1 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 1: Tuesday. Okay, Maria, that's you. Yes, sir, it. 2 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,920 Speaker 2: Does a date of birth seven sixty one. 3 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 1: You don't have to repeat it. Sit back, relax in 4 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: your chair. 5 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,360 Speaker 3: Okay, So mom, I'll give. 6 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 4: You your shot. 7 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: Okay, it's teaching the making. 8 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 5: I'll pull down and stay then, little colrad Solutionoushai. 9 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 6: So I just got my first vaccine shot from Futuro Media. 10 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:45,239 Speaker 6: It's Latino USA. I'm Maria nor Josa, and today we 11 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 6: answer your questions about the COVID nineteen vaccine. So, if 12 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 6: you follow me on social media, some of you might 13 00:01:01,720 --> 00:01:06,399 Speaker 6: have seen this. I decided to go public with a 14 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,360 Speaker 6: kind of personal decision. I'm one of the millions who 15 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 6: have gotten the COVID nineteen vaccine. The truth is, it 16 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 6: wasn't easy for me at all. Like a lot of people, 17 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:25,440 Speaker 6: I admit I had doubts. I'm telling you, you know. 18 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:28,960 Speaker 6: The more I go around in circles, the thing that 19 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 6: I come back to is that I am just terrified. 20 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:37,520 Speaker 6: I'm scared of the tiny percentage that the vaccine doesn't work. 21 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:42,360 Speaker 1: I'm scared of backfiring. I'm scared of adverse effects. I'm 22 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: scared of getting sick. I'm scared I won't recuperate. 23 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:54,520 Speaker 6: The process of getting the vaccine was a super emotional 24 00:01:54,560 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 6: journey for me. I had COVID last March, and I 25 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:02,559 Speaker 6: was really afraid of reliving those memories. And what's more, 26 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 6: I was thinking about the nearly three million people around 27 00:02:05,880 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 6: the world who have died from COVID nineteen, including my 28 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,480 Speaker 6: own cousin, Ni Primo Heerrado from Mexico City. 29 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: It's just so weird. 30 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 6: And it's very upsetting because of the number of people 31 00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 6: who we've lost. We've been living with COVID nineteen for 32 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:33,160 Speaker 6: well over a year now. Millions of people in the 33 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,519 Speaker 6: United States have lost their lives, they've lost their jobs, 34 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:43,840 Speaker 6: and they've sustained lasting trauma from this pandemic. But we 35 00:02:44,080 --> 00:02:46,560 Speaker 6: are starting to see a light at the end of 36 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 6: the tunnel. More than one hundred million people in the 37 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,519 Speaker 6: country have received at least one dose of a COVID 38 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 6: nineteen vaccine. Earlier this month, President Biden pulled up his 39 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:59,040 Speaker 6: deadline to make all adults in the US eligible for 40 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,960 Speaker 6: a COVID nineteen back scene by April nineteenth. 41 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:06,560 Speaker 7: If we do our part, we do this together by 42 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 7: July the fourth, there's a good chance you your families 43 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 7: and friends. We'll be able to get together in your 44 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:15,760 Speaker 7: backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout and 45 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,040 Speaker 7: a barbecue and celebrate Independence Day. 46 00:03:18,960 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 6: At this rate, experts say most US residents could be 47 00:03:22,360 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 6: at least partially vaccinated by late July. When I found 48 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:32,040 Speaker 6: out I would be getting the vaccine, I started recording 49 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,520 Speaker 6: on my phone so I could capture how my family 50 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:39,800 Speaker 6: and I were going to process this news because I knew, 51 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:44,400 Speaker 6: we knew that this was all a part of history. 52 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 6: I mean, I'm sixty years old. I've got twenty five, 53 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:53,080 Speaker 6: maybe thirty years, and I want those thirty years to 54 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 6: be good ones, not to be sick from a vaccine. 55 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:01,600 Speaker 6: On the other hand, hit though, it doesn't have thirty years, 56 00:04:01,880 --> 00:04:03,760 Speaker 6: And if he would have gotten the vaccine, maybe he 57 00:04:03,760 --> 00:04:06,080 Speaker 6: would still be here. And so there's a part of 58 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,240 Speaker 6: me that just says, you're doing it for him and 59 00:04:08,440 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 6: for your cakes. So, after shedding a lot of tears 60 00:04:13,280 --> 00:04:17,760 Speaker 6: and a lot of discussion and yeah, some pretty intense arguments, 61 00:04:18,560 --> 00:04:22,520 Speaker 6: I decided to get vaccinated, not just for myself, but 62 00:04:22,760 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 6: for my whole family and for my community. 63 00:04:26,760 --> 00:04:29,120 Speaker 7: You guys, through the form of a line, Okay, yeah, sorry, 64 00:04:29,200 --> 00:04:31,120 Speaker 7: so either of you guys coming sick to that? 65 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: Nope, all right, in the past ten day's positive for 66 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:36,760 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen. 67 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,600 Speaker 6: The nurse who gave me my vaccine was named d D. 68 00:04:40,440 --> 00:04:43,400 Speaker 6: She's from Ghana and like me, a fellow New Yorker 69 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 6: and an immigrant who. 70 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: Also got sick with COVID last year. 71 00:04:48,839 --> 00:04:52,920 Speaker 8: Every all right, you see a little nap was right? 72 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:54,840 Speaker 3: Oh please? 73 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 7: From me? 74 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 1: D D could see that. I could not stop crying. 75 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:03,920 Speaker 1: I'm also very scared to put that in my body. 76 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 1: I know it's not easy looking back a year ago, 77 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:09,760 Speaker 1: but yeah, we look forward. 78 00:05:11,279 --> 00:05:14,880 Speaker 6: And then she said something that changed it all for me, 79 00:05:15,720 --> 00:05:19,400 Speaker 6: and I saw this vaccine in a totally new light. 80 00:05:20,600 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: I call it the freedom Show because we all been 81 00:05:24,000 --> 00:05:25,159 Speaker 1: in those for so long. 82 00:05:25,760 --> 00:05:26,919 Speaker 9: We need the alligation. 83 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:35,040 Speaker 6: Even though I got the vaccine, I'm still wearing my 84 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:39,040 Speaker 6: mask out in public all the time. But I feel good. No, 85 00:05:39,240 --> 00:05:45,560 Speaker 6: actually I feel great. I've been working out like usual, 86 00:05:45,680 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 6: I'm going boxing in the morning. My family and I 87 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 6: haven't gotten sick, and honestly, I'm looking forward to everything. 88 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,320 Speaker 6: The thought of having brunch with my girlfriends, or going 89 00:05:58,400 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 6: back to the office, recording an actual studio, getting out 90 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 6: there and traveling and reporting and bearing witness to everything 91 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 6: that has happened in the fallout of this pandemic. 92 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:11,840 Speaker 1: That's what I'm looking forward to. 93 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 6: But I keep thinking also about all of the questions 94 00:06:18,760 --> 00:06:21,000 Speaker 6: that I had leading up to the moment that I 95 00:06:21,200 --> 00:06:24,120 Speaker 6: was vaccinated, and I think that a lot of you 96 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:29,680 Speaker 6: probably have had similar concerns. So Latino USA asked you 97 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 6: our listeners to send in your questions, and we called 98 00:06:33,839 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 6: up two experts to help give some answers. 99 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 10: I'm doctor Vin Karascio. I'm the Chief and General Internal 100 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:44,160 Speaker 10: Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. 101 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 11: Hello, my name is Ameli Ramirez. I'm the Chair of 102 00:06:47,160 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 11: Population Health Sciences at ut Health San Antonio, and I'm 103 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 11: also the director of the Institute for Health Promotion Research 104 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:55,520 Speaker 11: and SALUD America. 105 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,520 Speaker 6: Along with teaching at the University of Miami's Medical School, 106 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 6: doctor Carrascillo led trials for the COVID nineteen vaccine. Doctor 107 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:10,800 Speaker 6: Ramides's organization, Salud America, promotes health equity for Latinos across 108 00:07:10,880 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 6: the country. As the founder of the Institute for Health 109 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 6: Promotion Research at the University of Texas Health Science Center, 110 00:07:19,160 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 6: at San Antonio. She's also an expert on health disparities 111 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 6: that affect Latinos and Latinas. Now you, our listeners are 112 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 6: going to take the lead on our show today and 113 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:35,840 Speaker 6: our guest experts are going to answer your questions. 114 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:40,360 Speaker 3: Hi. 115 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:41,760 Speaker 12: My name is Zvan. 116 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 13: I'm originally from Argentina and I live in Utah. I 117 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,720 Speaker 13: have a loved one above the age of fifty who 118 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:55,280 Speaker 13: unfortunately has fallen victim to a lot of the misinformation 119 00:07:55,960 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 13: with Some people don't know is that a lot of 120 00:07:57,440 --> 00:08:01,680 Speaker 13: the QAnon information actually gets plated into Spanish and it's 121 00:08:02,200 --> 00:08:05,760 Speaker 13: all over YouTube, and so this loved one follows it 122 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,560 Speaker 13: perfectly and is against getting the vaccine. So I guess 123 00:08:09,600 --> 00:08:13,240 Speaker 13: my question is what it tips their advice do you 124 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:17,000 Speaker 13: have for people who want to help their loved ones 125 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 13: and convince them to get the vaccine that it's a 126 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 13: spacee process and it'll be for their own good. 127 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 10: Hi from Utah. That's a bit far from Miami, but 128 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 10: thank you for the question, because we've all struggled. I 129 00:08:30,120 --> 00:08:32,719 Speaker 10: can tell you my family, I've certainly struggled with that 130 00:08:32,840 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 10: same issue. I can tell you the way not to 131 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,959 Speaker 10: do this, telling people with that loco you know or 132 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,240 Speaker 10: something like that. That's not the right way. If you 133 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:42,800 Speaker 10: try to convince people by force telling them they're crazy, 134 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 10: what are you thinking about? That's not going to work. 135 00:08:46,280 --> 00:08:48,559 Speaker 10: You know, understand a lot of things have happened over 136 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 10: the pasty that have scared people, not only COVID, but 137 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,040 Speaker 10: we see things like Black Lives Matters, We saw the 138 00:08:53,120 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 10: Capital riots. We have a lot of people that are 139 00:08:55,720 --> 00:08:59,040 Speaker 10: extremely distrustful just in general right now. So you already 140 00:08:59,080 --> 00:09:02,520 Speaker 10: have that major scene and anything can set them off 141 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:05,839 Speaker 10: and people get very scared. So we try to tell 142 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,520 Speaker 10: people have the conversation with them. You know where you 143 00:09:09,640 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 10: getting your information sources from. Why do you think that 144 00:09:13,400 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 10: that post that you saw and your brother's cousin's friend, 145 00:09:17,040 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 10: YouTube or whatever Twitter channel is more credible than let's say, 146 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 10: what your doctor's telling you. How do you know that's 147 00:09:23,760 --> 00:09:26,679 Speaker 10: a trustworthy sorts of information? And ask them what is 148 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:29,719 Speaker 10: it that they're really concerned about. Focus on how this 149 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,599 Speaker 10: is really good for the entire family. It allows you 150 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:34,720 Speaker 10: to be able to be with a family. It allows 151 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:37,480 Speaker 10: you not to spread the virus to your family. Imagine 152 00:09:37,559 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 10: that we get you know, another elder sick or something 153 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,439 Speaker 10: like that. For Latinos. What we're hearing from our focus 154 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 10: groups is that family values. Family based messages are really 155 00:09:46,240 --> 00:09:48,840 Speaker 10: key to getting these people that it's about protecting your 156 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 10: other loved ones. Seems to work. And the first thing 157 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:56,319 Speaker 10: is understand you know this misinformation having way before the vaccine. 158 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 10: I mean, we had people telling people not to wear masks, 159 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:02,440 Speaker 10: mask to give you cancer masks, going to draw down 160 00:10:02,559 --> 00:10:05,760 Speaker 10: your oxygen levels, masks, I'm going to make you sterile. 161 00:10:06,160 --> 00:10:08,559 Speaker 10: And then it just shifted to the vaccines and the 162 00:10:08,640 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 10: people that were believing all this information that are noticed. 163 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,199 Speaker 10: We still hear a lot about the robots. So this 164 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:16,000 Speaker 10: is the way the government controlling you. They're injecting you 165 00:10:16,120 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 10: with robots, they're going to be tracking you. They sound 166 00:10:18,679 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 10: very medical and very very convincing. I got people saying 167 00:10:22,320 --> 00:10:25,120 Speaker 10: that what they were actually injecting was birth control. From 168 00:10:25,240 --> 00:10:27,439 Speaker 10: Latino focus groups, we heard that this is a way 169 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 10: to limit the population of Latinos in the United States 170 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 10: by giving you a vaccine that was going to make 171 00:10:31,640 --> 00:10:34,240 Speaker 10: you sterile, for example. But I've heard a lot of 172 00:10:34,320 --> 00:10:36,599 Speaker 10: that that somehow this was going to interfere with the 173 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 10: baby's DNA and you're going to give birth to a 174 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:41,599 Speaker 10: different organism that was going to be a human. You know, 175 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:45,640 Speaker 10: some communities we heard that somehow, and I couldn't follow 176 00:10:45,679 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 10: this exactly, but they were injecting you with six sixty 177 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:50,720 Speaker 10: six or marketing with six sixty six, so that when 178 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 10: God came down and he picked people to go to heaven, 179 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 10: you would not be picked to go to heaven. First 180 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:57,880 Speaker 10: I heard this in the Haitian community, but then other 181 00:10:58,000 --> 00:11:01,319 Speaker 10: non Haitians also had heard it as well. We do 182 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:04,920 Speaker 10: see some of the smaller, more evangelical churches still praying 183 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:09,280 Speaker 10: on that argument that somehow you're using technology that benefited 184 00:11:09,679 --> 00:11:12,400 Speaker 10: from tests that we're done. We're using embryonic stem cells. 185 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,560 Speaker 10: But that has nothing to do with about the vaccine. 186 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 10: Is there is no embryonic stem cells in the vaccine. 187 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 10: You're not being injected with any cells from fetuses or 188 00:11:20,920 --> 00:11:24,599 Speaker 10: a boarded fetuses. So we try to battle it a z. 189 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:27,480 Speaker 10: Everyone sees all these people that were vaccinated and that 190 00:11:27,640 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 10: really all these fears were absolutely incorrect. People are now 191 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:33,480 Speaker 10: beginning to rise up and we're starting to overcome some 192 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:34,640 Speaker 10: of it's hesitancy. 193 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,800 Speaker 14: Hi, this is Elizabeth Alanise. I'm in Houston, Texas, and 194 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:43,600 Speaker 14: my question about the code vaccine is how the states 195 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:46,120 Speaker 14: are handling distribution of the vaccine. 196 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 3: Things here a little ha hazard that it's. 197 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:51,680 Speaker 14: Kind of luck of the draw who can get the vaccine. 198 00:11:52,520 --> 00:11:54,960 Speaker 14: I have parents that are in their eighties. I put 199 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,160 Speaker 14: them on several lists, and my mom and dad do 200 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,559 Speaker 14: not have Wi Fi, they don't have small phones, and 201 00:12:00,640 --> 00:12:02,679 Speaker 14: so they were just kind of waiting for their primary 202 00:12:02,720 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 14: care position to call them. Texas now is wide open, 203 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:11,439 Speaker 14: but it was really every man for himself. It was 204 00:12:11,520 --> 00:12:14,000 Speaker 14: really just confusing about what to do and how to 205 00:12:14,040 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 14: handle it. 206 00:12:15,120 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 11: We've heard a lot of concerns and say, wait a minute, 207 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 11: I've seen people who look younger than I do, and 208 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:21,559 Speaker 11: they got in line before I did to get the 209 00:12:21,679 --> 00:12:23,880 Speaker 11: vaccine and so forth. Part of it is we don't 210 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 11: know everybody's underlying conditions and what might have put them 211 00:12:27,400 --> 00:12:29,880 Speaker 11: in front of the line. It's hard. Maybe it's a 212 00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 11: good sign because we want as many people to come 213 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:35,559 Speaker 11: in and get vaccinated, and so hopefully the frustration is 214 00:12:35,600 --> 00:12:38,000 Speaker 11: going to be minimized as we get more and more 215 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 11: vaccines available. So we are finding that vaccine access has 216 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 11: become an issue. You know, at first it was our 217 00:12:45,160 --> 00:12:47,839 Speaker 11: essential healthcare workers because we wanted them to be there 218 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,679 Speaker 11: to help us treat and then the essential workers, those 219 00:12:50,760 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 11: that provide services for us so that our lives could continue. 220 00:12:54,400 --> 00:12:57,240 Speaker 11: But now it's opening up and many states are even 221 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,640 Speaker 11: opening it up to younger age groups. So right now 222 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,760 Speaker 11: Latinos are trailing in terms of the number of people 223 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:07,559 Speaker 11: being vaccinated. So if you can, and if it's available 224 00:13:07,600 --> 00:13:11,880 Speaker 11: in your community, take whatever vaccine is available. And the 225 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 11: distribution is the tough part that is kind of handled 226 00:13:15,679 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 11: at the federal level, and then it gets to the 227 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,839 Speaker 11: state level. Each state gets a certain amount of vaccines, 228 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:24,719 Speaker 11: and then each state has its own distribution methods, you know, 229 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:28,479 Speaker 11: getting into maybe some of our smaller communities, our rural communities. 230 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,200 Speaker 11: It may take a little bit longer, but it's coming. 231 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,760 Speaker 11: Before when we just had the Preiser vaccine, you had 232 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,760 Speaker 11: to have the facilities what they call these one eighty 233 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 11: minus zero freezers, these huge freezers to keep the vaccine. 234 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 11: Now the new vaccines Maderna and as well as the 235 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:49,319 Speaker 11: Johnson and Johnson are not requiring those huge freezers, so 236 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 11: now they can begin getting it out to a different pharmacies. 237 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:55,760 Speaker 11: Other federally qualified health centers are going to be able 238 00:13:55,880 --> 00:13:59,240 Speaker 11: to now get the vaccine and hopefully they'll begin rolling 239 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 11: it out as possible so that again we can continue 240 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 11: to reach our communities where they have been underserved. 241 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 6: Coming up on letting Know usay, we answer more of 242 00:14:16,400 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 6: your questions about the effectiveness and distribution of the COVID 243 00:14:20,200 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 6: nineteen vaccine, and we start looking towards a future beyond 244 00:14:25,080 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 6: this pandemic. 245 00:14:26,320 --> 00:15:19,120 Speaker 1: Stay with us, Hey, we're back. 246 00:15:20,160 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 6: Black, brown, and immigrant communities constantly face inequalities in medicine. 247 00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:29,960 Speaker 6: There's the lack of access to healthcare, language and technological barriers, 248 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:36,080 Speaker 6: racial and xenophobic bias, and also the high cost of healthcare. Now, 249 00:15:36,120 --> 00:15:39,400 Speaker 6: those issues have been at the forefront of the coronavirus pandemic, 250 00:15:39,840 --> 00:15:44,680 Speaker 6: and Latinos are among the most affected. Many now have 251 00:15:44,840 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 6: concerns about how these disparities are going to impact the 252 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 6: vaccination process. Many people are also wondering how the vaccine 253 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:56,400 Speaker 6: works and what the future looks like. When we ask 254 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 6: Latino USA listeners to call in with your questions about 255 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 6: the co COVID nineteen vaccine, well, y'all delivered. So we're 256 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 6: going to turn it back to our expert, doctor Alvin 257 00:16:07,640 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 6: Carrascillo and doctor Amelie Ramidez, who are answering your calls. 258 00:16:14,240 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 8: Hi. 259 00:16:14,520 --> 00:16:17,800 Speaker 2: My name is Joseph Scarletta and I'm a composer living 260 00:16:17,920 --> 00:16:22,600 Speaker 2: in San Antonio, Texas. And recently the COVID nineteen vaccine 261 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:25,240 Speaker 2: has become available to me since I teach in high 262 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:28,520 Speaker 2: schools here locally, and I'm trying to figure out how 263 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 2: much is this going to cost? I have a high 264 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:35,960 Speaker 2: deductible plan, don't expect insurance to cover it. I can't 265 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 2: get a straight answer out of anyone, how much is 266 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 2: the COVID vaccine going to cost me? 267 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,600 Speaker 11: Great question? In terms of getting the vaccine, there is 268 00:16:45,760 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 11: no cost. The vaccine is free to everyone, so you know, 269 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:51,720 Speaker 11: the main thing is for you to find a location, 270 00:16:52,240 --> 00:16:55,200 Speaker 11: set up an appointment, and get in as soon as possible. 271 00:16:55,480 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 11: And it only takes a few minutes once you can 272 00:16:57,440 --> 00:17:01,120 Speaker 11: get that appointment. Most sites right now I have really 273 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,680 Speaker 11: highly organized. Some you don't even have to get out 274 00:17:03,720 --> 00:17:06,560 Speaker 11: of your car. In some locations they might be asking 275 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 11: you for your insurance card. I think it's mainly to 276 00:17:09,960 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 11: be able to identify how many people we are actually vaccinating. Usually, 277 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:18,200 Speaker 11: once you sign up for the vaccination, they actually ask 278 00:17:18,320 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 11: you to fill out a few questions. It's again mainly 279 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:25,000 Speaker 11: your age, your race and ethnicity, your address, mainly because 280 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:28,360 Speaker 11: they want to know how many people are actually being vaccinated. 281 00:17:28,800 --> 00:17:31,160 Speaker 11: We have been told that none of this information will 282 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,399 Speaker 11: be used to track anybody, that it's all confidential. But 283 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,440 Speaker 11: it's mainly as you hear in the morning. Sometimes the 284 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,920 Speaker 11: President or other folks will say, so many people have 285 00:17:40,000 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 11: been vaccinated. That's what it's for, because we want to 286 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 11: know how far are we really getting into our communities 287 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:48,760 Speaker 11: to help them get vaccinated. So again, there should not 288 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 11: be a charge for your vaccination. 289 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:54,680 Speaker 12: Heyda. My name's Oscar Romos from a longtime listener. First 290 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,520 Speaker 12: on Colder. I'm calling from Maryland, although I'm originally from 291 00:17:57,560 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 12: San Diego. So here's my situation. I'm a high school 292 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 12: teacher and I'll be returning to my classroom in early April. 293 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:05,760 Speaker 12: I have an appointment for my second vaccine shot, so 294 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:08,440 Speaker 12: I should be fine. However, I'm worried about my son. 295 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:10,560 Speaker 12: He's fine, and he's been home with my wife and 296 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:13,240 Speaker 12: me this whole school year. I know them kids are 297 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,040 Speaker 12: less susceptible to getting COVID, but they're having cases of 298 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,880 Speaker 12: young children getting sick and even dying. So here's my question, 299 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,480 Speaker 12: what does the most recent data say about whether vaccinated 300 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 12: people still spread COVID at the same rate as unvaccinated people. 301 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:28,760 Speaker 12: My worry is that I'll go to my classroom and 302 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 12: I'll be fine, but that I'll bring it home and 303 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:33,240 Speaker 12: infect my son. So how worried should I be about 304 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:36,040 Speaker 12: this risk? And what kind of precaution should I take? 305 00:18:36,560 --> 00:18:39,199 Speaker 10: If the question is, can I E any vaccine assure 306 00:18:39,200 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 10: you that you're not going to be able to spread 307 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,920 Speaker 10: to your child? The answers know, however, the risk is 308 00:18:44,040 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 10: much much less than if you were not vaccinated. We 309 00:18:46,920 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 10: also have really good data that the vaccine makes it 310 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,639 Speaker 10: less likely for you to get COVID and thus spread 311 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 10: it to other people. For right now, obviously, vaccination is 312 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,960 Speaker 10: the most important thing you can do. So one of 313 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:00,959 Speaker 10: the questions we always get a lot is what does 314 00:19:01,040 --> 00:19:04,480 Speaker 10: vaccine effectiveness mean? You see all these numbers being stouted. 315 00:19:04,520 --> 00:19:07,440 Speaker 10: It's seventy percent, it's ninety percent, and a lot of 316 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:10,679 Speaker 10: people are getting confused. As far as vaccines, these are 317 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 10: really really good. I mean the flu vaccines that we 318 00:19:13,040 --> 00:19:15,359 Speaker 10: take every year. Every year, we all line up as doctors. 319 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 10: I have to do it. Every year. The flu vaccine 320 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,480 Speaker 10: is about fifty to seventy percent effective. So when we 321 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 10: look at effectiveness, one of the easiest ways is to 322 00:19:23,200 --> 00:19:26,120 Speaker 10: look at one of the major trials, So the piser vaccine. 323 00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 10: In that group, twenty thousand got the vaccine. Twenty thousand 324 00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:32,479 Speaker 10: did not get the vaccine. Among the twenty thousand who 325 00:19:32,560 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 10: got the vaccine, only eight people got COVID. In the 326 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:39,840 Speaker 10: twenty thousand without the vaccine, one hundred and sixty two 327 00:19:40,080 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 10: got COVID. So you compare eight versus one hundred and 328 00:19:43,240 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 10: sixty two and that's where you come up with your 329 00:19:45,400 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 10: ninety five percent effectiveness rate. Now that includes all forms 330 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,200 Speaker 10: of COVID, right, so that includes mild COVID people with 331 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,320 Speaker 10: very minimal symptoms. But the other measure for me as 332 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 10: a doctor, that I call mo much more important is 333 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 10: getting severe COVID's the COVID that lends you in the hospital, 334 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,440 Speaker 10: that gets you admitted, that makes you really sure of 335 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,920 Speaker 10: bread that you need oxygen. And for me, when I 336 00:20:06,040 --> 00:20:09,240 Speaker 10: look at effectiveness data, that's the one that's more important 337 00:20:09,240 --> 00:20:11,400 Speaker 10: because that's what keeps you out of the hospital. All 338 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:13,840 Speaker 10: the vaccines we have right now are very good at 339 00:20:13,920 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 10: that you know, early on I kept saying the best 340 00:20:16,640 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 10: vaccine for you is the one you can get, and 341 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:20,440 Speaker 10: I think that's still true. We do know that the 342 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:24,160 Speaker 10: Pfizer and Moderna vaccines it's two shots. The Jansen vaccine 343 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,720 Speaker 10: is one shots. That's a slight difference. But in terms 344 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,040 Speaker 10: of effectiveness rate, it's hard to make the comparisons because 345 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:33,280 Speaker 10: Maderna and Pizer were tested when we didn't have that 346 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 10: many resistant viruses. Jansen tested it specifically in South Africa 347 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,520 Speaker 10: where almost all the variants were resistant, and so you 348 00:20:40,640 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 10: had lower effectiveness rate. But the big thing is that 349 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 10: they were all really effective against severe COVID over ninety percent. 350 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:49,720 Speaker 10: So that's really good for all three vaccines. Like I said, 351 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:53,760 Speaker 10: that's the metric I use. And we got notification from 352 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:57,200 Speaker 10: Johnson and Johnson that for all study participants that we 353 00:20:57,280 --> 00:20:59,639 Speaker 10: were vaccinating that they were going to put a pause 354 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,720 Speaker 10: on vac them and this was following guidance from both 355 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,960 Speaker 10: the FDA and CDC. And what they found was about 356 00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 10: six people developing certain type of blood clots. It's a 357 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 10: testament to the good public health surveillance we have about 358 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:16,879 Speaker 10: all these vaccines. They decided to look further into it, 359 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,840 Speaker 10: and because we have two other very good vaccines, they decided, look, 360 00:21:20,920 --> 00:21:23,399 Speaker 10: even though this is rare, it seems to be happening 361 00:21:23,520 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 10: less than one in a million people, why don't we 362 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,680 Speaker 10: put this on palls until we get more information about 363 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:30,960 Speaker 10: these cases and then we could decide what to do 364 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,320 Speaker 10: about it. Keep in mind, this is extremely extremely rare 365 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:36,680 Speaker 10: if it's happening, and if it's related to the vaccine 366 00:21:37,040 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 10: it seems to be. 367 00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:38,159 Speaker 12: Most of the. 368 00:21:38,240 --> 00:21:40,959 Speaker 10: Cases happened within one to two weeks after the Johnson 369 00:21:41,000 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 10: and Johnson vaccine. If you got vaccinated more than a 370 00:21:43,840 --> 00:21:46,680 Speaker 10: couple of weeks ago, then it should be fine and 371 00:21:46,800 --> 00:21:49,840 Speaker 10: no cause for alarm. But if anyone got vaccinated in 372 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,320 Speaker 10: the last of two weeks and suddenly somebody that doesn't 373 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,440 Speaker 10: normally get headaches suddenly developed a very severe headache or 374 00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 10: some other very severe symptoms, definitely check with your doctor, 375 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:02,000 Speaker 10: try to take any steps on your own without having 376 00:22:02,080 --> 00:22:05,119 Speaker 10: additional information about what all this means and whether this 377 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 10: was even related to the vaccine. We just have to 378 00:22:07,680 --> 00:22:10,320 Speaker 10: do more investigation on this before we could say anything further. 379 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 5: Hi, my name is O'shawna Captrinedis and I'm a mother 380 00:22:17,400 --> 00:22:21,359 Speaker 5: and a grandmother and a former midwife assistant in the 381 00:22:21,480 --> 00:22:26,800 Speaker 5: state of Oregon, and I am concerned or interested in 382 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:31,879 Speaker 5: any report there may be regarding the vaccination and women 383 00:22:32,080 --> 00:22:37,480 Speaker 5: who have had the vaccine either before or during their pregnancies, 384 00:22:37,760 --> 00:22:43,800 Speaker 5: and especially the health status of their intance when they 385 00:22:43,840 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 5: are born, and if any effects have been seen in 386 00:22:47,960 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 5: that arena. 387 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,119 Speaker 10: You know, when we test these vaccines or many medications, 388 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 10: initially we don't like to test them on pregnant women. 389 00:22:55,160 --> 00:22:57,879 Speaker 10: So pregnant women were not included in these trials. And 390 00:22:58,040 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 10: so initially, I mean even I this question up, and 391 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,360 Speaker 10: then I got a whole ton of hate mail from 392 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,440 Speaker 10: OB's that said, Hey, you work in the hospital, you 393 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 10: work with adults, you know, work with pregnant women. You've 394 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,800 Speaker 10: never seen a pregnant women with COVID. They get really, 395 00:23:10,880 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 10: really sick. That has tons of effects on the infant. 396 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 10: But it looks like the vaccine is safe and pregnancy. 397 00:23:16,200 --> 00:23:18,280 Speaker 10: We've not had any bad side effects. But obviously we 398 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:22,119 Speaker 10: need longer term data. And certainly every OB will tell you, 399 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 10: certainly get the shot, because if you get COVID while 400 00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:27,680 Speaker 10: you're pregnant, it's really really bad. So that's what we're 401 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,080 Speaker 10: advising everybody, and we're going to follow all the women 402 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 10: for long term, but so far we haven't seen agating 403 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 10: signals that there may be a problem with it. Then 404 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:38,560 Speaker 10: clearly the issue of kids been vaccinated, it's one that's 405 00:23:38,640 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 10: near and dear, I think to every parent in this country. 406 00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 10: As you know, the vaccine companies have started some of 407 00:23:44,600 --> 00:23:47,200 Speaker 10: the studies and kids, but we probably won't have that 408 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:50,280 Speaker 10: data until the end of the fall to really find 409 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 10: out whether the vaccine works in children. You know, this's 410 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:56,120 Speaker 10: what I call the valid concerns. Things like this question 411 00:23:56,280 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 10: that's obviously very valid and important concern, but like I 412 00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 10: always say, please check with your doctor first. You know, 413 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 10: I get a ton of emails from my patients. I 414 00:24:04,400 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 10: have this should I get the vaccine? One of the 415 00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 10: big ones is the allergies. That was initially concern based 416 00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,760 Speaker 10: on some case reports, but it didn't pan out as 417 00:24:11,800 --> 00:24:15,000 Speaker 10: we're doing the massive vaccination strategy, so everyone with analogy 418 00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,639 Speaker 10: should get vaccinated. A lot of people were concerned about 419 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 10: people with immune deficiencies. If I don't have a good 420 00:24:21,119 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 10: immune system, should I get the vaccine or not? Will 421 00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 10: my body be able to handle it? And again those 422 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:27,760 Speaker 10: are probably some of the highest risk groups and they 423 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:30,240 Speaker 10: should definitely get the vaccine. And I haven't said no 424 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:32,600 Speaker 10: to anyone yet, but it's always good to check with 425 00:24:32,680 --> 00:24:34,880 Speaker 10: your doctor who has your medical history and could tell 426 00:24:34,920 --> 00:24:37,560 Speaker 10: you best, because there may be specific cases where you 427 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,520 Speaker 10: hold off on vaccination that are very rare and very 428 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 10: small subgroups. 429 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 9: Hi, my names Abram Diaz. I am located in the 430 00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 9: Rio Grande Valley, right up the border between Mexico and 431 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 9: the US. A few weeks ago, my father was scheduled 432 00:24:56,840 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 9: to be able to get the COVID nineteen vaccine at 433 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:04,959 Speaker 9: the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. My dad's sixty 434 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:09,960 Speaker 9: one years old. He has underlying conditions such as pre diabetes, 435 00:25:10,680 --> 00:25:14,399 Speaker 9: high blood pressure, among other things, so he's eligible to 436 00:25:14,520 --> 00:25:17,320 Speaker 9: be able to get the vaccine. But when he got 437 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:22,200 Speaker 9: to the location, the fact they're mentioned that the vaccine 438 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:27,200 Speaker 9: is only for US citizens and legal permanent residents. Since 439 00:25:27,280 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 9: he's undocumented, he was turned down and he wasn't able 440 00:25:30,920 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 9: to get this vaccine. Now, my question is are vaccines 441 00:25:36,160 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 9: only available for US citizens and legal permanent residents. 442 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:45,600 Speaker 11: The vaccine is free across the US regardless of your citizenship. 443 00:25:46,040 --> 00:25:49,800 Speaker 11: We do have essential workers many of them who are undocumented, 444 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 11: and they fall into sometimes the high priority area. Federal 445 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:58,399 Speaker 11: officials insist that patient information gathered is only for again 446 00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 11: identifying the number of people that have been vaccinated, that 447 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,640 Speaker 11: this information will not be used against them in any way. 448 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 11: They're not being asked anything about their citizenship. A vaccine 449 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 11: is free and it should be free to everyone. It's 450 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 11: really important that we offer information in a bilingual format, 451 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,000 Speaker 11: as well as identifying some of our own Latino community 452 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:20,639 Speaker 11: leaders to be out in the forefront and sharing this 453 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 11: information as well. So community leaders from our faith organizations, 454 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:31,600 Speaker 11: from our own academic institutions, our educational institutions. We work 455 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 11: very closely with community health workers or promotoras in the community. 456 00:26:35,520 --> 00:26:38,160 Speaker 11: They are considered a very trusted source in the community 457 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:42,480 Speaker 11: because they represent the community. So individuals like ourselves coming 458 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,440 Speaker 11: out and saying this is important and we've taken the 459 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 11: vaccine really helps us get that trusted message out. 460 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:50,159 Speaker 1: Latinos. 461 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 11: Now, i'd like to say we're the majority minority in 462 00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,879 Speaker 11: the United States. We represent over eighteen percent of the 463 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:01,600 Speaker 11: US population, but that's not quite recognized. For example, with COVID, 464 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:05,280 Speaker 11: even though we represent eighteen percent of the population, twenty 465 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 11: percent of current cases have been among Latinos, and then 466 00:27:10,280 --> 00:27:14,479 Speaker 11: we comprise thirty four percent of COVID deaths Okay, almost 467 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:18,760 Speaker 11: twice as much as our population. And already ninety five 468 00:27:18,960 --> 00:27:23,080 Speaker 11: thousand or almost ninety six thousand Latinos have passed away 469 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:26,040 Speaker 11: due to COVID. These are huge numbers, and in some 470 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:31,600 Speaker 11: communities we've lost generations of individuals due to COVID. If 471 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 11: you want to be alive to see your family grow 472 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:37,560 Speaker 11: up or be with your loved ones, it's really more 473 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,520 Speaker 11: important to take the vaccine if you really want to 474 00:27:41,119 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 11: avoid being in the hospital or being placed on a ventilator, 475 00:27:44,880 --> 00:27:48,520 Speaker 11: or maybe even passing away from COVID. This vaccine that 476 00:27:48,840 --> 00:27:51,399 Speaker 11: just takes a few minutes of your time out of 477 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:54,879 Speaker 11: your day to go and get vaccinated is truly amazing, 478 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,560 Speaker 11: and the side effects are very, very minimal. You might 479 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:00,840 Speaker 11: have a little soreness in your arm, you may have 480 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 11: a little slight flu like symptoms that last about twenty 481 00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 11: four hours or less, but that's it versus being in 482 00:28:07,720 --> 00:28:10,000 Speaker 11: a hospital and not knowing if you're going to. 483 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 8: Make it or not. 484 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,199 Speaker 3: Hi lakin at Us saying this is BALI. 485 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 4: I live in Boston, but I am from Mexico City 486 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:22,879 Speaker 4: and my family's still living there. My dad is trying 487 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 4: to get the vaccine because they're vaccinating sixty plus people 488 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,200 Speaker 4: and my dad qualifies. It seems like the country wants 489 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 4: to give the first Joseph the vaccine to as many 490 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 4: people as possible, and then somehow it's unclear how give 491 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,400 Speaker 4: everybody the second dose. So I guess my question is 492 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 4: what's better and what's worth and how does it affect 493 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,160 Speaker 4: you if you only get the first vaccine but not 494 00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 4: the second one, and if you get the second one 495 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 4: like way after you're supposed to get it, And can 496 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 4: you get two different vaccines like going from astrasa or 497 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 4: the way around? How can I help my dad meets 498 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 4: the best choice? 499 00:29:05,920 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 10: When you have a scarce research or its just a vaccine, 500 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 10: people are playing a lot with a lot of these combinations. 501 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,320 Speaker 10: My concern is that that's not how the vaccines were studied. 502 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:17,640 Speaker 10: That's not where the data we have right. The data 503 00:29:17,720 --> 00:29:20,400 Speaker 10: we have is on certain regimens that we know makes sense. 504 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:22,720 Speaker 10: We do know if the one vaccine it does give 505 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 10: you some protection, but when you look at the studies, 506 00:29:25,440 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 10: the maximum protection only happens to the second dose. So 507 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 10: I've heard a lot of people say, well, one vaccine 508 00:29:31,280 --> 00:29:34,120 Speaker 10: that gives some protection to more people is better than 509 00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:37,520 Speaker 10: two vaccines that give you really really high rates of 510 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,920 Speaker 10: protection for everybody. Those are ethical issues and I'm not 511 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:43,320 Speaker 10: sure how to answer that, because we don't know what 512 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:45,880 Speaker 10: these combinations of vaccines will do to you. We've never 513 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 10: had the data. We are now starting to get a 514 00:29:49,160 --> 00:29:51,400 Speaker 10: few people that have done that, but we don't have 515 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 10: any good data to guide that or to give proper direction. 516 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,120 Speaker 10: So as much as possible, certainly in the United States, 517 00:29:57,200 --> 00:30:00,440 Speaker 10: where we are saving for the second doses, that is 518 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 10: the appropriate mechanism. In other countries, they're going to have 519 00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,160 Speaker 10: to look hard at vaccines like the Jansen that I 520 00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 10: won those or something like that. But their big issue 521 00:30:08,800 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 10: is getting the vaccines. Obviously, the US was able to 522 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,680 Speaker 10: buy all the vaccines are very wealthy country, and most 523 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,360 Speaker 10: of the you know, high income countries were able to 524 00:30:17,400 --> 00:30:19,440 Speaker 10: sort of hoard up the vaccines and buy them. And 525 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 10: that's really sad. That contributes to global inequalities. There's a 526 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:25,920 Speaker 10: lot of guilt out there among these countries, and there's 527 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:28,360 Speaker 10: commitments to help the rest of the world once they're 528 00:30:28,400 --> 00:30:31,840 Speaker 10: fully vaccinated. In their own countries, and that'll happen. But 529 00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:34,480 Speaker 10: it just goes to the some of the limitations. And 530 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,040 Speaker 10: not to get political here, but you know, if capitalism 531 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:40,560 Speaker 10: and the distributing supplies based on the ability to pay 532 00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 10: for them, but you know, eventually the rest of the 533 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 10: world will catch up. But it is really sad that 534 00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,720 Speaker 10: obviously the richer countries are doing much better. 535 00:30:50,680 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 6: Hello. 536 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,520 Speaker 3: My name is van Aeris Figaroa. I'm a veteran who's 537 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:56,560 Speaker 3: been offered to take the vaccination, and I guess now 538 00:30:56,640 --> 00:31:00,160 Speaker 3: that I'm willing to take the chance and take whatever 539 00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:04,400 Speaker 3: vaccination is available. My next question would be what happens 540 00:31:04,520 --> 00:31:08,880 Speaker 3: next year? Do we have to take the same company's 541 00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,840 Speaker 3: vaccination or can I take a pivor this year in 542 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 3: a Johnson and Johnson next year. 543 00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:16,280 Speaker 10: That's an excellent question. I tell people we're going to 544 00:31:16,320 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 10: know the answer to that. Next year. We'll have that 545 00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:21,160 Speaker 10: and we'll know whether you need to be vaccinated. At 546 00:31:21,200 --> 00:31:24,960 Speaker 10: this point, I think this recommendation may be that, you know, 547 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:26,960 Speaker 10: stick with the shot that you already got, but we 548 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:29,480 Speaker 10: don't know that. It's still a little bit early to tell. 549 00:31:30,000 --> 00:31:31,680 Speaker 10: Our job right now is to make sure everyone gets 550 00:31:31,760 --> 00:31:34,760 Speaker 10: their shot. And make sure that everyone gets vaccinated and 551 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,480 Speaker 10: next year will revisit the issue once we're out of 552 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:41,400 Speaker 10: the pandemic. Definitely, Christmas and Thanksgiving are not going to 553 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 10: be like last year. Hopefully we'll have the big gatherings 554 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,320 Speaker 10: that we Latinos are used to. It's just not normal 555 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,840 Speaker 10: to have a Christmas with four or five people. That's 556 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,360 Speaker 10: not the way we do Christmas. But it really depends 557 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,280 Speaker 10: on people taking up the vaccine and we get to 558 00:31:53,400 --> 00:31:56,680 Speaker 10: whatever that critical level is. We also know that people 559 00:31:56,760 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 10: that had the virus have some protection, but we don't 560 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,560 Speaker 10: know how much that protection last. So it's truly important 561 00:32:01,600 --> 00:32:04,160 Speaker 10: that we get that number up with people who've been vaccinated. 562 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 10: Every day, we're inchine closer. Right, we have like a 563 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 10: quarter of the population and it's getting there, but we 564 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:15,280 Speaker 10: still have several months ago. 565 00:32:17,560 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 6: That was doctor Olvin Carascillo, Chief of General Internal Medicine 566 00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:24,440 Speaker 6: at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and 567 00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,560 Speaker 6: doctor Amelie Ramidz, Director of Salud America at the University 568 00:32:28,560 --> 00:32:33,480 Speaker 6: of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Girasias experts. 569 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 6: So I want to share an update with you all. 570 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,320 Speaker 6: I got the second dose of the COVID nineteen vaccine 571 00:32:45,400 --> 00:32:48,560 Speaker 6: on Sunday, April eleventh, in the heart of the South Bronx, 572 00:32:49,640 --> 00:32:53,480 Speaker 6: and I didn't know what to expect, but I knew 573 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:54,200 Speaker 6: I was nervous. 574 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:56,240 Speaker 1: So the day after my. 575 00:32:56,320 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 6: Second dose, I was able to hop on the call 576 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 6: with someone who I knew would be able to help 577 00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:05,240 Speaker 6: me work through my fear and why it's important that 578 00:33:05,360 --> 00:33:07,840 Speaker 6: all of us get vaccines in terms of getting us 579 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,680 Speaker 6: all out of the pandemic. So yes, doctor Anthony Fauci 580 00:33:11,720 --> 00:33:14,959 Speaker 6: agreed to speak with me. Doctor Fauci, who is President 581 00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:17,760 Speaker 6: Biden's chief medical advisor and the director of the National 582 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:21,360 Speaker 6: Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, had spoken to me 583 00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 6: earlier in the year, and on that particular day, my 584 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,880 Speaker 6: cousin died of COVID in Mexico and kind of formed 585 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 6: a bond between me and doctor Fauci. So this is 586 00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:34,640 Speaker 6: me speaking with doctor Fauci about twenty four hours after 587 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 6: I've had my second vaccine dose. Doctor Fauci, thank you 588 00:33:44,080 --> 00:33:45,320 Speaker 6: so much for seeing me again. 589 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,760 Speaker 8: Good pleasure to see you. How are you doing. 590 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 1: So I got this shot yesterday. 591 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:54,240 Speaker 6: I went in and I slept really well, but then 592 00:33:54,280 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 6: I woke up and by nine o'clock in the morning, 593 00:33:56,720 --> 00:33:59,920 Speaker 6: I was in so much pain, Doctor Fauci, my lower back, 594 00:34:00,400 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 6: my legs, nausea, chills, I threw a couple of times. 595 00:34:07,000 --> 00:34:12,319 Speaker 1: So this is normal, right, you're like telling me, just relax, right, right. 596 00:34:12,520 --> 00:34:15,120 Speaker 8: So this is your second shot. This is after your 597 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:19,399 Speaker 8: second shot. So what that tells you is that your 598 00:34:19,480 --> 00:34:25,320 Speaker 8: body is making a very robust, enormous immune response against 599 00:34:25,520 --> 00:34:29,680 Speaker 8: COVID against the virus. When your body makes a really 600 00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:34,880 Speaker 8: good immune response, it releases a bunch of inflammatory proteins 601 00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 8: that make you feel badly. Some people just feel a 602 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:42,640 Speaker 8: little achey, they get tired, they go to bed, than 603 00:34:42,680 --> 00:34:46,280 Speaker 8: a day later they're fine. Other people, it gets somewhat 604 00:34:46,360 --> 00:34:49,360 Speaker 8: more profound, is what you have. So even though it 605 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:53,320 Speaker 8: doesn't feel good, it's good for you in the sense 606 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:57,120 Speaker 8: that you are going to be quite protected against reinfection 607 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 8: for sure. How long did it take you to get 608 00:35:01,080 --> 00:35:04,280 Speaker 8: back and feel a little bit better after the second shot. 609 00:35:04,719 --> 00:35:07,400 Speaker 6: Well, it's not even twenty four hours yet. And I 610 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:09,359 Speaker 6: can tell that I'm better because I'm able to sit 611 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,960 Speaker 6: up and I'm able to talk to you. But I 612 00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,919 Speaker 6: slept for like maybe four hours and finally was able 613 00:35:16,000 --> 00:35:18,960 Speaker 6: to kind of get out of it. I told my team, 614 00:35:19,000 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 6: I was like, I want to talk to doctor Fauci 615 00:35:20,719 --> 00:35:22,400 Speaker 6: after I get my second shot, and they were like, 616 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:25,000 Speaker 6: he's very busy, and I was like, I know what, 617 00:35:25,120 --> 00:35:27,200 Speaker 6: I have to talk to doctor Fauci so he can 618 00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:29,839 Speaker 6: talk me down. I found it interesting that I needed 619 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,759 Speaker 6: to be assured. I mean, I feel like it's an 620 00:35:32,800 --> 00:35:35,399 Speaker 6: important part of the conversation to just be like, yeah, 621 00:35:35,600 --> 00:35:36,480 Speaker 6: I'm scared. 622 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:38,320 Speaker 1: What do you think about that? 623 00:35:39,040 --> 00:35:42,120 Speaker 8: Well, the fact that you're scared is understandable. You shouldn't 624 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:47,080 Speaker 8: be sorry about feeling concerned because people get concerned about 625 00:35:47,120 --> 00:35:49,680 Speaker 8: things like this. The fact that you want to talk 626 00:35:49,800 --> 00:35:54,560 Speaker 8: to somebody to get some understanding of it, to get 627 00:35:55,400 --> 00:36:01,279 Speaker 8: some empathy for it. Yeah, and that's what you can 628 00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:04,359 Speaker 8: get from me, because I can tell you there's good 629 00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,440 Speaker 8: news here. There's good news is that your body is 630 00:36:07,560 --> 00:36:11,799 Speaker 8: now really, really well protected. I think the positive thing 631 00:36:11,920 --> 00:36:14,560 Speaker 8: that you're doing now is you're letting people know this 632 00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:19,440 Speaker 8: generally lasts no more than thirty six hours, and then 633 00:36:19,680 --> 00:36:22,440 Speaker 8: you feel fine. You will see that it will be 634 00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,359 Speaker 8: like all of a sudden, Wow, what happened? I feel 635 00:36:25,400 --> 00:36:28,480 Speaker 8: really good? All of a sudden, I would imagine, by 636 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,479 Speaker 8: the time you go to bed and wake up tomorrow morning, 637 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:35,200 Speaker 8: you'll probably feel much better. And as you start feeling better, 638 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,880 Speaker 8: you're going to start feeling much much less anxious. 639 00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:42,200 Speaker 6: Guarantee, because I had COVID a year ago, and even 640 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:45,160 Speaker 6: a month ago, right before I got the vaccine, I 641 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:48,600 Speaker 6: still had the antibodies present. Honestly, there was a I 642 00:36:48,680 --> 00:36:50,839 Speaker 6: had an argument in my head that was saying, why 643 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,120 Speaker 6: should you get the vaccine if you have the antibodies? 644 00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:57,359 Speaker 6: So can you explain to me why if I still 645 00:36:57,400 --> 00:36:59,880 Speaker 6: had active antibodies, why I should get the vaccine. 646 00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:02,920 Speaker 8: Yeah, because it's very likely that if you didn't get 647 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,600 Speaker 8: the vaccine her anybody's levels will start going down and 648 00:37:06,680 --> 00:37:08,480 Speaker 8: down and down and down, and then you might get 649 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:14,080 Speaker 8: vulnerable to reinfection, which we've seen in some people. Whereas 650 00:37:14,120 --> 00:37:17,000 Speaker 8: if you got a boost, we found that if you 651 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:23,520 Speaker 8: get boosted, after you wind up getting infected, your antibody's 652 00:37:23,640 --> 00:37:26,200 Speaker 8: go sky high, really sky high. 653 00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 1: You're making me feel like a superhuman doctor function. 654 00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:32,160 Speaker 8: Well, you know I have to tell you. I never 655 00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:34,440 Speaker 8: got infected, but I got a second shot and I 656 00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:39,080 Speaker 8: felt chilly. I remember, I felt tired, I felt achy, 657 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,440 Speaker 8: and and the thing I remember the most. I was 658 00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,680 Speaker 8: in my kitchen and my wife had just a regular 659 00:37:44,760 --> 00:37:47,960 Speaker 8: shirt on. I had a sweater and a jacket on, 660 00:37:48,560 --> 00:37:52,480 Speaker 8: and I said, aren't you cold, because I'm really feeling cold. 661 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:56,000 Speaker 8: And then I went to bed. I was much more 662 00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:59,000 Speaker 8: tired than I usually am, went to bed, I woke up, 663 00:37:59,080 --> 00:38:01,680 Speaker 8: and by the middle of the next day it was 664 00:38:01,760 --> 00:38:02,239 Speaker 8: all gone. 665 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:05,520 Speaker 6: All right, So I have to ask you another quick thing. 666 00:38:05,920 --> 00:38:08,279 Speaker 6: I'm wondering if there's a conversation about we need to 667 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:12,239 Speaker 6: make vaccine apprehension all of this a central part of 668 00:38:12,320 --> 00:38:13,719 Speaker 6: the outreach there is. 669 00:38:13,840 --> 00:38:17,359 Speaker 8: Oh, the CDC has a program literally that has been 670 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:21,640 Speaker 8: given billions of dollars for vaccine acceptance, and they're going out. 671 00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:30,920 Speaker 8: We have a program of getting trusted communicators, be they athletes, entertainers, clergy, 672 00:38:31,960 --> 00:38:35,959 Speaker 8: trusted members of the community to do just what you're saying, 673 00:38:36,080 --> 00:38:40,160 Speaker 8: to go out and give people accurate information of why 674 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:43,120 Speaker 8: it's so important for them to get vaccinated. 675 00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:44,520 Speaker 1: Well count on me. 676 00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:46,920 Speaker 6: I never thought that I would be assuming that part 677 00:38:46,960 --> 00:38:50,480 Speaker 6: of my civic duty is talking about like seriously, I 678 00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:54,720 Speaker 6: thought that was polio days. But I am now that person, 679 00:38:54,960 --> 00:38:57,320 Speaker 6: the public person who's cool to talk about this because 680 00:38:57,760 --> 00:38:59,160 Speaker 6: I feel like it's my civic duty. 681 00:38:59,440 --> 00:38:59,839 Speaker 8: That's good. 682 00:39:00,840 --> 00:39:04,480 Speaker 6: Okay, So I think you may remember that in our 683 00:39:04,560 --> 00:39:06,799 Speaker 6: last conversation you told me that one of the things 684 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:09,400 Speaker 6: you love doing is walking around Central Park with your wife. 685 00:39:09,960 --> 00:39:12,680 Speaker 6: But here's my question to you, what's the other thing 686 00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:16,320 Speaker 6: that you're really excited about as we become more vaccinated? 687 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:19,920 Speaker 8: To see my children in person. I haven't seen them 688 00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:23,200 Speaker 8: in quite a long time. I haven't seen one daughter 689 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:27,400 Speaker 8: in fourteen months. The other daughter is almost the year apiece. 690 00:39:28,080 --> 00:39:29,360 Speaker 8: That's what I really would like to do. 691 00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:38,920 Speaker 6: That was doctor Anthony Fauci, President Biden's chief medical advisor 692 00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:42,400 Speaker 6: and director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. 693 00:39:43,080 --> 00:39:45,800 Speaker 6: Thanks again to doctor Fauci for making time for me, 694 00:39:46,239 --> 00:39:48,760 Speaker 6: and thank you to all of the health experts across 695 00:39:48,800 --> 00:39:51,840 Speaker 6: the globe who are helping us move closer towards a 696 00:39:51,920 --> 00:40:00,439 Speaker 6: vaccinated world and a little bit more freedom. And before 697 00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:05,080 Speaker 6: we go, one last thing, dear listener, like you, I 698 00:40:05,239 --> 00:40:09,560 Speaker 6: had and still have a lot of questions, and we're 699 00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:13,719 Speaker 6: committed to helping us all travel on this path to 700 00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:18,759 Speaker 6: something that is post COVID, and we're not afraid to 701 00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:23,640 Speaker 6: ask the questions and to look for answers. I'm continuing 702 00:40:23,840 --> 00:40:28,000 Speaker 6: on this path myself too, and I'll continue to share 703 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:32,360 Speaker 6: my story with you. But for now, stay safe and 704 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:34,279 Speaker 6: make the decisions that are. 705 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:35,200 Speaker 1: Right for you. 706 00:40:57,040 --> 00:41:01,560 Speaker 6: This episode was produced by Alejandad and edited by Marta Martinez. 707 00:41:01,800 --> 00:41:05,960 Speaker 6: The Latino USA team includes Miel Masis, Andrea Lopez Grusado, 708 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:10,760 Speaker 6: Julieta Martinelli, Gini Montalbo, Rinaldo Lenos Junior, and Julia Rocha, 709 00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:14,680 Speaker 6: with help from Trabul Berees. Our engineers are Stephanie Lebau, 710 00:41:15,000 --> 00:41:18,640 Speaker 6: Julia Caruso and Liah Shaw. Our digital editor is Louis Tuna. 711 00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:22,520 Speaker 6: Our New York Women's Foundation Ignite fellow is Mari Estinka. 712 00:41:22,960 --> 00:41:26,560 Speaker 6: Our intern is Oscarde Leon. Our theme music was composed 713 00:41:26,640 --> 00:41:28,960 Speaker 6: by Zana Rowinos. 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