WEBVTT 00:09.040 --> 00:12.850 Yeah . Yeah . Mhm . 00:13.240 --> 00:16.360 Good morning everyone . Okay . 00:16.840 --> 00:20.240 Um we're having this town hall today to 00:20.250 --> 00:23.280 address any questions that you may have 00:23.290 --> 00:27.220 concerning uh the mandate that you must 00:27.220 --> 00:31.150 take the covid , 19 vaccination 00:31.740 --> 00:35.620 and some of the issues that 00:35.620 --> 00:38.220 you'll have the questions people on the 00:38.220 --> 00:42.200 panel will be able to answer . Ah to 00:42.200 --> 00:45.060 me , this is not about 00:46.340 --> 00:49.030 a political issue because in this 00:49.030 --> 00:52.300 uniform we are a political . So it's 00:52.300 --> 00:54.560 about doing what we're asked to do . 00:55.640 --> 00:58.200 And the two my two top priorities for 00:58.200 --> 01:00.080 the Alabama , National Guard or 01:00.080 --> 01:04.050 retention and readiness . And 01:04.050 --> 01:07.610 this vaccination affects both of those . 01:08.740 --> 01:12.020 But most of all it affects readiness . 01:12.030 --> 01:15.500 Individual readiness because you need 01:15.570 --> 01:19.000 to be ready to answer the nation's 01:19.000 --> 01:22.070 call to fight and win our wars or 01:22.070 --> 01:25.770 whenever our state needs us to support 01:25.780 --> 01:28.260 them and help them . Like we have been 01:28.270 --> 01:31.540 in the covid vaccine , uh hurricane 01:31.540 --> 01:34.910 responses , tornado responses , flood 01:34.910 --> 01:37.230 responses , winners coming up . Ice 01:37.230 --> 01:39.650 storm responses . You need to be 01:39.660 --> 01:42.950 physically ready to do this . 01:43.440 --> 01:45.860 So that is one of the important reasons 01:46.440 --> 01:49.950 I encourage you to take the vaccination . 01:50.940 --> 01:53.810 A lot has been said about the mandates 01:53.820 --> 01:57.050 and uh the Governor's involvement in 01:57.050 --> 02:00.050 the mandate . Well , Governor Ivey is 02:00.050 --> 02:02.420 not gonna issue . She has said she is 02:02.420 --> 02:05.380 not going to issue a statewide mandate 02:05.380 --> 02:08.250 that everyone get a vaccination , but 02:08.840 --> 02:12.100 she has plainly stated , Get the 02:12.100 --> 02:15.900 shot and I encourage 02:15.900 --> 02:18.660 you to do the same . That's what 02:19.240 --> 02:22.920 um to me , your decision on 02:22.920 --> 02:25.800 whether to get the shot or if you 02:25.800 --> 02:28.500 decide not to get the shot is linked to 02:28.500 --> 02:31.560 the army values are values of loyalty 02:31.560 --> 02:35.270 to the organization , a duty , uh , 02:35.280 --> 02:38.640 respect , selfless 02:38.640 --> 02:41.360 service , honesty , 02:41.940 --> 02:45.560 integrity and personal courage . 02:46.440 --> 02:48.710 So as we go through today , I know 02:48.710 --> 02:50.877 you'll have a lot of questions that we 02:50.877 --> 02:54.380 hope to answer . But bottom line 02:54.380 --> 02:58.030 is we have been told you will get the 02:58.030 --> 03:01.410 shot and I 03:01.410 --> 03:04.460 encourage you to do that . 03:05.340 --> 03:07.507 So I look forward to hearing what your 03:07.507 --> 03:10.200 questions are going to be today . Thank 03:10.200 --> 03:13.210 you ma'am . So with that , I'd like to 03:13.210 --> 03:16.040 begin this town hall . We have opened 03:16.040 --> 03:18.770 up a website , the Alabama National 03:18.770 --> 03:21.530 Guard website for questions which we 03:21.530 --> 03:23.740 have received . I will read some of 03:23.740 --> 03:26.150 those questions today and would very 03:26.150 --> 03:28.372 much like you to raise your hand and we 03:28.372 --> 03:30.594 will get your questions incorporated as 03:30.594 --> 03:33.150 well . With that said , our first 03:33.150 --> 03:36.080 question came from a PFC who was not 03:36.080 --> 03:39.900 sure he would be heard . He asked 03:39.910 --> 03:41.960 my concerns are the legitimate 03:41.970 --> 03:45.290 legitimacy of the effectiveness of this 03:45.290 --> 03:48.260 vaccine . In short is it truly 03:48.270 --> 03:51.450 effective ? It's a great question . 03:52.840 --> 03:54.896 You know , they've , they've studied 03:54.896 --> 03:56.951 vaccines a lot over the years and in 03:56.951 --> 03:59.118 particular this one has been immensely 03:59.118 --> 04:01.062 studied because of all of the uh , 04:01.062 --> 04:03.229 information that's been going around . 04:03.229 --> 04:04.896 People put a lot of work into 04:04.896 --> 04:07.062 understanding the effectiveness of the 04:07.062 --> 04:08.840 vaccines and the results can be 04:08.840 --> 04:11.007 confusing , particularly if you're not 04:11.007 --> 04:12.951 used to looking at scientific data 04:13.340 --> 04:15.396 first measuring the effectiveness of 04:15.396 --> 04:17.790 the vaccine is kind of like looking at 04:17.790 --> 04:20.840 a football team's defense . Part of it 04:20.840 --> 04:22.896 has to do with who they're playing . 04:22.896 --> 04:25.350 And so in one game that defense can 04:25.350 --> 04:27.517 look very good in another game against 04:27.517 --> 04:29.517 a different team it can not look so 04:29.517 --> 04:31.950 good . So that's part of it . But first 04:32.840 --> 04:36.530 um covid has been going around and 04:36.660 --> 04:38.860 it depends upon how many people are 04:38.860 --> 04:40.971 infected with it . What the status of 04:40.971 --> 04:43.130 those individuals are , how many are 04:43.130 --> 04:45.570 vaccinated , even what activities 04:45.570 --> 04:47.681 people are up to . So that if they're 04:47.681 --> 04:49.903 outside and spread apart , that's gonna 04:49.903 --> 04:51.626 look different than say in the 04:51.626 --> 04:53.514 wintertime , when people are more 04:53.514 --> 04:55.890 clustered together in buildings and not 04:55.890 --> 04:59.790 being as as socially distanced as they 04:59.790 --> 05:03.740 would normally be . So second part of 05:03.740 --> 05:05.518 this in terms of looking at the 05:05.518 --> 05:07.684 effectiveness of the vaccine , it does 05:07.684 --> 05:09.700 reduce the risk of infection 05:09.700 --> 05:12.120 dramatically . But remember there's 05:12.130 --> 05:14.620 always risk . Okay , no matter what we 05:14.620 --> 05:16.676 do , it's like crossing the street , 05:16.676 --> 05:18.842 you're gonna look both ways before you 05:18.842 --> 05:21.064 cross the street are just going to step 05:21.064 --> 05:21.050 out into traffic . This is one of the 05:21.050 --> 05:23.050 things that we can do and it's like 05:23.050 --> 05:25.640 looking both ways . So how effective 05:25.640 --> 05:27.696 are the vaccines ? Some of the early 05:27.696 --> 05:30.000 data put out showed the effectiveness 05:30.000 --> 05:32.070 of the vaccine after just one dose , 05:32.180 --> 05:34.291 not even the full complete dose . And 05:34.291 --> 05:36.402 this was a study put out by fighter . 05:36.402 --> 05:38.624 One of the leading manufacturers of the 05:38.624 --> 05:40.847 vaccine And within 10 days of the first 05:40.847 --> 05:42.569 dose , the line separating the 05:42.569 --> 05:44.513 unvaccinated people who are on the 05:44.513 --> 05:46.736 placebo compared to the ones who are on 05:46.736 --> 05:48.791 the study by 10 days . That line was 05:48.791 --> 05:50.847 already separating . So the vaccines 05:50.847 --> 05:53.240 are effective . Yeah . 05:54.740 --> 05:57.330 And I do have the data If in the 05:57.330 --> 05:59.441 breakout session and be happy to show 05:59.441 --> 06:03.340 it to you . Thank you sir . I'll 06:03.340 --> 06:05.507 ask another question from the site and 06:05.507 --> 06:07.720 then I'll ask for um hands up for 06:07.720 --> 06:10.690 anybody who has a question . This is an 06:10.690 --> 06:13.240 administrative question . And it 06:13.240 --> 06:15.900 pertains to the video that was asked 06:15.900 --> 06:18.130 for everyone to view . And the question 06:18.130 --> 06:20.570 is , what better resources are there 06:20.580 --> 06:24.110 than the recommended video ? Good 06:24.110 --> 06:26.740 morning . Everybody . How many of you 06:26.740 --> 06:29.370 have seen the video that this person 06:29.380 --> 06:31.820 asked about because I had to research 06:31.820 --> 06:34.200 it and I looked at it . No Academy 06:34.200 --> 06:36.470 Awards are going to be given in that 06:36.480 --> 06:39.110 video . If you haven't seen it . It is 06:39.110 --> 06:42.850 a cartoon CDC cartoon , very factual . 06:43.240 --> 06:46.440 But guess what the focus of trying to 06:46.450 --> 06:48.400 look at that video and some of the 06:48.400 --> 06:51.640 stuff takes away from what you're there 06:51.640 --> 06:54.290 to get . So that's just factual . 06:54.290 --> 06:57.180 That's what it is . Um But here's the 06:57.180 --> 06:59.350 point of the question . Here's my 06:59.350 --> 07:01.517 answer to the point of that question . 07:03.440 --> 07:06.440 All the media on this subject is all 07:06.440 --> 07:08.790 over the road . It's everywhere . You 07:08.790 --> 07:10.960 can go this this route for a while . 07:10.960 --> 07:13.071 You can go this route for a while and 07:13.071 --> 07:14.849 whatever you research , you get 07:14.849 --> 07:18.200 different answers . The truth is in the 07:18.200 --> 07:20.367 middle is where we need to make do our 07:20.367 --> 07:23.230 homework and and actually do factual 07:23.230 --> 07:25.452 research . I I encourage you all of our 07:25.452 --> 07:27.397 leadership , encourage you do your 07:27.397 --> 07:30.400 factual research to find out what is 07:30.400 --> 07:32.590 the truth on this and not be through a 07:32.590 --> 07:36.300 social media tangent that just takes 07:36.300 --> 07:39.450 you down a path . That is not correct . 07:40.040 --> 07:41.818 And I learned a long time ago , 07:41.940 --> 07:44.720 Wikipedia is not always right . It's a 07:44.720 --> 07:46.950 good source to kind of go look at but 07:47.540 --> 07:49.818 but it's not always right people right , 07:49.818 --> 07:52.070 that social media and we all know it . 07:52.080 --> 07:54.302 You can you can go through social media 07:54.302 --> 07:56.413 and look at something , read it . Ask 07:56.413 --> 07:58.580 another question through your google . 07:58.580 --> 08:00.747 Next thing . You know , you're getting 08:00.747 --> 08:02.580 commercials on that subject . So 08:02.580 --> 08:04.691 there's a slant to that . So the main 08:04.691 --> 08:06.580 point , do your own homework , do 08:06.580 --> 08:08.469 factual homework taught with your 08:08.469 --> 08:10.802 family , talk with your leadership here . 08:10.802 --> 08:13.024 Um I know general Gordon myself . We've 08:13.024 --> 08:14.969 had this conversation and I'm very 08:14.969 --> 08:17.140 thankful that we're trying to take 08:17.150 --> 08:19.400 these as this is a fluid subject . And 08:19.400 --> 08:21.360 go threshold . The threshold . 08:21.840 --> 08:24.007 Unfortunately with your group , you're 08:24.007 --> 08:26.229 right at the front threshold being that 08:26.229 --> 08:28.396 you're deployed . But there again , do 08:28.396 --> 08:30.451 your own homework . Think about it . 08:30.451 --> 08:34.320 And you know that when we say always 08:34.320 --> 08:36.542 ready , always there . It's not just to 08:36.542 --> 08:38.431 say , it means that we have to be 08:38.431 --> 08:40.431 always ready with our readiness and 08:40.431 --> 08:42.098 always there , that we're not 08:42.098 --> 08:44.690 quarantine that we're not being can't 08:44.690 --> 08:47.260 go to a country that won't allow us . 08:47.260 --> 08:49.427 So , so that's a big part of it . I'll 08:49.427 --> 08:51.427 leave you one last thing . All this 08:51.427 --> 08:54.190 ties into morale . And I'm gonna tell 08:54.190 --> 08:56.357 you what the chief told me a long time 08:56.357 --> 08:58.301 ago . He's an old chief now but he 08:58.301 --> 09:00.468 wasn't at the time . But it stuck with 09:00.468 --> 09:02.468 me morale when you think about it , 09:02.468 --> 09:04.990 it's my morale , it's our morale . We 09:04.990 --> 09:07.157 own the big piece of that . If it's if 09:07.157 --> 09:09.830 it's mine , it's in my possession I can 09:09.840 --> 09:13.750 make I can take situations and 09:13.760 --> 09:15.816 weigh it out just like we're talking 09:15.816 --> 09:17.982 about with the homework and everything 09:17.982 --> 09:20.149 to help me make my decision . But it's 09:20.149 --> 09:22.610 my morale . I own it . Um I also owned 09:22.620 --> 09:24.842 every day I get up and put this uniform 09:24.842 --> 09:28.010 on and the reason I do it , I own that 09:28.010 --> 09:30.290 I'm in the possession of disposition at 09:30.290 --> 09:32.420 the current time . So that weighs in 09:32.420 --> 09:34.642 real big on my morale and that's what I 09:34.642 --> 09:36.790 try to speak to all the soldiers and 09:36.790 --> 09:39.820 airmen along that same way . So thank 09:39.820 --> 09:43.100 you . Can I see a hand in the audience 09:43.100 --> 09:46.600 who might like to ask a question . Okay 09:46.600 --> 09:49.860 so that everyone can hear the question . 09:50.240 --> 09:52.670 The question is in short if I don't do 09:52.670 --> 09:55.100 it . Well please correct me limited . 09:55.110 --> 09:57.860 There is limited data for long term 09:58.540 --> 10:02.210 data there . Okay And um actually I 10:02.210 --> 10:04.154 have Lieutenant Colonel Wells here 10:04.154 --> 10:06.590 because that was also a question asked . 10:06.600 --> 10:08.950 So sir he's on our support panel . 10:08.960 --> 10:10.738 Would you come up and take that 10:10.738 --> 10:11.738 question please . 10:16.340 --> 10:18.451 Uh in your statement about whether or 10:18.451 --> 10:20.173 not you'd be covered under the 10:20.173 --> 10:22.229 longevity . What would cover sort of 10:22.229 --> 10:24.451 soldier under longevity would be a line 10:24.451 --> 10:26.562 of duty determination . And with that 10:26.562 --> 10:28.673 line of duty determines that you were 10:28.673 --> 10:32.010 injured . Our illness in the event of 10:32.010 --> 10:34.288 something occurred in the line of duty . 10:34.288 --> 10:36.288 And with that we would also get the 10:36.288 --> 10:38.177 medical management support office 10:38.177 --> 10:41.530 involvement . So to help pay bills they 10:41.530 --> 10:45.080 would pay for hospitalization . But at 10:45.080 --> 10:48.350 this moment the CDC is not putting out 10:48.350 --> 10:50.406 that that is something that's really 10:50.406 --> 10:52.406 likely to occur . It's not going on 10:52.406 --> 10:54.294 that . We're not seeing mass um , 10:55.540 --> 10:57.484 issues from the vaccine . It's not 10:57.484 --> 10:59.651 something we're seeing right now . But 10:59.651 --> 11:01.707 to your question , a line of duty is 11:01.707 --> 11:03.873 what would cover something later on in 11:03.873 --> 11:07.510 life for your issue from that . But to 11:07.510 --> 11:09.566 receive the line of duty , you would 11:09.566 --> 11:11.621 have to have been on orders when you 11:11.621 --> 11:12.954 received your vaccine . 11:15.800 --> 11:16.550 Okay , 11:19.440 --> 11:22.260 moron , R . R . D . T . Status as well . 11:26.340 --> 11:30.240 Right sir . If you'd stay up here 11:30.240 --> 11:32.850 with , there are a couple of related 11:32.850 --> 11:36.680 questions . Um , I expect lots of 11:36.680 --> 11:39.120 questions after this one . there are a 11:39.120 --> 11:41.960 couple of related questions that I 11:41.960 --> 11:44.320 think pertain to this . So we're gonna 11:44.320 --> 11:46.320 go ahead and step into those if you 11:46.320 --> 11:48.970 don't mind sir , why is this disease 11:48.970 --> 11:51.400 and its vaccination so different from 11:51.410 --> 11:54.020 all the other immunizations we get 11:54.030 --> 11:56.420 which takes us to the previous question . 11:56.420 --> 11:59.090 What happens in the most severe 11:59.090 --> 12:02.390 situation sir ? Would you answer ? I'm 12:02.390 --> 12:04.620 sorry . Would you um , medical team 12:04.620 --> 12:05.842 address that for us ? 12:08.540 --> 12:10.318 Absolutely . Hey , good morning 12:10.318 --> 12:12.530 everybody . So simply put the 12:12.530 --> 12:14.970 coronavirus is just more transmissible 12:14.970 --> 12:17.320 and has a higher potential for severe 12:17.320 --> 12:19.431 outcome than anything that we've seen 12:19.431 --> 12:21.487 in quite a while . So in other words 12:21.487 --> 12:23.487 severe outcome . I'm speaking about 12:23.487 --> 12:25.653 hospitalizations . ICU admissions , uh 12:25.653 --> 12:27.820 intubation , mechanical ventilation or 12:27.820 --> 12:30.580 death . And so there is a high 12:30.580 --> 12:32.580 potential for adverse impact of the 12:32.580 --> 12:35.660 force . Um And so what we know is that 12:36.240 --> 12:38.296 when you compare folks that have had 12:38.296 --> 12:40.462 the vaccine versus folks that have not 12:40.462 --> 12:42.629 had the vaccine , the chance of severe 12:42.629 --> 12:44.684 outcome is much lower for those that 12:44.684 --> 12:46.518 have had the vaccine . And so so 12:46.518 --> 12:48.296 overall that that's why this is 12:48.296 --> 12:50.407 different . And so that's why we were 12:50.407 --> 12:54.400 we encourage the vaccine overall . Let 12:54.400 --> 12:57.610 me make uh just one comment and then a 12:57.620 --> 13:00.450 follow on question basically I noticed 13:00.450 --> 13:04.300 that when colonel well said you 13:04.300 --> 13:06.570 had to be on duty when you got the 13:06.570 --> 13:09.170 vaccine . Lots of rumbling . So I'm 13:09.170 --> 13:13.000 thinking your question is so what if I 13:13.000 --> 13:15.890 went to a civilian 13:16.840 --> 13:20.440 pharmacy and got the vaccine and I 13:20.440 --> 13:23.530 become ill ? What happens to me then 13:24.640 --> 13:28.560 in terms of long term illnesses and 13:28.560 --> 13:30.800 will I be taken care of ? So do we have 13:30.800 --> 13:33.050 an answer for that ? 13:35.540 --> 13:37.250 Was that child's question 13:42.840 --> 13:46.110 for for that too . If you are not on an 13:46.110 --> 13:49.370 I . D . T . Status are on 13:49.370 --> 13:53.270 orders there cannot be a line of duty 13:53.300 --> 13:56.410 uh issued out . So you would need to 13:56.410 --> 13:58.521 get with your unit if you're gonna go 13:58.521 --> 14:01.230 on your own to get your vaccine so that 14:01.230 --> 14:03.470 you could do an I . D . T . Day or an 14:03.470 --> 14:05.870 orders day to be covered for an L . O . 14:05.870 --> 14:08.260 D . If you're getting a vaccine , what 14:08.260 --> 14:10.593 if they've already gotten it then ma'am . 14:10.593 --> 14:12.760 We don't have an answer for that right 14:12.760 --> 14:14.816 now that if you've already gotten it 14:14.816 --> 14:16.950 and haven't had a issue yet 14:18.640 --> 14:20.584 that we don't have an answer for . 14:25.840 --> 14:29.070 So let me add something to that please . 14:29.080 --> 14:32.640 Yes sir . You're asking about the long 14:32.640 --> 14:35.490 term effects basically a potential long 14:35.490 --> 14:37.712 term effects of the vaccine , correct ? 14:37.712 --> 14:40.720 All right . Most of the vaccines out 14:40.720 --> 14:43.840 there currently or the two brand names 14:43.840 --> 14:46.250 of Moderna and the Fighter , correct ? 14:46.840 --> 14:49.007 Alright . There's also the johnson and 14:49.007 --> 14:51.150 johnson , johnson and johnson vaccine 14:51.150 --> 14:53.317 is the more traditional vaccine . Like 14:53.317 --> 14:55.317 the flu vaccine . Okay . We've been 14:55.317 --> 14:57.483 getting flu vaccines for a long time . 14:57.483 --> 15:01.330 The modern and the fighter are in a 15:01.330 --> 15:03.274 sense a new type vaccine . But the 15:03.274 --> 15:05.250 technology behind them has been in 15:05.250 --> 15:08.450 development for the past decade or two . 15:08.920 --> 15:10.809 That technology has actually been 15:10.809 --> 15:14.560 utilized in cancer fighting . Okay . 15:15.040 --> 15:17.040 And what they've done is taken that 15:17.040 --> 15:18.818 technology and moved it over to 15:18.818 --> 15:21.090 fighting a virus . So it has been going 15:21.090 --> 15:24.100 on now for 1020 years with that type 15:24.100 --> 15:27.300 technology . So we Although we don't 15:27.300 --> 15:29.540 have data directly related to the 15:29.540 --> 15:33.470 COVID-19 vaccine . I don't have long 15:33.470 --> 15:35.692 term data . But what we've got with the 15:35.692 --> 15:37.690 vaccine being given out across the 15:37.690 --> 15:39.912 world ? We've got millions and millions 15:39.912 --> 15:42.023 of people have been vaccinated And as 15:42.023 --> 15:44.246 time goes on , you're correct . As time 15:44.246 --> 15:46.412 goes on , we'll learn more . But right 15:46.412 --> 15:48.190 now it's proven itself safe and 15:48.190 --> 15:50.412 effective and yes , there are potential 15:50.740 --> 15:53.200 ah complications because we know that 15:53.200 --> 15:55.256 some people have had that . But that 15:55.256 --> 15:57.940 number is very , very small compared to 15:57.940 --> 16:00.051 the benefits that we receive from the 16:00.051 --> 16:01.829 vaccine . Does that answer your 16:01.829 --> 16:05.460 question ? So 16:06.140 --> 16:09.650 with the approval of booster shops , 16:10.240 --> 16:13.510 will this become a regimental annual 16:13.510 --> 16:14.732 requirement as well ? 16:17.140 --> 16:20.760 The short answer is when I graduated 16:20.760 --> 16:22.816 from medical school , they gave me a 16:22.816 --> 16:24.982 diploma . Not a crystal ball . I don't 16:24.982 --> 16:27.880 know . We'll see . Okay . Yeah , I have 16:27.880 --> 16:31.360 a so we will see . 16:33.340 --> 16:34.340 Mhm . 16:37.640 --> 16:39.862 Um I have a question in the back here , 16:40.740 --> 16:42.060 would you stand please 16:44.940 --> 16:47.690 question regarding the administrative 16:47.700 --> 16:49.867 part or the record keeping ? Because I 16:49.867 --> 16:52.130 received my vaccination on duty at J . 16:52.130 --> 16:54.130 F . H . Q . But then when I went to 16:54.130 --> 16:56.790 submit the paperwork to my job , they 16:56.800 --> 16:58.689 couldn't find it in the inference 16:58.689 --> 17:01.520 system . And so I at the time I had my 17:01.520 --> 17:03.742 vaccination card that was destroyed due 17:03.742 --> 17:05.798 to the washing machine . So I didn't 17:05.798 --> 17:08.540 have a care . And also when I traveled 17:08.550 --> 17:10.217 this , he got into the health 17:10.217 --> 17:12.217 department to try to get a copy and 17:12.217 --> 17:14.328 once again it wasn't in the inference 17:14.328 --> 17:17.150 system . But I mean at the time um I 17:17.150 --> 17:19.430 think it was what is uh and it was 17:19.440 --> 17:21.930 closed on monday ? And so I can get it ? 17:21.930 --> 17:24.097 So how would this work if we do get it 17:24.097 --> 17:26.208 on duty ? But we put in the emperor's 17:26.208 --> 17:28.820 system so that way anyone can have and 17:28.820 --> 17:32.350 then our job to see this right ? Uh 17:32.360 --> 17:34.670 Yeah your vaccine is put in med pros . 17:35.140 --> 17:37.140 We do not we don't have access . We 17:37.140 --> 17:39.307 don't do the imprint system . Were med 17:39.307 --> 17:41.251 pros . You can come to us to get a 17:41.251 --> 17:43.362 status to show that . Yes you did get 17:43.362 --> 17:46.100 your vaccine . It is in med pros . So 17:46.100 --> 17:48.560 when you got your vaccine at GF HQ that 17:48.560 --> 17:50.950 day and you checked out one of our N . 17:50.950 --> 17:53.730 C . O . S updated you that day that you 17:53.730 --> 17:56.940 received your vaccine roberts sir . Um 17:56.950 --> 17:58.672 Okay because I know the health 17:58.672 --> 18:00.728 department said if it's putting that 18:00.728 --> 18:02.950 system anybody can log in there and see 18:02.950 --> 18:04.950 it for the state of Alabama that we 18:04.950 --> 18:07.006 received it just in case if anything 18:07.006 --> 18:09.117 happens but it won't cross over . Not 18:09.117 --> 18:10.894 to metro's . No not anyone . No 18:14.540 --> 18:18.530 sir . Colonel Wells . Can we get 18:18.530 --> 18:21.150 a replacement card since you met Crows ? 18:21.150 --> 18:23.206 Yes sir we can . Okay and then let's 18:23.206 --> 18:25.317 see about getting all of our soldiers 18:25.317 --> 18:27.970 data putting him we do it for any bh 18:27.970 --> 18:30.137 our soldiers and airmen have done it . 18:30.137 --> 18:31.970 So let's see if we can take that 18:31.970 --> 18:32.950 additional . 18:38.740 --> 18:41.110 Okay so sir while you're still standing 18:41.110 --> 18:43.130 here . I'm going to ask one more 18:43.130 --> 18:45.920 question of you . And that is this was 18:45.920 --> 18:48.910 a question from our website . Why is it 18:48.920 --> 18:51.820 Hipaa Why is it against HipAA to ask 18:51.820 --> 18:54.180 for proof of vaccination or mandate a 18:54.180 --> 18:56.770 vaccination ? Why isn't this private 18:56.780 --> 18:58.940 between the service member and the 18:58.940 --> 18:59.670 doctor ? 19:04.640 --> 19:06.807 What this is checking for your medical 19:06.807 --> 19:08.862 readiness and medical readiness . We 19:08.862 --> 19:11.029 have checked on a weekly basis on just 19:11.029 --> 19:13.340 about every one of you uh your 19:13.340 --> 19:15.507 commanders have the right to know your 19:15.507 --> 19:17.673 medical readiness . And whether or not 19:17.673 --> 19:19.618 you have had this vaccination will 19:19.618 --> 19:21.507 affect your medical readiness for 19:21.507 --> 19:23.618 deployment or orders coming up in the 19:23.618 --> 19:25.729 near future . So it is your commander 19:25.729 --> 19:27.951 has that right ? And so does leadership 19:27.951 --> 19:30.118 of your medical readiness . And that's 19:30.118 --> 19:32.284 where your vaccine falls in . And it's 19:32.284 --> 19:34.340 tracked every week through different 19:34.340 --> 19:35.618 metrics of readiness . 19:41.040 --> 19:44.010 Yes we have a question . Okay so 19:44.010 --> 19:46.066 everyone can hear the question . And 19:46.066 --> 19:48.440 also for purposes of video um the 19:48.440 --> 19:51.770 question is is your mandating the shot 19:52.740 --> 19:55.860 why do I have to take it 19:57.040 --> 19:58.960 and be on orders ? 20:01.640 --> 20:03.584 So as I was saying it's actually a 20:03.584 --> 20:05.640 benefit for you to be on orders or a 20:05.640 --> 20:07.918 split train you for half a . For one I . 20:07.918 --> 20:09.950 D . Ti period so that you can be 20:09.960 --> 20:12.370 covered in the travel to the location 20:12.380 --> 20:14.602 in case something happened while you're 20:14.602 --> 20:16.436 traveling to the location you're 20:16.436 --> 20:18.491 getting the shot . And then also now 20:18.491 --> 20:20.713 that we know that we need to be in some 20:20.713 --> 20:22.936 type of duty status for a potential not 20:22.936 --> 20:25.047 likely . Elodie down the road . So to 20:25.047 --> 20:27.158 do it from this point going forward , 20:27.158 --> 20:29.269 it makes sense for you to let us know 20:29.269 --> 20:31.324 that you're going and we split train 20:31.324 --> 20:33.324 you or put you in some type of duty 20:33.324 --> 20:35.491 status to protect you and actually pay 20:35.491 --> 20:37.436 you for going to do something that 20:37.436 --> 20:36.150 we're asking you to 20:36.150 --> 20:41.660 do . 20:41.940 --> 20:45.670 Yes ma'am . Right . So that's 20:45.680 --> 20:48.410 that's the issue that we've figured out 20:48.410 --> 20:50.950 here is we can't go back in time and 20:50.950 --> 20:53.520 undo something that was done previously 20:53.520 --> 20:55.540 in a non duty status . So moving 20:55.540 --> 20:57.596 forward , we know that we want to do 20:57.596 --> 20:59.960 that in the future . Yes . Colonel . 21:02.640 --> 21:04.751 Sorry Colonel Hall on the C . G . A . 21:04.751 --> 21:06.584 For the one 35th . This could be 21:06.584 --> 21:08.529 covered if you took it in civilian 21:08.529 --> 21:11.060 under the V a claim . Okay . So before 21:11.060 --> 21:13.300 you tear up your civilian card and get 21:13.300 --> 21:15.680 to know a whole nother set because 21:15.680 --> 21:17.902 somebody's thinking it before you get a 21:17.902 --> 21:20.124 whole nother set while you're on duty . 21:20.124 --> 21:22.236 This could be a V A claim . Okay . So 21:22.236 --> 21:24.291 don't jeopardize your health . Mhm . 21:24.291 --> 21:26.236 Thank you . Colonel Hall . We knew 21:26.236 --> 21:28.180 there was a right answer out there 21:28.180 --> 21:31.500 other than so . So moving forward I 21:31.500 --> 21:33.722 would say let's be in some type of duty 21:33.722 --> 21:35.889 status for for your protection and for 21:35.889 --> 21:37.889 us to pay you for doing something . 21:37.889 --> 21:37.560 We're asking to do 21:42.640 --> 21:44.807 great questions . Yes , I have another 21:44.807 --> 21:47.980 one here . So related to the 21:47.990 --> 21:50.610 vaccination from you scofield med 21:50.610 --> 21:52.910 throws . So if a soldier has elected to 21:52.910 --> 21:56.370 go to a civilian walmart or CVS and get 21:56.370 --> 22:00.310 the vaccination in november with 22:00.310 --> 22:03.700 proof of vaccination . That can be good 22:03.700 --> 22:06.300 in our metro's . Yes . Okay . Thanks . 22:06.300 --> 22:09.320 So we've done many that way . Okay . So 22:09.320 --> 22:12.510 if you have gone to a civilian location 22:12.510 --> 22:15.220 and received your shot proof of that 22:15.220 --> 22:17.390 can be taken to your unit and that can 22:17.390 --> 22:20.130 be entered in med pros um to take care 22:20.130 --> 22:24.120 of that requirement . Okay . All right . 22:24.130 --> 22:27.350 I don't see any hands . I do . Okay . 22:27.350 --> 22:29.760 So we have the question . If the 22:29.760 --> 22:31.593 soldier doesn't want to take the 22:31.593 --> 22:34.740 vaccine , what happens to his or her 22:34.740 --> 22:35.360 career 22:39.840 --> 22:43.620 refusing to take the vaccine is not 22:43.620 --> 22:46.860 what I would encourage you to do . Uh 22:47.240 --> 22:50.560 given that they have said you will 22:50.770 --> 22:54.560 adverse actions will occur . Um 22:55.640 --> 22:57.807 The first thing that we want to try to 22:57.807 --> 23:00.190 do is educate you and talk with you and 23:00.190 --> 23:03.240 find out what is your hesitancy about 23:03.250 --> 23:07.230 taking the vaccine and try to allay 23:07.230 --> 23:09.680 any of the fears or questions or 23:09.690 --> 23:11.950 reservations you may have concerning 23:11.950 --> 23:15.020 the vaccine . Uh We'll give you an 23:15.020 --> 23:18.270 opportunity to think about it and 23:18.940 --> 23:21.240 present you with other opportunities to 23:21.240 --> 23:24.850 take the vaccine . However , if 23:25.840 --> 23:29.420 the vaccine is if you say no not gonna 23:29.420 --> 23:32.360 do it , then there will be adverse 23:32.360 --> 23:35.230 administrative actions taken . Yes , I 23:35.230 --> 23:36.619 see a hand in the back . 23:39.140 --> 23:41.420 Okay . To ensure we all hear that the 23:41.420 --> 23:44.170 question is is if you have natural 23:44.170 --> 23:47.280 immunity , you could be tested . Why 23:47.280 --> 23:49.502 don't we allow that testing to happen ? 23:49.502 --> 23:51.447 So that you don't have to take the 23:51.447 --> 23:53.560 vaccine to the medical team place 23:56.740 --> 23:59.110 again ? It's another another very good 23:59.110 --> 24:01.910 question . There are provisions for 24:01.910 --> 24:03.743 some medical exemptions that are 24:03.743 --> 24:07.560 authorized based upon our 45 62 . 24:07.940 --> 24:10.107 And that can be given for some natural 24:10.107 --> 24:12.218 immunity . But one of the things that 24:12.218 --> 24:14.830 we do know is that all immunity does 24:14.840 --> 24:18.510 tend to decline with time . So 24:18.520 --> 24:21.090 before we can consider natural immunity 24:21.090 --> 24:23.250 for permanent exemption . Again , we 24:23.250 --> 24:25.417 need more data more time . So we don't 24:25.417 --> 24:27.790 have that . The initial data coming out 24:28.050 --> 24:30.050 and it's variable . But the initial 24:30.050 --> 24:32.900 data coming out shows that Natural 24:32.900 --> 24:35.910 immunity does tend to decline by about 24:35.920 --> 24:38.830 90 days . And that's one of the reasons 24:38.830 --> 24:41.920 behind allowing somebody who's had Had 24:41.920 --> 24:44.470 the infection waiting for about 90 days 24:44.470 --> 24:46.526 and then getting the vaccine . Now , 24:46.526 --> 24:48.470 that's not the case in everybody . 24:48.470 --> 24:50.526 Everybody is different . Some people 24:50.526 --> 24:52.359 the natural immunity may decline 24:52.359 --> 24:52.350 earlier than that . Some people that 24:52.350 --> 24:54.572 maybe longer than that . But we have to 24:54.572 --> 24:56.740 pick something to go by and about that 24:56.740 --> 25:00.230 90 days after an infection is when we 25:00.230 --> 25:02.470 start seeing a serious decline in the 25:02.470 --> 25:04.526 antibodies in the majority of people 25:04.526 --> 25:07.580 who have been studied . So yes , there 25:07.580 --> 25:10.280 is an exemption available medical 25:10.280 --> 25:12.280 exemption available . But again , I 25:12.280 --> 25:14.447 don't know how long that's going to be 25:14.447 --> 25:16.669 allowed and it's going to be have to be 25:16.669 --> 25:18.780 processed and they'll come through my 25:18.780 --> 25:20.447 office to look at all medical 25:20.447 --> 25:22.558 exemptions that people are asking for 25:22.558 --> 25:25.850 that then entered . Yeah . Okay . Yes . 25:26.440 --> 25:30.300 Mhm . Served . I know we're very 25:30.300 --> 25:33.940 early in this situation . But is there 25:33.950 --> 25:37.460 any data whatsoever on how 25:37.460 --> 25:40.550 long the vaccine lasts ? 25:41.340 --> 25:44.490 Because for me I had my vaccination 25:44.490 --> 25:48.220 back in March . So I'm 25:48.230 --> 25:51.590 asking myself , am I one of those older 25:51.590 --> 25:55.500 people that need to get a booster as 25:55.510 --> 25:58.810 a bottle of one year mark or do we even 25:58.810 --> 26:02.760 know ? Well I 26:02.770 --> 26:04.992 do recommend people who are at a higher 26:04.992 --> 26:07.048 risk to go ahead and get the booster 26:07.048 --> 26:09.159 even if they've already had the first 26:09.159 --> 26:11.214 series of shots . So yes , the short 26:11.214 --> 26:13.437 answer on that is yes that I do believe 26:13.437 --> 26:15.603 if particularly if it's gonna make you 26:15.740 --> 26:17.740 more at ease about things . Yes , I 26:17.740 --> 26:19.907 would say go ahead and get the booster 26:19.907 --> 26:22.129 shot . But there is some other data out 26:22.129 --> 26:24.184 there and I'll let captain christian 26:24.184 --> 26:24.170 and handle that . 26:28.740 --> 26:31.160 So to answer your question as far as 26:31.640 --> 26:33.862 the longevity , longevity of antibodies 26:33.862 --> 26:35.973 basically is what you're asking for . 26:35.973 --> 26:37.862 And I would say it's not just the 26:37.862 --> 26:40.196 vaccine , but even for natural immunity , 26:40.196 --> 26:42.196 the short answer is right . We just 26:42.196 --> 26:44.307 don't know . And and there are plenty 26:44.307 --> 26:46.418 of studies out there that are ongoing 26:46.418 --> 26:46.330 and we're gonna find out and we'll 26:46.330 --> 26:49.480 probably find out probably sooner than 26:49.490 --> 26:52.820 we expect when it comes to to 26:52.820 --> 26:55.680 what going back a question as well to 26:55.680 --> 26:57.847 the natural immunity question if I get 26:57.847 --> 27:00.013 a chance to geek out for just a second 27:00.013 --> 27:01.958 with you guys uh the most commonly 27:01.958 --> 27:04.013 cited reference our study that we're 27:04.013 --> 27:06.110 looking at for natural immunity and 27:06.120 --> 27:08.342 this is the one that that everybody's , 27:08.342 --> 27:10.398 for the most part basing the natural 27:10.398 --> 27:12.564 immunity argument on uh is the Israeli 27:12.564 --> 27:14.676 study that's come out and some of you 27:14.676 --> 27:16.898 have read it and some of you if I would 27:16.898 --> 27:18.953 encourage , it's a good read . Um So 27:18.953 --> 27:21.176 what I would say is the study itself is 27:21.176 --> 27:23.342 a retrospective study , which means it 27:23.342 --> 27:25.564 looked back at three groups of people , 27:25.564 --> 27:27.620 people that had the Pfizer vaccine , 27:27.620 --> 27:29.810 People who had , I had no vaccine but 27:29.810 --> 27:32.470 had Covid and then people who had both . 27:32.480 --> 27:34.702 They had Covid and then they also got a 27:34.702 --> 27:37.990 dose of the vaccine . So there are 27:37.990 --> 27:40.268 limitations with a retrospective study , 27:40.268 --> 27:43.730 but the results were uh for this study 27:43.730 --> 27:46.400 was vaccine is good . Natural immunity 27:46.400 --> 27:48.640 is better and then people that had both 27:48.650 --> 27:50.317 was the best possible type of 27:50.317 --> 27:53.300 protection . So , the limitations of 27:53.300 --> 27:55.411 the study , right ? So looking back , 27:55.411 --> 27:57.356 it's a retrospective study , not a 27:57.356 --> 27:59.411 prospective study . So , which means 27:59.411 --> 28:01.744 they didn't plan this out ahead of time . 28:01.744 --> 28:01.510 They didn't get to control the group . 28:01.510 --> 28:03.640 So much other than look back and see 28:03.640 --> 28:06.940 what happened . Um The study didn't 28:06.940 --> 28:09.051 really address what happens to people 28:09.051 --> 28:11.770 that are unvaccinated uh and uninfected . 28:11.780 --> 28:14.320 So , so there's no control group if you 28:14.320 --> 28:17.410 will , which gives , which gives a lens 28:17.410 --> 28:19.466 towards what's called a survivorship 28:19.466 --> 28:21.521 bias and I won't geek out on kind of 28:21.521 --> 28:23.354 what that stuff is . So and then 28:23.354 --> 28:25.354 further there's no mentions of what 28:25.354 --> 28:27.410 happens , what the long term effects 28:27.410 --> 28:30.160 are people that had Covid . So a better 28:30.160 --> 28:32.216 question . A better sorry , I better 28:32.216 --> 28:34.216 study to reference would be one and 28:34.216 --> 28:36.549 done in Kentucky , which is very nearby . 28:36.549 --> 28:38.940 Um and it looked at people who were 28:38.940 --> 28:40.829 vaccinated versus people who were 28:40.829 --> 28:43.240 unvaccinated . That then had Covid And 28:43.240 --> 28:45.610 what it showed were people that were 28:45.610 --> 28:47.832 vaccinated , that head coach or sorry , 28:47.832 --> 28:49.999 people that were vaccinated had almost 28:49.999 --> 28:52.360 a 50% reduction in getting the vaccine 28:52.370 --> 28:55.210 are getting infected overall . So it 28:55.210 --> 28:57.432 showed that people that were vaccinated 28:57.432 --> 29:01.120 had had a really good immunity . So 29:01.230 --> 29:04.390 what I would say is that if if you're 29:04.390 --> 29:06.770 unvaccinated and have not had Covid , 29:07.240 --> 29:10.180 then absolutely get the shot because 29:10.190 --> 29:12.750 the risk benefit matrix , the 29:12.750 --> 29:14.861 assessment that you're making in your 29:14.861 --> 29:16.861 mind will heavily favor getting the 29:16.861 --> 29:19.250 vaccine um , and certainly happy to 29:19.250 --> 29:21.583 talk through that further if we need to . 29:21.583 --> 29:23.910 Um the other thing is natural immunity . 29:23.910 --> 29:26.180 We don't know how long it lasts . Um 29:26.190 --> 29:28.060 again , we do have the temporary 29:28.060 --> 29:30.171 exemption but to your point , we also 29:30.171 --> 29:32.227 don't know how long the immunity for 29:32.227 --> 29:34.227 the vaccine last and we're going to 29:34.227 --> 29:35.893 find that out . Um , but more 29:35.893 --> 29:37.838 importantly , the people that have 29:37.838 --> 29:39.893 already had Covid , I would take the 29:39.893 --> 29:41.893 Israeli study to say that if you've 29:41.893 --> 29:43.949 already had Covid , you should still 29:43.949 --> 29:46.116 get the vaccine because it is the best 29:46.116 --> 29:48.171 protection that you're going to that 29:48.171 --> 29:50.393 you're gonna get and that's how I would 29:50.393 --> 29:49.720 look at kind of the studies that are 29:49.720 --> 29:51.720 out there now , especially the ones 29:51.720 --> 29:53.776 that are highly referenced . Even on 29:53.776 --> 29:53.380 the way here this morning , we were 29:53.380 --> 29:55.436 listening to the radio and they were 29:55.436 --> 29:57.380 talking about natural immunity and 29:57.380 --> 29:59.213 those kind of things . It's it's 29:59.213 --> 29:58.960 awesome . Natural immunity is great . 29:58.970 --> 30:00.970 Vaccinated immunity is great , 30:00.980 --> 30:03.147 especially when you combine the both . 30:03.147 --> 30:05.258 I'm not saying go get covid if you've 30:05.258 --> 30:08.010 had the vaccine obviously , but but 30:08.010 --> 30:09.450 either way you should get the vaccine .