TODAY 100 MORE EMPLOYEES AT US HEALTH ARE SCHEDULED TO RECEIVE PFIZER’S
COVID-19 VACCINE. YESTERDAY,
THE FIRST 10 SHOTS WERE
ADMINISTERED TO EMERGENCY ROOM
AND INTENSIVE CARE WORKERS.
JOINING ME NOW
IS DAVID MASON BERGH HE IS THE
DIVISION DIRECTOR OF CRITICAL
CARE IF YOU HAVE HEALTH WHO WAS
ONE OF THE FIRST TO RECEIVE THE
VACCINE. GOOD MORNING, THANKS
FOR
JOINING US.
>> GOOD MORNING. JENNIFER
THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON THE
SHOW SO HOW ARE YOU FEELING
TODAY. I FEEL GREAT.
ONLY SOME OF THEM AND MAYBE A
LITTLE BIT OF SORENESS AT THE
INJECTION SITE FOR NO OTHER
SYMPTOMS OF
FEEL FINE.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO IT’S
INTERESTING I SPOKE WITH DOCTOR
MOBEEN RATHORE IN FACT LAST
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT AND HE WAS
VERY CAREFUL WITH ME. HE
SAID LISTEN. I DON’T THINK THAT
WE SHOULD REFER TO SIDE EFFECTS
BECAUSE IT TENDS TO HAVE A
NEGATIVE CONNOTATION AND THE
REALITY IS IS THAT WHEN SOMEONE
RECEIVES THE VACCINE.
THE BODY SHOULD REACT IN SOME
WAY BECAUSE IT SIGNALS THAT
THE BODY IS IT THAT IT’S
WORKING TO THE VACCINE IS
WORKING WOULD YOU SAY THAT THE
SYMPTOMS SO TO SPEAK THAT YOU
ARE EXPERIENCING RIGHT REALLY
ASSOCIATED WITH THE FACT THAT
YOUR BODY IS WORKING.
>> TO PROTECT YOU AGAINST THIS
VIRUS.
>> DOCTOR OUTDOORS YOU KNOW
HE’S
AN EXPERT AND I USE THE EXACTLY
RIGHT THE OTHER NIGHT AFTER YOU
GET A FLU SHOT SOMETIMES PEOPLE
HAVE SYMPTOMS
REALLY AFTER ANY MEDICATION.
THERE’S A POSSIBILITY THAT YOU
HAVE SOME KIND OF REACTION OR
OR. SYMPTOMS.
LIKE I SAID I FEEL
JUST A LITTLE BIT OF SORENESS
AT THE INJECTION SITE THAT’S
IT.
>>LAUREN VERNO: WHY DID YOU
FEEL SO STRONGLY IN BEING
VACCINATED.
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>> I’M VERY ♪ >> TO HAVE THE PERSPECTIVE THAT
I HAVE WHERE I WORK.
AND I SAID EARLIER IT’S SEEN A
LOT OF
COVID PATIENTS SO I KNOW FOR
SURE ENOUGH COVID IS VERY REAL.
♪
AND I ALSO
HAVE THE
HAVE THE ♪ GOOD FORTUNE TO WORK WITH SOME
SOME EXPERTS IN THE FIELD.
I YOU KNOW I OF COURSE TALK TO
THEM I DID MY OWN RESEARCH
I FEEL HONORED PERCENT
COMFORTABLE.
♪
IN TAKING THE VACCINE. I FEEL ♪ LIKE IT’S.
IT’S SOMETHING EVERYBODY SHOULD
DO. AND I THINK IT’S THE WAY
THAT WE GET PAST THIS PANDEMIC.
>> IT WOULD YOU DESCRIBE WHAT YOU HAVE SEEN WITH THE PATIENTS THAT YOU’VE SEEN BEING TREATED
IN THE DEPARTMENT WHICH TO
WORK.
♪
>> WE’LL CERTAINLY LIKE EARLY INFORMATION IS OUT THERE IT DEFINITELY DOES SEEM TO AFFECT
PEOPLE
YOU KNOW
♪
OTHER ILLNESSES CHRONIC
ILLNESSES AND PEOPLE THERE.
OVER THE AGE
OF 65. HOWEVER WE’VE SEEN WE’VE
SEEN ALL AGES WE’VE SEEN PEOPLE
IN THEIR 20’S AND SOME OF THEM
GET REALLY SICK, THERE’S A LOT
OF I OUTLIERS WITH THIS WITH
THIS DISEASE AND DOES CRUELLY
AFFECT EVERYONE.
♪
♪
♪ ♪ SO
♪ SO IT’S A REAL DISEASES IS VERY
SERIOUS THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN
SERIOUS AND THIS VACCINE IS A
YEAR HOPEFULLY A TURNING POINT
FOR.
>> FOR THE WORLD.
>> TO TO MOVE PAST
THIS PANDEMIC.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: YOU YEAR
OBVIOUSLY YOU’RE IN THE MEDICAL
FIELD SO SO YOU’RE ACCUSTOMED
TO SEEING. IT’S SERIOUS ILLNESS
AND EVEN DEATH BUT YOU’RE ALSO
A HUMAN BEING YOU KNOW COULD
YOU HOW DIFFICULT
IT IS TO SEE A
PATIENT DECLINED SO RAPIDLY AS
WE’VE SEEN WITH COVID-19 AND.
>> AND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON ON
THE FAMILY IN GENERAL.
♪
>> WHERE’S DOWN STAFF THAT WORK EXCEPT THE BEDSIDE WITH THESE PATIENTS EVERY DAY,
NOBODY THOUGHT THE BEGINNING OF
THIS
BACK IN MARCH AND APRIL THAT WE
WOULD STILL BE DEALING WITH IT.
IN DECEMBER 10 THE YEAR HERE
WE ARE.
♪
THE BEDSIDE STAFF HAS BEEN TAKING CARE OF THESE PATIENTS NONSTOP. I PROMISED A WHOLE
YEAR NOW. IT’S TAKING ITS TOLL
AND ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC
THINGS ABOUT THIS DISEASE IS IS
WE’VE HAD VISITORS PICTURES IN
FAMILIES CAN’T BE A
BAD SIGN WITH THEIR LOVED ONES
AND SAYS SIDE HAVE THAT RIDER
FILL THAT GAP.
♪
♪
♪ ♪ TO BOTH THE FAMILY AND THE
PATIENT.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: DAVID MASON
BERGH WORKS AT US HEALTH IN THE
DIVISION THAT HE’S THE DIRECTOR
OF CRITICAL CARE. THANK YOU FOR
YOUR TIME THIS MORNING
AND FOR YOUR MESSAGE