WEBVTT 00:00.340 --> 00:04.610 e 00:04.610 --> 00:06.721 Venus Faras getting it . I think it z 00:06.721 --> 00:08.870 I'm excited . I can kind of see a lot 00:08.870 --> 00:11.037 at the end of the tunnel now , but now 00:11.037 --> 00:13.203 that here on channel Islands were like 00:13.203 --> 00:15.370 putting , you know , shots in the arms 00:15.370 --> 00:17.592 and just the fact that we're protecting 00:17.592 --> 00:18.760 our people . Yeah . 00:24.440 --> 00:25.440 Yeah . 00:52.440 --> 00:54.607 I joined the Air National Guard when I 00:54.607 --> 00:56.840 was 23 years old . Been 12 years since 00:56.840 --> 00:58.896 I joined the California Air National 00:58.896 --> 01:01.229 Guard and things were going really well . 01:01.440 --> 01:03.440 E felt like I was physically in the 01:03.440 --> 01:06.790 best shape of my life . I was doing 01:06.790 --> 01:08.790 what I loved playing hockey twice a 01:08.790 --> 01:11.520 week , feeling really strong . And I 01:11.520 --> 01:14.680 was just enjoying my life . 2020 was 01:14.680 --> 01:16.680 starting to really become a special 01:16.680 --> 01:18.902 year for me . E got to welcome my first 01:18.902 --> 01:20.902 child into this world in March . My 01:20.902 --> 01:23.124 little family was finally growing and I 01:23.124 --> 01:25.291 was full of the brim with excitement . 01:26.340 --> 01:28.229 It's also right before everything 01:28.229 --> 01:30.960 around me started to change before my 01:30.960 --> 01:33.071 family and I tested positive for Kobe 01:33.240 --> 01:36.650 E feel like I'm someone who has a 01:36.650 --> 01:39.340 pretty high tolerance for pain on this 01:39.340 --> 01:41.173 virus . I can tell you is unlike 01:41.173 --> 01:44.200 anything else I felt before . For me , 01:44.200 --> 01:46.478 it definitely didn't feel like the flu . 01:46.478 --> 01:48.700 And I hear that a lot that symptoms are 01:48.700 --> 01:50.590 flu like symptoms , but in my 01:50.590 --> 01:52.780 experience , it really felt like 01:52.780 --> 01:54.891 somebody was just kicking me all over 01:54.891 --> 01:56.780 my body . At first . Body aches , 01:56.780 --> 01:59.330 vertigo , dizziness . Those alone were 01:59.330 --> 02:01.860 enough to contend with . But then , 02:01.870 --> 02:04.092 when my breathing started to get really 02:04.092 --> 02:06.610 shallow on , I was starting to get 02:06.610 --> 02:08.721 winded , doing really simple things . 02:08.721 --> 02:12.450 That's when I started to worry , then 02:12.450 --> 02:15.090 came on these migraines and chest pains . 02:15.180 --> 02:17.069 More than anything , I just hated 02:17.069 --> 02:18.180 feeling that week . 02:20.940 --> 02:23.040 We're working to get it , to get 02:23.040 --> 02:25.040 ourselves to get the community that 02:25.040 --> 02:27.151 could end the world back to sort of , 02:27.151 --> 02:29.207 at least that kind of normal state . 02:29.207 --> 02:31.540 And this is the only way we're doing it , 02:31.540 --> 02:33.818 you know , masks , social , distancing , 02:33.818 --> 02:35.984 those air , just mitigations . This is 02:35.984 --> 02:35.630 this is trying to solve that problem . 02:35.630 --> 02:37.870 So I think it's really exciting day for 02:37.870 --> 02:41.240 the base , I would say for especially 02:41.240 --> 02:44.520 the the the younger Airman . I mean , 02:44.520 --> 02:46.631 you have to understand taking this is 02:46.631 --> 02:48.853 about protecting your loved ones , your 02:48.853 --> 02:51.076 mom and dad , your grand parents , that 02:51.076 --> 02:53.409 probably a lot of you still have around . 02:53.409 --> 02:55.409 This is about protecting them , You 02:55.409 --> 02:57.631 know , the professionals at the FDA and 02:57.631 --> 02:57.070 the C . D . C . I mean , I know there's 02:57.070 --> 02:59.237 a lot of politics surrounding all this 02:59.237 --> 03:01.459 right now , but those people that we're 03:01.459 --> 03:03.459 looking at this , you know , from a 03:03.459 --> 03:05.750 safety and effectiveness That boy those 03:05.750 --> 03:07.694 air , those doctors that have been 03:07.694 --> 03:09.917 doing this for years and what they care 03:09.917 --> 03:12.139 about is keeping people people safe and 03:12.139 --> 03:14.083 healthy . So when those people are 03:14.083 --> 03:16.139 coming out and saying , Hey , this , 03:16.139 --> 03:18.306 you know , we're approving this , um , 03:18.306 --> 03:20.306 we think it's gonna be effective in 03:20.306 --> 03:22.250 helping curb this pandemic we have 03:22.250 --> 03:24.250 going on . I say , there's no there 03:24.250 --> 03:26.139 should be no question about about 03:26.139 --> 03:28.410 getting it and about the safety of of 03:28.410 --> 03:30.840 this vaccine . So even if you're you 03:30.840 --> 03:33.007 know , even if you're in your twenties 03:33.007 --> 03:35.118 and you're you know , obviously we're 03:35.118 --> 03:37.396 in the you know you're in the military , 03:37.396 --> 03:39.507 we pretty much are assuming we're all 03:39.507 --> 03:39.300 healthy . I mean , you still get this 03:39.300 --> 03:41.411 system , put you down for a couple of 03:41.411 --> 03:43.633 weeks . I mean , e think that's part of 03:43.633 --> 03:45.633 the importance , and that will help 03:45.633 --> 03:47.800 move us forward in the guard and and , 03:47.800 --> 03:50.022 you know , and get back to our normal , 03:50.022 --> 03:52.189 um , you know , our our normal mission 03:52.189 --> 03:54.411 rhythm , even though that's pretty busy 03:54.411 --> 03:56.830 for their for Channel islands . Um , I 03:56.830 --> 03:58.886 think that's what we all want to get 03:58.886 --> 04:01.052 back to you working in P A . After all 04:01.052 --> 04:03.386 these years behind the lens of a camera , 04:03.386 --> 04:05.274 I gotta tell you , I still really 04:05.274 --> 04:06.997 dislike being in front of it , 04:06.997 --> 04:06.920 especially when I'm talking about 04:06.920 --> 04:09.430 myself . But I'm looking all past that 04:09.430 --> 04:11.597 today because I think there's a lot of 04:11.597 --> 04:13.708 indecision about whether or not , you 04:13.708 --> 04:15.874 know , my fellow guardsmen here at the 04:15.874 --> 04:18.041 1 46 Airlift Wing should take this new 04:18.041 --> 04:20.263 vaccine . And I just wanted to offer my 04:20.263 --> 04:22.319 perspective if you want to hear it , 04:22.319 --> 04:24.319 I'm not here to change your mind or 04:24.319 --> 04:26.374 argue , or why you should take it or 04:26.374 --> 04:28.430 why you should . Ultimately , that's 04:28.430 --> 04:30.541 gonna be your choice . But what I can 04:30.541 --> 04:32.708 tell you is that if I could have taken 04:32.708 --> 04:34.708 the vaccine before I contracted the 04:34.708 --> 04:37.890 virus , knowing what I know now , E 04:37.900 --> 04:39.970 would have been the first in line 04:39.980 --> 04:42.150 discomfort on the heartache that this 04:42.150 --> 04:45.040 virus has caused my family . It really 04:45.040 --> 04:47.840 has been immeasurable , and I don't say 04:47.840 --> 04:50.860 that lightly . I wouldn't wish this 04:50.860 --> 04:53.840 virus on my worst enemy . Also , why 04:53.840 --> 04:56.010 I'm choosing to vaccinate myself as 04:56.010 --> 04:58.360 soon as possible . I'm making the 04:58.360 --> 05:01.140 decision to take the vaccine because I 05:01.140 --> 05:03.850 don't want anyone that I know that I 05:03.850 --> 05:06.460 work with that I care about or that I 05:06.460 --> 05:09.040 love to have to feel the devastating 05:09.040 --> 05:11.500 effects of this virus . And I don't 05:11.500 --> 05:13.556 want my family to ever feel it again 05:13.556 --> 05:15.667 either . Yes , a little . I am master 05:15.667 --> 05:17.778 in Florida and I'm getting vaccinated 05:17.778 --> 05:20.000 for my family both at home and military 05:20.000 --> 05:22.111 staff Sergeant Carlos Galvan . I work 05:22.111 --> 05:24.167 in ground transportation and lRS and 05:24.167 --> 05:26.278 I'm getting vaccinated because I care 05:26.278 --> 05:28.444 about the people around me . I'm Chief 05:28.444 --> 05:30.333 Master Sergeant Ron Nestor 1 . 46 05:30.333 --> 05:32.278 operations group , and I'm getting 05:32.278 --> 05:34.333 vaccinated so I can see my grandkids 05:34.333 --> 05:36.222 Cruise and Florence Senior Master 05:36.222 --> 05:38.333 Danielle Morency with 1 46 Operations 05:38.333 --> 05:40.480 Sports Squadron . Today I'm getting 05:40.480 --> 05:42.990 vaccinated so I can protect others , 05:43.000 --> 05:45.056 and I can go see some of my extended 05:45.056 --> 05:47.000 family that I haven't been able to 05:47.000 --> 05:49.222 visit in a long time . My name is Evans 05:49.222 --> 05:51.444 Al's Acma , Staff Sergeant . I'm with 1 05:51.444 --> 05:53.611 46 0 . S s . I'm getting vaccine today 05:53.611 --> 05:55.611 to keep my CO workers safe . I'm My 05:55.611 --> 05:57.778 name is Tech Sergeant Jeff Allen . I'm 05:57.778 --> 05:59.722 alone , Master in the 1/15 Airlift 05:59.722 --> 06:01.833 Squadron . And I'm getting vaccinated 06:01.833 --> 06:03.944 today from my grandparent's I'm staff 06:03.944 --> 06:03.760 Sergeant Andrew Temperatures in . I'm 06:03.760 --> 06:05.816 getting vaccinated because I want to 06:05.816 --> 06:07.982 support my community and build a safer 06:07.982 --> 06:10.038 tomorrow . I'm Kurt , ELISA Nemeth , 06:10.038 --> 06:12.093 And I'm getting vaccinated today for 06:12.093 --> 06:13.982 the members of my wing , the 1 46 06:13.982 --> 06:16.204 Hollywood Guard , because I do not want 06:16.204 --> 06:18.371 to get any of them sick and for my mom 06:18.371 --> 06:20.482 so I could go see her again . My name 06:20.482 --> 06:22.260 is Colonel Chris Doherty on the 06:22.260 --> 06:24.316 operations group Commander . And I'm 06:24.316 --> 06:23.930 excited today to get the first dose of 06:23.930 --> 06:26.330 the Koven vaccine because I wanna 06:26.330 --> 06:28.441 protect those around me , my family , 06:28.441 --> 06:30.630 and get back to a normal life . Tech 06:30.630 --> 06:32.630 Sergeant Arthur Magdaleno . And I'm 06:32.630 --> 06:34.797 here to get vaccinated for my wife and 06:34.797 --> 06:37.930 kids . Sergeant Elizabeth Clark and I 06:37.930 --> 06:40.610 am part of the bio environmental 06:40.610 --> 06:42.888 engineering group in the medical group . 06:42.888 --> 06:44.721 And I'm getting vaccinated today 06:44.721 --> 06:47.160 because science rules . Uh , Lieutenant 06:47.160 --> 06:49.327 Colonel Chris Lutes . Uh , Commander , 06:49.327 --> 06:52.370 the 1 46 0 s s getting vaccinated today 06:52.370 --> 06:54.660 because I'm striving to make sure that 06:54.660 --> 06:56.604 all of our airmen stay safe Name's 06:56.604 --> 06:58.827 Captain Luc Caesar , and I'm from Santa 06:58.827 --> 07:00.938 Monica , California , and I'm getting 07:00.938 --> 07:03.160 vaccinated for my pregnant wife I m s r 07:03.160 --> 07:04.660 and Erin Ellison with 1 46 07:04.660 --> 07:06.604 communication flight . I'm getting 07:06.604 --> 07:08.827 vaccinated because I want to protect my 07:08.827 --> 07:10.670 community E .