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Hello and welcome to the 21st medical

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group . I'm Colonel Patrick poli and

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I'm joined today by Dr Tim Coker , my

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chief of the medical staff . The reason

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I've asked Dr Coker to join me today is

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I would like him to explain a little

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bit about covid vaccine boosters . Dr

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Coker , would you give our population a

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little bit of information regarding who

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qualifies for the boosters and how they

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can go about getting them ? Thank you ,

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carol poli uh so today uh with the

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approval of the C . D . C . Uh in F . D .

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A . We've been authorized to give a

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covid vaccine boosters to certain

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individuals and what they have found is

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that there are certain individuals who

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may have not had a great immune

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response initially to the dose or has

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some other factors that may make it

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less effective after the initial series .

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And so now they've authorized

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additional boosters for those

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individuals . So the 21st med group ,

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we're going to start offering both

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fighter bio in tech and moderna

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vaccines for boosters starting after 15

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November . This will be for anybody who

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has completed the primary series of the

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vaccine , which means they've got two

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doses of fighter uh two doses of

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Moderna or received the johnson and

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johnson vaccine . Um And then they've

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waited a certain amount of time from

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those vaccines delivery for Moderna and

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Pfizer bio in tech . That's six months

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for the johnson johnson . That's two

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months now . In addition , this is

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authorized for people who have some

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risk factors . So those individuals are

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anyone over the age of 65 65 older , uh

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those who are 18 to 60 for who have

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medical conditions . Uh They lived in

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uh certain types of nursing homes

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or a group living centers Um or

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anybody who works in a profession that

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puts them at high risk of getting

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COVID-19 for those individuals that

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they do qualify , they meet those

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criteria . They can go to our website

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which is the informatics website called

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Covax and they can book an appointment

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directly with our clinic to get those

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boosters . They do not need a referral

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from one of their P . C . M . S . Or

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another provider . They can go online

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and pick which time works . We are

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going to offer the Pfizer vaccine on

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monday Wednesday friday and the Moderna

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vaccine on Tuesday Thursdays . Um The

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individuals should pick the day of the

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week based on what vaccine they want .

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Uh And we are starting to roll that out

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after november 15th . Um So we want to

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make sure people are aware of this

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opportunity uh So people can protect

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themselves during this pandemic . Thank

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you for joining us for this week's

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Medical minutes . We sincerely hope

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this offers useful information . We

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wish you all the best and thanks for

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joining us