>>> 8:13.
CARSON REJOINS.
TIME FOR "VACCINATING AMERICA."
>> GUYS, IT IS GO TIME FOR UNCLE
AL.
NOW, AL, BEFORE YOU GET YOUR
VACCINATION HERE, REMIND
EVERYBODY HOW YOU QUALIFY.
>> I QUALIFY BECAUSE I’M OVER 65
YEARS OLD.
ACCORDING TO NEW YORK STATE, I
COULD APPLY.
ALL WEEKEND LONG, I WENT ON THE
NEW YORK STATE HEALTH.GOV
WEBSITE AND KEPT LOGGING IN,
ADDING IN MY INFORMATION.
KEPT LOGGING IN, LOGGING IN.
I FINALLY HIT PAY DIRT SUNDAY
MORNING.
I GOT ASSIGNED HERE NO LENOX
HILL HOSPITAL.
SO THAT’S HOW I MADE IT.
IT WAS A CONSTANT.
I KEPT HITTING REFRESH, REFRESH,
REFRESH ON THE BROWSER, AND
FINALLY GOT IN, GUYS.
>> YOU’VE GOT TO STICK WITH IT,
I GUESS.
>> LOOK, THEY PUT UP A CERTAIN
NUMBER OF APPOINTMENTS EACH DAY,
AND THEN, YOU KNOW, LUCK OF THE
DRAW.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP GOING IN.
FOR EXAMPLE, I GOT A BROTHER,
CHRIS, WHO RUNS NEW YORK HEALTH
AND HOSPITALS METROPOLITAN AND
SAID, "COME HERE."
I SAID, I DON’T WANT TO JUMP THE
LINE.
I WANT TO DO IT OFFICIALLY AND
ABOVE BOARD.
I FIGURED, THIS WAS THE BEST
WAY.
THIS IS WHERE I ENDED UP, LENOX
HILL HOSPITAL, WHICH HAPPENS TO
BE THE PLACE WHERE NICK AND
LEILA WERE BORN.
>> REAL QUICK, AL, I KNOW A LOT
OF PEOPLE, MY MOM INCLUDED, WERE
TRYING TO GET APPOINTMENTS.
SOMETIME
SOMETIMES YOU DON’T GET ONE
UNTIL FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL.
IS THERE A WAY TO SPEED UP THE
PACE A LITTLE?
>> IT REALLY IS, YOU KNOW,
DEPENDING ON WHICH FACILITY, IT
PUTS IN A NUMBER OF
APPOINTMENTS.
THEY GET THE VACCINE AND PUT IN
FOR THOSE APPOINTMENTS.
IF YOU’RE LUCKY ENOUGH, AS I
WAS, TO GET IN NOW, IT COULD
HAVE JUST AS EASILY BEEN
FEBRUARY OR MARCH.
I LUCKED OUT.
>> THEY’RE GOING QUICK.
THERE WAS 300 APPOINTMENTS AT
LENOX ON SUNDAY.
FROM 9:07 TO 9:15, THEY WENT
LIKE THAT.
FOR THE MILLION PLUS, 65 AND
OLDER IN NEW YORK CITY, THIS IS
A TOUGH THING.
WE’RE GLAD YOU’RE THERE.
WHAT SHOT ARE YOU GETTING, AL?
>> WELL, I’M GETTING THE PFIZER
VACCINE.
IN FACT, LET ME BRING IN DR.
DANIEL BAKER, THE MEDICAL
DIRECTOR HERE AT LENOX HILL.
SO I’M GETTING THE PFIZER
VACCINE, DOC.
THIS IS TWO VACCINES SPREAD OUT
OVER THREE WEEKS?
>> YES.
OVER 21 DAYS.
>> AND I’M GOING TO ASK THE
QUESTION BECAUSE A LOT OF
PEOPLE -- IS IT SAFE?
>> ABSOLUTELY.
WE GET ASKED THAT A LOT.
THE CLINICAL TRIALS REALLY
SHOWED ITS EFFICACY.
WE’VE SEEN HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS
OF THOUSANDS OF DOSES SINCE.
EVERYBODY IS DOING RATHER QUITE
WELL.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW,
ONCE YOU GET THE VACCINE,
ESPECIALLY AFTER YOU GET TWO
DOSES, DO I STILL NEED TO WEAR A
MASK?
>> YES.
THAT’S ACTUALLY A KEY COMPONENT
OF KEEPING US ALL SAFE.
WE’RE NOT GOING TO KNOW WHO HAS
HAD THE VACCINE.
WE’RE ALSO GOING TO TAKE SOME
TIME IN TERMS OF GETTING UP TO
ENOUGH PEOPLE TO WHERE WE CAN
TAKE THESE MASKS OFF.
MASK WEARING IS GOING TO BE WITH
US FOR SOME TIME NOW.
>> ONCE I’M FULLY VACCINATED,
CAN I STILL BE ASYMPTOMATIC AND
SPREAD COVID?
>> THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION.
THAT’S NOT WHAT THE CLINICAL
TRIALS LOOKED AT.
WE’RE HOPEFUL THE ANSWER IS NO.
AS WITH MOST DISEASES, WHEN YOU
GET SOME IMMUNITY, WE’RE HOPING
YOU WOULDN’T THEN BE ABLE TO
THEN TRANSMIT IT.
WE’RE GOING TO SEE AS THE THINGS
GO, AND WE’LL HAVE MORE
INFORMATION COMING.
>> A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO
SAY, I’M GOING TO WAIT UNTIL WE
GET HERD IMMUNITY.
I DON’T REALLY NEED TO GET
VACCINATED.
POP THAT BALLOON FOR YOU, WOULD
YOU?
>> THAT’S A TOUGH ONE.
HERD IMMUNITY COMES AT 85% TO
90%.
THE ONLY WAY TO GET THERE IS IF
EVERYBODY GOES FOR THE VACCINE.
WE’RE GOING TO GET THAT 10% TO
15% BY PEOPLE WHO COULDN’T GET
IT BECAUSE OF A MEDICAL ILLNESS
OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.
WE ALL HAVE TO DO OUR PART.
WE HAVE TO GO GET THE VACCINE TO
CREATE THE HERD IMMUNITY.
>> AFTER THE FIRST DOSE, WHAT AM
I GOING TO FEEL?
>> A LITTLE SORENESS IN THE ARM,
NOT UNLIKE THE FLU VACCINE.
YOU’RE GOING TO BE UP AND ON THE
"TODAY" SHOW TOMORROW MORNING,
NO PROBLEM.
>> ALL RIGHT.
I KNOW YOU GOT THE VACCINE.
WHEN IT FIRST CAME HERE, YOU HAD
MIXED EMOTIONS.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
IT WAS VERY INSPIRING,
INCREDIBLE.
IT ROLLED RIGHT THROUGH THE
DOORS OUTSIDE THERE.
WE ALL STOPPED AND ACTUALLY TOOK
A SELFIE WITH THE BOX.
IT WAS AN INCREDIBLE, INSPIRING,
HOPEFUL MOMENT.
>> I HAVE A HOPEFUL MOMENT NOW,
THANKS TO NURSE JESSICA.
JESSICA, I’VE ANSWERED A BUNCH
OF QUESTIONS AHEAD OF TIME.
SO WE’RE READY TO DO THIS?
>> WE ARE.
>> OKAY.
SO NOW WHERE DO YOU DO THE
VACCINATION ITSELF?
I HAD TO ROLL ALL THE WAY UP.
>> IN YOUR DELTOID MUSCLE,
AROUND HERE.
>> OKAY.
>> YOU ANSWERED NO TO ALL THE
QUESTIONS.
DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR
ME?
>> WHEN YOU -- DID YOU GET THE
SHOT?
>> I DID.
>> HOW DID YOU FEEL AFTERWARD?
>> I FELT GOOD.
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET’S GET READY.
THE QUESTION IS, WILL I GET A
HELLO KITTY BAND-AID?
>> THERE WE GO.
UNCLE AL GETTING HIS
VACCINATION.
>> THINK ABOUT HAPPY THINGS.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
>> HAPPY DOGS.
PIES AND CAKES.
>> LOOK AT NURSE JESSICA.
>> YESZJESSICA.
>> GOT IT DONE?
>> WOW, NURSE JESSICA, WHAT A
PRO.
GENERIC BAND-AID, LADIES AND
GENTLEMEN.
>> YOU GOT A BAND-AID?
>> SWEET.
>> WHAT’D YOU WANT TO KNOW?
>> TOO LATE.
I WAS GOING TO HAVE YOU ASK THE
DOCTOR IF THE SHOT IS MORE
EFFECTIVE IN THE REAR END.
IT LOOKS LIKE IT’S IN THE ARM
NOW SO --
>> CARSON WANTS TO KNOW, DOCTOR,
COULD YOU HAVE GOTTEN IT IN THE
REAR END?
>> WELL, THAT ANSWER IS NO.
>> OKAY.
>> DELTOID.
>> THANK YOU.
>> IN THE DELTOID.
I NEED SOME TATS LIKE CARSON.