And with that in mind,
I go ahead and bring back in Doctor
Ricardo here for the English portion
of our program, Doctor Ricardo,
as we were just saying, in Spanish,
a lot of mask mandates are
being cancelled or discontinued
across the state of Colorado.
And what is your overall opinion of that?
How should we see that?
Well, thank you Chris.
I I I would like to.
Later audience know that.
Even if we are starting to have
these mandates locally statewide,
nationwide and.
All over the world.
It's not that we're out of the woods yet.
Although this will give us the
opportunity to start to enjoy.
Going out without a mask
and going back to school.
Going back to work and
then office environment,
it doesn't mean that the pandemic is over.
This is the result of having 65% of
our population in Colorado vaccinated,
plus a high percentage of people who
have natural immunity at the same time
because they got an infection with
the Omicron variant that wasn't severe,
or even if it was severe,
they still have some kind of
antibodies that were developed there,
so this brought us in a way to have a moment,
maybe a couple of months.
Floor 3 months of herd immunity.
That's what we wanted to
have since the beginning.
When you have herd immunity.
If I am infected and I join
a group of 100 people,
perhaps 85% will not.
Will have antibodies and will not be
infected and my infection will not
create a public health problem like it
will happen if they're not vaccinated,
but they're not in me.
So one thing is you have mass
save and we're going to use them
again and we learn some good
things through the pandemic.
So let's try to keep on washing our hands,
having social distance,
cleaning our surfaces,
and taking care of ourselves and others.
Absolutely, and great advice there,
and something I'll probably continue
wearing a masks at the grocery store to
avoid getting sick in the future post.
Hopefully not too long from now.
Post pandemic now.
The other big question.
I feel that we're getting a lot is
if you do have natural immunity
from having already had COVID-19,
should we still get vaccinated
and or boosted?
Yes, and this is something that
I also consider important because
there we've been learning a lot
from during the past two years
that we've been to the pandemic.
And after several variants,
we realized that people who had two doses
of the vaccine at Pfizer or their head.
A better prognosis or a lighter
disease that those who got the
disease and were not vaccinated.
So we know that two doses are
better than not having a vaccine.
But now when we start to get boosters
and we got the Omicron variant,
we realized that people who had two
doses had better prognosis than
those who didn't have a vaccine.
But those who had three doses,
or are the ones who had the best outcomes.
Related to to being exposed or
being infected with Monica.
So what we learned is that the third dose.
Having the booster is better than
only having two dogs,
so I would invite everybody to come and
get vaccinated and let's finish this.
We're almost there.
Let's get people ready for the next
stage in the pandemic or or they they make.
COVID-19
and with that in mind, I know that
the reasons we have you on a Tuesday
specifically is there is normally.
A vaccine clinic that takes
place on Tuesday night,
but I know because the cold and unpleasant
weather that that may have been moved.
Do you mind telling us about the
vaccine clinic and any opportunities for
our audience to get vaccinated? Yes,
thank you. We are vaccinating.
Walk-ins, you don't need to make an
appointment, just come on in at the
Mexican consulate at the window.
Tuesdays. Thursdays and Fridays.
You just have to walk in
and you can get your.
But seeing don't forget your
card if you don't have your card
will help you with that too.
But just come in,
come on in and you will get a vaccine
there every Tuesday except today
because of the weather between 4:00
o'clock and then o'clock at night.
We also have walk-ins at services,
and you can just come on in.
You don't need an appointment.
It's better if you call,
but if not,
just walk in and you'll get your vaccine.
There's no waiting.
Time before you get your vaccine,
it's a very, very simple process,
so we're open to the public and
just another thing will be this
weekend and Greeley with the
Mexican consulate on Saturday
from 9:00 to 2:00 o'clock and
and Sunday from 9:00 to 12:00.
And I think it's academia Salida del Sol.
I think that's the name of the
place that we're going to be,
and everybody who is in the area
is invited to get their first
dose or second dose or there.
Boosters.
Great information and great service,
so thank you Doctor Ricardo Gonzalez
Fisher and Services Laressa for
not only this information but also
putting on some of these vaccine
clinics so we really appreciate a few
minutes of your time here, Doctor.
Thank you Chris.
And just for moving forward,
if you have a question,
either English or Spanish, once again,
poor doctor Ricardo Gonzalez Fisher or
any future guests that we may have.
You can email me at
chrisstopmonkey@9news.com and I'll make
sure that it's answered either this week.
Well now in future episodes
that will do it for this week.
Look at COVID-19 specifically in the
Hispanic community here in Colorado.
Gracias and thank you for
everyone for being with us.
We'll see you.
Again here next week.