SPEEDWAY
SPEEDWAY TODAY. THAT STARTS AT 3:00 THIS
AFTERNOON AND ENDS AT 7:00 P.M.
WHILE THE PUSH TO GET MORE
AMERICANS VACCINATED+@ CONTINUE,
+@
AMERICANS VACCINATED+@ CONTINUE, THERE ARE STILL A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ABOUT THESE VACCINES,
HOW WELL THEY WORK, IF THEY ARE
SAFE, EFFECTIVE, SO LET'S GET
DR. WINTER +@FROM BAYLOR SCOTT D
WHITE HEALTH IN ON THE
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. GOOD TO SEE YOU.
GOOD MORNING.
GOOD MORNING. FIRST OFF, WHAT ARE THE NEW
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING
RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING GETTING TOGETHER WITH OUR
FAMILIES?
FAMILIES?
FAMILIES? I THINK EVEN AT ONE POINT THIS
WEEK, THE TOP GOOGLE TREND
SEARCH WAS, CAN I HUG MY
GRANDCHILDREN AGAIN, OR
SOMETHING TO THAT EFFECT.
>> HOT OFF THE PRESS, IF YOU
HAVE BEEN FULLY +@VACCINATED,
MEANING TWO WEEKS SINCE YOUR
SECOND SHOT OF MODERNA OR PFIZER
OR TWO WEEKS AFTER THE JOHNSON &
JOHNSON CHART, YOU CAN MEET WITH
+@
JOHNSON CHART, YOU CAN MEET WITH PEOPLE IN YOUR HOME WITHOUT A
MASK AND+@ MEET WITH PEO+@PLE WO
MASK AND+@ MEET WITH PEO+@PLE W@ ARE NOT VACCINATED IF THEY ARE
NOT HI+@GH-RISK.
NOT HI+@GH-RISK. HIGH RISK IS 55 OR OLDER OR
YOUNGER WITH+@ CHRONIC MEDIC+@AL
CONDITIONS.
CONDITIONS. THIS OPENS UP THE DOOR A LITTLE
BIT.
BIT.
+@
+@ THE
+@ THE CDC WILL GRADUALLY BE
LOWERING RECOMMENDATIONS.
LOWERING RECOMMENDATIONS. DIFFERENT RULES DEPENDING ON WHO
YOU TALK TO.
SONIA: WE JUST TALKED ABOUT
THIS.
THIS.
THIS. WE
THIS. WE WILL BE OPENING UP VACCINE
ELIGIBILITY, SO TO SPEAK, DOWN
TO AGE 50.
WHAT ARE YOUR THO+@UGHTS ON THA?
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO THE
NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO ARE STILL
WAITING FOR VACCINES, WAITING
PATIENTLY, AND STILL A NUMBER OF
PEOPLE WHO CANNOT GET THEM?
REALLY FRUSTRA+@TING.
REALLY FRUSTRA+@TING. >> YEAH, THAT'S AN ISSUE.
AGE 50 AND UP, AND ALSO TEACHERS
WILL BE ELIGIBLE.
THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH VACCINES
OUT TH+@ERE RIGHT NOW, SO FOLKS
HAVE TO BE PATIN.
MORE VCSECMG U,
BUT FOR , H'S GOIGT E
LONGI, AN TSHARD OGT
IN THOSE LINES BECAUSE THERE'S
NOT ENOG SUPPLY TO MEET
DEMAND.
DEMAND.+@
DEMAND.+@ SONIA: ARE WE STILL IN THAT SORT
OF DECLINE IN CASES, AND IF SO,
WHAT CAN WE ATTRIBUTE THAT TO?
>> WE HO+@PE, AND THERE'S SOME
DATA SUGGESTING THE VIRUS MAKE
RUN OUT OF NEW PEOPLE TO INFECT.
WE +@KNOW THAT IN AMERICA, +@ABT
32% OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXPOSED
AND HAVE SOME IMMUNITY AND
ANOTHER NOW 18% HAVE HAD AT
LEAST ONE SHOT.
PUT THAT ALTOGETHER, PLUS TOO
MANY SHOTS MAY BE GIVEN
PUT THAT ALTOGETHER, PLUS TOO MANY SHOTS MAY BE GIVEN.
SONIA: FINALLY, I+@'M WONDERING
WHER+@E WE ARE IN TERMS OF STUDS
SHOWING IF VACCINATED PEOPLE ARE
IMMUNE FROM GETTING THE VIRUS
AND THEN TRANSMITTING IT.
DO WE KNOW ANYTHING NEW ABOUT
THIS?+@
THIS?+@
THIS?+@ >> THE SCIENTISTS ARE NOT I+@N
TOTAL AGREEMENT, BUT THE+@RE'S A
LOT OF ENCOURAGING INFORMATION
ABOUT THERE.
ABOUT THERE. WE HAV+@E ALL SEEN R+@EINFECTED
CASES, MEANING THEY HAD COVID,
THEY GOT WELL, AND THEN THEY HAD
IT AGAIN, BUT A STUDY IN ISRAEL
LOOK AT 150,000 OF THEIR FOLKS
AND FOUND THE REINFECTION RATE
WAS ACTU+@ALLY 0.1%, SO VERY LO.
THAT'S ENCOURAGING.
THAT'S ENCOURAGING. BEFORE YOU START MAKING PLANS,
IT IS IMPORTANT TO REALIZE LAST
WEEK, 12,000 AMERICANS DIED, SO
THAT IS SCARY.
THE VI+@RUS IS STILL OUT THERE.
THE CDC IS STILL RANKING NORTH
TEXAS COUNTIES AS HAVING A
SUBS+@TANTIAL OR HIGH RISK OF
TRANSMISSION OF THE VIRUS, SO WE
NEED TO KEEP DOING WHAT WORKS --
WEARING MASKS, DISTANCING,
WASHING HANDS.
WASHING HANDS. IF WE KEEP IT UP, CASES WILL
CONTINUE TO DECLINE.