LOSED ANTI-SEMITIC LANGUAGE IN
THEIR PLAY CALLS.
>>> PEOPLE LIVING WITH TYPE 2
DIABETES HAVE COVID VACCINE
PRIORITY.
BUT PATIENTS WITH TYPE 1 DON’T.
SO WHAT IS WITH THIS?
TO MONICA MADEJA LIVE IN NEWTON
TO EXPLAIN IT.
THIS COULD CHANGE, WE
UNDERSTAND, TOO.
>> THAT’S RIGHTING.
THAT’S BECAUSE THE CDC JUST
UPDATED THEIR LIST OF MEDICAL
CONDITIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
THAT WILL PUT YOU AT SEVERE RISK
FOR COVID-19 INFECTION.
THEY JUST ADDED TYPE 1 DIABETES
TO THAT LIST AFTER MORE RESEARCH
ACCORDING TO THE CDC DIRECTOR.
YOU’LL HEAR FROM HER IN ONE
SECOND.
MASSACHUSETTS DOES NOT HAVE TYPE
1 DIABETES ON THAT LIST.
RIGHT NOW, TYPE 2 IS ONLY ON
THAT LIST.
IF YOU HAVE TYPE 1 DIABETES YOU
DON’T HAVE VACCINE PRIORITY IN
MASSACHUSETTS.
ACCORDING TO THE BOSTON HERALD,
THE BAKER ADMINISTRATION IS
CONSIDERING ADDING THIS TO THE
VACCINE QUALIFYING LIST.
ACCORDING TO THE CDC, TYPE 1
DIABETES IS LESS COMMON THAN
TYPE 2, ONE IN TEN AMERICANS HAS
DIABETES, 90% HAVE TYPE 2.
AND MOST OFTEN DEVELOPS IN
PEOPLE OVER THE AGE OF 45.
A 2020 STUDY OUT OF ENGLAND
SHOWED THAT BOTH TYPE 1 AND TYPE
2 DIABETES INCREASED A PERSON’S
RISK OF DEATH FROM COVID-19.
THE GOVERNOR WAS ASKED ABOUT THE
CDC’S UPDATED LIST AT A PRESS
CONFERENCE YESTERDAY AT THE
HYNES CONVENTION CENTER WITH CDC
DIRECTOR ROCHELLE WALENSKY.
HE DEFERRED TO HER ABOUT IT.
THIS IS WHAT SHE SAID.
>> WE JUST UPDATED OUR LIST
YESTERDAY.
AND SO I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE
JUST GETTING ACCUSTOMED TO WHAT
IS ON THE NEW LIST.
IT WAS REVISED FROM THOSE WHERE
THERE WAS A LOT OF DATA,
WHERE -- VERSUS THOSE WHERE
THERE WAS LESS DATA.
I IMAGINE PEOPLE ARE JUST
GETTING SETTLED TO THOSE
REVISIONS IN THE WEEK AHEAD.
>> Reporter: NEW HAMPSHIRE ALSO
ONLY HAS TYPE 2 DIABETES ON ITS
LIST OF QUALIFYING MEDICAL
CONDITIONS.
SO YOU CAN GET YOUR COVID
VACCINE SOONER.
WE’LL LET YOU KNOW IF EITHER
STATE CHANGES COURSE AND ADDS