>> WELCOME BACK TO THE NEWS
WRAP AS NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES
TOP A 157,000 THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT BEGIN DISTRIBUTING
TO VACCINES IN THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS. WHILE IT APPEARS
HELP IS ON THE WAY THERE ARE
STILL MANY WEEKS
AHEAD WHEN WE CAN'T RELY ON A
VACCINE TO HELP US CONTAIN THE
SPREAD OF
COVID-19. NOW WITH THE SURGE
EXPECTED TO MATERIALIZE DUE TO
THANKSGIVING TRAVEL COULD WE
SEE RELIEF AS EARLY AS THIS
MONTH HERE TO DISCUSS HIS
DOCTOR REYNOLDS. PANTS HE ARIE
PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AT THE
ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL
WELL DOCTOR WELCOME TO
THE SHOW. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
BEING ON YOU ACTUALLY
PAY TO BIG ROLE HERE YOU'RE ONE
OF THE EXPERTS WHO OVERSAW THE
MODERNA TRIAL IN NEW JERSEY BUT
DURING OF COURSE APPLY FOR FDA
AUTHORIZATION ON MONDAY, SO
DOCTOR CAN YOU EXPLAIN TO US
JUST HOW MAJOR THIS STEP IS FOR
THIS VACCINE. CANDIDATE.
>> YEAH, THIS IS REALLY AN
INCREDIBLE TIME RIGHT
THE MODERNA TRIAL WAS A
MRNA VACCINE. AND IT WENT
VERY WE WERE ONE OF THE SITES
IN NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL IN
NEW YORK. WE'VE RECRUITED A
FAIR MAN OF INDIVIDUALS AND
PEOPLE DID
REALLY WELL. WE'RE KEEPING OUR
FINGERS CROSSED
AS YOU WELL NO IT WHEN TO THE
FDA FOR
EU WAY. APPROVAL AND IT WILL
BE DISTRIBUTED.
>> SO ASSUMING MODERNA'S
VACCINE GETS APPROVAL FROM THE
FDA, WHAT HAPPENS THEN WHAT'S
THE NEXT STEP.
>> WELL THE NEXT STEP IS
DISTRIBUTION WHILE FIRST WE
HAVE TO FIGURE OUT PRECISELY
WHERE WE'RE
GOING TO MOBILIZE THE VACCINE
BY ALL ACCOUNTS, IT'S GOING TO
BE FIRST RESPONDERS IT'S GOING
TO BE HEALTH CARE WORK, BECAUSE
WITHOUT HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
REALLY PUTS THE POPULACE A
GREAT RISK ALL AND THEN AFTER
THAT IT WILL BE A REALLY IS A
DETERMINATION BY THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT AND BY STATES
HAS TO.
>> WHO WILL GET THE VACCINE
AFTER THAT IN TERMS OF
DISTRIBUTION. HOW DOES
MODERNA'S VACCINE COMPARED TO
PFIZER'S AT LEAST WHEN IT COMES
TO OVERCOMING LOGISTICAL
CHALLENGES.
>> WELL YOU REALLY HIT THE NAIL
ON THE HEAD
THERE THERE IRSAN WAS JUST
TICKLED WITH PFIZER
PFIZER REQUIRES IT REQUIRES A
VERY SOPHISTICATED FREEZER
-96 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. AND
BECAUSE OF THERE'S GOING TO BE
LOGISTIC ISSUES
DISTRIBUTION MODES WHERE THOSE
COULD
BE HANDLED. BUT IT'S NOT AS
EASY AS MODERNA WHERE A TYPICAL
FREEZER IN
ONE'S HOME COULD ACTUALLY BE
UTILIZED FOR DISTRIBUTION.
>> WE'VE BEEN REPORTING EACH
PERSON REQUIRES
2 DOSES ADMINISTERED A MONTH
APART DOCTOR PLANETARY ONE
THING I KEEP HEARING AND I'M
WONDERING IF IT'S A CONCERN FOR
HEALTH EXPERTS
LIKE YOURSELF THAT PEOPLE WILL
NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE FULL
TREATMENT THEY WON'T GET BOTH
SHOTS MAY BE JUST THE FIRST ONE
AND NOT COME BACK FOR THE
SECOND.
>> YEAH, THE WALL AND I WOULD
BE A THE ONLY WAY TO ACHIEVE
IMMUNITY IS REALLY TO GET H
SHOTS, THE IGNITION,
WILL AT LEAST GET YOU TO A
CERTAIN THRESHOLD, BUT WILL NOT
BE COMPLETE UNTIL YOU GET
THE SECOND. THE SECOND THE
OTHER ISSUE IS HOW LONG WILL
THIS LAST WE REALLY
DON'T KNOW WE KNOW THE VIRUS IS
MUTATING IT DOESN'T MUTATE TO
ADVANTAGE AT
THIS POINT. HOWEVER
A TIME WILL TELL AND BOTH OF
THESE STUDIES ARE LONGER
TERM STUDIES EFFICACY AND
SAFETY WELL
HAVE BEEN PROVEN BUT LONGEVITY
AND DOES THIS EXTINGUISH IT'S
GOING TO TAKE A YEAR OR
POTENTIALLY 2 TO DETERMINE.
>> WE KNOW PFIZER MODERNA
REQUESTED
COVID-19 VACCINATION APPROVAL
AUTHORIZATION I SHOULD USE THAT
WORD IN EUROPE TODAY DO EXPECT
EURO WE'LL ROLL OUT THESE
VACCINATIONS DIFFERENTLY THAN
WE WILL HERE IN THE UNITED
STATES.
>> YEAH WELL IT'S VERY
DIFFICULT TO WE
DEFINITELY HAVE DIFFERENT
STANDARDS WHEN IT COMES TO
APPROVAL OF DRUGS
THE FDA HAS BEEN VERY FUSS CITY
US AND MUCH OF THIS IS HELPED
US THE
EUROPEAN NATIONS WE'LL CHOOSE
TO DISTRIBUTE THIS IN A
DIFFERENT FORMAT OR QUICKER
ONLY TIME WILL TELL
I THINK OUR AGENCIES ARE REALLY
DOING THE VERY BEST TO MAKE
SURE. IT'S SAFE
AND AFFECTED.
>> WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THIS
EARLIER IN THE SHOW TO THE CDC
MET TO DECIDE WHO WILL GET THE
VACCINE FIRST WHAT DO YOU
EXPECT THE AGENCY TO DECIDE
HERE DOCTOR.
>> YEAH, I AND
THIS IS A IS A HYPOTHESIS THAT
IS PREDOMINANTLY GOING TO BE
HEALTH
CARE WORKERS. THOSE ARE THE
INDIVIDUALS WHERE IF WE PROTECT
THEM, THEY WILL BE ABLE
TO SERVE MORE PEOPLE FOLLOWED
BY FIRST RESPONDERS
AND THEN FOLLOWED THE GENERAL
POPULATION BUT THERE'S GOING TO
BE SELECTED TO BE THERE ALSO,
YOU
COMPROMISED INDIVIDUALLY WILL
GET VACCINATED AS WELL AS WELL
AS THOSE WITH OTHER DISEASES