Massachusetts doctor on getting COVID-19 vaccine holdouts to get the shot – WCVB Boston

Massachusetts doctor on getting COVID-19 vaccine holdouts to get the shot

Updated: 5:33 PM EDT Jul 2, 2021

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MARIA: MORE THAN 60% OF MASSACHUSETTS RESIDENTS ARE NOW FULLY VACCINATED AGAINST CO VID-19. HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONIS -- BECAUSE IT IS FRIDAY -- DR. ROBERT FINBERG, PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AT U-MASS MEDICAL SCHOOL IN WORCTEESR. WE ALWAYS APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND WISDOM. OUR VACCINATION RATES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER THAN MANY OTHER STATES, BUT THEYRE SLLTI SLOWING DOWN. DO YOU THINK EVERYONE WHO WANTS A VACCINE HAS RECEIVED A VACCINE, OR IS ACCESS TO SHOTS STILL A PROBLEM? DR. FINBG:ER IT WAS AT THE BEGINNGIN BUT IN MASSACHUSETTS, ACCESS IS NOT A PROBLEM. YOU CAN GO TOHE T MASS.GOV INTERNET SITE AND FIND OUT WHERE TO G TETHE VACCINE NEAR YOU. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET, DIAL 211. MANY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND COMMUNITIES ARE GETTING THE VACCINE OUT TO THE HOMELESS AND THE HOMEBOUND. IKER DR. FINBERG, WEIGHT -- WE WANT TO REMIND OUR VIEWERS THAT YOU SIT ON THE GOVERNORS VACCINE ADVIRYSO BOARD. WHAT DO YOU THINK THE PUICBL HEALTH MESSAGE NEEDS TO BE, AT THIS TO PERSUADE THE HOLD-OUTS POINT, TO GET VACCINATED? DR. FINBERG: I WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A RATE THIS IS A SAFE THING TO DO AND THE RIGHT THING TO DO FOR YOUR LOVED ONES TO PROTECT THEM AGAINST A TERRIBLE DISEASE BUT IF THAT DOES NOT WORK, ERTHE ARE FIVE $1 MILLION PRIZES AND SCHOLARSHIPS OUT THERE. YOU CAN REGISTER ONLINE AT FOR THE VAX MILLIONS. MARIA: WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DONE. A LOT OF PEOPLE WHICH IS INTERESTING. LT'S TALK ABOUT THE DELTA VARIANT. IS IT THE DOMINANT STRAIN IN MASSACHUSETTS RIGHT NO DR. FINBERG: NOT Y. IN NEW ENGLAND, WE HAVE BEEN RUNNING BEHIND. IT IS OVER 40%. IT HASNT SPREAD AS FAST HERE BECAUSE TREHE ARE SO MANY VACCINATED PEOPLE. IT IS AROUND 25 %.SINCE IT IS MORE INFECTIOUS, W ANTICIPATE THE U.K. LLWI BECOME. DOES PREDOMINANT STRAIN. ERA:IK SOME FOLKS HAVE RECOVERED FROM COVID AND DONT THINKHE T NEED THE VACCINE. FOR THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE NOT VACCINATED, WHAT IS THE RISK FOR THEM? DR. NBG:FI THERE IS A RISK. YOU GET NATURAL IMMUNITY. THE DATA INDICATES THE VACCINES ARE BETTER THAN TH.AT FOR PEOPLE THAT HAVE COREVERED FROM COVID, WE WOULD STILL SAY IT YOUR BEST BET IS TO GET THE VACCINE. IT WILL GIVE YOU MORE PROTECTION FOR A LONGER PERIOD. MARIA: WE WISH YOU A HAPPY AND HEALTHY FOURTH OF JULY WEEKEND. WE WILL GET TO MIKE WANKUM FOR THE RAIN IN A MINUTE

Massachusetts doctor on getting COVID-19 vaccine holdouts to get the shot

Updated: 5:33 PM EDT Jul 2, 2021

Dr. Robert Finberg, professor of medicine at UMass Medical School talks about what could persuade COVID-19 vaccine holdouts to receive the vaccination.

Dr. Robert Finberg, professor of medicine at UMass Medical School talks about what could persuade COVID-19 vaccine holdouts to receive the vaccination.

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