POSSIBLY
POSSIBLY A THUNDERSTORM OR TWO SO IT IS GOING TO BE A SOGGY
START AND A VERY COLD CHRISTMAS
DAY.
DAY.
DAY. >>>
DAY. >>> OUR COVID-19 COVERAGE
CONTINUES WITH A CLOSER LOOK AT
THE VACCINES AND WHY BLACK
PEOPLE SHOULD TRUST THEM.
HAVE WATCHED FRONTLINE WORKERS,
HEALTH CARE LEADERS AND
LAWMAKERS GET VACCINATED.
OVER THE LAST WEEK AND A HALF,
JOE BIDEN JUST TELLING US THERE
IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT AFTER
HE GOT VACCINATED BUT BLACK
AMERICANS ARE WORRIED AND
SKEPTICAL OF THE HEALTH CARE
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. FOR SOME, JUST THE TALK OF
VACCINES BRINGS BACK PAIN AND
TRICKERY.
TRICKERY.
TRICKERY. A USA POLL, ONE OF THE
QUESTIONS WE ASKED GEORGIANS IS
HOW LIKELY WOULD YOU BE TO GET
THE CORONAVIRUS VACCINE
19% OF BLACK PEOPLE SAID THEY
ARE CERTAIN TO GET IT.
33% HISPANIC, 32% ASIAN AND 6%
WHITE.
WHITE.
WHITE. IF
WHITE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
NATIONALLY, THEY ARE MUCH
HIGHER.
HIGHER.
HIGHER. BLACK AMERICANS LARGELY SAYING
THEY WILL PASS ON THE VACCINES.
JOINING ME IS ONE OF PFIZER'S
PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS AT YALE
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
THE DOCTOR IS ONE OF THE
SCIENTISTS WHO PLAY A KEY ROLE
IN DEVELOPING THE VACCINE.
GOOD MORNING TO YOU.
YOU ARE ONE OF THE FIRST TO GET
THE VACCINE AT YALE. HOW ARE
YOU FEELING TODAY?
ANY SIDE EFFECTS AFTER WORK?
>> NOT ONLY
DIFFICULTIES ]
IT
IT HAS
IT HAS MEANT A LOT TO ME TO BE ONE OF THE FIRST IN LINE TO GET
THE VACCINE.
THE VACCINE. AND REALLY A MODEL TO EVERYONE.
ESPECIALLY THOSE IN OUR
COMMUNITY TO SHOW THAT IT IS
SAFE AND EFFECTE.
I AM DOING FINE ABOUT ONE WEEK
OUT FROM MY VACCINATION.
SUSPECT YOU HAD A LITTLE BIT OF
PAIN IN THE ARM, RIGHT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT. I HAD A
LITTLE BIT OF A PAIN IN THE ARM.
>> YOU TELL ME THAT YOU ARE ON
A HUGE PERSONAL CRUSADE TO
DISPEL SOME OF THE MYTHS ABOUT
THE VACCINE.
THE VACCINE. SO WE WILL START WITH THE
STATS.
STATS.
STATS. HOW MANY TOOK PART IN THE
TRIALS, WHAT PERCENTAGE WERE
BLACK AND HOW MANY WERE GIVEN
THE VACCINE?
THE VACCINE? >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
IN THE PHASE 3 TRIALS, THERE
WERE 43,000 INDIVIDUALS AND
OF THE FOCUSES OF THE STUDY WAS
TO ASSURE ADEQUATE NUMBERS AND
RATIO. 25% WERE HISPANIC
ABOUT 4.5% WERE ASIAN.
::
:: >>
:: >> SO
:: >> SO 10% OF BLACK FOLKS AND YOU
BELIEVE THIS IS ENOUGH?
::
:: >>
:: >> WERE ANY OTHER VOLUNTEERS
SUFFERING FROM DIABETES OR
HYPERTENSION?
HYPERTENSION? ANY CANCER SURVIVORS IN THE
GROUP?
GROUP?
GROUP? >>
GROUP? >> THAT IS A GREAT QUESTION.
THE STUDY DID ENROLL THE FIRST
GROUP, ABOUT 35%,
DIABETES.
DIABETES.
DIABETES. 25% HAD A HISTORY OF
HYPERTENSION.
A
A RECENT
A RECENT MIT STUDY SUGGESTS IT MAY BE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT FOR
BLACK SPECIFICALLY.
BLACK SPECIFICALLY. IS THIS LEGIT?
WAS IT EVER DISCUSSED BY YOUR
TEAM?
TEAM?
TEAM? >>
TEAM? >> NO, FOR THE PFIZER VACCINE,
WE HAVE NO REASON TO BELIEVE IT
BEHAVES ANY DIFFERENTLY IN
BLACKS COMPARED TO WHITES. THAT
WAS THE OBSERVATION ALL THROUGH
THE CLINICAL TRIALS THAT SHOWED
THE POTENTIAL OF SYMPTOMATIC
COVID-19, THE RESULTS WERE
SIMILAR.
THE
THE STUDIES FOUND EQUAL EFFICACY.
ONE
ONE LAST
ONE LAST POINT I WANT TO MAKE: CHECK [ TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES ]