IN OUR FORECAST. I’M GOING TO TAKE YOU THROUGH WHEN YOU CAN GRAB THAT UMBRELLA
ONCE AGAIN COMING UP IN JUST A
FEW MINUTES. >>ZAC LASHWAY: DANIELLE THANK YOU. THE CDC IS WARNING OF A
PANDEMIC
OF UNVACCINATED DIRECTOR
ROCHELLE WALENSKY SAYS
OUTBREAKS ARE HAPPENING IN
PARTS OF
THE COUNTRY WHERE THERE ARE LOW
VACCINATION RATES OFFICIALS SAY
THE DELTA VARIANT IS ALSO
RISING IN ALL 50 STATES AND
FLORIDA IS ONE OF 4 STATES
SEEING THE WORST OF THE
CURRENT OUTBREAK.
>>JENNIFER READY: CHAD NEILSON
THE DIRECTOR OF INFECTION
PREVENTION AT US HEALTH IN
JACKSONVILLE JOINS US NOW.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR BEING WITH
US THIS MORNING.
>> YOU KNOW THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME.
>>CORLEY PEEL: HOW ARE THE
LOCAL HOSPITALS WHY ARE THEY
SEEING SUCH HIGH NUMBERS OF
COVID CASES DO
YOU THINK.
>> BUT IT’S REALLY THE PERFECT
WHAT WE’RE SEEING OUT
THERE THERE’S STILL A
RELATIVELY LOW NUMBER OF
VACCINATED INDIVIDUALS HERE IN
DUVAL COUNTY ONLY 49% OF DUVAL
COUNTY HAS VACCINATED VERSUS
ABOUT 59% OF THE STATE AVERAGE.
AND SO WITH THE DELTA VARIANT
BURNING THROUGH THE POPULATION
OF
♪
OF ♪ ONE VACCINATED RIGHT NOW
UNFORTUNATELY, THEY’RE SHOWING
UP IN OUR HOSPITALS.
WHAT AGE
GROUPS CHAD.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: ARE YOU SEEING
WITH A LOW VACCINATION RATE.
>> YEAH, IT’S REALLY ACROSS THE
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE AGE
GROUP ABOUT 60 AND OVER WITH
AND VERY DILIGENT ABOUT GETTING
VACCINATED SO WHAT WE’RE REALLY
LOOKING AT IS THOSE UNDER THE
AGE OF 60
ARE REALLY LEADING THE CHARGE
IN TERMS OF NOT BEING
VACCINATED THE MAJORITY OF OUR
HOSPITAL CASES RIGHT NOW,
ALTHOUGH KIDS OR TEENAGERS IS
STILL SHIFTING TOWARDS THE
YOUNGER DEBT, YOUNGER
DEMOGRAPHIC, SOMEWHERE BETWEEN
4060.
>> AND WE KNOW THAT VACCINES
ARE NOT MANDATED
SO PEOPLE HAVE THEY CAN MAKE
THEIR OWN DECISION AS TO
WHETHER THEY WANT TO
VACCINATION BUT WHAT IS YOUR
BEST ARGUMENT FOR CONVINCING
PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATED.
>> YEAH SO WE’VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT DATA ABOUT THE TRIALS AND
ALL OF THIS WE’RE WELL PAST
THAT IF ANYBODY HAS ANY
CONCERNS ABOUT GETTING
VACCINATED BECAUSE THEY FEEL
LIKE THERE’S NOT
ENOUGH DATA OR THE TRIALS WERE
RUSHED WE’RE WELL PAST THAT WE
HAVE ENOUGH DATA.
WE KNOW THAT THESE VACCINES ARE
STATES THAT
ARE AFFECTED. WHAT WE’RE SEEING
IN THE HOSPITAL IS OVER 90% OF
OUR CASES ARE
UNVACCINATED INDIVIDUALS.
THOSE WHO ARE VACCINATED IN OUR
HOSPITAL HAVE SIGNIFICANT
COMORBIDITIES SO WE KNOW THAT
THE VACCINES ARE EFFECTIVE IN
PRODUCING SEVERE INFECTION AS
WELL AS HOSPITALIZATIONS
THAT’S A BIG PART OF WHY WE
NEED EVERYONE TO GET VACCINATED
THE OTHER PART
IS THAT KIDS ARE GOING BACK TO
SCHOOL IN THE FALL AND LARGELY
THOSE KIDS UNDER 12 YEARS OLD
STILL DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO GET
THAT VACCINE DUE TO ONGOING
TRIALS AND SO EVEN IF YOU’RE
NOT WORRIED ABOUT YOURSELF
PLEASE WORRY ABOUT THE KIDS
OUT THERE YOU CAN’T GET
VACCINATED AS THEY START
RETURNING TO SCHOOL HERE IN THE
NEXT FEW WEEKS AND YOU KNOW
CHAD I’M SOBER GLAD YOU BROUGHT
CHILDREN’S THIS CONVERSATION I
HAD A
FRIEND WHO.
>> HAS A 7 YEAR-OLD WHO
CHILDCARE
UP NORTH WHO JUST CONTRACTED
COVID-19 AND IS IN THE HOSPITAL
THIS MORNING. WE HAVE A A
HEADLINE OF A 2 MONTH-OLD
CONTRACTING COVID-19 WHAT ARE
YOU HEARING FROM PARENTS
WHEN IT COMES TO CHILDREN
RECEIVING THE VACCINE. 12 AND
YOUNGER.
>> YEAH, I THINK A LOT OF
PARENTS ARE WAITING FOR THE
EMERGENCY USE APPROVAL WHICH
WE’RE NOW FINDING OUT COULD BE
AS EARLY AS MIDWINTER I DO THINK THERE’S AN APPETITE AMONGST PARENTS TO VACCINATE
THEIR YOUNG KIDS I BEFORE
YEAR-OLD MYSELF I FULLY PLAN ON
GETTING VACCINATED AS SOON AS I
ONCE THE FDA
GIVES APPROVAL. SO I THINK A
LOT OF PARENTS WILL RESPOND
WELL, I KNOW THAT THE LARGEST
GROUPS RIGHT NOW WHO ARE
GETTING VACCINATED IS THAT 12
YEAR TO ABOUT 18 YEAR-OLD THEY
ARE FLOCKING TO GET THAT
VACCINE AND SO I THINK IT’S A
GOOD SIGN THAT ONCE WE CAN GET
IT APPROVED FOR THE YOUNGER
INDIVIDUALS. HOPEFULLY BY
MIDWINTER WE’LL START SEEING
THOSE NUMBERS RISE AND
HOPEFULLY KEEP KIDS OUT
OF HOSPITALS.
>>JENNIFER READY: AND CHAD MY
12 YEAR-OLD WAS VACCINATED THE
DAY AFTER IT WAS APPROVED AND
SHE DID QUITE WELL WITH THE
REACTION MUCH BETTER THAN I
DID.
>> IT WILL WE’RE WE’RE
HOPEFUL THAT REACTIONS CONTINUE
TO STAY VERY WHAT WE DO
KNOW THAT ALLIES ADVERSE EVENTS
AFTER THIS VACCINE ACROSS AGE
46 SEEMINGLY LOW. MUCH LESS
THAN WHAT OTHER VACCINES THAT