HOW IS YOUR MOM?
TELL HER I SAID HI AND THEN I
WILL SAY YOU CAN WEAR A MASK.
SPEAKING OF WORKING THINGS IN, I
THINK NOW WOULD BE A GREAT TIME
TO WORK IN SOME REALLY SMART
TIME.
LET’S BRING IN RIGHT NOW A
MEMBER OF THE FDA ADVISORY
COMMITTEE ON VACCINES, DR. PAUL
OFETE, HE’S FROM CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL IN PHILADELPHIA.
ALSO WITH US IS A MEDICAL DIRECTOR OF THE SPECIAL
DIRECTOR OF THE SPECIAL
PATHOGENS UNIT AT THE BOSTON
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, DR. NAHID
BEDELIA.
I NEED TO START WITH YOU, DR.
OFETE, WITH FAMILY MEMBERS.
I HAVE A SON WHO’S A DIABETIC.
I HAVE ANOTHER SON, HE’S GOT
ASTHMA, HE HAD PNEUMONIA LAST
YEAR.
>> WE KEEP THEM IN THE BUBBLE.
>> I KEEP SAYING THESE VACCINES
ARE COMING ALONG, I’M EXCITED
FOR YOU GUYS.
THEY SAID, I THINK WE’RE GOING
TO WAIT A LITTLE WHILE.
DAD SAYS I DON’T THINK THEY ARE.
HOW CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT
AMERICANS -- I HAVE HEARD THIS
SKEPTICISM NOT ONLY FROM MY OWN
KIDS BUT FROM SO MANY AMERICANS
BECAUSE OF THE GARBAGE THEY PICK
UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
HOW DO WE CONVINCE AMERICANS
ESPECIALLY OLDER AMERICANS AND
THOSE WHO HAVE UNDERLYING
CONDITIONS THAT WHEN THEY HAVE A
VACCINE AND IF DR. FAUCI SAYS
IT’S SAFE THAT THEY CAN TRUST
THE WORD OF THAT AND UNDERSTAND
NOT TAKING THE VACCINE IS FAR
MORE RISKY THAN TAKING IT?
>> I THINK THAT MOST PEOPLE ARE
CONCERNED ABOUT SAFETY.
I MEAN, REASONABLY THEY ARGUE
THIS IS A MESSAGE RNA VACCINE,
THIS IS THE FIRST EVER RNA
VACCINE, HOW DO WE KNOW IT’S
SAFE IF IT HASN’T BEEN TESTED IN
LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE.
IT WILL BE TESTED IN LARGE
NUMBERS OF PEOPLE BEFORE IT HITS
THROUGHOUT AND WE CAN SAY IT
DOESN’T HAVE SEVERE SIDE
EFFECTS.
I THINK PEOPLE CAN REASONABLY
ARGUE WE HAVEN’T -- IT DOESN’T
HAVE A RARE, SERIOUS SIDE EFFECT
BUT THE WAY IT WILL ROLL OUT,
THE 1A GROUP WILL BE LONG-TERM
FACILITY RESIDENTS AND STAFF AND
ESSENTIAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS
WHICH IS ANOTHER 21 MILLION
PEOPLE.
WHICH MEANS BY THE TIME YOU GET
TO OTHER ESSENTIAL WORKERS, MUCH
LESS THOSE WHO ARE 65, OR HIGH
RISK INDIVIDUALS THIS IS IN TENS
OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE SO YOU’LL
HAVE A HUGE SAFETY PORTFOLIO,
HOPEFULLY IT DOESN’T EVEN CAUSE
A RARE SIDE EFFECT.
I THINK THEN WITH THAT KIND OF
INFORMATION, THOSE KINDS OF
DATA, I THINK PEOPLE WILL FEEL
MORE COMFORTABLE.
>> DR. BEDELIA, I’M SURE YOU
HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED BY WHAT
YOU’RE HEARING OUT OF THE BIDEN
TRANSITION TEAM AND YESTERDAY HE
TALKED ABOUT MASK WEARING FOR
THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF HIS TERM.
BUT WE HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO AND
WE HAVE DIFFICULT DAYS AS MANY
PEOPLE INCLUDING DR. FAUCI HAVE
SAID.
UNTIL WE GET THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION.
WE ARE SETTING NEW RECORDS OF
DEATHS, CASES, HOSPITALIZATIONS
AND ANOTHER ONE YESTERDAY.
WHERE DO YOU THINK WE ARE RIGHT
NOW AND WITHOUT JOE BIDEN IN THE
WHITE HOUSE, WHAT MITIGATION
EFFORTS SHOULD BE TAKEN RIGHT
NOW?
>> GOOD MORNING, WILLIE.
REALLY GLAD TO HEAR THE TALK
ABOUT THE WORK AROUND THE
VACCINES BECAUSE IT’S THE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE THAT THEY’LL
BE PUTTING IN THAT’S GOING TO
SET PART OF MY MIND AT EASE TO
LOOK AT THE DATA FROM PFIZER AND
MODERNA.
THE WORRISOME ABOUT THIS IS
EXACTLY WHAT DR. FAUCI SAID,
WE’RE NOT AT THE PEAK.
WE’RE AT THE INCLINE.
WE KNOW THAT’S CORRECT BECAUSE
OUR TEST POSITIVITY RATES HAVE
GONE UP.
THAT MEANS WE’RE MISSING CHAINS
OF TRANSITION.
OVER 100,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
HOSPITALIZED AND THE HUMAN MIND
BOGGLES BECAUSE ONE DEATH, YOU
CAN UNDERSTAND THE SUFFERING OF
A DEATH, YOU KNOW?
WHEN IT BECOMES THOUSANDS,
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS, IT
BECOMES -- WE DON’T UNDERSTAND
THE SUFFERING AS MUCH.
THE THINGS THAT WE CAN DO AND I
SAY THIS BECAUSE I WANT TO SORT
OF DRIVE IN THE GRAVITY BUT
THERE ARE THINGS WE AS
INDIVIDUALS CAN DO.
IT IS THE MASKING AND THERE IS A
YALE STUDY AGAIN THIS WEEK THAT
SHOWED THAT MASK MANDATES CAN
DROP MORTALITY.
DROP IT BY ABOUT 12% IN
ISOLATION EVEN BEFORE YOU DO
STAY AT HOME ORDERS OR ANYTHING
ELSE.
SO YOU DON’T TRAVEL THIS WINTER
IF YOU DON’T HAVE TO.
THEN TO DO THE THREE Cs TO AVOID
THE THREE Cs, CLOSED SPACES SO
YOU’LL GET INTO THE SPACES THAT
ARE INDOORS OR THAT HAVE NO
VENTILATION, CROWDS, DON’T BE