Dr. Marc Siegel receives Pfizer vaccine live on ‘Fox & Friends,’ says vaccination process is going ‘very smoothly’ among medical professionals at his hospital.
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Griff welcome back
the coronavirus vaccine being
distributed across the nation,
with healthcare workers and
nursing home residents, rolling
up their slofs
sleeves
among those getting the shot. Our
very own, Dr Marc Siegel, about
to get vaccinated, live right now
on Fox AMP friends.
He joins us from Ny
Langone Medical Center
good Morning, Dr Siegel.
This is very exciting,
walk us through what is about to
happen
good morning, good morning
Griff,
you know, Congresswoman Tulsi
Gabbard said the other day that
there should be a lion.
People should stay in the line
and not go out of the line.
She is a celebrated military
veteran, as you know,
and let me tell you what the
line is here
here at Nyu Langone Health. We
are in cohort one
cohort. One started with our
emergency room workers who see
covid directly
Icu workers who see covid
directly.
You saw me interview Tara, Easter
last week, who is the manager of
the medical Icu
and we have moved on to direct
covid patients
now its my turn
im in line, because I see
patients day to day
face to face Griff
im going to see them today in
the office
im going to see them tomorrow
in the office.
So im at the right point in the
line
its my turn
im Incredit, I can bably excited
to get this vaccine.
I talk to some officials from
operation Warp speed yesterday,
its unbelievable that its
occurred so fast
and im here with nurse Regina
who, how many vaccines have you
been giving out
so we gave out many vac
seems seems more than hundreds
every day
have you had the vaccine yet
not yet
im planning on getting it as
soon as its my turn
is it are you excited?
I am extremely excited for
the vaccine. Will it our issues,
especially because we had so
much covid and if a tattles
during the last Nightbeat
months,
what are you going to ask me
im going to ask you several
questions?
Do you have any severe allergy,
or did you have any severe
allergic reactions due to any
allergies?
Anybody have any side effects
from the vaccine that you have
been giving out
so far. Everybody are is well
just the side effects which we
all know had, which is normal at
after injection its a sore arm
or slight fever in the evening,
but no other significant
reaction,
Griff speaking of slow arms,
Dr Siegel
people going right back to
would
wait for about twenty minutes here
and when they leave
Griff, Dr Siegel, if I can jump
in with you, will two quick
things:
roll your sleeve up and start
getting you Reddy,
you got it
Griff, which vaccine are you
getting?
Is this Pfizer or no concern
that?
What are you getting
all right right now, Dr Siegel
Siegel is just getting ready, may
have lost his I he F will v
connected to that white coat. The
way these things are done,
wait and watch.
Can I hear you
part of the frontline
workers,
Dr Siegel?
Okay, I got my sleeve rolled
up
Griff, which vaccine are you
getting
go ahead,
im getting the Pfizer
vaccine?
We have been giving that out in
the medical center here,
I must say its really really
going very smoothly
very streamlined,
very organized.
We are getting alert all the
time about when our time in line
is. I couldnt be happier about
that
usingsing, the vaccine in the
main facility in the main
hospital
start to add in Moderna vaccine
and other places, other
hospitals and facilities.
We feel that they are
indistinguishable pretty much
mostly here at the are medical
center. We are giving the Pfizer
shot,
Griff go ahead and get that
shot in your arm and the nurse
there helping give that vaccine.
Dr Siegel, why are you doing
this live on tv?
Will many im doing this
because I want people to know. I
dont have the slightest concern
about this.
I am going to not taking a
second off from work.
Maybe I will have a sore arm.
Maybe I wont
im not in any way worried about
this vaccine.
I want to use this to protect my
patients,
and I want my patients out there
to get this when its their
turf.
Everyone in the United States
has to take this vaccine.
Its incredibly exciting that we
have this tool to fight back can
against Covid 19.
Everyone here is excited about
this
Griff hold still
it isnt going to hurt.
Hang on
doctors make the worse
patients Griff, but you know I
im all right.
She is is really great.
She is really great
Griff. Look at that all right,
Dr Siegel. We have got to wrap
it up and leave it there.
Thank you. So
we are about to go to a hard
break and go black.
Thank you for being there and
thank that nurse for this
important work.
Thank you, sir.
Thank you.
Transcript generated on 2020-12-23.