>>BRUCE HAMILTON: SOME 4 MILLION DOSES OF JOHNSON JOHNSON’S NEW VACCINE SET TO
ARRIVE TODAY 20 MILLION SHOULD
BE READY TO BE ADMINISTERED BY
THE END OF
THE MONTH. AND IT COMES AT A
CRUCIAL CROSSROADS IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST
THE PANDEMIC DOCTOR ERIC RUBIN,
A MEMBER OF THE FDA VACCINE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND A
PROFESSOR AT THE HARVARD TH
CHAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
SAID THERE’S A KIND OF NEW
URGENCY TO IT. THERE ARE NEW
VIRAL VARIANTS COMING OUT RIGHT
NOW WITH SOME CHANCE THAT SOME
OF THEM COULD EVENTUALLY BECOME
SOMEWHAT RESISTANT
FOR THE PROTECTION PROVIDED BY
VACCINES, IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT
TO GET IT OUT THERE FAST.
JOINING ME EXCUSE ME ON THE
MORNING SHOW DOCTOR JONATHAN
KANTOR WITH THE PENN CENTER FOR
EPIDEMIOLOGY SO THIS IS A
PIVOTAL TIME IN THE FIGHT.
THE PANDEMIC MAY BE STALLING
RIGHT NOW IS THE KEY TO THIS
EQUATION RIGHT NOW BECAUSE THE
VARIANCE PROVIDE A BIG UNKNOWN.
>> ABSOLUTELY YOU KNOW AS WITH EVERYTHING THAT WE’VE JUST BEEN DISCUSSING THERE ARE SO MANY
UNKNOWNS IN THE EQUATION.
THE KEY THING FOR US TO KEEP IN
MIND THE PRESS TO
CONSIDER THOUGH IS THAT YOU
KNOW WITH THE PANDEMIC GOING
WITH ALL THE VARIANTS THAT ARE
CROPPING UP NOW IT BECOMES EVEN
MORE IMPORTANT IS DOCTOR.
THE MENTION FOR US TO MAKE SURE
THAT WE GET AS MANY PEOPLE
VACCINATED AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. THE KEY IS GOING TO
BE VACCINATION BECAUSE WE’VE
SHOWN THAT VACCINES CAN PREVENT
EVEN MOST OF THE VARIANCE FROM
INFECTING PEOPLE SO WE CAN STOP
THOSE IN THEIR TRACKS BEFORE
THEY CAN BECOME THE KIND OF A
DOMINANT STRAINS OF THE VIRUS
THAT ARE OUT THERE
THAT’S REALLY CRITICAL AND
THAT’S WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT
THAT IF YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE
VACCINE THAT YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE
OF THAT AXIS YOU KNOW SOME
PEOPLE LOOK AT THE PFIZER AND
MODERNA VACCINES AND SAY WELL
THEY’RE 95% EFFECTIVE.
>> THIS JOHNSON JOHNSON SHOT
MAY
NOT PROVIDE AS MUCH PROTECTION
TO ME AND EXPERTS SAY THOSE
COMPARISONS ARE UNFAIR AND
AMERICANS SHOULDN’T TURN UP
THEIR NOSES AT THIS
NEWS VACCINE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN
WHY AND WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE
FOCUSED ON.
>> I THINK THE THING THAT PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO BE FOCUSED ON IS THE FACT THAT
WE HAVE HAVE THESE MULTIPLE
VACCINES AVAILABLE MEAN WE ARE
THE IN MANY WAYS, ONE OF THE
MOST FORTUNATE COUNTRIES IN THE
WORLD THAT WE’VE GOT ACCESS.
THE MULTIPLE VACCINES MAY
REMEMBER WE WERE TALKING ABOUT
SLOW ROLLOUT OF VACCINES AT A
TIME WHEN THERE ARE OVER A 100
COUNTRIES THAT DIDN’T HAVE ONE
PERSON VACCINATED SO IT’S VERY
VERY EXCITED. WE’VE GOT THE
ACCESS TO THE VACCINES. IT’S
DANGEROUS TO COMPARE, YOU KNOW
DATA FROM INDIVIDUAL TRIALS
THAT DON’T COMPARE.
THE VACCINES HEAD TO HEAD
BECAUSE YOU KNOW 95% THEY’RE
ALWAYS GOING TO BE CONFIDENCE
INTERVALS AROUND THAT THERE’S
ALWAYS GOING TO BE KIND OF
HOW CONFIDENT ARE WE THAT THAT
95% NUMBER IS A BIG YOU KNOW
EXACTLY EXAMPLE, OR 68% NUMBER
72% NUMBER,
SO IT’S IMPORTANT VACCINES WERE
COMPARED AGAINST EACH OTHER THE
OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS
THAT THERE ARE SOME IMPORTANT
ADVANTAGES TO THE JOHNSON
JOHNSON VACCINE, ONE IS THAT
YOU ONLY HAVE ONE SHOT SO
PEOPLE ARE BUSY OF PEOPLE HAVE
TROUBLE GETTING BACK IN JUST
FROM A PUBLIC HEALTH
STANDPOINT, IT’S FANTASTIC
TO BE ABLE TO SAY HEY YOU TALK
ABOUT 4 MILLION DOSES TODAY
THAT’S 4 MILLION PEOPLE THAT
ARE THAN DONE WITH THAT
THE OTHER THING THE OTHER
VANISHED WITH THAT VACCINE IS
THAT YOU PROBABLY HAVE LESS
CHANCE OF THE SIDE EFFECTS THAT
YOU MIGHT HAVE WITH THE SECOND
SHOT OF THE OTHER VACCINES
FOR MOST PEOPLE WHO ARE WORRIED
DOES OR TOLERABLE BUT FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE
VERY RISK AVERSE TO DON’T LIKE
THAT IDEA OBVIOUSLY JOHNSON
JOHNSON’S A BIG ADVANTAGE IN
TERMS OF THAT
AND THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN
MIND IS THAT YOU KNOW THERE IS
NO MAGICAL VACCINE. FERRY
COMING OUT THERE AND OFFERING
AMERICANS WHICH VACCINE WOULD
YOU LIKE TO CHOOSE FROM THE
SPIDER OF OPTIONS,
SO IT’S SORT OF A TAKE WHAT YOU
CAN GET AND THAT DOESN’T MATTER
IF YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER
DOESN’T MATTER WHO YOU ARE WE
TAKE WHAT WE
CAN GET. AND I THINK IT’S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT
IN MIND AS WELL, YOU KNOW YOU
BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE OF ACCESS
BECAUSE OF THE WAY THIS VACCINE
IS STORED. >> IT’S GOING TO HELP VACCINES GET TO MORE REMOTE REGIONS AND
HELP IN THE GLOBAL FIGHT AND
THAT’S KEY TO REINING IN THIS
PANDEMIC.
>> ABSOLUTELY ANOTHER THING IS WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER RIGHT THE PANDEMIC DOESN’T
REALLY CARE WHAT POLITICAL
PARTY OR INNOCENT CARE WHAT
COUNTRY OR DOESN’T CARE WHERE
YOU ARE THE WHOLE WORLD AS
WE’VE SEEN YOU KNOW OVER THE
COURSE OF THIS PANDEMIC IS SO
INTERCONNECTED NOW THAT
A PROBLEM YOU KNOW IN INDIA IS
UP ON THE UNITED STATES A
PROBLEM IN CHINA IS A PROBLEM
IN CANADA. SO IT DOESN’T REALLY
MATTER WHERE YOU ARE SUPPORT TO
GET THE VACCINE OUT THERE SO
THE FACT THAT THIS VACCINE CAN
BE STORED MORE LIBERALLY YOU
KNOW USING KIND OF MORE
TRADITIONAL APPROACHES IS A
MASSIVE ADVANTAGE AND THAT
COUPLED WITH THE FACT THAT IT’S
BEEN SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE
AGAINST FOR EXAMPLE, THE SOUTH
AFRICAN VARIANT MAKES A REALLY