1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:01,340 --> 00:00:07,530 Good 3 00:00:07,530 --> 00:00:09,752 afternoon , Admiral Thomas . My name is 4 00:00:09,752 --> 00:00:11,919 Lieutenant . Highly row . Thank you so 5 00:00:11,919 --> 00:00:13,974 much for taking the time to answer a 6 00:00:13,974 --> 00:00:16,086 few questions my shipmates and I have 7 00:00:16,086 --> 00:00:18,197 regarding the Kobe vaccination . Oh , 8 00:00:18,197 --> 00:00:18,030 you're so welcome . Happy to be here . 9 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:19,873 Thank you , ma'am . What are the 10 00:00:19,873 --> 00:00:21,818 impacts on fertility with the Kobe 11 00:00:21,818 --> 00:00:23,929 vaccination and current pregnancies ? 12 00:00:23,929 --> 00:00:25,873 Yeah . As far as we know , experts 13 00:00:25,873 --> 00:00:27,984 believe there are no negative impacts 14 00:00:27,984 --> 00:00:30,151 to fertility . Although pregnant women 15 00:00:30,151 --> 00:00:32,262 were not studied by Pfizer Moderna in 16 00:00:32,262 --> 00:00:34,373 their original trials , several women 17 00:00:34,373 --> 00:00:36,484 did become pregnant . They had normal 18 00:00:36,484 --> 00:00:38,484 births , normal outcomes . We don't 19 00:00:38,484 --> 00:00:40,707 believe there any negative effects from 20 00:00:40,707 --> 00:00:42,651 the antibodies created through the 21 00:00:42,651 --> 00:00:45,040 vaccine on the placenta . And now that 22 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:47,096 we've gone from , you know , tens of 23 00:00:47,096 --> 00:00:49,096 thousands of people in the original 24 00:00:49,096 --> 00:00:51,318 trials to million's of off participants 25 00:00:51,318 --> 00:00:55,070 in the vaccine roll out . Many women 26 00:00:55,080 --> 00:00:57,191 are encouraged by their obstetricians 27 00:00:57,191 --> 00:01:00,090 because we know that co vid effects 28 00:01:00,100 --> 00:01:02,500 pregnant women with severe disease . 29 00:01:02,500 --> 00:01:04,667 And you can have a very bad outcomes . 30 00:01:04,667 --> 00:01:06,660 Hospitalizations , mechanical 31 00:01:06,660 --> 00:01:08,716 ventilation . I see you . Admissions 32 00:01:08,790 --> 00:01:11,230 and poor outcomes for the baby's as 33 00:01:11,230 --> 00:01:14,060 well . So we know the bad outcomes of 34 00:01:14,060 --> 00:01:17,260 covert for the mothers . And a lot of 35 00:01:17,260 --> 00:01:19,670 times the risks are so high that the 36 00:01:19,670 --> 00:01:21,837 benefits of taking the vaccine we know 37 00:01:21,837 --> 00:01:24,760 are very great . With the new strain of 38 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,927 the virus on the rise with the current 39 00:01:26,927 --> 00:01:29,590 vaccinations affect the current strain 40 00:01:29,590 --> 00:01:31,590 and the new strain . Well , we know 41 00:01:31,590 --> 00:01:33,479 that it's very protective for the 42 00:01:33,479 --> 00:01:35,479 current strain and from many of the 43 00:01:35,479 --> 00:01:37,590 other strange , the additional strain 44 00:01:37,590 --> 00:01:39,701 from the U . K . We believe it's very 45 00:01:39,701 --> 00:01:41,923 protective for that . There are strains 46 00:01:41,923 --> 00:01:44,146 from South Africa that were not as sure 47 00:01:44,146 --> 00:01:46,146 about , but just like we've managed 48 00:01:46,146 --> 00:01:47,979 over the years to modify the flu 49 00:01:47,979 --> 00:01:50,760 vaccine if needed . Future variants of 50 00:01:50,760 --> 00:01:52,900 the vaccine will accommodate for 51 00:01:52,900 --> 00:01:56,360 changes in the RNA virus as the virus 52 00:01:56,360 --> 00:01:58,527 mutates over the years . How long does 53 00:01:58,527 --> 00:02:00,193 the vaccine good for ? Is the 54 00:02:00,193 --> 00:02:02,360 maintenance very similar to a flu shot 55 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,527 where it's received annually ? I think 56 00:02:04,527 --> 00:02:06,749 that's that's a really great question . 57 00:02:06,749 --> 00:02:08,971 We just don't know the timing because , 58 00:02:08,971 --> 00:02:08,530 you know , the first participants , 59 00:02:08,540 --> 00:02:10,707 even in the studies , were about April 60 00:02:10,707 --> 00:02:12,707 of last year , so they haven't even 61 00:02:12,707 --> 00:02:14,929 gone a full year out . So we just don't 62 00:02:14,929 --> 00:02:14,590 know how long the immunity will last . 63 00:02:14,640 --> 00:02:16,770 We don't know if it's a non annual or 64 00:02:16,870 --> 00:02:18,759 biannual . We don't know what the 65 00:02:18,759 --> 00:02:21,050 timeline will be more will be revealed . 66 00:02:21,540 --> 00:02:23,651 What is the likelihood of contracting 67 00:02:23,651 --> 00:02:25,984 the virus after receiving a vaccination ? 68 00:02:26,240 --> 00:02:28,650 So every vaccine , it could be a little 69 00:02:28,650 --> 00:02:30,928 bit different in terms of the efficacy . 70 00:02:30,928 --> 00:02:32,983 With the Pfizer vaccine , we've seen 71 00:02:32,983 --> 00:02:36,150 about 95% efficacy , meaning that 72 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,271 5% of the people that did receive the 73 00:02:38,271 --> 00:02:41,490 vaccine were became ill with co vid . 74 00:02:41,940 --> 00:02:44,920 And amongst those the majority of them 75 00:02:44,920 --> 00:02:47,440 there were nine people . Eight of them 76 00:02:47,440 --> 00:02:49,551 had very mild illness . And so , just 77 00:02:49,551 --> 00:02:51,607 like with the flu vaccine , you have 78 00:02:51,607 --> 00:02:53,662 attenuated disease If you do get the 79 00:02:53,662 --> 00:02:55,900 virus . So that's great to hear . I 80 00:02:55,900 --> 00:02:58,410 think that way we can say this that as 81 00:02:58,410 --> 00:03:02,080 we come into mawr disease that we're 82 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:04,024 gonna see with these more virulent 83 00:03:04,024 --> 00:03:06,136 strains , our best protection for the 84 00:03:06,136 --> 00:03:08,413 future is more people being vaccinated . 85 00:03:08,413 --> 00:03:10,636 So hopefully this answers a lot of your 86 00:03:10,636 --> 00:03:12,969 questions . And if you have future ones , 87 00:03:12,969 --> 00:03:15,302 I'd be happy to meet again . Absolutely , 88 00:03:15,302 --> 00:03:14,750 man . Thank you so very much , Admiral 89 00:03:14,750 --> 00:03:16,270 Thomas . My pleasure