INCREDIBLY PROUD OF THEM 9:40 TWO BOISE SISTERS ARE
JOINING A NEW TRIAL --
TESTING OUT MODERNA'S
COVID-19 VACCINE ON
TEENAGERS.
AS OF NOW -- THE F-D-A
HAS SET AGE
RESTRICTIONS ON BOTH
THE MODERNA AND THE
PFIZER VACCINE.
IN MODERNA'S CASE --
IT'S ONLY RECOMMENDED
FOR PEOPLE 18 AND
OLDER.
IT'S NOT CLEAR WHAT
EFFECTS THE VACCINE
COULD HAVE ON TEENS --
AND THE COMPANY IS
HOPING A CLINICAL TRIAL
CLEARS THAT UP.
BUT SO FAR -- THEY'VE
HAD A HARD TIME
FINDING PARTICIPANTS.
FINDING PARTICIPANTS.
JOEY
JOEY PRECHTL JOINS US NOW WITH THE STORY.
JOEY--
JOEY-- WHY DID THE WANT TO JOIN THE TRIAL? KIM -- MEGAN EGBERT
TOLD ME HER TWO
TEENAGE DAUGHTER'S
MADE THE DECISION TO
TAKE
TAKE PART
TAKE PART IN THIS VACCINE TRIAL. THE MAIN REASON IS
BECAUSE THEY WANT TO
HELP OUT ANY WAY THEY
CAN IN GETTING BACK TO
LIFE BEFORE COVID-19.
1:49 IF US HELPING THE
FIGURE OUT IF THIS
VACCINE WILL WORK CAN
SPEED UP THE PROCESS
THEN YEAH. 1:56
LULU AND EVAN
DAHLQUIST EGBERT ARE
TWO KIDS FROM BOISE.
LU-LU IS 12 -- AND EVAN
IS 14.
LIKE EVERYONE... THEIR
LIVES HAVE BEEN
DISRUPTED DURING THE
PANDEMIC -- FROM
SCHOOL AND SPORTS
3:57 WHEN EVERYTHING
GOT LIKE SHUT DOWN IT,
THE OPPORTUNITIES TO
PLAY SPORTS WERE CUT
DOWN BY A LOT AND
POSTPONED. 4:07
TO THEIR SOCIAL LIVES.
3:41 WE HAVEN'T REALLY
BEEN ANYWHERE IN
PUBLIC THAT'S INSIDE
OTHER THAN THE
GROCERY STORE OR
SOMETHING IN A LONG
TIME. 3:50
BUT NOW THEY'RE TAKING
PART IN THE MODERNA
COVID-19 VACCINE TRIAL
FOR 12-17 YEAR OLDS.
5:50 WE FEEL CONFIDENT
IN
IN THE
IN THE SCIENCE THAT THIS, ESPECIALLY FOR THEIR AGE GROUP, IS A
SAFE TRIAL TO PARTICIPATE
IN. 6:01
THEIR MOM, MEGAN,
HEARD ABOUT THE TRIAL
FROM HER DOCTOR.
6:12 IT IS A LONG-TERM
COMMITMENT. IT'S A
13-MONTH TRIAL AND
THEY WILL HAVE TO LOG
SYMPTOMS AND HAVE
PHONE CALLS AND HAVE
REGULAR VISITS AND
BLOOD DRAWS SO THERE
IS A COMMITMENT. 6:22
THE
THE VACCINE IS THE SAME ONE RECOMMENDED BY THE FDA FOR ADULTS.
:31 THE THING IS KIDS ARE
VERY DIFFERENT THAN
ADULTS. THEY REACT
DIFFERENTLY AND THEY HAVE DIFFERENT RISKS THAN ADULTS DO. :44
DR. DAVID PATE IS A
RETIRED CEO FOR ST.
LUKE'S AND A MEMBER OF
THE STATE'S
CORONAVIRUS WORKING
GROUP.
HE SAYS THEY NEED THIS
DATA TO GUARANTEE THE
VACCINE IS SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE FOR CHILDREN.
HE ALSO SAYS ITS
IMPORTANT THAT TEENS
GET VACCINATED TO HELP
THE STATE MOVE
FORWARD.
6:07 IF WE CAN'T GET TO
HERD IMMUNITY, ITS VERY
UNLIKELY THAT WE CAN
FULLY RETURN TO OUR
NORMAL LIVES. 6:15
AND THAT HERD
IMMUNITY IS IMPORTANT
FOR THE EGBERTS... WHO
CAN'T WAIT TO
EXPERIENCE LIFE ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF COVID-19.
12:06 I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO JUST BEING
ABLE TO HANG OUT WITH
MY FRIENDS AND BEING
ABLE TO GO BACK TO ALL
THE SPORTS I LIKE TO PLAY
NORMALLY. 12:15
12:15 PROBABLY
12:15 PROBABLY
TRAVELING
TRAVELING AND SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL. 12:19 9:53 I THINK THEY'RE
ALWAYS GOING TO
REMEMBER THIS THAT
THEY'RE TWO OF THREE
THOUSAND VERY BRAVE
ADOLESCENTS IN THE
UNITED STATES WHO ARE
MAKING THIS SACRIFICE
SO THINGS CAN BE SAFER
FOR EVERYONE. 10:07
ACCORDING TO USA
TODAY -- MODERNA IS
HAVING A HARD TIME
FINDING ENOUGH
TEENAGERS TO TAKE PART
IN THE TRIAL.
DR. PATE TOLD ME IT'S
IMPORTANT
IMPORTANT TO GET TEENS IN THE TRIAL TO MAKE SURE ITS SAFE FOR THEM...
AND TO VACCINATE
ENOUGH PEOPLE TO
REACH HERD IMMUNITY.
NOW
NOW THIS
NOW THIS IS A "DOUBLE BLIND" TRIAL... SO EVAN AND LULU ARE
SCHEDULED TO GET
EITHER THE VACCINE OR
PLACEBO ON FRIDAY,
WHEN THE TRIAL BEGINS.