WERE REPORTED YESTERDAY.
WITH SO MUCH HAPPENING OVER THE
PAST COUPLE WEEKS HEALTH
OFFICIALS WILL PEOPLE TO THE
SAFE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
WE TALK WITH THE HOSPITAL
CRITICAL CARE NURSE EMILY ALLEN
ABOUT THE TRENDS OF COVID-19
AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT LOOKING
FORWARD.
TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
REOPENING BUT ALSO SEEN PEOPLE
GET TOGETHER WERE PROTESTS AND
OTHER THINGS GOING ON, YOU WANT
TO EMPHASIZE THAT PEOPLE
CONTINUE TO TRY TO CONTINUE TO
SOCIAL DISC AND SO WHAT A MESS.
I WOULD LIKE TO SAY I HOPE
PEOPLE DO BETTER THAN TRY.
WE STILL NEED TO SOCIAL
DISTANCE AND KEYBOARDING MASKS.
YOU STILL NEED TO KEEP WASHING
YOUR HANDS.
I WISH I COULD SEE SOME ARE
TAKING AWAY COVID, BUT THAT IS
NOT THE CASE.
THIS ISN'T GOING AWAY ANYTIME
SOON.
WE HEARD STATE HEALTH
OFFICIALS TALK ABOUT THIS IN
MINNESOTA RIGHT NOW AS
PLATEAUING.
BUT WITH PROTESTS DO YOU EXPECT
THAT TO CONTINUE?
I SUPPOSE NOTHING IS FOR SURE,
RECORD TO WAR
WE WOULD LOVE TO SAY WE HAVE
A CRYSTAL BALL AND THIS IS THE
FINAL STAGES OF IT.
BUT AS THE WEATHER'S GETTING
NICER AND MORE ARE GATHERING,
THE RISK FOR THE HIGHLY
CONTAGIOUS VIRUS TO BE CAUGHT
BY PEOPLE IS GOING TO GO BACK
UP.
DO YOU THINK THE WARM
WEATHER, WE HAVE HEARD THAT
OVERTIME, MAYBE IT WILL HELP
YOUR?
I DON'T THINK WE KNOW ENOUGH
YET.
IT IS STILL, THERE ARE STILL
THINGS WE ARE LEARNING ABOUT
COVID IN THE I WAS EVERY SINGLE
DAY.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS, NEW POSSIBLE
TREATMENTS.
AND I JUST IT IS TOO SOON TO
KNOW FOR SURE IF THAT, IF THE
WEATHER WILL PLAY A MAJOR
FACTOR.
AS A CRITICAL CARE NURSE,
ARE YOU STILL SEEING A LOT OF
PEOPLE A CONGREGATE CARE IN
FOOD PROCESSING PLANTS, ARE
THEY REALLY AT RISK. BUT WE
HAVE SOMEBODY IN THE COUNTY WHO
WAS IN THE 20s AND FROM WHAT WE
UNDERSTAND SO FAR DIDN'T HAVE A
LOT OF UNDERLYING HEALTH
CONDITIONS.
SHOULD PEOPLE IN THEIR 20s BE
MINDFUL, BE MERE WEARY OF THAT?
OBVIOUSLY IT IS A CONCERN,
CORRECT?
THIS VIRUS DOES NOT TARGET
WITH SPECIFIC AGE RANGE.
WE HAVE HAD PACES ON THE
LEADERS IN THEIR 20s AND IN THE
90s.
SO IT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE TO
ANY SPECIFIC AGE GROUP.
YEAH, HE CAN BE SPREAD TO ANY
NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
I'VE EVEN HEARD OF CASES OF
CHILDREN IN OTHER STATES.
YOU KNOW, YOUNG CHILDREN.
SO YES IT IS DEFINITELY A
POSSIBILITY FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE
IN THEIR 20s TO CONTRACTING.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING ABBOTT
IS THE?
ARE THINGS CALMING DOWN A
LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW?
AS WELL AS SPEAKING OF OUR
PREVIOUS QUESTION ABOUT
PLATEAUING, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING
ABOUT BETHESDA.
WE ARE SEEING MORE KIDS
OPEN.
BUT I KNOW SPEAKING FOR MYSELF,
THE DOCTORS AND RESPIRATORY
THERAPIST AND ALL THE OTHER
FRONT-LINE WORKERS, WE KIND OF
THING IT IS ANOTHER CALM BEFORE
THE STORM.
YOU KNOW LIKE WHEN WE FIRST
STARTED SHUTTING THINGS DOWN
AND REALLY STARTED TO BE
COGNIZANT OF COVID'S COMING AND
WE NEEDED TO COME UP WITH A
PLAN.
SO, IF WE DO GET ANOTHER SPIKE
AGAIN, WE ARE A WILL WILL SEEM
AT BETHESDA.
WE ARE WORKING VERY HARD AND WE
FEEL LIKE WE HAVE GOT THE BEST
TREATMENT PLANS AND STAFF TO
TAKE CARE OF THESE PATIENTS.
SO WE ARE READY IF IT HAPPENS
AGAIN.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LICKING
HIS SUMMER VACATION NOW.
LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL FOR A LOT
OF STUDENTS LAST WEEK.
ALREADY PEERS ARE SPEAKING
ABOUT THE FALL.
WILL KIDS BE ABLE TO GO BACK?
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA SAYS
THEY ARE HOPING TO HAVE A
REOPENING IN THE FALL FOR
STUDENTS ALREADY.
WE HAVEN'T HEARD FROM A LOT OF
SCHOOL DISTRICTS YET.
TOO EARLY TO TELL?
I SUPPOSE SOME OF THOSE
DECISIONS WILL HAVE TO HAPPEN
IN THE NEXT FEW WEEKS?
YEAH I THINK IT IS HARD FOR
THE TEACHERS TO PREPARE FOR
EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
YOU KNOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT,
THE PRINCIPLES, BOTH TYPES OF
PEOPLE BECAUSE WE JUST DON'T
KNOW YET.
IS SO UNPREDICTABLE.
THE SEARCHES AND INFLUXES WITH
THIS, WITH COVID I THINK IT IS
TOO SOON TO TELL.
AND EVERYBODY IS HOPING FOR
A VACCINE AS THE END ALL.
BUT AGAIN, LIKE SO MANY THINGS
THAT WE TALK ABOUT, IT IS ALSO
UP IN THE AIR.
RIGHT.
I WISH WE HAD A VACCINE MONTH
AGO BEFORE THINGS GOT REALLY
BAD LIKE I HAVE BEEN.
BUT I THINK A LOT OF US ARE,
THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN
WORKING EXTRA HOURS, AND
MENTALLY AND PHYSICALLY
EXHAUSTED. THIS PLATEAU HAS BEEN
QUITE A NICE BREAK TO REFOCUS
OUR ENERGY AND COMPASSION. AND
WE ARE STILL READY TO GO BACK