEASE IN TEENAGERS CAN GET IT
>> HARD TO HEAR REASON NUMBER
TWO CONCERNS WITH FERTILITY.
THE CDC SAYS YOU SHOULD TALK
WITH YOUR DOCTOR IF YOU ARE
ACTIVELY TRYING TO HAVE KIDS.
BUT THE CDC SAYS THERE IS NO
EVIDENCE THAT ANY VACCIEN
INCLUDING THE COVID-19 VACCINE
COULD CAUSE FERTILITY PROBLEMS.
I WANT TO REPEAT THAT BECAUSE
IT'S IMPORTANT THE CDC SAYS
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT ANY
VACCINE COULD CAUSE FERTILITY
PROBLEMS.
THAT'S ENEGY VACCIEN YOU CAN
THINK OF THAT IS CURRENTLY FDA
APPROVED OR THE COVID-19
VACCINES WITH EMERGENCY USE
AUTHORIZATION.
HOWEVER, PREGNANT WOMEN ARE
MORE LIKELY TO GET SEVERELY
SICK WITH COVID-19 COMPARED TO
NON PREGNANT WOMEN CONEHEADS
DR. ZOE STALLINGS EXPLAINS
THERE IS EVEN MORE DATA SHOWING
THE VACCINE IS SAFE FOR
PREGNANT WOMEN OR WOMEN WHO ARE
TRYING TO GET PREGNANT >>.
IN FACT, IN MANY OF THE EARLY
TRIALS PATIENTS OR SUBJECTS WHO
ARE IN THE TRIALS GOT PREGNANT
DURING THE TRIAL SO WE ACTUALLY
HAVE DATA ON PREGNANT WOMEN AND
WE SEE THAT THEIR BABIES WERE
FINE.
THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY ISSUES
WITH INFERTILITY CLINICAL >>
TRIALS ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW
TO SEE HOW WELL THE VACCINE
WORKS IN PREGNANT WOMEN.
REASON NUMBER THREE, LOTS OF
YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE HOLDING OUT.
THAT IS BECAUSE OF SIDE
EFFECTS.
YOU SEE THERE'S A CONCERN THAT
YOUNGER PEOPLE EXPERIENCE
STRONGER SIDE EFFECTS THAN
OLDER PEOPLE ALL OVER SOCIAL
MEDIA.
LOTS OF POST ABOUT NOT WANTING
TO GET SICK AND HAVE TO MISS
WORK.
HERE'S THE REAL STORY.
IT IS TRUE YOUNGER PEOPLE COULD
FEEL STRONGER SIDE EFFECTS FOR
A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME BUT
WE'RE GOING TO VERIFY WHY
THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING >>
.
THE VERIFIED >> TEAM IS HERE TO
SEPARATE FACT FROM FICTION WHEN
IT COMES TO THINGS LIKE THE
COVID VACCIEN I JUST WANTED TO
DO MY PART AND A HOVEY IS A 23
YEAR OLD MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST
FROM MARYLAND.
SHE JUMPED AT THE CHANCE TO GET
THE VACCINE ALTHOUGH SHE TELLS
US SHE DEFINITELY FELT THE SIDE
EFFECTS AFTER THAT SECOND >>
DOSE AND I JUST FELT NOT GREAT
JUST WIPED IT JUST KIND OF FELT
LIKE EITHER LIKE A BAD COLD OR
MILD FLU >> ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
YOU'LL FIND TWEETS FROM OTHER
YOUNG HEALTHY ADULTS WHO REPORT
FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS AFTER THE
SECOND SHOT.
SO LET'S VERIFY IS IT NORMAL
FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE TO
EXPERIENCE STRONGER VACCIEN
SIDE EFFECTS?
OUR SOURCES ARE TO DOCTORS DR.
LINDA NDOLPJ FROM THE
UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
MEDICAL CENTER AND DR. NATASHA
PERKINS FROM THE GEORGETOWN
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
WE ALSO LOOKED AT RESOURCES
FROM THE FDA AND THE CDC.
THE SHORT ANSWER HERE ACCORDING
TO OUR EXPERTS IS YES THERE
REALLY YOU'RE SEEING THOSE SIDE
EFFECTS BECAUSE YOU HAVE A
ROBUST IMMUNE SYSTEM >>.
WHEN WE'RE YOUNGER WE TEND TO
MOUNT A BIGGER AND STRONGER
IMMUNE REACTION, IF YOU WILL.
AND THAT'S NOT A BAD THING.
THAT'S ACTUALLY A GOOD THING
>>.
TAKE THIS BREAKDOWN OF THE
PFIZER VACCIEN POSTED ON THE
CDC WEBSITE.
IT SHOWS THE PEOPLE FIFTY FIVE
AND UNDER HAD FEVER AFTER THE
SECOND DOSE ABOUT SIXTEEN
PERCENT OF THE TIME COMPARED TO
JUST 11 PERCENT FOR THOSE OLDER
THAN FIFTY FIVE WHEN COMPARED
TO PLACEBO.
>> THAT IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE
CONCERNED ABOUT IS SOMETHING TO
BE HAPPY ABOUT BECAUSE IT MEANS
YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM WORKS AND
OUR EXPERTS EMPHASIZE THAT YOU
SHOULD GET THAT VACCINE THE
SIDE EFFECTS ARE TYPICALLY MILD
OR MODERATE AND THEY GO AWAY
AFTER A DAY OR TWO .
SO YOU'RE DOING YOURSELF AND
YOU'RE DOING OTHERS A HUGE
FAVOR >> SO WE COULD VERIFY
THAT YES.
YOUNGER PEOPLE DO TEND TO GET
STRONGER REACTIONS TO THE
COVID-19 VACCIEN BUT OUR
EXPERTS SAY THIS IS ABSOLUTELY
NOT A REASON TO AVOID IT >>.
IT'S NOT FUN BUT IT'S
DEFINITELY WORTH IT TO HELP GET
THE COUNTRY THAT MUCH CLOSER TO
ITS IMMUNITY.
NOW EVEN CELEBRITIES ARE
SUPPORTING GETTING THE VACCINE
BIG NAMES LIKE JOE JONAS, RYAN
REYNOLDS, BLAKE LIVELY, TYLER
PERRY AND OUR VERY OWN VICE
PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS ALL
ROLLED UP THEIR SLEEVES TO GET
THE SHOT AND SO DID OTHER
CELEBRITIES LIKE BUBBA WALLACE.
THEY TOOK THE TIME TO SHARE
THEIR EXPERIENCES ON SOCIAL
MEDIA SO PEOPLE THEIR AGES
WOULD FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE
WITH GETTING THE VACCIEN MIGHT
WANT TO TELL YOUR FRIENDS OR
LOVED ONES TO CHECK OUT THEIR
FAVORITE CELEBRITY PAGES.
THEY MAY BE SURPRISED WHAT THEY
FIND >> THAT CELEBRITY
INFLUENCE NEVER STOPS AND THE
SUPPORT DOES NOT STOP THERE.
DAVIE COUNTY SCHOOLS IS HELPING
ITS STUDENTS GET >> VACCCINATED
,THE DISTRICT TOLD A STUDENT
VACCIEN CLINIC THIS WEEK.
NOW STUDENT 16 OR OLDER WHO
WANTED TO GET THE SHOT.
WE'RE ABLE TO DO THAT AT DAVID
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS IT IS
JUST ONE WAY THE DISTRICT IS
SHOWING ARE COMMITTED TO
PROTECTING STUDENTS AND STAFF.
THE >> KIDS ARE KIDS BUT THEY
SAID THANK YOU FOR LETTING US
DO THIS BUT I'M NERVOUS.
I'M NERVOUS.
THE HHS PLUS THE STATE WHAT WE
KNEW PFIZER COULD POTENTIALLY
BE AVAILABLE TO KIDS.
WE STARTED TALKING ABOUT THIS
SOME TIME AGO SAYING IF IT IS
MADE AVAILABLE TO 16 YEAR OLDS
WE WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IF
AT ALL POSSIBLE.
SO THE >> BIG TAKEAWAY FROM ALL
OF US TODAY IS THAT YOU WANT TO
TELL PEOPLE YOU LOVE WHY IT'S
SAFE FOR THEM TO GET THE
VACCINE NO MATTER HOW OLD THEY
ARE AND YOU WANT TO SHARE YOUR
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES BUT HOW IT
WAS A POSITIVE FOR YOU AND >>
IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN
GETTING PROTECTION FROM THE
CORONAVIRUS WITH THE VACCINE
TRIAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
ARE STARTING TO ROLL OUT IDEAS
TO GET MORE PEOPLE TO ROLL UP
THEIR SLEEVES, WE >> WANTED TO
FIGURE OUT A WAY WE CAN GET TO
PEOPLE WHO CANNOT GET TO US >>.
YOU YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR MORE
FROM GUILFORD COUNTY
COMMISSIONER SKIP OLSEN AND
OTHER AND HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
COMING UP ON WFMY ENEGY TO ITS
SIX >>.
AND REMEMBER, IF YOU HAVEN'T
GOTTEN THE SHOT YET AND YOU
HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, REACH OUT
TO SOMEONE YOU LOVE, SOMEONE
YOU KNOW AND TRUST THEY'D BE
HAPPY TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH
YOU