applause] [indistinct conversations] >> washington jo host: we are back with georgetown university medical center's scientist, a former head of the fda and he is here to discuss the coronavirus vaccine. good morning. let's get to the current news. yesterday, the fda committee approved the johnson & johnson vaccine for emergency use authorization. tell us what that means. what happens now? guest: it means the fda weighed the evidence for large clinical trial of over 40,000 people and determined it was safe and effective in reducing covid-19 illness. that means if the fda goes along with the advisory committee deliberations, that vaccine will become available relatively quickly, as early as next week. the company has going to be ramping up significantly and increase the vaccine supply. it's good news. host: what are the differences between the johnson & johnson vaccine and the ones that we have heard so much about, the ones being used right now? guest: one big difference is it is one dose.

craig spencer, director of global health in emergency medicine at columbia university medical center.as been treating coronavirus patients since the pandemic began last year. his recent medium piece headlined "global vaccine inequities are dangerous for everyone." dr. spencer, welcome back to democracy now! this is a horrific milestone. half a million people dead in the united states. we have less than 5% of the worlds population but about 20% of the world's death and infections. how did we get to this point? >> a year ago, i remember in new york city we had not had a case yet. we were hearing about cases around the country and around the world. italy was being hit really hard. we were prepared. we knew things in new york city would get bad, but we had no clue they would get as bad as they got. we certainly did not think that it was going to be this, that it would be around the country for so long. a part of that is because this virus is really good at what it does. a year ago, less than a year ago, dr. fauci said we may have 240,000 deaths. we have doubled that already and there cert

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to catch her or see them as as we should these days actually a specialist at vanderbilt university medical center dr william schaffner and director of the vaccine education center at children's hospital philadelphia dr paul offit thank you both so much for taking the time to join us to. boeing has experienced some turbulent times 1st with 2 deadly crashes involving their $737.00 x. jet followed by major financial losses reported just this month now after 2 years of inspections of the modified $737.00 the airplane maker is getting the green light to fly that plane again in europe r t correspondent and sasha sweet takes a look at how authorities have arrived at this decision. after to take all accidents and issues with its largest jet coupled with the pandemic only its face along. up to $12000000000.00 and that's a record for the jet maker but there is the silver lining for the company as boeing flights resume in europe while the crown about respect demick has impacted the airline industry as a whole boeing is coming in as receiving the biggest loss the aerospace giant reports its largest annual de

a real expert in the field dr william schaffner a vaccine specialist at the banner bill university medical center. or dr schaffner always a pleasure to have you on the show to break this all down for us before we get into the vaccination news what should we take away from cases trending downward is this just the end of the surge that we tend to supposed to do the winter and holiday seasons. well we think it might be that in part and of course perhaps people wearing masks more and maybe at least in some communities this virus has spread so much that it's now starting to reduce its transmission and and some other communities were starting to vaccinate so maybe all of those things together will take it but those variants are out there and they're very contagious and so what we're worried about is as things go down now if we were a lax our interventions the masking social distancing will do the roller coaster up again and so we want to guard against that. you know we also just mentioned that there are more than 50000000 doses of code vaccines that have been administered here in the u.s. in your exper

>> washington jo host: we are back with georgetown university medical center's scientist, a former head of the fda and he is here to discuss the coronavirus vaccine. good morning. let's get to the current news. yesterday, the fda committee approved the johnson & johnson vaccine for emergency use authorization. tell us what that means. what happens now? guest: it means the fda weighed the evidence for large clinical trial of over 40,000 people and determined it was safe and effective in reducing covid-19 illness. that means if the fda goes along with the advisory committee deliberations, that vaccine will become available relatively quickly, as early as next week. the company has going to be ramping up significantly and increase the vaccine supply. it's good news. host: what are the differences between the johnson & johnson vaccine and the ones that we have heard so much about, the ones being used right now? guest: one big difference is it is one dose. that makes things much simpler. it also doesn't have to be stored at ultra frozen temperatures. that makes use simpler. it is less effect

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two, we have partnered with johns hopkins university medical center as well as university of marylandccess for city schools employees. and so what we are seeing now is that we have close to 7,000 of our 10,000 school employees that have actually received invitation for the vaccine, including our teachers that we are having back in a phased approach. so part of what we're looking at is how do we make sure that within that phased approach we're offering vaccines to everyone returning who would like one and so as supply comes that's another reassurance in addition to all of the other measures we've had in place frankly since september. >> and so what about the cdc guidelines about ventilation, how has that formula factored into your reopening plans? >> well, we were very fortunate in that our planning -- we started bringing back small groups of families as early as the summer into september and november, and our medical advisory group here in baltimore city along with our health department flagged very early the ventilation issue for us. so we have purchased close to 8,600 hepa air filte

william schaffner, in the division of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university medical center.r reaction to the j&j news and where all these numbers put up as a country on our desired path toward normalcy. >> well, poppy, we could use all the vaccine we can get because the demand at the moment exceeds the supply. that's the bottleneck. we'd like vaccine as much as possible. and we would like it delivered on time in the amounts that are announced. but we can use as much vaccine as we can get. we want to vaccinate as many people, including minority and disadvantaged communities. very, very important. the more vaccine we have, the less we have to prioritize, the easier it is for anyone who want the vaccine to come in and get it. >> doctor, what are your thoughts on the doctor. he we had paul offit saying that more americans have some immunity to covid than the numbers may indicate. 28 million who have been infected so far, but they theorize perhaps six as many times have been exposed. combined with vaccinations that that explains the drop in new infections, and that we might be fu

craig spencer from columbia university medical center, to go through some of what we learned from the covid response team so far. what did you take away from the update we heard there? >> quite a few reassuring things. the big one is that the number of cases and hospital investigations have plummeted in recent weeks which is fantastic. we know deaths are still continuing at the leveling of 9/11. we need to do the same things that dr. walensky and dr. fauci argued for, masking, social distancing. so much encouraging news there, the fact that we've doubled the rollout of the vaccine doses, the fact we're using stadiums as well as focusing on small pharmacies and community health centers where people feel more comfortable going. all these things are the right things that need to be done to make sure we get people vaccinated and we control the virus in our communities. >> dr. spencer, as dr. fauci was discussing, he's speaking to a question that's not yet answered. he's starting to suggest that some science is giving us some evidence on the question of -- if someone is vaccinated, can the

peer reviewed or published but expected very soon but in short what researchers at columbia university medical centerinding the increase in the new variant bred here in new york and in various parts of northeast specifically an increase of 13% in the detection rate in the last two weeks so this appears to be spreading. so let me give a break down. this variant does have mutations that offers the virus to evade the virus response to vaccines and monoclonal antibody treatments and what is concerning is that the mutation gives the virus an ability to slip past someone's immune system so the concern is that authorities want to make sure that she's vaccines are being administered will provide that high level of protection. authorities are not worried at this point. but more research needs to be done about this. but again, it is certainly a reminder of what we have heard from health officials that the longer people have to actually be infected with this and the longer the virus remains in people's bodies, the higher chance that the virus will have to mutate. and now this is just the latest variant concern

compassion and strength like daisy from baltimore city a respiratory therapist at the university of maryland medical center who has been treating covid-19 patients throughout the pandemic, one of the first marylanders to be vaccinated. she received the vaccine in honor of her father who died from covid-19. she says the vaccine was a step forward, a healing for her family. all the small businesses you have had to make difficult changes to continue serving customers safely and to keep the workers employed struggling just to hold on. and then having to lay people off they are able to actually hire even more and to give back to donate masks to the healthcare workers. those who have adapted to the challenges those who work with autistic students and have the courage to have in person instruction since september so the students will fall behind. the superintendent says she does whatever it takes to support her students the essential workers in grocery stores and pharmacies in supply warehouses and transportation who work day in and day out to provide the goods and services we all depend on, farmers and watermen

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william shaffner from vanderbilt university medical center. good to have you on. i want to get your view on the question of teachers because the data is actually pretty good on schools. they have not proven with mitigation to be superspreaders. this was dr. fauci's answer to me yesterday about teachers specifically. because of course, yes, we want to get them vaccinated but they do not necessarily have to be vaccinated for schools to open safely. have a listen. i want to get your view. >> and it's become clear that that's not a -- you can say we're not going to open any schools unless all the teachers get vaccinated when it comes to essential personnel. but we think we can move forward as we vaccinate teachers but that doesn't have to be if they're not vaccinated, then you don't open the school. >> do you agree with that, dr. shafner? >> you can hold two ideas in your mind at the same time. it's absolutely true. schools have, in general, not been a major focus with the transmission of this virus. nonetheless, we have a big epidemic of anxiety, even fear among the

. >>> i want to turn to an emergency medicine physician at columbia university medical center and a yahoodical contributor. thanks for your time. let's start with the weather across the country. it's disrupting the vaccine distribution and the pace of getting shots into the arms of americans. how concerned are you about what this does to the time line for getting more americans vaccinated? >> we are still ahead of the goal of 100 million doses in arms in 100 days. every day we lose to weather or other delays is a big deal. we see the weather across the entire country is delaying delivery of vaccine and the ability of americans to get to the vaccination centers. we are seeing rolling cancellations. it confuses people. two doses together. once that first dose is delayed, so is the second dose and the vaccination of the citizens. we need to decrease as many delays as possible which means investing in getting the vaccines to the facilities as best we can even in the face of the horrible weather. >> another issue that is complicating the effort -- we talked about this before. this is true in l

william schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at vanderbilt university medical center and cdc adviser up quickly on what lindsey and cori were talking about, all those places reopening, including movie theaters, middle schools, and you have madison square gardens and such. is that a good idea at this point? >> well, kendis, if we're going to open up, we'd better do it very carefully. it's true, cases have been down, hospitalizations have been down, vaccinations are coming up, but let's not rush to open things up casually. if we're going to open things up, let's reduce the number of people who can come in, keep them separated, and insist they all wear masks. let's do this cautiously. we've been on this roller coaster before. we've opened up too soon and the cases will go up. and we're particularly concerned about that because, as you all have just been talking about, there are lots of variants out there, and they produce a new threat to us. >> there are lots of variants, but now it seems as if we will have at least a few vaccines, and news of a third vaccine comes as we're about to mar

compassion and strength and like daisy fromd baltimore city, a respiratory therapist at the university of maryland medical center who has been treating covid-19 patients throughout the pandemic. daisy was one of the first marylanders to be vaccinated and she received the vaccine in honor of her father who died from covid-19. daisyts says the vaccine was a step forward and healing for her family. all the small businesses who had to make difficult changes to continue serving their customers safely and to keep their workers employed like route one apparel, the pandemic had their business hard and they were struggling just to hold on and then owner decided to make masks and pandemic themed apparel so rather than having to lay people off they were able to actually hire even more workers and toto give back by donating masks to frontline healthcare workers. our incredible teachers who have adapted to the challenges like tina baker, special education teacher and in carroll county who works with autistic students every day and had the courage to provide in person instruction since september so that her students won't fal

university at the m.ed. center university of south florida medical center in st. petersburg florida in seven years in the army reserve all great experiences. education is the great equalizer for everybody. >> what was that this sparked your interest in medicine? >> growing up in a small town or family doctor was the most respected person in town and i knew that my parents thought the world of him and i said you know when i grow up i want to be just like him. going through school i found i was talented in math and science and thanks to some good teachers i was able to make great grades and do well on medical entrance exams and the rest is history. >> who do you credit credit with them for linking you? was it a town doctor or family member? who were among your greatest influencers? >> i think we have to start with my parents. my of dad was the chief of police in my hometown for 25 years. my grag family and spent lots of weekends, my summers, working with my grandparents. i had great uncles and aunts and a brother and sister, so that immediate family. i also had grea

joining us now from omaha is an infectious disease physician at the university of nraska medical centeryou for joining us. as a physician, how do you persuade people in communities of color who fear they may be experimented on by the government to take the coronavirus vaccine? guest: thank you for having me. it's a really important discussion we need to have with our patients and one of the things i like to emphasize is the people expressing their concerns or the need for deliberations, they are not a monolith. people have a lot of different reasons why they may be concerned. it's important to address each of the individual concerns as they come up. the way i like to do it is ask folks what are their thoughts about the vaccine, have they given it any thought, then sit back and listen to hear what it is they have to say and ask if they would like to have additional information. may i tell you a little more about this? this is something that is important for us to sit with some of the discomfort as health care professionals that we may feel when our patients tell us they have concerns. la

. >> not the game anyone wanted -- >> reporter: these chiefs fans from the university of kansas medical center were disappointed in the game but like in the fight against covid-19 remained optimistic -- >> it's been a rough year. but all of us in health care are going to come back stronger and do the same with the chiefs. >> reporter: the entertained included eric church and jazmine sullivan who sang the national anthem -- ♪ the weeknd performed the halftime show. forever the perfectionist, tom brady said he hasn't spent too much time thinking about what this game will mean for his legacy. as for the fans here, they're still thinking about nicknames for the city. they're mulling over tompa and champa bay. anne-marie? >> that's hilarious. i like that. thank you so much. >>> ahead on "cbs this morning," critically acclaimed singers and songwriters h.e.r. and jazzmine sullivan will talk about their renditions. >>> "cbs evening news" and managing editor norah o'donnell sat down with president biden for his first interview since being sworn in. it aired ahead of the super bowl. mr. biden says he's

tonight i want to bring in dr arthur caplan he's the director of medical ethics at the medical center at new york university out of heaven is going to have you back on the program let's talk about israel they're issuing green cards to people who have been vaccinated so that their lives can return to normal do you think that's a sensible path forward. absolutely there are some downsides you have people saying look i shouldn't be forced to coerced into vaccination and the green card de facto does that i can't go certain places if i don't have it there's also likely to be some fraud and forgery created as people who really don't want to get vaccinated for whatever reason take 2 alternative past but overall a way to beat back the virus is absolutely to try to control environments where it's highly contagious and vaccination does it and proof of vaccination will i think is inevitably it all our futures we know are that people can still possibly transmit the virus and even if they've been vaccinated so isn't it ethical to demand that everyone should at least have a chance of vaccination before these freedoms are

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grady trimble is at rush university medical center.ey are known. you can see they are getting the violence the ranges ready to administer the shots in arms and these are specifically who are in the qualifying categories that are eligible. at the end of the day they might end up with 3 to 5 extra doses but by no means do they have enough for these people who might leader or mine social media to find those shots. listen. >> all day to identify in patients that would be qualified, in case there are extra doses left and looking for employees. we do have extra doses and have a list of patients were employees ready to get them. we made it get them if there are any left. >> reporter: i want to show you these numbers, 68 million doses across the country have been administered but there are 91 million doses that have been delivered. i ask what is the discrepancy? we do a good job of inventory management to make sure every dose we receive is being put into somebody's arm and nothing goes to waste. they are not sure why there is that big discrepa

host: we are back with georgetown university medical center dr.esse goodman, the former scientist at the fda. he is here to discuss covid-19 vaccines and coronavirus. good morning. let's get to the current news. yesterday, the fda committee approved the johnson & johnson vaccine for emergency use authorization. tell us what that means. what happens now? guest: it means the fda weighed the evidence for large clinical trial of over 40,000 people and determined it was safe and effective in reducing covid-19 illness. that means if the fda goes along with the advisory committee deliberations, that vaccine will become available relatively quickly, as early as next week. the company has going to be ramping up significantly and increase the vaccine supply. it's good news. host: what are the differences between the johnson & johnson vaccine and the ones that we have heard so much about, the ones being used right now? guest: one big difference is it is one dose. that makes things much simpler. it also doesn't have to be stored at ultra frozen temperatures.

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he is the dean of the university of nebraska medical center's college of public health.d to have you with us, doctor. >> always a pleasure, rosemary. >> so we have just learned that researchers have identified new u.s. covid mutations that appear to make the coronavirus more transm transmissible, which is what all the other variants appear to do as well. so how concerned are you that as the cases, hospitalizations and eventually deaths start to trend down, these various mutations will derail those positive trends if we can't speed up vaccinations? >> absolutely. these variants really do risk our positive trends we've seen, for example, of 37 declining cases in the last two weeks in the united states. so these viruses are very sloppy when they copy themselves. so there's thousands of variants and most of the variants usually are detrimental to the virus. a handful are detrimental to us as humans. this is expected in countries that fail to get the disease under control. the virus has a chance to mutate and become the variants of concern. >> that's the frustrating part espe

she donated a million dollars to the vanderbilt university medical center.unding the moderna vaccine, which has been incredible. she did so much to expedite those critical stages of that vaccine development. you know, this is not the first time that she has given to philanthropic causes and given back and just confirms she's the national treasure we all thought and knew she was. >> she really is. >> she gave early. that was the key. philanthropy can't solve early, but the fact she gave a million dollars in april which unlocked a billion in vaccine research, that's why she's an extra hero. >> that's jumping right in. going with your gut. the first two women we talked about, katherine jensen in her early '60s. dolly parton 75. third on the list today, daniela, just turned 50. and also formed the black doctors covid-19 consortium. tell us about her. >> she was really out there early. she was rolling up her sleeves when nobody else was reaching out to black communities, specifically in philadelphia. and what started out as sort of this scrappy sort of back of th

emts identify as black, a number the program aims to increase with support of the university of pittsburgh medical center. 21 students will be trained to handle medical and social emergencies. freedom house plans on training two groups in ten week sessions by june. organizers hope it will inspire cities nationwide. >>> let's get a check of the roads now with gianna. good morning. >>> good morning. let's head to the roadways and to the bay bridge. i want to show you a live look where traffic is friday light. that's good news across the span into san francisco. we are dealing with slick surfaces this morning. they just wiped the lens and ran the windshield wipers so you get a better perspective. we were seeing a lot of rain drops just a few minutes ago on the camera. you have lots of company out of tracy. we had an earlier trouble spot near grant line. that's been cleared out of lanes but a lot of red popping up on censors. speeds are dipping down to under 25 miles per hour in some spots once you are passed north flynn. it looks better towards dublin interchange. coming from tracy, mount house area, they a

tonight i want to bring in dr arthur caplan he's the director of medical ethics at the medical center in new york university are one is going to have you back on the program let's talk about israel they're issuing green cards to people who have been backs unaided so that their lives can return to normal do you think that's a sensible path forward. absolutely there are some downsides you have people saying look i shouldn't be forced or coerced into vaccination and the green card de facto does that i can't go certain places if i don't have it there's also likely to be some fraud and forgery created as people who really don't want to get vaccinated for whatever reason take 2 alternative past but overall a way to beat back the virus is absolutely to try to control environments where it's highly contagious and vaccination doesn't and proof of vaccination will i think is inevitably it all our futures we know are that people can still possibly transmit the virus and even if they've been vaccinated so isn't it ethical to demand that everyone should at least have a chance of vaccination before these freedoms are giv

tonight i want to bring in dr arthur caplan he's the director of medical ethics at the medical center at new york university are one is going to have you back on the program let's talk about israel they're issuing green cards to people who have been backs and needed so that their lives can return to normal do you think that's a sensible path forward. absolutely there are some downsides you have people saying look i shouldn't be forced to coerced into vaccination and the green card de facto does that i can't go certain places if i don't add it there's also likely to be some fraud and forgery created as people really don't want to get vaccinated for whatever reason take to alternative pass but overall a way to beat back the virus is absolutely to try to control environments where it's highly contagious and vaccination doesn't and proof of vaccination will i think is inevitably it all our futures we know are that people can still possibly transmit the virus and even if they've been vaccinated so isn't it ethical to demand that everyone should at least have a chance of vaccination before these freedoms are give

medical center works in dallas. raaga is a medical resident at the university of texas health science center in tyler, nearly two hourssy schedules, steven trying to find the right moment to pop the question. >> i bought the ring, i want to say, in october. i've just kind of been waiting for the perfect time. >> now we're helping him pull off the biggest surprise of his life and raaga has no idea. okay. so now we are meeting dr. raaga vemula and, raaga, can you hear me right now? just want to make sure you got your earpiece in? >> yes, sir, i do. >> okay. and i also don't know if you know this, you are live right now on "good morning america." i'm whit, along with dan and eva. so, yes, there you have that and i do want to ask you this first question. you've been a true hero during the pandemic. working tirelessly every day to help others. what has that been like to be on the frontlines through all of this? >> it's -- i mean to be honest it was kind of scary coming in as an intern fresh out of medical school and, you know, we're not really taught the covid-19 pandemic or those types of crises in medical school. so it w

she got her first dose on camera at university medical -- excuse me, united medical center in d.c.ominantly black patients. how important is it to show prominent people getting the shots to those who might be hesitating? >> i think it's very important that those frontline health care workers get vaccinated and that they are the ones that are bringing the message to the community. we never thought that members of the national academy of medicine was going to speak to the broader community and people would say, oh, the nam members say you should get vaccinated. what we're trying to do is reach people that influence the broader community -- the pastors, the coaches, the teachers, the people that are working with people on a day to day basis that have those trusted voices within communities. if we can get people like that to become more assured that this vaccine is safe and effective, then, you know, we can get the important voices to speak to the people. >> disinformation about covid and the vaccines have spread over social media, reinforcing long held mistrust of health institutions

at the university of reading in doha dr patrick tang division chief of pathology sciences at sidra medicine and in oxford dr dominic wilkinson director of medical ethics at the well hero center for practical ethics at the university of oxford welcome to the program patrick let me start with you do you believe that vaccine certificates are going to become the norm. and it's quite likely that different countries or different businesses might implement some form of vaccine efficacy or vaccines or to pick it in order to be able to certify that certain people are immune and to be able to have more efficiencies in their business isn't travel in protecting some of their critical insert infrastructure simon it's unclear at this stage if any of the covered $1000.00 vaccines that are out there actually prevent transmission of coven 1000 with that in mind is it too early to be issuing vaccines certificates well i think if they're issued with the expectation the priest of vaccination is proof of being able to transmit the virus then that's that it is to the we're beginning to get good evidence with the pfizer vaccine that could be some protection against transmission but i think. they h

doctor charles brinkley is a medical ethicist that santa clara universities mark oula center. ople are going to try to game the system. however they can to try to move ahead in line even if some people miss appointments, or there's vaccine. leftover medical ethics would recommend calling eligible people in before the vaccine expires. if no one can make it pick the most eligible people out of a vaccine from her line and give it to them. after all, that first come first served is ethical, such a precious commodity. you don't want it to go to waste. when supplies air beefed up vaccine hunting will also go the way of toilet paper shortages. and we all remember that tom vacar ktvu fox two news. yes we do. all right, tom. thank you. the south bay will be home to the largest mass vaccination site in the state. local leaders say the levi stadium site will eventually vaccinate 15,000 people per day. ktvu is jesse gary has details about the partnership, making it possible between the san francisco 49ers and the local health department. we are lobbying heavily for the state. send us more,

doctor charles brinkley is a medical ethicist that santa clara universities mark kula center. people are going to try to game the system. however they can to try to move ahead in line even if some people miss appointments, or there's vaccine left over. medical ethics would recommend kali eligible people in before the vaccine expires. if no one can make it pick the most eligible people out of the vaccine from her line and give it to them. after all that first come first served is ethical, such a precious commodity. you don't want it to go to waste when supplies were finally beefed up, patching hunting will go the same way of toilet paper shortages. tom vacar ktvu, fox two news. well, progress is being made on the vaccine front, but more needs to be done to make sure everyone receives a shot. the longer it takes to vaccinate those most at risk everywhere, the more opportunity we give the virus to meet eight and evade vaccines, the head of the world health organization said today that the number of people who have received at least one dose of the coronavirus vaccine is now higher

medical center. that's the medical center on the right-hand side. we're right next to rice university. i think it's really important not to waste vaccine. there's no bigger crime in my mind than having vaccine go to waste. so rather than toss it away because it doesn't meet criteria, i'm all for giving it out, don't waste any vaccine, because in the end it will help in the interruption of transmission. but this goes to show you the problems that we are facing. also there's been delays in shipping vaccine because of the logistics and the concern that there won't be an adequate place to store it. so my understanding, that's been delayed as well. >> could that affect second shots for people who have appointments? >> it's going to affect everything. all we can hope for is things get back up and running in the next day or two and that this is a glitch and won't go on much longer because as i said, there is this new urgency now with the new information we've learned about covid-19. >> dr. peter hotez, i really hope you get your power, the medical center gets its power. we're thinking of ever