1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:07,840 --> 00:00:09,840 There is a light at the end of this 3 00:00:09,840 --> 00:00:12,190 tunnel . It's not a train . We are . We 4 00:00:12,190 --> 00:00:14,357 are going to get a We are going to get 5 00:00:14,357 --> 00:00:17,870 past this virus . Any questions about 6 00:00:17,870 --> 00:00:21,160 the vaccine ? Navy medicine really has 7 00:00:21,160 --> 00:00:23,710 been involved to a great extent . Um , 8 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:26,140 you know , our primary job is force 9 00:00:26,140 --> 00:00:28,140 health protection for both Navy and 10 00:00:28,140 --> 00:00:30,470 Marine . First and foremost , our job 11 00:00:30,470 --> 00:00:32,692 is to provide guidance . And so we work 12 00:00:32,692 --> 00:00:35,190 very closely with the line line , both 13 00:00:35,190 --> 00:00:38,420 Navy and Marine , to produce best 14 00:00:38,420 --> 00:00:41,010 evidence scientific guidance so that we 15 00:00:41,010 --> 00:00:43,470 can continue to operate and do our jobs 16 00:00:43,810 --> 00:00:47,240 in the field . I think it's important 17 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:49,129 for everybody to recognize what a 18 00:00:49,129 --> 00:00:52,070 remarkable achievement the vaccines are . 19 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,136 There is a perception that they were 20 00:00:54,136 --> 00:00:56,247 developed quickly , but in fact , the 21 00:00:56,247 --> 00:00:58,560 work that led to the rapid production 22 00:00:58,560 --> 00:01:01,460 of the M RNA vaccines has been in 23 00:01:01,460 --> 00:01:04,430 development well over a decade . And so 24 00:01:04,440 --> 00:01:06,390 so it was a matter of taking the 25 00:01:06,390 --> 00:01:10,190 specific virus and and using the genome , 26 00:01:10,190 --> 00:01:13,190 the RNA sequence , you know , putting a 27 00:01:13,190 --> 00:01:16,160 segment of that into this structure 28 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:18,216 that had been developed over about a 29 00:01:18,216 --> 00:01:20,860 decade , and it really is remarkable 30 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:26,960 as we face variants that same process 31 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:30,470 can be used to adjust the vaccine . And 32 00:01:30,470 --> 00:01:33,360 so , rather than think of them as , as 33 00:01:33,740 --> 00:01:35,907 you know , developed very quickly . In 34 00:01:35,907 --> 00:01:38,073 fact , it was really just the capstone 35 00:01:38,073 --> 00:01:41,530 of a process that's been going on for 36 00:01:41,540 --> 00:01:45,280 several years . Initially , 37 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:47,940 the biggest struggle with the vaccine 38 00:01:47,940 --> 00:01:51,130 was just having enough . And so we're 39 00:01:51,130 --> 00:01:53,019 at the point now where as soon as 40 00:01:53,019 --> 00:01:55,280 vaccine has received , our teams are 41 00:01:55,290 --> 00:01:57,660 being able to get it into people's arms . 42 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:01,510 And so , but obviously , as more 43 00:02:01,510 --> 00:02:04,780 vaccine comes online , we will ramp up 44 00:02:04,790 --> 00:02:08,150 on the on the administration side to 45 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:10,216 keep up with the availability of the 46 00:02:10,216 --> 00:02:13,650 vaccine . For all who have leaned 47 00:02:13,650 --> 00:02:15,950 forward both in the military and 48 00:02:15,950 --> 00:02:18,600 outside the military , who have been 49 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:20,670 disciplined , who have practiced the 50 00:02:20,670 --> 00:02:22,781 non pharmaceutical interventions that 51 00:02:22,781 --> 00:02:24,900 public health measures who have lined 52 00:02:24,900 --> 00:02:27,570 up and gotten their vaccine , Uh , and 53 00:02:27,570 --> 00:02:29,514 who look after their neighbors and 54 00:02:29,514 --> 00:02:30,750 their community members . Thank you