I COVID
VACCINE
RIGHT NOW --
PHARAMCUTICAL
COMPANIES ARE
WORKING
TIRELESLY TO
MAKE A COVID-19
VACCINE.
OPERATION WARP
SPEED PLANS TO
HAVE A VACCINE IN
THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS.
SOME PEOPLE SAY
THEY ARENT
GOING TO GET IT....
BUT AS I FOUND
OUT...YOU MIGHT
NOT HAVE A
CHOICE.
P COVID
VACCINE
THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY - 92
PERCENT OF IT'S
POPULATION -
HISPANIC... THE
HARDEST HIT
COMMUNITY IN
THIS PANDEMIC.
IN JUST 30 DAYS .
THE DEATH COUNT
IN HIDALGO AND
CAMERON COUNTY
WENT FROM 105
TO 882.
(PRESS RELEASE
NUMBERS JULY
1ST TO AUGUST
1ST )
INFECTION RATES
SKYROCKETING .
OVERWHELMING
HOSPITALS.
DR. LISA TREVINO,
VICE PRESIDENT
AT DHR HEALTH
INSTITUTE FOR
RESEARCH AND
DEVELOPMENT
SAYS WHAT WE
NEED NOW IS A
VACCINE.
WHEN THAT
VACCINE BECOMES
APPROVED AND IS
OUT I HIGHLY
ENCOURAGE FOR
OUR PATIENTS AND
OUR COMMUNITY
TO CONSIDER
RECEIVING THE
VACCINE-
NOT ONLY IS THE
HISPANIC
POPULATION AT A
HIGER RISK OF
INFECTION - BUT
ACCORDING TO
DR.TREVINO, THE
POPULATION
ALREADY HAS THE
ODDS AGAINST
THEM
I THINK IT IS
CRITICAL FOR THE
PATIENT
POPULATION THAT
WE DO SEE
INDIEXING OF
OBESITY, TYPE
TWO DIABETES,
CARDIVASCULAR
DISEAS WHICH ARE
AT A HIGHER RISK
AT HAVING A
SEVERE TYPE OF
OUTCOME
BUT EVEN WITH
THOSE ODDS THE
HISAPNIC
POPULATION - IN
THE RIO GRANDE
VALLEY ARE
HESITANT TO GET
THE VACCINE
SHOULD PEOPLE
WORRY ABOUT THE
PROCESS OF IT
BEING SO FAST?
I THINK IT IS A VALID
POINT IN OUR
COMMUNITY, THERE
IS FEAR THERE IS
RISK ...IN ANY
PRODUCT THAT WE
TAKE INTO OUR
BODIES HOWEVER
..WE HAVE TO
TRUST THE
SCIENTIFC
COMMUNITY ...
(
..
WE ARE GOING TO
MAKE SURE IT IS
SAFE..AND IT IS
EFFECTIVE BEFORE
IT GETS APPROVED.
BUT BEFORE YOU
THINK TWICE
ABOUT GETTING
THE COVID-19
VACCINE ... YOU
AND YOUR FAMILY
MIGHT NOT HAVE A
CHOICE
Q: COULD THE
GOVEMRENT
ESSENTIALLY SAY,
YOU EITHER TAKE
THE VACCINE OR
YOU HAVE TO PAY A
CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF MONEY?
I DEFINTLY THINK
THAT COULD
HAPPEN CLARA,
ERIC FLORES,
MISSION BASED
ATTORNEY SAYS -
IN ORDER TO
MAINTIAN PUBLIC
HEALTH AND
SAFETY LOCAL
GOVERMENT CAN
MAKE THE COVID-
19 VACCINE
MANDATORY...
THE 10TH
AMENDMENT PLAYS
A BIG ROLE
HERE,THAT GIVING
THE STATES AND
LOCAL
MUNICIPALITIES
THAT POWER RIGHT
BECASUE AT THE
STATE LEVEL THEY
WILL SEE ONE
THING HOWEVER
LIKE YOU
MENTIONED
MCALLEN OR
PHARR WHERE
THEY ARE
ACTUALLY ON THE
FRONTLINE OF
COVID-19 THEY
HAVE THAT ABILITY
TO GOVERN
THEMSELVES AND
SAY HEY- WE ARE
IN A PUBLIC HEALTH
CRISIS AND
EVERYONE NEEDS
TO GET A VACCINE
AND IF YOU DONT
YOU ARE GOING TO
BE SUBJECTED TO
SOME SORT OF
FINE.
THIS ISNT THE
FIRST TIME THE
NATION HAS DEALT
WITH A PUBLIC
HEALTH
CRISIS----MAKING
VACCINES
MANDATORY
THE SUPREME
COURT HELD THAT
UNDER THE 10TH
AMENDMENT,
WHERE THE
STATES UPHELD
THEIR POWER THAT
VERY SPECIFICALLY
WHEN IT COMES TO
HEALTH CRISIS
THEY DO HAVE
THAT ABILITY TO
IMPOSE THOSE
TYPES OF
REGULATIONS TO
DO AND DEPRIVE
SOME CIVIL LIBITIES
FOR THE GREATER
GOOD.
IN 1905- THE
SUPREME COURT
RULED IN FAVOR
OF MASSACHUETS
IN THE JACOBSON
VS MASSACUTES
CASE
REQUIRING ALL
THOSE WHO LIVED
IN CAMBRIDGE TO
GET A SMALL POX
VACCINE OR GET
FINED.
BACK THEN IT WAS
A FINE AND I THINK
THE SUPREME
COURT
DISTINGUASH
MENTS THAT THEY
MADE WAS THAT IT
IS NOT A FORCED
VACCINE RIGHT IT S
A COMPULSARY
VACCINE THAT IS
MANDATORY THEY
ARE NOT
NECESARLY GOING
TO PHYSICALLY
FORCE YOU.
EVEN THOUGH
THIS SUPREME
COURT CASE IS
OVER 100 YEARS
OLD - FLORES
SAYS THE COURTS
CONTINUE TO
RELY ON THE
REASONING OF
THE CASE
I THINK SIMPLY
STATING I DONT
BELIEVE IN
VACCINATINOS...I
DONT WANT TO GET
IT ...I NEVER
REICVED ONE
BEFORE I DONT
THINK THAT WILL
NECESARLY
EQUATE TO AN
EXPEMTIONS
UNDER THESE
ORDINANCES OR
STATE LAWS THAT
WE COULD SEE
COMING IN THE
FUTURE.
THE APPROVAL OF
A VACCINE GOES
IN STAGES- THE
EXPLORATORY,
PRE-CLINICAL AND
CLINICAL
DEVELOPMENT...
WHICH MANY
PHARMACUETICAL
COMPANIES ARE IN
RIGHT NOW.
THOUSANDS OF
HUMANS HAVE
ALREADY RECIVED
THE VACCINE...AND
NOW WE WAIT FOR
THE APPROVAL
THE APPROVAL
PROCESS FOR ANY
DRUG OR VACCINE-
CAN BE A COUPLE
OF YEARS YOU
HAVE TO GET OUT
OF THOSE
PHASES..YOU HAVE
TO BE APPROVED
TO ONE TO THE
NEXT PHASE RIGHT
NOW BECASUE IT IS
SO CRITIAL AND
BECASUE WE NEED
TO REALLY FIND
SOMETHING AND
GO THROUHG THE
PROPER APPROVAL
AND BE EXPIDATED
QUICKLY BY THE
FDA.
DR. TREVINO SAYS
COVID-19 HAS NOT
ONLY DESTROYED
THE LIVES OF
THOSE LIVING
HERE IN THE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY...
BUT HAS LEFT THE
WORLD IN A STAND
STILL UNTIL WE
FIND CURE.
T COVID
VACCINE
DR. TREVINO
TELLS ME, AS WE
WAIT FOR THAT
VACCINE TO BE
APPROVED - WE
NEED TO
CONTINUE TO
SOCIAL DISTANCE,
WEAR OUR MASKS
AND WASH OUR
HANDS.
AND AS FOR
ANOTHER LEGAL
STAND POINT,
DONT BE
SURPRISED IF THE
VACCINE IS
MANDATORY
BEFORE HEADING
BACK TO SCHOOL
OR WORK.
FLU SHOT
IMPORTANCE
50- THOUSAND
TEXANS HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE
FOR THE FLU
SINCE FLU SEASON
BEGAN LAST
SEPTEMBER.
