LOOKING FOR IN MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY.
>> INDEED.
KERRY, THANKS SO MUCH FOR
BRINGING THAT UPDATE.
>>> AND JOINING US NOW DR.
MICHAEL OSTRUM DIRECTOR FOR
CENTER OF DISEASE AND POLICY AT
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA.
ALWAYS GOOD TO TALK TO YOU.
GET A REALITY CHECK ABOUT THESE
COLLEGE SPIKES AND WE ALL KNOW
HOW IMPORTANT IT IS FOR PARENTS,
FOR THE KIDS, FOR THE COLLEGE
STUDENTS, TO GET BACK TO SCHOOL.
BUT WHAT ABOUT CONCERN ABOUT
THEIR HEALTH AND SAFETY?
>> WE’RE ALL CONCERNED ABOUT THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE
STUDENTS, OF THE FACULTY, OF THE
STAFF, OF THE PARENTS AND OTHER
SIBLINGS AT HOME WHEN THE
STUDENTS RETURN BACK FROM SCHOOL
IF IN SCHOOL.
I THINK THE MESSAGE WE HAVE TO
GET ACROSS IS NUMBER ONE WE’LL
HAVE CASES.
WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THIS ON THIS
VERY PROGRAM IN WEEKS BEFORE.
THAT WITH THE OPENING OF SCHOOLS
COMING, WITH COLLEGES,
UNIVERSITIES, HIGH SCHOOLS AND
GRADE SCHOOLS WE’RE GOING TO SEE
A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE IN CASES.
THAT’S WHAT’S HAPPENING.
I THINK THE MESSAGE WE HAVE TO
GET ACROSS IS THAT THE VIRUS IS
THE ENEMY HERE.
IT’S NOT THE TEACHER, THE
ADMINISTRATION PARENTS OR
STUDENTS.
THIS IS REALLY OUR COVID YEAR.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, IT’S NOT
GOING TO BE PERFECT.
IT’S NOT GOING TO WORK THE WAY
WE SURELY WANT IT TO WORK OR THE
WAY IT WORKED IN PAST.
SO HOW DO WE MAKE IT WORK THE
BEST JUST TO GET US THROUGH THIS
SITUATION WITH THIS VIRUS?
>> AND WE HEAR FROM SCHOOLS,
MANY SCHOOLS, WORKING SO HARD
FOR SINGLE ROOMS, FOR CHANGING
THE MEAL SERVICE.
SHARED BATHROOMS OF COURSE IN
MANY OF THE DORMS WHICH IS A
CENTRAL PROBLEM, BUT IT STRIKES
ME IT’S REALLY THE PERSONAL
BEHAVIOR OF THE COLLEGE KIDS AT
THAT LEVEL, AND YOU KNOW THIS
BEING ON A CAMPUS.
IT’S WHETHER THEY’RE PARTYING.
WHETHER THERE ARE OFF-CAMPUS
PARTIES.
THEY REALLY CAN’T BE PATROLLED
AS EASILY BY THE ADMINISTRATIONS
OF THESE COLLEGES.
>> RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, NO INSTITUTION,
ALTHOUGH THERE ARE COLLEGE, A
UNIVERSITY OR WHETHER THEIR A
HIGH SCHOOL AND IN FACT PROTECT
STUDENTS FROM THEMSELVES WHEN
THEY’RE OUT AND ABOUT, NOT ON
THE CAMPUS OR IN THE CLASSROOM.
MEANING, IT’S THEIR BEHAVIOR.
SOME SAY, WELL YOUR SOUND LIKE
YOU’RE BLAINING THEM.
NO.
WE’RE ASKING THEM TO BE
RESPONSIBLE.
JUST LIKE WE DON’T LIKE THEM TO
DRINK TOO MUCH, AND GET BEHIND
THE WHEEL AND GO HOME ONE NIGHT.
UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE A
CONSEQUENCE IF YOU GET INFECTED
WITH THIS IN THE SENSE YOU CAN
TRANS34I9 TO OTHERS INCLUDING
THOSE WHO MIGHT NOT BE IN THE
SAME RISK CATEGORY YOU ARE FOR A
SEVERE DISEASE.
MEANING MANY OF THESE PEOPLE
WON’T GET SEVERE DISEASE BUT MAY
PAS IT ON TO MOM, DAD, GRANDPA,
GRANDMA ORTEACHERS THAT ARE SICK
WE’RE BEGINNING TO SEE A GROWING
NUMBER OF YOUNG, HEALTHY ADULTS
WHO GET INFECTED AND GO ON AND
DEVELOP AWE
DEVELOP WECALL IT THE LONG-HAULE
DISEASE.
NOT ABLE TO GO BACK TO WORK AND
LIVE A NORMAL LIFE.
IT’S A REAL CHALLENGE.
YOU DON’T WANT INFECTED WITH THE
VIRUS.
JUST DON’T.
>> WE HEAR OF ADVANCES IN
TESTING.
SOME OF THESE ADVANCES, WILL IT
MAKE IT MORE PRACTICAL FOR
CAMPUSES TO TEST ALL OF THE
INCOMING STUDENTS AND REPEATEDLY
TECHT THEM?
TEST THEM?
>> TESTING IS A VERY IMPORTANT
PART OF OUR RESPONSE, BUT I HAVE
TO BE REALLY CLEAR.
YOU CANNOT TEST YOUR WAY OUT OF
THIS PANDEMIC.
YOU KNOW?
IF I TEST YOU TODAY IT DOESN’T
MEAN TONIGHT YOU DON’T GET
INFECTED AND TOMORROW, YOU’RE
NOW IN THE COMMUNITY AND WITHIN
TWO, THREE DAYS AFTER THAT YOU
TRANSMIT AGAIN.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND.
TESTING CAN BE SUPPORTIVE IT CAN
HELP.
END OF THE DAY IT’S ABOUT OUR
OWN BEHAVIOR IT’S DISTANCING AND
DISTANCING AND DISTANCING.
RIGHT HERE IN MINNESOTA OVER 50
OUTBREAKS IN BARS WHERE YOUNG
ADULT PRIMARILY CONGREGATED
CLOSELY TOGETHER, TRANSMISSION
OCCURRED AND NOW IT’S SPREADING
THROUGH THE COMMUNITY.
AGAIN, WE HAVE TO HAVE PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND.
THE YOUR BEHAVIOR THAT WILL
DETERMINE HOW THIS GOES.
HOW SAFE SCHOOLS WILL BE.
HOW WILL YOUR MOM, DAD, GRANDPA
OR GRANDMA WILL BE ABLE TO FEEL
SAFE, OR HOW, FOR THAT MATTER,
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES WILL
KEEP THE VIRUS OUT.
I CAN’T MAKE THIS MESSAGE LOUDER
OR CLEARER TO YOUNG, HEALTHY
ADULTS.
I UNDERSTAND YOU WANT TO PARTY.
I UNDERSTAND YOU’RE AT THAT TIME
IN YOUR LIFE WHERE SOCIALIZING