STIRRING
STIRRING UP QUITE A STORM ONLINE NOT IN ERIC. ALISON, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE.
WELL, THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
NOW RESUMING THE USE OF THE
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON COVID
VACCINE. FEDERAL OFFICIALS
LIFTED A PAUSE ON VACCINATIONS
FRIDAY AFTER LOOKING INTO
REPORTS OF RARE BLOOD CLOTS.
HERE TO DISCUSS THAT AND MORE
IS DR. LOTT FROM SHARP STEELY
MEDICAL GROUP. GOOD MORNING TO
YOU, DR. ABBY. THANKS FOR BEING
HERE. THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU BOTH. NICE
TO SEE YOU AS WELL. LET'S GET
TO THAT LATEST UPDATE ON WHAT
THE CDC IS RECOMMENDING ABOUT
THE GEORE VACCINE HERE AND WHY
THEY MADE THIS CHANGE. CAN YOU
BREAK THAT DOWN? ABSOLUTELY. SO
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING AND SEEING
IS THAT THE RISKS FROM COVID
FAR OUTWEIGH THE RISKS
OF GETTING THE JOHNSON JOHNSON
VACCINE WHILE THERE IS A CHANCE
IT'S VERY, VERY, VERY SLIGHT,
VERY, VERY MINOR CHANCE
OF GETTING THESE BLOOD CLOTS
THAT HAVE BEEN OBSERVED. AND SO
IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP THAT IN
MIND AND TO PUT THAT INTO
CONTEXT. AND PART OF IT IS ALSO
BECAUSE WE ARE STARTING TO SEE
A LOT OF REAL WORLD EVIDENCE
CONFIRMED THIS HARM THAT PEOPLE
GET FROM COVID FOR EXAMPLE,
RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE IN ST.
LOUIS. THIS SHOWS THAT THE RISK
OF DEATH IN SOMEONE EVEN GOT A
MILD CASE OF COVID IS 60 TIMES
HIGHER OVER SIX MONTHS AFTER A
DIAGNOSIS OF THIS WAS IN PEOPLE
THAT GOT SEVERE CASES AND ALSO
THEY GOT MILD CASES. THERE WAS
ALSO RESEARCH THAT WAS DONE
FROM OXFORD UNIVERSITY THAT
SHOWS THAT THE RISK OF BLOOD
CLOTS FROM COVEWOOD IS FAR
HIGHER THAN FROM THE MARNAY
VACCINES. AND SO IT'S IMPORTANT
TO KEEP THAT IN CONTEXT, TO
TAKE THAT INTO CONTEXT AND KEEP
IN MIND THAT THEY WILL CONTINUE
TO OBSERVE THIS AND THAT THE
PROCESS OF MONITORING THE
SAFETY OF THE VACCINE WORKS AND
IT IS GOING TO BE ONGOING. AND
ONE OF THE REASONS PEOPLE LIKE
THE JOHNSON JOHNSON SHOT IS THE
SINGLE DOSE IDEA ONE AND DONE.
BUT OF COURSE THEY'RE STILL
WONDERING IF PFIZER THE TWO
DOSE VACCINES WHAT WAS
SURPRISING RECENTLY THE CDC NOW
COMING OUT SAYING MORE FIVE
MILLION AMERICANS, EIGHT
PERCENT OF PEOPLE ARE SKIPPING
THAT SECOND SHOT OF MODERNA AND
PFIZER. ANY IDEA WHY THAT'S
HAPPENING AND WHAT THAT MEANS
IF YOU SKIP IT? BUT ESSENTIALLY
WHAT WE'RE SEEING ANECDOTALLY
IS PEOPLE SAYING THEY ARE
WORRIED ABOUT THE SIDE EFFECTS.
THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION
OUT THERE ABOUT PEOPLE SAYING
THAT THE WORST SIDE EFFECTS
WITH THE SECOND DOSE WHICH IS
NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE FOR
EVREYONE BUT THAT IS CAUSING
SOME PEOPLE TO AVOID GETTING
GOING TO THEIR SECOND
APPOINTMENT POTENTIALLY SOME
DIFFICULTY IN SCHEDULING THOSE
SECOND APPOINTMENTS AS WELL AS
CONTRIBUTING TO THIS. BUT IT'S
IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THAT YOU
ARE NOT FULLY VACCINATED UNTIL
TWO WEEKS AFTER YOU GOT THAT
SECOND DOSE AND THE TRIALS WERE
DONE IN TWO DOSES STARTING TO
DOSES. SO IT IS RISKY TO NOT
GET THE SECOND ONE WE DON'T
KNOW HOW DURABLE YOUR
PROTECTION WILL BE ESPECIALLY
IN LIGHT OF THE FACT THAT WE
HAVE THESE FIGURES THAT ARE
CIRCULATING AND BECAUSE AGAIN
WE JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT THE
EFFECT OF THAT WOULD BE
SKIPPING OUT ON THAT SECOND
DOSE. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT THAT
PEOPLE NOT DO THAT DEFINITELY
GET YOUR SECOND DOSE OF THE
VACCINE. YOU HAVE GOT MY SECOND
DOSE YESTERDAY FEELING GREAT
HERE THIS MORNING. NO SIDE
EFFECTS. SO THAT HAPPENS A LOT
TOO. WE NEED TO LET PEOPLE KNOW
ABOUT THAT. LET'S TALK ABOUT
TEENAGERS, TEENAGERS OVER 16
YEARS OLD NOW THEY CAN GET
VACCINATED IN CALIFORNIA. BUT
FOR PARENTS THAT MAY BE READY
TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES, IT
MAY BE A LITTLE HESITANT FOR
THEIR KIDS TO GET VACCINATED.
IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT TO
TELL PARENTS OUT THERE THAT ARE
MAYBE GOING THROUGH THIS?
ABSOLUTELY WHAT YOU TOLD THEM
IN HIGHILIGHTED IN THAT THE
RISKS OF COVID ARE HIGH? YOU
KNOW, COMPARED TO THE SAFETY
OF THE VACCINES OVERALL THE
VACCINE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT
HAS BEEN APPROVED IN THE AGE
OF 16 AND OLDER AND PEOPLE THAT
ARE 16 AND OLDER AND CHILDREN
AND TEENAGERS DO GET AFFECTED
BY IT. YES, IT'S TRUE THAT THEY
ARE LESS LIKELY TO BE SEVERELY
ILL BUT WE DO SEE IT THE NUMBER
OF CHILDREN GET SEVERELY ILL OR
TEENAGERS IT'S CERTAINLY NOT
ZERO AND THERE IS ABSOLUTELY A
RISK. SO IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP
THAT IN MIND AND TO PROTECT
THEM AND IT ALSO PROTECTS THE
COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. THAT'S
WHAT THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE.
SWEETWATER HIGH SCHOOL WILL
GIVE THOSE DOSES OUT TO HIGH
SCHOOL