RUSH TRANSCRIPT More than ░░░░░░░░ of counties in the ░░░░░░░░ S Are at substantial ░░░░░░░░ high levels of community ░░░░░░░░ Louisiana my home state ░░░░░░░░ the second highest rate ░░░░░░░░ Covid hospitalizations per capita ░░░░░░░░ saw it first hand ░░░░░░░░ Joining me first hand ░░░░░░░░ the former professor at ░░░░░░░░ medical school and the ░░░░░░░░ of my lifelong fight ░░░░░░░░ disease and variants Doctor ░░░░░░░░ you So for joining ░░░░░░░░ of the people I ░░░░░░░░ today their hospitalizations could ░░░░░░░░ been avoided I want ░░░░░░░░ to listen to some ░░░░░░░░ those patients Why didn ░░░░░░░░ you get vaccinated Just ░░░░░░░░ t had time I ░░░░░░░░ didn t do it ░░░░░░░░ you re not anti ░░░░░░░░ No sir no sir ░░░░░░░░ didn t you get ░░░░░░░░ Just apprehensive you know ░░░░░░░░ reason I didn t ░░░░░░░░ vaccinated my choice was ░░░░░░░░ wanted to wait Let ░░░░░░░░ first batch go through ░░░░░░░░ know See how it ░░░░░░░░ So these particular people ░░░░░░░░ spoke to they weren ░░░░░░░░ anti vaccine They were ░░░░░░░░ little apprehensive They didn ░░░░░░░░ feel the urgency for ░░░░░░░░ reason Some worried the ░░░░░░░░ was rushed I m ░░░░░░░░ are they re not ░░░░░░░░ and plenty of other ░░░░░░░░ feel the same way ░░░░░░░░ do you say to ░░░░░░░░ folks I watched your ░░░░░░░░ and it was one ░░░░░░░░ the most moving programs ░░░░░░░░ ve seen on this ░░░░░░░░ of all the things ░░░░░░░░ ve seen What you ░░░░░░░░ were just ordinary people ░░░░░░░░ understanding that they made ░░░░░░░░ mistake and trying to ░░░░░░░░ with you to do ░░░░░░░░ best to help others ░░░░░░░░ have to look at ░░░░░░░░ as we re in ░░░░░░░░ for the long term ░░░░░░░░ the I look at ░░░░░░░░ virus every day as ░░░░░░░░ as I can It ░░░░░░░░ to me that we ░░░░░░░░ not be out of ░░░░░░░░ in my lifetime I ░░░░░░░░ we will do much ░░░░░░░░ than we are today ░░░░░░░░ have good vaccines We ░░░░░░░░ get better vaccines We ░░░░░░░░ some drugs that work ░░░░░░░░ ll get better drugs ░░░░░░░░ work We need time ░░░░░░░░ need to support the ░░░░░░░░ our doctors we need ░░░░░░░░ else That you touched ░░░░░░░░ in this program Which ░░░░░░░░ a culture of caring ░░░░░░░░ for ourselves caring for ░░░░░░░░ other And what you ░░░░░░░░ with these people is ░░░░░░░░ re calling out Help ░░░░░░░░ help your family help ░░░░░░░░ We don t need ░░░░░░░░ get so sick to ░░░░░░░░ that We should begin ░░░░░░░░ change now and I ░░░░░░░░ your program more than ░░░░░░░░ politician or scientist or ░░░░░░░░ head saying what you ░░░░░░░░ to do is the ░░░░░░░░ of thing that can ░░░░░░░░ change this situation Move ░░░░░░░░ toward a culture of ░░░░░░░░ I am looking at ░░░░░░░░ notes and the computer ░░░░░░░░ Because it is just ░░░░░░░░ in breaking news The ░░░░░░░░ has approved a booster ░░░░░░░░ of Pfizer or modern ░░░░░░░░ some immunocompromised people And ░░░░░░░░ this our reporting producers ░░░░░░░░ okay This is CNN ░░░░░░░░ reporting I wanted to ░░░░░░░░ sure I didn t ░░░░░░░░ to attribute it to ░░░░░░░░ Will this expand to ░░░░░░░░ broader population It has ░░░░░░░░ You have to think ░░░░░░░░ this like the flu ░░░░░░░░ comes back every year ░░░░░░░░ one is coming back ░░░░░░░░ winter and now every ░░░░░░░░ for two in a ░░░░░░░░ So we re beginning ░░░░░░░░ understand its pattern So ░░░░░░░░ We ll need boosters ░░░░░░░░ we ll need better ░░░░░░░░ and we ll have ░░░░░░░░ keep our vaccines current ░░░░░░░░ the kind of virus ░░░░░░░░ there It changes just ░░░░░░░░ the flu We know ░░░░░░░░ to confront this because ░░░░░░░░ do it with the ░░░░░░░░ If you think of ░░░░░░░░ as a more serious ░░░░░░░░ of flu that is ░░░░░░░░ to require continual vigilance ░░░░░░░░ don t go once ░░░░░░░░ get your flu shot ░░░░░░░░ go every year And ░░░░░░░░ ll have better drugs ░░░░░░░░ ll get better vaccines ░░░░░░░░ though these are great ░░░░░░░░ ll get better ones ░░░░░░░░ we ll get better ░░░░░░░░ So if you re ░░░░░░░░ take a pill and ░░░░░░░░ get sick We will ░░░░░░░░ those but it will ░░░░░░░░ time It will take ░░░░░░░░ lot of hard work ░░░░░░░░ in the meantime we ░░░░░░░░ to get better And ░░░░░░░░ rejigger the flu vaccine ░░░░░░░░ year Thank you drrgs ░░░░░░░░ really appreciate it And ░░░░░░░░ appreciate your work.