FORECAST
FORECAST IF YOU PLAN TO STAY IN THE CHARLOTTE AREA. BUT FIRST HERE AT FIVE THIRTY A
REMINDER THAT COVID EVEN THOUGH
YOU HAVE BEEN VACCINATED.
REMEMBER OF COURSE THAT THE
TRIALS FOUND THAT THE FIZER+@
VACCINE WAS NINETY FIVE PERCENT
EFFECTIVE.
MODERNA NINETY FOUR PERCENT
EFFECTIVE IN JOH+@NSON AND
JOHNSON SEVENTY TWO PERCENT
EFFECTIVE.
AND WHILE THOSE NUMBERS ARE
GOOD THEY'RE NOT PERFECT.
OUR OWN BILL MCGINTY NOW ONE OF
THOSE BREAKTHROUGH CASES
+@
OUR OWN BILL MCGINTY NOW ONE OF THOSE BREAKTHROUGH CASES TESTING POSITIVE RECOVERED
WEEKS AFTER GETTING FULLY
VACCINATED.
HE WANTED TO SHARE HIS STORY
BECAUSE HE KNOWS MANY OF
YOU MIGHT BE IN THE SAME
SITUATION.
+@
YOU MIGHT BE IN THE SAME SITUATION. SO BILL SAID THAT IT WAS OK TO
+@SHARE THIS.
HE SAYS HE WAS VACCINATED IN
APRIL.
HE GOT A ONE SHOT, JOHNSON AND
JOHNSON AND TOLD US THAT H+@E GT
COVID LAST WEEK, WHICH IS WHY
WE HAVEN'T SEEN HIM ON THE DESK
THIS WEEK.
SO TODAY BILL TALKED WITH TWO
DOCTORS ABOUT VACCINES
BOOSTER'S AND MIXING BRANDES
THE VACCINE IS ONE OF THE BEST
PROTECTIONS THAT WE HAVE
AGAINST INFECTION AND AGAINST
SERIOUS COMPLICATION AND
HOSPITALIZATION OR DEATH FROM
THE INFECTION.
BUT IT IS NOT 100 PERCENT AND
IN FACT WE ARE SEEING THAT
THERE ARE SOME BREAKTHROUGH
INFECTIONS.
WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THOSE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE GOTTEN
BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS FOR THE
MOST PART HAVE HAD MUCH MILDER
INFECTION AND H+@AVE BEEN ABLE O
AVOID SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS
SUCH AS HOSPITALIZATION AND
DEATH.
HOWEVER, WE ALSO KNOW THAT THE
DATA IS STILL COMING IN AND THE
CDC HAS REPORTED THAT THERE
HAVE BEEN OVER FOUR THOUSAND
REPORTS OF HOSPITALIZATIONS AND
DEATH AS IT RELATES TO COVID
INFECTION AND FULLY VACCINATED
PEOPLE TAKEN IN THE GRAND
SCHEME OF THINGS THAT IS A LOT
SMALLER THAN WHAT WE WOULD
EXPECT FROM THE UNVACCINATED
POPULATION.
AND SO WE KNOW THAT IT DOES
WORK.
IT DOES OFFER SOME PROTECTION
BUT IT'S NOT 100 PERCENT.
SO IF SOMEBODY'S GOT ONE
VACCINE AND THEY DON'T HAVE
MUCH CONFIDENCE NOW, CAN THEY
GO AND GET ANOTHER VACCINE ON
TOP OF THAT ONE?
WELL, AT THIS TIME IT'S NOT
BEING ADVISED TO+@ GET A BOOSTER
VACCINE SO TO SPEAK OR TO EVEN
MIX VACCINES AT THIS POINT THE
DATA IS NOT THERE THAT THERE IS
A SAFETY IN MIXING THE VACCINES
OR THAT THERE IS NECESSARILY
INCREASED EFFICACY IN MIXING
THE VACCINES.
BUT THERE ARE ONGOING TRIALS
REGARDING T+@HAT VERY THING IN
TERMS OF THESE+@ BOOSTER
VACCINATIONS AND IN TERMS IF
IT'S OK TO MIX ONE KIND OF
VACCINE WITH ANOTHER KIND OF
VACCINE.
AND SO I SUSPECT IN THE COMING
WEEKS TO MONTHS WE'LL BE
LEARNING A LOT MORE ABOUT THAT
AND OFFICIAL RECOMMENDATIONS
WILL BE GIVEN AT THAT TIME AS
TO IF ANYONE NEE+@DS A BOOSTER R
THERE CERTAIN POPULATIONS THAT
NEED BOOSTERS OR IF A BOOSTER
ISN'T NECESSARY AT ALL.
AND SO WE'RE STILL GATHERING
THAT DATA AND I THINK WE'RE
GOING TO LEARN MORE AND MORE AS
WE'VE BEEN LEARNING MORE AND
MORE EACH AND EVERY DAY
+@
WE'VE BEEN LEARNING MORE AND MORE EACH AND EVERY DAY THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE PANDEMIC
.
I THINK THE RECOMMENDATIONS
WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE.
YEAH, WHAT I'VE LEARNED IS THAT
NOTHING'S 100 PERCENT AND
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU'RE
VACCINATED DON'T DON'T BE
LULLED INTO A FALSE SENSE OF
SECURITY+@.
YOU CAN STILL GET THI+@S.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND THAT APPLIES FOR ALL
VACCINES.
YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY COVID IS IS
YOU KNOW, HEADLINE SAYING ALL
OF OUR NEWS CURRENTLY BUT THAT
APPLIES TO ALL VACCI+@NES AND AL
INFECTIOUS PROCESSES AND SO NO
VACCINE IS 100 PERCENT
EFFECTIVE.
IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT AS DR.
CHARLIE MENTIONED, THAT WE
CONTINUE TO TAKE HEED TO THE
CAUTIONS AND GUIDELINES THAT
HAVE BEEN ISSUED THROUGHOUT THE
ENTIRETY OF THIS PANDEMIC AND
CONTINUE TO MAKE O+@URSELVES AND
OUR LOVED ONES AND FAMILIES AND
+@FRIENDS AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE.
WELL, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE+@
ALL YOUR TIME TODAY BECAUSE I
THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING
TO CONTINUE TO HAVE QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE EFFECTIVENESS O+@F ONE
VACCINE VERSUS ANOTHER NO
MATTER WHAT IT IS.
AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE THIS
CONVERSATION GOING FORWARD.
ABSOLUTELY.
AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, COVID
UNFORTUNATELY IS HERE IT'S HERE
TO STAY AT LEAST FOR THE FOR
THE SHORT+@ TERM.
AND SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, IT'S
BEEN A LESSON TO US ALL TO
REALLY MAKE OUR HEALTH A
PRIORITY, TO KEEP OUR HEALTH IN
THE FOREFRONT, HOLD OUR LOVED+@
ONES A LITTLE BIT TIGHTER AND
TO REALLY BE VERY INTENTIONAL
ABOUT PROTECTING OURSELVES HERE
IN THIS DAY AND AGE.
YEAH, GREAT INFORMATION.
DOCTORS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANKS.
MY GOODNESS.
OH, BILL, I'M SO SORRY YOU'RE
NOT FEELING WELL BUT I DID TALK
TO HIM TODAY BY THE WAY.
HE SAYS THAT HE'S ON THE
+@
TO HIM TODAY BY THE WAY. HE SAYS THAT HE'S ON THE UPSWING SO HE FEELS BETTER
TODAY THAN HE DID BEFORE HE
ALSO PASSED THIS ALONG.
THE DOCTORS TOLD HIM IF YOU GET
COVID AFTER BEING VACCINATED
YOU'LL HAVE MORE ANTIBODIES.
SO WHILE THAT IS GOOD TOO, HE
ALSO SAID