ALL
ALL RIGHT. I'M NOW SIX TWENTY THREE.
WE HAVE JUST LEARNED THAT
GOVERNOR NED LAMONT WILL GET
HIS FIRST DOSE OF A COVID19
VACCINE THIS MORNING IN
BLOOMFIELD.
BLOOMFIELD. IN THE MEANTIME THOUGH, THERE
ARE NEW DEVELOPMENTS
SURROUNDING COVID19 IN OUR
STATE AND THAT WAS HANDING
THINGS OVER TO FOX XIMENES
KEITH MCGILVERY.
KEITH MCGILVERY. >>
>>
>> KEITH,
>> KEITH, GOOD MORNING.
YEAH, GOOD MORNING.
OUR VACCINE TEAM ON IT THIS
MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. >>
>>
>> ANOTHER NEW VARIANT HAS BEEN
REPORTED IN OUR STATE
THE STRAIN OF THE NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS THAT ORIGINATED IN
SOUTH AFRICA HAS BEEN REPORTED
HERE IN CONNECTICUT WITH A
PATIENT NOW BEING TREATED OVER
THE STATE LINE IN NEW YORK.
JOINING US LIVE WITH MORE
INSIGHT ON THIS THIS MORNING,
TRINITY HEALTH DR. SAYED
HUSSEIN.
HUSSEIN.
HUSSEIN. GOOD MORNING, DOCTOR.
WE SO APPRECIATE YOU BEING WITH
US TODAY.
US TODAY.
US TODAY. MORNING.
MORNING.
MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
I WANT TO JUMP RIGHT IN BECAUSE
WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT THESE
DIFFERENT VARIANTS.
DIFFERENT VARIANTS. >>
>>
>> FOLKS
>> FOLKS AT HOME CAN BE CONFUSED.
IT'S KIND OF WHERE THINGS
STAND, WHAT THAT MEANS.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THE VARIANT WE'VE SEEN IN
THE U.K. AND THE ONE WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT NOW IN SOUTH
AFRICA?
AFRICA?
AFRICA? >>
>>
>> SO
>> SO YEAH.
SO YEAH.
SO YEAH. SO THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT I
WANT FOLKS TO REMEMBER RELATED
TO THESE VARIANTS.
ONE IS HOW CONTAGIOUS IS
THE PARTICULAR VARIANT WHICH
MEANS HOW TRANSMISSIBLE IS IT
FROM ONE PERSON TO THE NEXT?
AND THE OTHER THING IS
VIRULENCE, WHICH MEANS IF
SOMEONE DOES END UP WITH
COVID-19 DISEASE FROM ONE OF
THESE VARIANTS, HOW LIKELY IS
IT THAT THEY WILL END UP WITH
SEVERE DISEASE OR EVEN DEATH?
SO WITH THE UK VARIANT WE KNOW
IT'S BECOME THE DOMINANT STRAIN
SINCE IT EMERGED IN LATE FALL
OF TWENTY TWENTY IN THE U.K.
IT'S NOW THE DOMINANT STRAIN
AND IT'S LED TO A REALLY IT HAS
A VERY HIGH TRANSMISSION RATE.
WE THAT WE ALSO HAVE NEW DATA
COMING IN THAT SHOWS IT MAY
ACTUALLY BE MORE LETHAL.
NOW WHAT WE DO KNOW ABOUT
THE SOUTH AFRICAN VARIANT AGAIN
IS ALSO SIMILAR TO THE UK
VARIANT.
VARIANT.
VARIANT. IT'S MORE TRANSMISSIBLE.
IT'S THE DOMINANT STRAIN IN
SOUTH AFRICA CURRENTLY.
WHAT'S WORRYING SO MUCH IS
DIFFERENT FROM THE UK STRAIN,
HOWEVER, IS THAT THERE ARE TWO
NEW MUTATIONS FOUND IN
THE SOUTH AFRICAN VARIANT WHICH
MAY MEAN REDUCED EFFICACY
AGAINST ANTIBODIES AND INDEED
VACCINES.
VACCINES.
VACCINES. >>
>>
>> CERTAINLY A LOT TO KEEP YOUR
EYE ON THERE.
>>
>>
>> THAT
>> THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY NEXT
QUESTION.
QUESTION.
QUESTION. I WANT TO SHARE A QUESTION FROM
A VIEWER SHARON WRITING IN TO
US WANTING TO KNOW ONCE YOU'VE
BEEN VACCINATED FOR
THE CORONAVIRUS IS SHE STILL
TRANSMISSIBLE?
TRANSMISSIBLE? CAN SHE STILL GIVE IT TO
SOMEBODY SO WE DON'T REALLY
HAVE ADEQUATE DATA YET TO
ANSWER THAT QUESTION
DEFINITIVELY.
DEFINITIVELY. >>
>>
>> THAT'S
>> THAT'S WHY IT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT THAT WE STICK TO
PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES
INCLUDING MASKING, DISTANCING
AND AVOIDING GATHERINGS EVEN
AFTER AN INDIVIDUAL HAS BEEN
VACCINATED.
VACCINATED. NOW WHAT WE DO KNOW BASED ON
DATA CURRENTLY AVAILABLE, HOW
HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THESE
VACCINES, THE ONES THAT ARE
CURRENTLY LICENSED AGAINST
THESE VARIANTS?
THESE VARIANTS? WE KNOW BASED ON DATA THAT
THE UK VARIANT WILL
THE VACCINES I SHOULD SAY ARE
EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE UK
VARIANT WHERE THERE'S SOME GRAY
AREA BASED ON DATA THAT WE'VE
RECEIVED FROM NOVAVAX FACE TO
FACE THREE TRIALS AS WELL AS
THE NEW JOHNSON AND JOHNSON
VACCINE THAT CURRENTLY IS GOING
THROUGH THE FDA APPROVAL
PROCESS IS THEY ARE LESS
EFFECTIVE AGAINST THE SOUTH
AFRICAN VARIANT.
AFRICAN VARIANT. BOTTOM LINE HERE FOR
CONNECTICUT RESIDENTS IS WE'VE
DONE THIS BEFORE.
WE'VE KEPT THE VIRUS A VERY,
VERY LOW THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER
OF LAST YEAR.
WE CAN DO IT AGAIN.
THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO TO LET
YOUR GUARD DOWN.
IT'S TIME TO DOUBLE UP ON THESE
PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES KNOWING
WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO ROLL UP
YOUR SLEEVE.
YOUR SLEEVE. PLEASE GET VACCINATED.
DOCTOR, ANOTHER QUICK QUESTION
FROM BERNIE.
FROM BERNIE. >>
>>
>> A
>> A VIEWER WRITING AND SAYING
HEY, WE'VE SEEN ALL THIS
WHETHER WEATHER IS AN ISSUE
TODAY VACCINE APPOINTMENTS ARE
BEING CANCELED.
BEING CANCELED. WHAT HAPPENS IF
THE RESCHEDULING WINDOW KIND OF
EXTENDS BEYOND THAT RECOMMENDED
WINDOW IN BETWEEN SHOTS?
DOES THE VACCINE STILL WORK FOR
SOMEONE LIKE BERNIE?
>>
>>
>> YES,
>> YES, THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
SO THE CDC HAS COME OUT WITH A
NEW RECOMMENDATION A COUPLE OF
WEEKS AGO WHICH BASICALLY
STATES THAT THE TIME DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND
DOSE CAN BE EXTEND UP TO SIX
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