Video: Massachusetts doctor explains why CDC, WHO face mask guidance is different
Updated: 5:17 PM EDT Jun 29, 2021
ERIKA: THE THREAT FROM MORE CONTAGIOUS VARIANTS OF COVID-19 COULD CHANGE THE RULES FOR WEARING FACE MASKS. HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS IS DR. TODD ELLERIN, CHIEF OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT SOUTH SHORE HEAL.TH ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE YOU HERE. WE KNOW THE FOCUS RIGHT NOW IS ON THE DELTA VIAAR, NTWHICH IS ON TRACK TO BECOME THE DOMINANT STRAIN IN THE U.S.. SO FAR, THE CDC SAYS, IT’S SAFE FOR BELIEVE VACCINADTE PEOPLE TO GATHER INDOORS AND OUTDOORS WITHOUT MASKS, BUT NOW WE’RE HEARING, THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION IS URGING EVERYONE TO CONTINUE TO WEAR THEM CO NSISTENTLY. IT’S CONFUSING. SHOULD WE WEAR MASKS, OR SHOULDN’T WE? >> IT IS CONFUSING BUT HERE’S THE DIFFERENCE, WHO HAS TTHO G ABOUT THE HELP OF THE WORLD, GLOBAL SAFETY. YOU HAVE TO REMEMBER, 10 COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD HAVE ACCESS TO 75% OF THE VACCINES. THERE. SINCE MOST OF THE WORLD IS UNVACCINATED, THAT TYPE OF STATEMENT FROM THE WHO DOES MAKE SENSE, BUT IT DOES NOT NECESSARIY APPLY TO THE UNITED STATES GENIV HOW WELL WE ARE DOING OVERALL WITH VACCINATIONS. THE U.S. IS A TAPESTRY, SO WE ARE SEEING THE DELTA VARIANT NOT UNIFORMLY THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS BUT IT TENDS TO BE HIGHER IN AREAS THAT HAVE LESS SEEN. I THINK THE KEY IS FOR US TO EPKE VACCINATED, GET THE WORD OUT, KNOWING HOW EFFECTIVE THEY ARE. MARIA: NICE TO SEE YOUS A ALWAYS. WE HAVE THREE COVID VACCINES AVAILABLE IN THE U.S. HOW MUCH PROTECTION DO TYHE OFFER AGAINST THE VARIAN?TS WE KEEP HEARING THAT PFIZER AND MODERNA PROTECT AGASTIN DELTA, NOTHING ABOUT JOHNSON & JOHNSON. SO HOW MUCH PROTECTION DO ALL OF THESE OFFER AGAINST ETH VARIANT S? >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE PFIZER VACCINE HAS SHOWN IN REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCES IT HAS BEEN VERY EFFECTIVE. WITH MODERNA, WE KNOW IT IS A SIMILAR TYPE OF MRNA VACCINE, IT HAS ALSO SHOWN TO BE EFFECTIVE. THAT’S IN A LABORATORY. WITH JOHNSON & JOHNSON, WE ARE STILL LEARNING MORE ABOUT THIS BECAUSE THE J&J VACCINE HAS NOT BEEN AS WIDYEL DISTRIBUTED, MOST OF THE DATA IS GOING TO BE FROM THE U.S.. IN SOUTH AFRICA WE ARE GOING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS, BUT THE LIKELIHOOD IS ALL OF THE VACCINES PROTECT WELL AGAINST HOSPITALIZATIONS, PROBABLY THAT TWO DOSE MESSAGE OR RNA VCIACNES WILL BE BETTER AT PREVENTING INFECTION, BECAUSE THAT SECOND DOSE GIVES THAT REAL IMMUNE BOT.OS ERIK A: SPEAKING OF THE SECOND DOSE, SOME PEOPLE MAY HAVE MISSED IT WITH THE PFIZER OR MODERNA VACCINE’S, WHAT IS THERE RISK FROM THE VARIANTS? AND WILL A SECOND SH SOTLLTI BOOST THEIR IMMUNITY, EVEN IF IT’S MONTHS PAST THE DEADLINE? >> I’M GLAD YOU ASKED FAT. WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOWS I — ASKED THAT. WHAT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW IS OF THE SECOND IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE YOU GET A HUGE BOOSTND A AT&T BODIES THAT TARGET THE VIRUS AND DON’T ALLOW IT TO –HE T T ANTIBODIES THAT TARGET THE VIRUS. WE WANT PEOPLE TO GO OUT AND GET THE SECOND DOES EVEN IF THEY ARE BEYOND THE SIX WEEK WINDOW, IN COUNTRIES LIKE THE UNITED KINGMDO WHO CONSISTENTLY ARE GETTING THAT SECOND DOSE AT ABOUT A THREE MONTH INTERVAL WINDOW, THE BODY STILL GETS A VERY GOOD IMMUNE RESPONSE. THE KEY IS GOING OUT AND GETTING IT, YOU DON’T HAVE TO START OVER, EVEN IF THERE HAVE BEEN MONTHS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND DOSE. MARIA: THANK YOU. ERIKA: TH
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Video: Massachusetts doctor explains why CDC, WHO face mask guidance is different
Updated: 5:17 PM EDT Jun 29, 2021
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is safe for fully-vaccinated people to go without face masks, while the World Health Organization is urging everyone to continue wearing them consistently.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is safe for fully-vaccinated people to go without face masks, while the World Health Organization is urging everyone to continue wearing them consistently.
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