MORE AND MORE CHILDREN AS YOUNG AS 5 NOW GETTING VACCINATED AGAINST COVID-19 JUST IN TIME
FOR THE HOLIDAYS THAT
MIGHT SOUND ODD TO SAY THAT,
BUT THAT’S SOMETHING A LOT OF
PARENTS HAVE BEEN EAGER TO SEE
HAPPEN IN TODAY’S CASE OF Q AND
A WE HAVE PEDIATRIC INFECTIOUS
DISEASE DOCTOR TESS BARTON FROM
UT HEALTH SAN ANTONIO
TO JOIN US TO TALK ABOUT COVID
AND CHILDREN WITH THESE
HOLIDAYS COMING UP.
I THINK THE BIGGEST QUESTION
FOR A LOT OF PARENTS WHO MAY
STILL BE WAITING TO GET THEIR
KIDS VACCINATED CURIOUS ABOUT
WHAT YOU’VE SEEN IN TERMS OF
REACTIONS FOR KIDS WHO HAVE
GOTTEN THE SHOT SO FAR WHAT’S
BEEN POPPING UP THAT YOU’VE
SEEN.
>> SO BUT BY FAR THE MOST
COMMON THINGS THAT WE’VE SEEN
ARE THOSE SORT OF NUISANCE
REACTIONS, ESPECIALLY SORE ON.
A
LITTLE BIT OF FEVER, SOME
HEADACHES AND FEELING BAD FOR A
FEW DAYS AND THEY’VE EVEN
MISSING SCHOOL FOR A DAY OR 2.
WE’VE BEEN.
YOU KNOW YOU’VE BEEN WORKING IN
THE HOSPITAL IN MY CLINIC AND
WE ACTUALLY HAVEN’T SEEN ANY
KIDS I HAVEN’T SEEN ANY CARS
WITH MY PART I
IT IS IN DISCUSSING WITH SOME
OF OUR LOCAL PEDIATRIC
INFECTIOUS DISEASE COLLEAGUES
BECAUSE WE WE CHAT ONCE A WEEK.
IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE MAY HAVE
BEEN A COUPLE OF CASES
AROUND TOWN. BUT THAT’S ABOUT
IT OVERALL THE EXPERIENCE HAS
BEEN REALLY GOOD.
>> GET AN EXPLANATION FOR
PEOPLE AT HOME WHAT CAR
SAYS.
>> I COULD I THIS IS A IS A IS
A TYPE OF A HEART INFLAMMATION
THAT CAN BE CAUSED BY VIRUSES
ARE CAUSED BY AN IMMUNE SYSTEM
REACTIONS TO CERTAIN
INFECTIONS. IT’S SOMETHING THAT
WE SEE WITH COVID INFECTION.
IT’S SOMETHING WE SEE WITH
OTHER VIRUSES AND IT’S A RARE
SIDE EFFECT OF THE COVID
VACCINE AND IT’S NOT SOMETHING
THAT’S LONG TERM.
NO NO ALL OF THE CASES THAT
HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THE
VACCINE.
OUR HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN
RELATIVELY MILD
AND RESOLVED.
>> TALK ABOUT THANKSGIVING.
COMING UP AND THEN OF THE
CHRISTMAS RIGHT BEHIND IT.
HOW CONCERNED
ARE YOU THAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE
ANOTHER SPIKE IN NUMBERS
BECAUSE OF SO MANY PEOPLE
GATHERING TOGETHER OVER THE
HOLIDAYS.
>> WELL A LITTLE
SO YOU KNOW SO CERTAINLY WHEN
PEOPLE GET TOGETHER THEY GET
TOGETHER INSIDE IT’S ONLY
GETTING CHILLY OUTSIDE. AND I
THINK THAT YOU KNOW AFTER
PUTTING OFF A LOT OF
HOLIDAY ACTIVITIES A LOT OF
FAMILIES DELAYED IT LAST YEAR
OR SCALED IT DOWN AND I KNOW
EVERYBODY’S REALLY EAGER TO GET
TOGETHER. YOU KNOW THERE THERE
IS A RISK
WHEN YOU GET PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
YET DON’T HAVE ANY IMMUNITY YET
IN A GROUP SETTING
WITH THEIR FACES UNCOVER YOU
KNOW LEFT THING AND AND AND AND
HANGING OUT TOGETHER THAT
THERE’S A RISK OF TRANSMISSION.
>> BUT YOU KNOW THIS TIME
LAST YEAR PEOPLE ARE VACCINATED
NOT NEARLY AS THEY ARE NOW SO
YOU KNOW WE HAD
ADVICE ABOUT ONLY STICKING TO
YOUR FAMILY UNIT IF YOU’RE
HAVING PEOPLE TOGETHER
SPACE THEM OUT IN THE DRIVEWAY
YOU KNOW FOLDING TABLES AND
THINGS LIKE THAT SO ARE YOU
THINKING THAT I MEAN HOW MUCH
OF A ROLE WILL THE
VACCINE PLAY IN WHATEVER KIND
OF INCREASE WE DO SEE
AFTER THANKSGIVING.
>> SO I THINK I MEAN WE’RE ALL
HOPEFUL THAT ACTUALLY MAYBE
WE’VE REACHED THAT MAGICAL
POINT OF POPULATION IMMUNITY
THAT WE WON’T SEE QUITE THE
SAME SEARCH. YOU KNOW WHO’S
LEFT TO BE VACCINATED ARE THE
YOUNG PEOPLE ALL RIGHT THE
KIDS. SO THEY’RE THE ONES WHO
HAS JUST BECOME AVAILABLE FOR
THEM.
YOU KNOW WE’RE DOING GREAT IN
SAN ANTONIO ACTUALLY WITH OUR
ADULT VACCINATION RATES AND
ESPECIALLY FOR OLDER PEOPLE.
BUT WE KNOW THE VACCINE’S NOT
QUITE QUITE AS EFFECTIVE IN
OLDER PEOPLE AS IT IS IN
YOUNGER PEOPLE SO GETTING THOSE
YOUNGER PEOPLE VACCINATED WILL
HELP TO PROTECT THE OLDER
PEOPLE YOU CHRISTMAS SO THEY
CAN GO HANG OUT WITH GRANDMA
AND GRANDPA FOR CHRISTMAS.
>> THAT’S WHAT WE TALK ABOUT
THE TIMING I MEAN IS IT IS
THERE STILL TIME TO BE
VACCINATED BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
>> THERE IS THERE IS SO THE
VACCINE DOSES 3 WEEKS APART, SO
WE’RE YOU KNOW ONE WEEK AWAY
FROM THANKSGIVING.
>> YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OF
IMMUNITY AFTER THE AFTER THE
FIRST DOSE THAT YOU REALLY GET
YOUR ROBUST IMMUNITY AFTER THE
SECOND US. >> SO THERE’S STILL TIME TO BE FULLY VACCINATED BEFORE YOU GO
TO GRANDMA’S HOUSE ABSOLUTELY I
WAS STARTED, YOU KNOW, I WAS
STARTED THIS WEEK.
>> WHAT DO YOU TELL PARENTS WHO
ARE STILL WAITING THAT THEY’RE
STILL THINKING ABOUT IT IT’S
SOMETHING THEY’RE INTERESTED IN
BUT THEY JUST HAVEN’T DONE IT
YET.
>> YOU KNOW I TOTALLY
UNDERSTAND RIGHT BECAUSE THE
BECAUSE THIS
IS BEEN EVERY LEON PRESIDENT A
TIMELINE FOR GETTING FOR
GETTING A VACCINE. WHAT I CAN
SAY IS THAT
BETWEEN THE CLINICAL TRIALS
THAT SHOW US THAT THIS VACCINE
IS EXTREMELY EFFECTIVE AND
VERY SAFE AND OUR HUGE CLINICAL
EXPERIENCE OF HUNDREDS OF
MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
VACCINATED AROUND THE COUNTRY,
INCLUDING TEENAGERS IS THAT THE
SAFETY PROFILE OF THIS VACCINE
IS
VERY GOOD AND AND SO I I THINK
THAT
THE BENEFITS OF GETTING TO A
LEVEL OF IMMUNITY WHERE KIDS
CAN GET BACK TO THEIR REGULAR
LIVES AND THEIR FAMILIES DON’T
HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT WHO’S AT
HOME WHO MIGHT BE VULNERABLE TO
GETTING INFECTED.
IS IS REALLY GREAT AND SO I
THINK YOU KNOW THE EXPENSES
BEEN GOOD TALK TO PEDIATRICIAN,
GOOD ADVICE.
YOU KNOW DON’T WAIT UNTIL WE
HAVE ANOTHER SURGE DON’T WAIT
AND TAKE YOUR CHANCES ON
HOSPITALIZATIONS AND MORE
DEATHS.
>> I KNOW YOU’RE YOU’RE
PROBABLY SICK OF ANSWERING THIS
QUESTION, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE
EVERYBODY THAT DOESN’T GET THE
VACCINE AS YOU AT LEAST USING
THIS IS PART OF THE EXCUSE.
AARON RODGERS, THE QUARTERBACK
FOR THE GREEN BAY PACKERS WHO
JUST CAME DOWN WITH COVID USED
IT AS AN EXCUSE IS THERE
ANY EVIDENCE THAT THESE
VACCINES. CAUSE INFERTILITY.
>> NO ABSOLUTELY
NOT SO IN SO THERE WE ACTUALLY
KNOW THIS FROM A LOT OF
DIFFERENT CLINICAL TRIALS AND
ACTUALLY FOR SOME OTHER
INTERESTING TRIALS AND YOUNG
MAN THE WOMEN.
SO THERE’S NO EVIDENCE THAT THE
VACCINE IMPACTS.
>> INFERTILITY THE VACCINE AND
THE DISEASE. CAN
BOTH IMPACT WOMEN’S MENSTRUAL
CYCLES TEMPORARILY.
BUT THERE ARE PLENTY OF
PREGNANCIES THAT OCCUR HAVE
OCCURRED UNVACCINATED PEOPLE
COUNTS ARE GOOD AND THEN WHO’VE
BEEN VACCINATED BASED ON
RESEARCH STUDIES ON THAT.
SO NO THERE’S NO EVIDENCE THAT
THERE’S ANY ANY INFERTILITY.
>> AND EVEN PREGNANT WOMEN ARE
ENCOURAGED TO GET THAT BOOSTER,
WHATEVER THEY’RE PREGNANT AT AT
ANY POINT IN PREGNANCY. IT’S
IT’S BEEN VERY IMPORTANT TO SEE
THAT HAPPEN DOCTOR TESS BARTON
ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOU SHARING
SOME TIME