TO VACCINATE SOUTH FLORIDA
TIPS, AND WITH A SINGLE DOSE
SHOT OFF LIMITS, THERE ARE NEW
REMINDERS TONIGHT ABOUT THE
NEED FOR BOTH DOSES OH OF THE
OTHERS.
GOOD EVENING, I'M LAUREN
PASTRANA.
>> I'M ELIOTT RODRIGUEZ.
THERE IS STILL A TON OF DEMAND
FOR THE TWO-DOSE PFIZER OR
MODERNA VACCINATION, INCLUDING
AT WHAT IS BECOMING A BUSY LATE
NIGHT VACCINATION SITE.
>> HARD ROCK STADIUM IS OPEN
EVERY DAY FROM 8:00 A.M.
TO 10:00 P.M., NO APPOINTMENT
NEEDED, AND THE PEOPLE WHO RUN
THE SITE ARE ASKING FOR
PERMISSION TO KEEP IT OPEN
AROUND THE CLOCK.
>> TONIGHT MORE THAN 4.6
MILLION PEOPLE IN FLORIDA ARE
FULLY VACCINATED.
ANOTHER 2.9 MILLION HAVE THE
FIRST DOSE OF EITHER PFIZER OR
MODERNA.
CBS 4'S KEITH JONES IS LIVE FOR
US AT MIAMI GARDENS WITH WHAT
THE EXPERTS ARE NOW SAYING
ABOUT GETTING THAT SECOND DOSE.
KEITH?
>> Reporter: YES, I CAN TELL
YOU THAT GETTING VACCINATIONS
HAS BEEN A HOT SPOT HERE AT
HARD ROCK STADIUM.
9:00 WAS THE SHUT OFF.
EVERYBODY WHO WAS IN LINE BY
9:00 WILL GET A VACCINATION
TONIGHT.
IT IS SLOW TO TRICKLE.
WE ESTIMATE THERE ARE PROBABLY
30 OR 40 CARS STILL IN THERE.
LAST NIGHT THEY WERE STILL
GIVING SHOTS TO 1:00, 1:30.
THAT BEING SAID, SOME ARE
QUESTIONING WHETHER IT IS WORTH
GETTING THE SECOND DOSE BECAUSE
AFTER THE FIRST DOSE YOU'RE 80%
PROTECTED.
THE HEALTH EXPERTS ARE SAYING
THE SECOND DOSE IS AS EVERY BIT
AS IMPORTANT AS THE FIRST.
>> COMPLETE THE VACCINATION
SERIES.
IT IS THE BEST MEASURE WE HAVE
OF PREVENTING YOU FROM GETTING
INTO THE HOSPITAL AND DYING.
>> Reporter: HEALTH EXPERTS SAY
YOU SHOULD GET THE SECOND DOSE
OF THE PFIZER OR MODERNA
VACCINATION, BUT MANY HAVE
QUESTIONED IF IT IS ONLY 39%
EFFECTIVE AND FIRST DOSE COVID
VACCINATION OFFER 80% EFFICACY,
WHAT IS THE POINT OF THE SECOND
DOSE?
THE CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER OF
BROWARD HOUSE SAYS 80% EFFICACY
AFTER ONE SHOT HAS PRESIDENT
BEEN PROVEN.
>> THEY DO HAVE SOME
PROTECTION.
IT IS SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
PROBABLY 50% AND 80%
PROTECTION.
THERE'S NO SCIENCE RIGHT NOW
THAT TELLS YOU HOW LONG AFTER A
FIRST SHOT THAT ANTIBODY LEVEL
REMAINS A T A SIGNIFICANT CLIP
TO A POINT WHERE IT WILL BE
>> Reporter: DR. LYNCH SAYS
SCIENCE SHOWS AFTER TWO SHOTS
OF PFIZER OR MODERNA, YOU'RE
PROTECTED FOR AT LEAST SIX
MONTHS, UP TO 94%, BUT THERE
ARE MANY REPORTS OF PEOPLE
HAVING SEVERE REACTIONS AFTER
THAT SECOND SHOT THAT'S LED
SOME TO BE APPREHENSIONIVE
ABOUT GETTING SHOT NUMBER TWO.
>> SOME OF THESE REACTIONS CAN
BE AVOIDED BY GETTING IT, LET'S
SAY NANOTHER ARM, A DIFFERENT
LOCATION.
>> Reporter: AND THERE ARE
THOSE WHO ARE IMMUNO
COMPROMISED WHO FEAR GETTING
THE VACCINE AND DR. LYNCH SAYS
THE ALTERNATIVE OF NOT GETTING
THE VACCINE AND GETTING COVID-
19 COULD BE MORE SEVERE.
EVEN IF YOU HAVE A REACTION
AFTER THE FIRST DOSE, IT IS
BENEFICIAL.
>> IF THEY HAVE A TRUE ALLERGIC
REACTION AFTER THE FIRST DOSE,
THE CDC DOES RECOMMEND THEM NOT
GETTING THAT SECOND DOSE.
TO YOUR POINT INITIALLY, THAT
IS SOME PROTECTION IS BETTER
THAN NONE.
>> Reporter: FOR THOSE THINKING
I DON'T WANT TO DEAL WITH THE
SIDE EFFECTS AND I'M 50% TO 80%
COVERED BY ONE DOSE, DR. LYNCH
ADVICES THAT THE SIDE EFFECTS
ONLY LASTS A COUPLE OF DAYS AT
MOST.
THE ALTERNATIVE COULD BE MUCH
WORSE.
>> HAVING LIVED THIS FOR THE
LAST 14 MONTHS AND SEEN THE
PEOPLE THAT HAVE SUFFERED
SIGNIFICANT INJURY AND DEATH IN
THE HOSPITAL, I WOULD RECOMMEND
PEOPLE NOT TRY TO SKIMP AT THIS
STAGE IN THE GAME ON JUST
GETTING ONE SHOT.
>> Reporter: SO YOU CAN STILL
GET THOSE TWO-DOSE SHOTS HERE
AT HARD ROCK STADIUM.
VACCINATE SITE UNTIL 10:00 IN
NIGHT, LIKE TONIGHT, EARLIER
THEY CLOSED THE VACCINATION
LINE AT 9:00.
BUT, AGAIN, THE MEDICAL
DIRECTOR HERE WANTS TO OPEN
THIS UP 24-7, OBVIOUSLY GIVING
A MUCH BIGGER OPPORTUNITY FOR
FOLKS TO BE ABLE TO GET THOSE
SHOTS.
LIVE AT HARD ROCK STADIUM,
KEITH JONES, CBS 4 NEWS
TONIGHT.
>>> KEITH, THANKS A LOT FOR
THAT.