EARLY MARCH. MEANWHILE, THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT'S
GOING TO GO AND MAKE VACCINE
PRODUCTION MATERIALS AVAILABLE
NOW FOR INDIA THAT COUNTRY IS
DEALING WITH RECORD NUMBERS OF
NEW INFECTIONS EVERY DAY U.S.
OFFICIALS ARE SAYING THAT THE
U.S. IS RICK PAYING THE FAVOR
THAT
AFTER INDIA HAD HELPED THE U.S.
WHEN HOSPITALS HERE WERE
STRAINED EARLY ON THAT
PANDEMIC US WILL ALSO SEND
RAPID TEST VENTILATORS AND
PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT. UK,
FRANCE IN GERMANY OF OUT OVER
THE WEEKEND TO SEND AID TO
INDIA SO JOINING US NOW TO
DISCUSS THIS AND SO MUCH MORE
IS DOCTOR PRATHIT KULKARNI
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE
AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
AT BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE
DOCTOR SUCH A PLEASURE TO HAVE
YOU HERE, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
JOINING US SO JOE BIDEN
OBVIOUSLY TWEETING THAT INDIA
IS GETTING
THIS ASSISTANCE. WHAT ARE WHAT
ARE THINGS HAPPENING THAT ARE
SO BAD RIGHT NOW IN INDIA.
>> THIS GOOD BAKER IT'S GOOD TO
BE WITH YOU THANKS FOR HAVING
ME ON I GUESS OVER THE PAST
COUPLE OF WEEKS INDIA HAS
REALLY WORSENED AND IS REALLY
ONE OF THE
HARDEST HIT. COUNTRIES IN THE
WORLD RIGHT NOW IN TERMS OF
COVID-19 OVER
THE WEEKEND. THEY ANNOUNCED IT
I THINK YESTERDAY A RECORD OF
GREATER THAN 350,000 CASES IN
THE DAY WHICH ACTUALLY SAID A
NEW GLOBAL RECORD FOR A
NUMBER OF NEW FOR A SINGLE
COUNTRY AND IN A SINGLE DAY AT
THE SAME TIME THEY REPORTED
GREATER THAN 2800 DEATHS IN A
SINGLE DAY AS WELL
SETTING A RECORD FOR THEIR IN
TERMS OF NUMBERS OF DEATHS
KNOWN AS WELL SO TRULY
THIS SITUATION. IS WORSENING
THERE AND IT'S REALLY ALL
HAPPENED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF
WEEKS. AND I THINK EVERYTHING
THE UNITED STATES
IS DOING NOW AND MANY OTHER
COUNTRIES TO HELP INDIA.
WILL DEFINITELY BE
OFFICIAL AND IS TRULY WE SEE A
LOT OF THE IMAGES COMING
OUT OF THEIR TERMS OF FUNERAL
PYRES OR IN TERMS OF HOSPITALS
NOT HAVING SUFFICIENT ABOUT
OF BEDS. OXYGEN VENTILATORS
THAT KIND OF THING SO IT'S
TRULY A
CONCERNING SITUATION. AND WE
REALLY DON'T WANT IT TO TURN
INTO MORE OF A HUMANITARIAN
CATASTROPHE. OVER THE COMING
DAYS TO WEEKS TO ALL THE
HELP WEEKEND FOR INDIA. I THINK
WILL BE BENEFICIAL SO I'M VERY
HAPPY TONIGHT STATES AND
SEVERAL OTHER COUNTRIES THAT
ARE DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN.
>> ABSOLUTELY AND ON TOP OF
THAT GOOGLE AND MICROSOFT CEO'S
HAVE PLEDGED MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS AS WELL TO HELP ALL OF
THIS AND LISTEN,
WE KNOW IT'S THE VACCINES HAVE
BASICALLY BEEN THE RICHER
COUNTRIES THE POOR COUNTRIES DO
NOT. IF WE CAN'T GET POOR
COUNTRIES AND PLACES LIKE
INDIA, YOU KNOW UNDER CONTROL
IS THIS REALLY GOING TO HURT
COMBATING THE VIRUS ON A GLOBAL
SCALE REGARDLESS OF IF
EVERYBODY'S BEEN VACCINATED OR
NOT.
>> BAKER I
MEAN WE LIVE IN 2021 IN A
GLOBALLY INTERCONNECTED WORLD
AND THINGS
THAT HAPPEN. IN CERTAIN PARTS
OF THE WORLD
CAN AFFECT THE REST OF THE
WORLD. IF YOU LOOK AT THE
SPREAD OF VARIANTS FOR EXAMPLE,
EVEN THE UNITED STATES, SEVERAL
OF THEM OBVIOUSLY ORIGINATED IN
OTHER PARTS OF
THE WORLD. SO IT STANDS TO
EVERYBODY'S IN AT BEST INTEREST
TO TRY AND HELP ALL PARTS OF
THE WORLD WHICH STRUGGLING AT
DIFFERENT TIMES AT
RIGHT NOW INDY IS GOING THROUGH
ITS WORTH WORST TIME IN TERMS
OF THIS PANDEMIC THUS FAR SO
WHAT EVERYBODY IS DOING TO HELP
THEM WILL END OF COURSE HELP US
AS WELL WITH REGARD TO VACCINES
AS YOU MENTIONED THAT CURRENTLY
THERE ARE 3 VACCINES WHICH
APPROVAL OR AUTHORIZATION AND
INDIA, WHAT IS THE ASTRAZENECA
VACCINE. ANOTHER ONE IS ONE
THAT WAS ACTUALLY MADE THEIR
IT'S CALLED COVAX AN EYE AND
THAT'S ACTUALLY AN INACTIVATED
FORM OF THE VIRUS THAT THEY'VE
MADE IT TO A VACCINE
AND THEN FINALLY IN THE LAST
COUPLE OF THE VACCINE SPUTNIK V
I WAS
RECEIVED AUTHORIZATION. THEY'RE
SO THE FASTER EVERYBODY CAN GET
VACCINATED IN INDIA. THE FASTER
THEY WILL HOPEFULLY BE ABLE TO
BRING BACK
THIS SITUATION BRING IT UNDER
CONTROL AND HOPEFULLY DECREASE
THE NUMBER OF CASES. I
AND HOSPITALIZATIONS SO REALLY
AS
YOU REFERENCE OUR FASTEST WAY
OUT OF THE PANDEMIC AS WE SEE
HERE IN THE UNITED STATES.
WE HAVE ABOUT ROUGHLY MORE THAN
50% OF FOLKS WHO HAVE GOTTEN A
FIRST DOSE.
A VACCINE AND OVER THE LAST
SEVERAL WEEKS TO MONTHS WE'VE
REALLY SEEN CASES COME DOWN
HOSPITALIZATIONS ESPECIALLY
AMONGST THE ELDERLY POPULATION
HAVE REALLY COME DOWN HERE IN
THE
UNITED STATES. FOR INDIA AND
REALLY THE REST OF THE WORLD
ARE OUR FASTEST WAY POTENTIALLY
OUT OF THE PANDEMIC SPEAKING OF
VACCINES, LET'S MOVE BACK HERE
DOMESTICALLY DOCTOR KULKARNI
AND LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT
REPORT THAT WAS IN THE NEW YORK
TIMES OVER
THE WEEKEND.
>> THAT ROUGHLY ABOUT 8% OF
PEOPLE ARE NOT SHOWING UP FOR
THEIR SECOND DOSES OF THE
PFIZER AND MODERNA VACCINE.
THE TIMES ESSENTIALLY WAS
SAYING A LOT OF
THOSE PEOPLE CONCERNED MAYBE
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL SIDE
EFFECTS THAT THEY WERE GETTING
FROM THE VACCINE. IT'S BASED
OFF OF THAT WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON
THAT AND HOW WORRIED ARE YOU
ABOUT THAT STORY
AND 2 DOES THAT A VACCINE LIKE
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON.
EVEN THOUGH NOT NOW IT'S
BASICALLY OFF THE SHELVES MORE
INTERESTING TO A LOT MORE
PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T RECEIVED
THAT VACCINE JUST BASED ON THE
NOTION THAT IT'S A ONE SHOT
VACCINE HERE. AS YOU
MENTIONED MAKER.
>> THE REPORT FROM NEW YORK
TIMES SUGGESTS OBVIOUSLY THAT
ABOUT 8% OF PEOPLE MAY NOT HAVE
SHOWN UP FOR THEIR SECOND DOSE
CONVERSELY THOUGH THAT MEANS
THAT 92% OF PEOPLE DID SHOW UP
FOR A SECOND ENCOURAGED
BY THAT STATISTIC CERTAINLY I'D
LIKE TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO
SHOW UP FOR THE SECOND DOSE OF
VACCINATION GET THE FULL
PROTECTION.
OF COURSE AFTER 2 DOSES OF
EITHER THE PFIZER AND MODERNA
VACCINE. ON THAT SAID YOU DO
GET SOME. PARTIAL IMMUNITY AND
REALLY REASONABLY OK IMMUNITY
FROM ONE DOSE OF PFIZER WELL OR
MODERNA BUT OF COURSE WE WANT
TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO THAT
SECOND DOSE. THERE MAY HAVE
BEEN SOME CONCERNS ABOUT WITH
THE SECOND DOSE
YOU KNOW YOU COULD TEND TO GET
A LITTLE BIT MORE IN TERMS OF
SIDE EFFECTS SUCH
AS FEELING, TIRED HAVING BODY
ACHES MAYBE A LITTLE BIT
TEMPERATURE THE NEXT DAY AND
THINGS LIKE THAT SO THAT MAY
HAVE BEEN ONE REASON
MY FOLKS WERE A LITTLE BIT
DISSUADED. BUT I'D LIKE TO
ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY TO TRY TO
GO AHEAD AND GET THAT SECOND
DOES WE HAVE NOW SAFETY DATA
THAT THE PFIZER AND MODERNA
VACCINES ARE AN EXCEEDINGLY
SAFE. A HIGHLY EFFICACIOUS AS
I'D ENCOURAGE YOU TO GET THAT
SECOND DOSE AND WITH REGARD TO
JOHNSON AND JOHNSON AS YOU LATE
ON
A FRIDAY. IT WAS RECOMMENDED
FOR A REINSTATEMENT AND IT DOES
HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OBVIOUSLY OF
BEING ONLY ONE DOSE RATHER
2 DOSES.
>> YEAH, I'M WITH YOU I HIGHLY
RECOMMEND EVERYBODY GET THAT
SECOND DOES I GOT MY SECOND
DOSE JUST LIKE A WEEK OR SO AGO
A LITTLE SLEEPY