INJURIES, THE SUSPECTS IN BOTH SHOOTINGS ARE UNKNOWN AT THE TIME AND POLICE DID SAY THEY
WERE NOT CONNECTED.
>> WE’RE STILL IN THE MIDST OF
THIS PANDEMIC THE MOST RECENT
SAN ANTONIO COVID DASHBOARD
READ THAT WE’RE AT A MODERATE
RISK LEVEL AND WE ARE IMPROVING
BUT WITH THE WINTER MONTHS
STILL ON THE WAY IT SEEMS LIKE
WE’RE STILL FAR FROM DONE WITH
THIS VIRUS. >> SO JOINING US IN TODAY’S LEADING SA SEGMENT IS DOCTOR
ROBERT LET FRIENDS WITH THE UT
HEALTH SAN ANTONIO. THANK YOU
SO MUCH DOCTOR FOR MAKING TIME
FOR US THIS MORNING.
>> WHAT PERCENTAGE OF
SAN ANTONIO WOULD YOU LIKE TO
SEE GET VACCINATED TO REACH THE
IDEA OF HERD IMMUNITY AND IF WE
DO REACH AND NUMBER WHAT DOES
THAT REALLY MEAN.
GREAT QUESTION MAXIMUM RIGHT
NOW ABOUT 2 THIRDS OF SAN
ANTONIANS ARE VACCINATED SO
WE’RE MAKING REALLY GOOD
PROGRESS.
>> BUT WITH DELTA VIRUS IS NOT
QUITE GOOD ENOUGH.
WE THOUGHT WE CAN REACH OR WE
COULD HAVE REACHED HERD
IMMUNITY WITH 2 THIRDS BEFORE
DELTA AND THE DELTA IS MUCH
MORE INFECTIOUS SO I WOULD SAY
WE NEED TO GET UP NEAR 90%.
VACCINATION RATE WHAT IS HERD.
IMMUNITY MEANS IT MEANS THAT SO
MANY PEOPLE ARE IMMUNE TO
THE VIRUS. THEY CANNOT SPREAD
SO RAPIDLY IN TURN INTO A
CRISIS LIKE IT HAS HERE SO THAT
YOU’LL GET THERE BUT THE SOONER
WE GET THERE THE BETTER.
>> IF WE DO IN WHEN WE DO GET
TO HUME HERD IMMUNITY,
IT’S GOING TO BE SOMETHING LIKE
MORE COVID ALWAYS HEAR KIND OF
LIKE THE FLU. WE HAVE LIKE A
COVID SEASON ALONG WITH THE
FLU. BUT MAYBE JUST NOT AS MANY
HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE DEATHS.
>> RIGHT MOST EXPERTS
SAY THAT YOU KNOW COVID
SECONDLY THE PLANET IT’S HERE
IN NEW AND IS NOW PART OF THE
HUMAN CONDITION SIMILAR TO THE
FLU. BUT THE GOOD NEWS
IS THAT IF WE COULD TAME AND IF
YOU WILL LIKE WE’VE DONE WITH
THE FLU THERE YOU CAN LIVE WITH
IT GET A COVID SHOT ONCE A YEAR
AND OTHERWISE LIVE NORMAL
LIVES. AND WE HAVE SEEN OUR
VACCINATION RATE.
>> TICK UP THROUGHOUT THE LAST
COUPLE MONTHS DO YOU FORECAST
ANOTHER WAVE OF THE VIRUS IN
THE WINTER OR IN THE SPRING.
>> WELL IT IS CONCERNING WE
KNOW THE COLD VIRUSES LIKE COLD
WEATHER WE’RE GOING INTO
ANOTHER WINTER AND I’D SAY SOME
FACTORS ARE ALIGNING COULD POSE
A BAD WINTER SURGE. WE DON’T
KNOW THAT FOR SURE
BUT WE HAD BAD SURGE
LAST WINTER AND YET ON SCHOOL
WAS NOT IN SESSION AND YET IT
IS IN SESSION THIS YEAR WITH
20% OF OUR POPULATION IS MAINLY
INDOORS, MOSTLY VULNERABLE AND
UNVACCINATED IN ADDITION WE
HAVE LATE SUMMER SURGE AND SO
I CAN ACT IS A BIOLOGIC
SPRINGBOARD IF YOU WILL FOR ON
A SURGE THIS WINTER OF THE
HIGHER OUR VACCINATION RATE IS
ON THE LESS LIKELY WE HAVE
THAT SURGE AND SO I WANT TO PUT
A PLEA OUT FOR FOR FOLKS THAT
HAVEN’T BEEN
VACCINATED YET FIRST OF ALL I
THINK IT’S IT’S WELL KNOWN BY
NOW THAT YOU KNOW THIS THIS
CRISIS IS THE WORST CRISIS THIS
NATION HAS EVER SUFFERED IN
TERMS OF LIVES LOST MORE THAN
ANY PRIOR OR ANY PANDEMIC IF
YOU LOOK OUTSIDE YOU WOULDN’T
KNOW IT IS DECEIVING THING
PRETTY WELL AND SO FOR THOSE OF
THE ACCIDENT I CAN UNDERSTAND
YOU WANT YOUR QUESTIONS
ANSWERED ON THAT ALREADY HAVE
SOME DOUBTS I THINK THAT’S VERY
FAIR WHAT I ASK IS THIS SITE.
I JUST ASK THAT YOU SPEAK
TO A TRUSTED HEALTHCARE
INDIVIDUAL THAT YOU KNOW
WHETHER ANDERSON
YOUR CLINIC OR YOUR DOCTOR OR
EVEN A HEALTH CARE WORKER IN
THE COMMUNITY OR CHURCH,
YOU KNOW DURING DURING NORMAL
TIMES WE TRUST OUR WELL-BEING
IF NOT ALLIES TO THESE
INDIVIDUALS AND I JUST ASK YOU
THIS QUESTION WE WOULD TRUST
HIM WITH ON THIS QUESTION AS
WELL.
>> TO DOCTOR LEVIN’S BOOSTER
SHOTS ARE BECOMING MORE
AVAILABLE MORE POPULAR SO WHAT
IS YOUR RECOMMENDATION AND WHEN
SHOULD PEOPLE GET THEIR
BOOSTER.
>> WHAT YOU KNOW
AGE STEP OF THIS PANDEMIC IT
GETS MORE TEDIOUS AND COMPLEX
IN TERMS OF THE OTHER VACCINES
AND NOW THE BUSH YEARS RIGHT
NOW
THE PFIZER THE VACCINE IS
APPROVED BOOSTERS FOR PEOPLE
OVER THE AGE OF 65
PEOPLE WITH A CERTAIN CHRONIC
MEDICAL CONDITIONS INCLUDING
JUST BEING OVERWEIGHT THAT’S A
LOT
OF PEOPLE AND THEN FINALLY
PEOPLE WHO ARE IN HIGH-RISK
OCCUPATIONS SUCH AS TEACHERS
FIRST RESPONDERS HEALTH CARE
WORKERS GROCERY STORE WORKERS
THE LIFE SO NOT EVERYBODY IS
ELIGIBLE FOR BOOSTER RIGHT NOW
AGAIN IT’S ONLY FOR THOSE OF
THE PFIZER SERIOUS BUT AND
PEOPLE ARE I WAS IN THE BEST
WAY TO STAY ON TOP OF THAT IS
TO THE CDC WEB SITE. THAT’S THE
SOURCE OF THE DRILL AND IT’S
VERY AVAILABLE ON THE WET.
>> THERE HAVE BEEN 2 BIG PIECES
OF NEWS THIS WEEK WE KNOW
THAT THE POSSIBLE ANTI-VIRAL
PILL FROM MERCK SET UP MEETING
WITH THE FDA ON CHILDREN’S
VACCINE SHOTS WHAT CAN YOU TELL
US ABOUT THESE 2 DIFFERENT
TOPICS.
>> THOSE ARE ALL
VERY EXCITING MAD. MAX, A FIRST
FOR THAT A VACCINE AVAILABILITY
FOR CHILDREN 5 TO
11 YEARS OLD PFIZER HAS
ADMITTED THEIR DATA TO THE FDA
AND THE FDA WILL BE REVIEWING
IT SHOULD ADVISE OR REQUEST A
IT EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATIONS
OR BY THE END OF THIS MONTH OR
EARLY IN NOVEMBER WILL HAVE
VACCINES AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN
AND THAT’S IMPORTANT BECAUSE
ONCE AGAIN THEY REPRESENT 20%
OF THE POPULATION AND NOW
THEY’RE GATHERING INDOORS EVERY
DAY DURING THE WEEK, SO THIS IS
IMPORTANT WE WANT TO HAVE A
LAWYER AND THE IMPORTANT TO GET
OUR KIDS VACCINATED
THE OTHER AND THEY JUST
MENTIONED IS THAT THE NEW PILL
THAT LOOKS LIKE IT MAY BE
AVAILABLE
TO TREAT COVID AND I THINK PUT
OUT BY MERCK.
THEY INDICATE THAT THEY’RE
GOING TO PURSUE AN EMERGENCY
USE AUTHORIZATION AS QUICKLY AS
THEY CAN.
THE STUDIES THEY DID SHOW THAT
REDUCED HOSPITALIZATIONS BY
50% AND EVEN MORE SO THAT COULD
BE A REAL GAME CHANGER IF WE
HAD A PILL TO TREAT
COVID I THINK FOR THOSE THAT
ARE HESITANT TO GET THE
VACCINE I MAY NOT WANT THE
VACCINE WHEN YOU’RE FEELING
WELL, BUT I THINK THAT THE
LIKELY WILLING TO TAKE A PILL
AND YOUR FEELING POORLY.
DOCTOR FRANK THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME ALWAYS A
PLEASURE.
>> ANSWERING, HOWEVER,
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