>>> WELCOME BACK.
SOME PEOPLE ARE HESITANT TO
GET THE VACCINE.
IN THE PAST THE FOCUS HAS BEEN
ON COMMUNITIES OF COLOR WHO
HAVE MISTRUSTED THE PUBLIC
HEALTH SYSTEM BECAUSE OF
HISTORIC MISS DEEDS IN THE
MEDICAL RESEARCH.
>> WE ARE SEEING A SHIFT AS
REPUBLICANS AND WHITE
EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANS SAY
THEY ARE LESS LIKELY TO GET
VACCINATED.
PAULA TUTMAN LOOKS AT VACCINE
HESITANCY AND HOW
MISINFORMATION IS PLAYING A
BIG PART IN THAT.
PAULA?
>> Reporter: YEAH, YOU KNOW,
YOU COULD CALL IT THE THREE
R’S, RELUCTANCE, RESISTANCE
AND REFUSAL.
THERE ARE A LOT OF DIFFERENT
WAY THAT’S PEOPLE MIGHT LAND
IN THOSE CAMPS.
IT IS THE TRAIL THEY TAKE TO
GET TO THE CAMPS THAT IS TRULY CONCERNING TO HEALTH
CONCERNING TO HEALTH
OFFICIALS.
>> THERE ARE NUMEROUS VIDEOS
LIKE THIS.
>> A GROUP OF SCIENTISTS STATE
THAT THESE VACCINES HAVE THE
POTENTIAL OF INCREASED RISK OF
CANCERS AND MUTED GENESIS OR
MUTED GENES.
>> LOADS AND LOADS AND LOADS
OF MISINFORMATION.
>> THE PLAN TO BRING AN END TO
THE APPROPRIATION OF HUMAN
1.0.
>> LOADS AND LOADS AND LOADS
OF PEOPLE ARE LISTENING.
AN ASPIRING ENTREPRENEUR
FIELDING HER DREAMS BY WORKING
FOR A MEDICAL AND NURSE’S ASSISTANT AND IS WATCHING
ASSISTANT AND IS WATCHING
THESE VIDEOS ON LINE.
>> THE GUY WHO WAS TALKING
ABOUT IT ON YOUTUBE.
>> THIS NEW VACCINE, THEY WILL
USE A NEW TECHNOLOGY WHICH
WILL ALTER YOUR DNA.
>> LOOKING AT THE COMMENTS --
>> 20 MILES NORTH OF DETROIT,
THE MATHIS FAMILY HAS
STRUGGLED WITH WHETHER OR NOT
TO GET THE VACCINE.
>> IT IS STILL NEW FOR
EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY.
>> WE LIVE IN A NATION WHERE
THE ART OF SCIENCE DENYING AND
CONSPIRACY THERE -- THEORIES
ARE AS PERVASIVE AS COVID 9EN
AND AND ITS VARIANT RELATIVES
ACCORDING TO DR. JASON
WASSERMAN OF THE WILLIAM
BEAUMONT MEDICAL SCHOOL.
HE AGO -- ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
DOCUMENTED AND VERIFY ONLY --
VERIFIABLE MISS DEEDS PLAY A
ROLE IN THE MISTRUST.
>> TUSKEGEE IS ONE OF THE MOST
FAMOUS, BUT IT IS NOT JUST
THUS KEY -- THUS KEY --
TUSKEGEE.
IT IS EXPERIMENTATIONS ON
SLAVES AND A LONG HIS --
HISTORY OF ABUSE AND
PARTICULARLY IN THE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN POPULATIONS,
BUT ALSO LOW INCOME
POPULATIONS.
>> THROW IN A MISTRUST OF
POLL -- POLITICS AND YOU HAVE
A POE PAW -- POTPOURI THAT
LEADS TO HESITANCY.
>> THEY DID A SURVEY TO FIND
OUT WHY PEOPLE ARE VACCINE
RESISTANT AND WE GOT A VARIETY
OF REASONS.
IT HAS ANIMAL POOP IN IT.
IT IS NOT TESTED LONG ENOUGH.
FIVE TO 10 YEARS FROM NOW WHO
KNOW WHAT’S WILL SHOW UP.
CAN SEVER, DISEASE.
EXTRA TOES.
THE DOCTOR WHO SITS ON THE
FDA’S BOARD TO APPROVE THE
COVID VACCINE.
>> IF YOU READ SOME OF THE
WARNINGS ON THE MEDICATIONS WE
TAKE CONTINUALLY YOU WILL SAY
AM I TAKING THIS?
THAT IS SOMETHING WE CANNOT
KNOW ABOUT THESE VACCINES
BECAUSE THEY ARE IN AN
EMERGENCY USE.
WE CAN ANSWER WHAT COULD
HAPPEN AND HAS A HIGH
PROBABILITY OF HAPPENING IF
YOU DON’T GET VACCINATED.
>> WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY
SINCE TUSKEGEE.
THIS VACCINE IN PARTICULAR HAS
HAD QUITE A BIT OF SCRUTINY
AND I CERTAINLY WOULD URGE
EVERYONE TO GET IT AND FEEL
SAFE DOING SO.
>> ASHA DOESN’T KNOW IF
ANYTHING WILL CONVINCE HER TO
GET VACCINATED.
>> THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA IS
OWNED BY CERTAIN PEOPLE TOO.
IT IS WHAT THEY WANT US TO
SEE.
>> MY WIFE HAS DECIDED THAT
SHE IS GOING TO WAIT TO GET
VACCINATED.
I’M ACTUALLY GOING TO CALL MY
DOCTOR AND SEE WHEN I CAN GET
IN AND GET MY FIRST SHOT.
>> THE BEST WAY TO GET SOMEONE
TO CHANGE THEIR MIND IS NOT TO
BEAT UP ON THEM OR BLAME THEM
OR CONTINUE TO PUSH.
IT IS JUST TO SAY I LOVE YOU
AND I WANT YOU TO BE
PROTECT -- PROTECTED.
>> Reporter: MISINFORMATION IS
SO DIFFICULT TO COMBAT BECAUSE
IT IS SO OUT THERE.
IT IS SO PERVASIVE.
IT IS HARD TO FIND AND HARD TO
FIGURE IT OUT AND HARD TO
CORRECT.
A LOT OF THE EXPERTS I HAVE
BEEN SPEAKING TO, THEY ARE
DEEPLY CONCERNED THAT THE
PAUSE FOR THE J AND J WILL
TILT SOME PEOPLE ON THE FENCE
AND WERE LEANING THIS WAY TO
GET IT BACK ON THE FENCE.
GUYS?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> WE HEARD THE MAYOR SAY HE
HEARD FROM A FEW OF THOSE
PEOPLE TODAY.
A FASCINATING LOOK.
LARRY SPRULE STRUGGLED WITH
HIS DECISION TO GET THE
VACCINE.
>> HE IS HOPING TO ENCOURAGE
THOSE WHO ARE HESITANT TO
CONSIDER GETTING IT.
>> I AM WALKING TO COORS FIELD
TO GET MY FIRST VACCINATION
SHOT.
I AM GETTING THE PFIZER ONE.
I’LL BE HONEST WITH YOU.
I AM A LITTLE NERVOUS.
I AM A LOT NERVOUS.
I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS THE
FIRST STEP TO BEAT THIS DEADLY
VIRUS I HAVE BEEN REPORTING ON
FOR MORE THAN A YEAR NOW.
>> FOR MONTHS I HAVE BEEN BACK
AND FORTH THINKING ABOUT
GETTING THE VACCINE.
ONE DAY I WAS ALL FOR IT, AND
THEN THE NEXT DAY I’M LIKE,
NOPE.
I’M GOOD.
AFTER MUCH RESEARCH AND
TALKING TO MY PARENTS WHO ARE
BOTH VACCINATED, I KNEW THIS
WAS THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
AFTER ARRIVING TO FORD FIELD I
WASN’T THE ONLY ONE.
THERE WERE LITERALLY THOUSANDS
OF PEOPLE BAIT -- WAITING IN
LINE LIKE ME WAITING FOR WHAT
THEY CALL THE SHOT OF HOPE.
>> THEY ARE HAVING ME FILL OUT
THIS QUESTIONNAIRE FORM.
>> ALTHOUGH THE LINE WAS
WRAPPED AROUND THE BUILDING,
THE PROCESS DIDN’T TAKE LONG.
SOONER THAN I REALIZED IT WAS
TIME.
>> THAT’S IT?
>> THAT’S IT.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> THE FIRST ONE DONE.
>> AND JUST LIKE THAT I’M
DONE.
I REALIZE THERE WEREN’T MANY YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE
YOUNG PEOPLE BETWEEN THE
CRUCIAL AGE RANGE AND THEY SAY
IT IS A BEG PROBLEM.
>> A LOT OF YOUNG PEOPLE ARE
HELPING AND THEY DON’T HAVE
ANY CHRONIC DISEASES.
THEY COULD BE ASYMPTOMATIC.
THEY COULD BE A CARRIER FOR
COVID AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT AND
THEY ARE SPREADING IT AROUND
TO THEIR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
DON’T THINK JUST BECAUSE YOU
ARE YOUNG THAT YOU ARE IMMUNE
TO COVID-19.
THAT’S DEFINITELY A LIE.
>> I WANT TO TAKE THIS TIME TO
ENCOURAGE MORE YOUNG PEOPLE
WHO ARE ON THE FENCE TO DO
YOUR RESEARCH TO MAKE AN
INFORMED DECISION.
TALK TO YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS
AND YOUR EXPERTS, YOUR
FRIENDS, YOUR LOVED ONES.
IT IS ALL ABOUT MAKING SURE
YOU PROTECT YOURSELF, YOUR
LOVED ONES AND THE COMMUNITY.
LARRY SPRUILLE, LOCAL 4.
>> LARRY, WE THANK YOU FOR
SHARING YOUR EXPERIENCE.
LARRY WILL BE GETTING A SECOND
DOSE IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS.
>>> DETROIT’S CHIEF HEALTH
DIRECTOR KNOWS WE HAVE A LOT
OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
VACCINE.
THAT’S WHY DENISE IS JOINING
US TOMORROW ON LOCAL 4 NEWS
TODAY AT 6:30 A.M. TO KEEP
ANSWERING PEOPLE’S CONCERNS.
AND WE KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT VACCINES TOO.
>> THEY HAVE BEEN COMING IN
AND COMING IN BY THE BASKET
FULL.
THANKFUL BE WE HAVE OUR
MEDICAL EXPERT TO HELP GUIDE
US THROUGH THE PANDEMIC.
DOC?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT WE
ARE GOING TO ANSWER THE MOST
COMMON VACCINE QUESTIONS
BEGINNING WITH ONE THAT MANY
VIEWERS ASKED ABOUT.
GETTING YOUR SHOT IF YOU ARE
ON OTHER MEDICATIONS.
>> YOU SHOULD CONTINUE ALL OF
YOUR DAILY MEDICATIONS ON THE
DAY OF YOUR VACCINATION
INCLUDING ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
MEDICATIONS YOU TAKE
REGULARLY.
MANY ASKED WHEN THEY SHOULD
GET THEIR COVID VACCINE IF
THEY ARE DUE FOR A SHINGLES
VACCINE.
THE COVID VACCINE SHOULD BE
SEPARATED FROM OTHER VACCINES
INCLUDING THE SHINGLES VACCINE
BY AT LEAST 14 DAYS.
ANOTHER FREQUENT QUESTION IS
WHETHER THERE ARE ANY MEDICAL
CONDITION THAT’S WOULD PRE --
PREVENT SOMEONE FROM GETTING
THE COVID VACCINE.
MOST MEDICAL CONDITIONS ARE AN
IMPORTANT REASON YOU SHOULD BE
VACCINATED.
IF YOU HAVE ANY SPECIFIC
MEDICAL CONDITION THAT
CONCERNS YOU, TALK TO YOUR
DOCTOR.
>> THROUGHOUT THE NEXT HOUR, I
WILL ANSWER MORE OF YOUR
QUESTIONS INCLUDING IF I
DIDN’T HAVE ANY SIDE EFFECTS,
DID THE VACCINE STILL WORK?
AND SHOULD I GET AN ANTIBODY
TEST AFTER I’M VACCINATED TO SEE IF I AM PROTECTED.
SEE IF I AM PROTECTED.
>> WE HEARD ABOUT THAT, SIDE
EFFECTS ARE GOOD AND IT MEANS
IT IS WORKING.
COMING UP, HANK WINCHESTER
WITH AN IMPORTANT SCAM
WARNING.
>> THEY ARE OUT THERE.
HIGH-TECH THIEVES LOOKING FOR
YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION.
COMING UP, I’M TALKING WITH
MICHIGAN’S ATTORNEY GENERAL
REVEALING HOW THESE THIEVES
ARE FOCUSED ON THOSE OF YOU
STILL TRYING TO GET AN
APPOINTMENT FOR A VACCINE.
THAT STORY IS COMING UP.
>> OKAY, HANK.
AND A LEADING EXPERT IN
CHILDHOOD VACCINES UNDERSTANDS
PARENTS HAVE CONCERNS.
UP NEXT, HOW HE HOPES THE
CLINICAL TRIALS WILL REASSURE MOMS AND DADS THEY’RE SAFE FOR
MOMS AND DADS THEY’RE SAFE FOR
THEIR KIDS.
>> I COULDN’T WAIT TO ROLL UP
MY SLEEVE.
I AM SO GLAD I D I DON’T FEEL
LIKE A GUINEA PIG.
I FEEL LIKE A HUMAN BEING
DO -- DOING MY PART TO HELP MY
COMMUNITY AND EVERYONE ELSE.
>> I GOT THE VACCINE TO HELP
MYSELF AND MY FAMILY AND YOU.
WHEN YOU ARE A MOM OR A DAD
OR A PARENT AND YOU HAVE YOUNG
CHILDREN AT HOME YOU WILL DO
ANYTHING YOU CAN TO KEEP THEM
SAFE AND KEEP THEM HEALTHY.
FOR ME I WANTED TO GET
VACCINATED TO MAKE SURE I HELPED STOP THE SPREAD.