U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams says there are ‘a few miles left to run in this race' as millions of doses of a COVID-19 vaccine are shipped across the country.
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Steve over to you
Steve, thank you. Ainsley,
nine months after coronavirus,
first broke out here in the
United States, Hills industry is
being made today in the fight
against Covid, with the rollout
of that vaccine.
Here, with an update, we have got:
U Dot S surgeon general, Dr Jerome
Adams,
Dr Adams, good morning to you
good Morning, Steve
good to be here with you
its a great day, its an
historic day,
its the beginning of the end,
but we have still got a few
miles left to run in this race
Steve. We do. Indeed, millions of
doses are being ships across the
country. The explain why in
record time was it the cutting
of red tape or the cutting of
scientific corners?
There were no cutting of
scientific corners
cuttings of administrative red
tape.
It was massive funding which
allowed us to scale up
production,
even as the vaccine was being
produced. I want to put it in
Christmas. Think for people out
there.
The x box is the new big gift
for Christmas
and what we did was really use.
Whats called platform
technology.
If you get a new x box- and you
want to change your game out,
you dont throw the whole x box
out and buy a new x box.
You just get a new game.
What we did with this vaccine
was use the platform that had
been around for over a decade.
We know its safe,
we know its effective.
We changed out the cartridge to
adapt it to Covid 19.
That is really scientifically
what allowed us to get here in
record time.
These vaccines are safe and I
will get one as soon as they
tell me that I can
Steve sure.
While we see the guys at Pfizer,
guys and gals at Pfizer, put it
on the trucks and then the
trucks ship it to the Arps with
Fedex and U Dot, PS and everybody
else
its, not just those companies.
Then you have got the
pharmacists.
You have got the pilots.
Have you got the nurses?
The doctors?
Have you got all the needles?
You have got the masks.
You have the super cold
refrigerators that are
ninety five degrees below zero
and they have all got to be
aiming at the same place. At the
same time.
Absolutely
this is a massive effort and
its why we have been working on
it as part of operation warp
speed from almost the very
beginning. It
is a tremendous success and the
american people should be proud
because, as you mentioned, this
isnt just about the federal
government,
its about private partners,
its about hospital systems,
I was in Montana this weekend
visiting billings clinic.
They have been working on
vaccination process for many
many months right now,
spooking of which I want to
give a shout out to Ellen.
She is an icu nurse this
weekend, Steve
she wasnt working in the ic.
She had just gotten taken off of
life support because she had
covid.
So I want people to understand
your actions. Bloncts you choose
to wear a mask.
It shouldnt be about whether
its mandated or whether you
feel its infringing on your
freedom.
It should be about protecting
those around us.
People like Ellen
Ellen is off life, support and
doing much better
love. You
keep up the fight Ellen,
Steve, thats, terrific,
you know one of the
technological things and I know
the big logistics companies have
been doing dry runs for a while.
Well now they have got the live
vaccine.
Those canisters that all the
vaccines are in are specially
monitored things. They must have
a g dot, PS chip in them or
something
you guys know exactly where
every one of them is all the
time, and it tells you how cold
it is which is important, because
if it Deduke Lacrosses, that
particular batch is no good. The
real complicated thing at the
table at the receiving end
defrost these things as ordered
just as they come in. Otherwise
you are going to ruin a batch
exactly
shout out to Mckesson Fedex
to all the partners out there,
CVS Walgreens, who are going to
make this a success.
I want people to know this is
the most difficult vaccine
rollout in history.
There will be hiccups
undoubtedly,
but we have done everything from
a federal level and working with
partners to make it go as
smoothly as possible.
Please be patient with us
and please understand we are
going to start by vaccinating
the vulnerable
people in pursing homes and long
term care facilities and
healthcare workers.
That means that we expect around
beginning of first quarter or
into first quarter, beginning of
second quarter. We will start
vaccinating the general public
to your viewers. We need to you,
hang on a little bit longer
continue to wear your mask,
continue to wash your hands and
watch your distance.
It will help us reopen even
before we can get vaccines in
everyones arms.
Steve. All right
help is on the way,
Dr Adams. Thank you very much
for your service and for
appearing today on Fox AMP.
Transcript generated on 2020-12-17.