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Transcript/ScriptWashington Week Ahead (TV)
HEADLINE: COVID Cases Climb as FDA Approves New Vaccine
TEASER: Biden administration renews calls for jabs and boosters
PUBLISHED AT: 7/17/22
BYLINE: Arash Arabasadi
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DATELINE: Washington
VIDEOGRAPHER: AP/ ABC “This Week”/ Serum Institute of India
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[[Many Americans are under-vaccinated and at risk of severe outcomes from COVID-19, as cases rise across the country. This assessment is from the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, commonly known as the CDC. Experts say subvariants of the omicron strain are to blame, and as VOA’s Arash Arabasadi reports, a new vaccine could help boost immunity numbers.]]
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The nation’s most populous county may soon travel back to a time of mask mandates due to COVID-19. Los Angeles is home to more than 10-million people, and its county health director recently said it faces a return to indoor masking if hospital admission rates continue climbing.
[RADIO TRACK: White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, speaking Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”]
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((Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator))
“Local jurisdictions – cities, counties, states – should make decisions about mask mandates, because communities are different, and their patterns of transmission are different. That said, CDC has very clear guidance on this as well through their COVID community levels, and the CDC recommendation is that when you’re in a high zone – that sort of orange zone – as L.A. County is, people wearing masks indoors is really important and really will make a difference.”
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Last week, the Food and Drug Administration or FDA, granted emergency-use authorization for the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine. It’s a more traditional vaccine as opposed to the mRNA-style available through much of the pandemic. Instead of teaching cells how to make a protein to trigger immune response, Novavax is a direct injection of that spike protein.
[RADIO TRACK: A game changer for people like Sharon Bentley, a retiree from Texas who spoke with the AP.]
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((Sharon Bentley, Retiree))
“Novavax, that was the only one ((vaccine)) that was a true consideration that based on the protein that is the Novavax vaccine, that was something that I wanted to be a part of.”
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And while Novavax provides a new option for the vaccine-hesitant, the White House says protection for many Americans is waning, and it may be time to again roll up our sleeves for a booster shot.
[RADIO TRACK: Once again, Dr. Ashish Jha, speaking Sunday on ABC’s “This Week.”]
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((Dr. Ashish Jha, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator))
“One of the key messages coming out of this moment is that if you are 50 or over, and if you’ve not gotten a shot this year – in the year 2022 – it is absolutely critical that you go out and get one now. It will offer a very high degree of protection.”
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U.S. health officials have warned the omicron BA.5 subvariant, which makes up a large numer of new cases, is more contagious than its predecessors and is able to circumvent existing immunity in many people, including from prior infection.
Arash Arabasadi, VOA News.
NewsML Media TopicsArts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
NetworkVOA
Location (dateline)Washington D.C.
Embargo DateJuly 17, 2022 13:34 EDT
Byline Arash Arabasadi, VOA News.
Brand / Language ServiceVoice of America - English
