Video: Massachusetts doctor hopeful VaxMillions lottery will increase COVID-19 vaccinations
Updated: 5:06 PM EDT Jun 15, 2021
>> A ONE MILLION-DOLLAR PRIZE COULD BE YOURS FOR GETTING VACCINATEDGA AINST COVID-19 IN MASSACHUSETTS. THANK YOU FOR JOINING US. GOVERNOR BAKER ANNOUNCED THE GIVEAWAY TODAY. OTHER STATES ARE OFFERING THESE LOTTERIE TO ENCOURAGE MORE PEOPLE TO GET THEIR SHOTS. DO YOU THINK THAT WILL WORK HERE? >> I HOPE IT DOES. WITH OVER 600,000 AMERICANS HAVING DIED OF COVID-19, ONE WOULD THINK WE WOULD NOT NEED A LOTTERY TO GET TO THE LAST MILE OF GETTING VACCINATED. LAST MON,TH OHIO INTRODUCED THE LOTTERY SYSTEM. WHATEVER IT TAKES RIGHT NOW, WE NEED TO GET MOROFE THE COMMONWEALTH VACCINATED. >> WE RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM A VIEWER, ANGRY THATHE T GIVEAWAY OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP MONEY TO DSKI AGES 12 TO 17. SHE WRITES THAT THE STATE IS TRYING TO COEERC PARENTS TO VACCINATE OUR LSTEA VULNERABLE AGE BRACKET. WHAT IS YOUR RESPONSE? >> THE VACCINES ARE SAFE RFO KIDS. THERE ARE GOING TO BE RARE EVENTS WE HEAR ABOUT CASES OF MYOCARDITIS. IT IS NOT ENEV CLEAR THAT IS VACCINE RELATED. THERE HAVE BEEN ONLY ABOUT 79 CASES IN THE6 O 1R 17-YEAR-OLD GROUP. ONLY TWO OF THE 79 NEEDEAND ICU UNIT STAY. WE VACCINATED OVER 7.5 MILLION CHILDREN. WE HAVE HAD OVER 500 CASES OF ETH MYSTERIOUS INFLAMMATORY SYNDROME, WHICH IS USUALLY SEVERE. SOME OF THOSE ARE ASSOCIATED WITH MYOCARDITIS .THE CDC IS GOING TO LOOK AT THOSE CASES OF HEART INFLAMMATION AFTER THE VACCINE. >> LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS DELTA VARIANT. IT IS CREATING PBLROEMS FOR OTHER COUNTRIES. IT IS SPREADING HERE IN THE UNITED STATES. THE CDC UPGRADED THIS FROM A VARIANT OF INTEREST TO A VARIANT OF CONCERN. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> WHEN THEY CHANGE FROM A VARIANT OF INTEREST TO VARIANT OF CONCERN, IT SHOWS THE VIRUS HAS INCREASED THE RISK OF HOSPITALIZATION. A RECENT STUDY OBSERVED PATIENTS WHO HAD ACQUIRED THE DELTA VARIANT WERE TWICE AS LIKELY TO GET HOSPITALIZED AS THE ALPHA VARIANT, THE ONE INITIALLY DESCRIBED IN THE U.K.
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Video: Massachusetts doctor hopeful VaxMillions lottery will increase COVID-19 vaccinations
Updated: 5:06 PM EDT Jun 15, 2021
Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, says we should do “whatever it takes” to get more shots in arms.
Dr. Todd Ellerin, chief of infectious diseases at South Shore Health, says we should do “whatever it takes” to get more shots in arms.
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