CHERISE LECLERC.
CHERISE: THANK YOU, GOOD
EVENING.
THE PUSH CONTINUES TO DEVELOP A
COVID-19 VACCINE.
A LOT OF MONEY HAS PUT INTO THAT
PROJECT.
THE PRESIDENT HAS REPEATEDLY
SAID HOW PROMISING THE VACCINE
DEVELOPMENT IS AND HOW MUCH IT
WILL HELP CURB THE SPREAD OF
CORONAVIRUS.
WHEN DEVELOPED, WILL YOU GET TH
VACCINE AND DO YOU THINK ENOUGH
AMERICANS WILL IN ORDER TO BRING
THE VIRUS UNDE CONTROL AND WE
WILL START WITH YOU, MS.
BLANKENBEKER.
MS. BLANKENBEKER THANK YOU.
I PROBABLY WON’T GET THE
VACCINE.
I AM IN THE MILITARY.
IF THE MILITARY MANDATES IT, I
WILL FOLLOW THE RULES AND GET
THE VACCINE IF IT IS MANDATED.
BUT I BELIEVE IN VACCINE CHOIC
THIS IS A RUSH TO MARKET
VACCINE.
AS A HEALTH CA PROVIDER, WE
GIVE RESEARCH DRUGS AND WE GIVE
WELL RESEARCHED MEDICATIONS.
THIS IS THAT RUSH TO MARKET
VACCINE.
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS
LOGICALLY, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
KNOWN ABOUT COVID SINCE MAYBE
JANUARY OR FEBRUARY AND IT IS
NOW AUGUST, SO THAT IS ROUGHLY
SEVEN MONTHS.
GESTATIONAL PERIOD FOR A HUMAN
FETUS IS NINE MONTHS AND WE HAVE
NOT EVEN TESTED THIS TO SEE WHAT
THE IMPACT WOULD BE ON A FULL
GESTATIONAL PERIOD.
FOR ME, I THINK IT IS A RUSH TO
MARKET VACCINE AND I THINK ANY
TIME THAT YOU HAVE A RISK
INVOLVED THEN THE PERSON WHO IS
TAKING THAT RISK SHOULD HAVE THE
CHOICE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT THEY
WANT TO TAKE THE VACCINE, BUT I
PERSONALLY HAVING HAD COVID AND
HAVING H ANTIBODIES, I DON’T
NECESSARILY NEED THE VACCINE
EITHER.
CHERIS THANK YOU SAME
QUESTION, MR. NEGRON.
MR. NEGRON ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK ALL OF THAT IS A
PERSONAL CHOICE.
THE FLU SHOT IS SOMETHING WE
HAVE EVERY YEAR AND I MAKE A
PERSONAL CHOICE WHETHER OR NOT I
WANT TO TAKE IT.
WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTIES AND
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE MAKE THE
RIGHT DECISION FOR OURSELVES.
ANYTHING THAT IS MANDATED TO ME,
I GET BACK UP A LITTLE BIT.
I AS AN INDIVIDUAL NEED TO MAKE
THAT ASSERTION.
I NEED TO DO THE RESEARCH.
I NEED TO DO THE ONE WHO MAKES
THE DECISION FOR ME OR MY FAMILY
OR WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
I CAN TELL YOU WHITE NOW, I
PROBABLY WILL NOT TAKE THE
COVID-19 VACCINE.
I WILL RESEARCH IT.
I WILL READ UP ABO IT.
I’M NOT YOUR TYPICAL FLU SHOT
GUY EVERY YEAR EITHER.
IT IS JUST MY NATURAL PATTERN.
I’M NOT SOMEBODY THAT IS GOING
TO GO AND LOOK AT A VACCINE
BECAUSE THE GOVERNMENT TELLS ME
I HAVE TO TAKE IT.
ADAM A QUICK FOLLOW-UP, IF
PRESIDENT TRUMP ASKED YOU TO
TAKE THE VACCINE, WOULD THAT
MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
MS. BLANKENBEKER: PRESIDENT
TRUMP IS MY COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF
AND IF HE REQUIRED IT FOR THE
MILITARY, I WOULD BE TAKING IT.
ADAM: MR. NEGRON?
IF HE ASKED YOU TO TAKE THE
VACCINE, WOULD YOU?
MR. NEGRON: I WOULD TAKE
