.SOME
.SOME WORE MASKS, SOME DIDN'T. AND SOCIAL DISTANCING FELT FORGOTTEN AS PASSION DROVE THIS
WEEKEND'S PROTESTS AND
THE PROTESTS THE PAST COUPLE OF
DAYS HERE AND THE TIME OF
COVERED 19 MASS GATHERINGS
COMING WITH SOME CONCERNS. DR.
EARTHS NURSE BEN SCHWARTZ JOINS
US NOW TO DISCUSS
THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS SECOND
WAVE OF KOBE 19. DOCTOR, THANKS
SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. GOOD
MORNING, AARON. THANKS FOR
HAVING ME ON. GLAD TO HAVE YOU
BACK HERE. SO HOW DO WE BALANCE
THE NEED FOR PEOPLE TO HAVE
THEIR THEIR RIGHTS TO EXERCISE
THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO
ASSEMBLE AGAINST THE RISK OF
CONTRACTING OR SPREADING THIS
VIRUS THAT HAS KILLED OVER
100000 AMERICANS AT THIS POINT?
ERIC, YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
I MEAN KEEP IN MIND THIS
PANDEMIC IS NOT OVER. WE STILL
SEE ACROSS THE U.S.
APPROXIMATELY TWENTY SIX
THOUSAND NEW CASES EVERY SINGLE
DAY WITH 19 INFECTIONS. SO
GATHERING IN LARGE GROUPS IN
THE PROTESTS IS A CONSTANT
SIGNIFICANT HIGHER RISK NOT
ONLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE THEIR
WHICH ARE OFTENTIMES YOUNG
PEOPLE BUT THEY CAN AT INFECT
THE ELDERLY AS THEIR PARENTS,
THEIR GRANDPARENTS AT HOME. SO
THE ONLY WAY TO PREVENT
POSSIBLE INFECTION WE CAN'T
PREVENT IT 100 PERCENT AS WE
KNOW IS OF COURSE BY KEEPING
THAT SOCIAL DISTANCE OF AT
LEAST A METRE. YESTERDAY
THE W.H. O PUBLISHED A STUDY
SHOWING THAT IF YOU KEEP ONE
METER AWAY FROM THE PERSON NEXT
TO YOU WE CAN YOU CAN REDUCE
THE RISK OF GETTING THE VIRUS
FROM THAT PARTICULAR PERSON.
EIGHTY FIVE PERCENT. IF YOU
WEAR A MASK IN ADDITION TO THAT
YOU REDUCE THAT RISK FURTHER.
NOT 100 PERCENT OF COURSE, BUT
IT HELPS. AND DURING THOSE
PROTESTS, OF COURSE. WHICH IS A
VERY HONORABLE THING. AS YOU
KNOW AND WE ALL SUPPORT IT
THERE'S A LOT OF CHANTING,
THERE'S YELLING, THERE IS
SCREAMING. THERE'S A HIGHER
SECRETION OF DROPLETS AND
HIGHER EXPULSION OF DROPLETS.
SO THIS EXPOSES EVERYBODY
AROUND THE INDIVIDUAL PERSON TO
DROPLETS INGESTING AND THEN
CONTACT POSSIBLY THE VIRUS. A
LOT OF THESE PROTESTERS DOCTORS
WILL SAY LOOK, THEY'RE STRENGTH
IN NUMBERS. WE NEED TO BE
TOGETHER SHOULDER TO SHOULDER
MARCHING SO PEOPLE HEAR WHAT
WE'VE GOT TO SAY. WE SHOW A
SHOW OF FORCE. HOW CAN THEY
PROTEST IN A HEALTHY WAY? IS
THAT POSSIBLE TO DO WHILE
DISTANCING? WELL, I THINK IT IS
LOOKING AT ON TV, LOOKING AT
HOW CLOSE PEOPLE ARE TOGETHER
REMINDS ME LIKE YOU'RE SITTING
IN A PETRI DISH. I MEAN AND YOU
ADD SUGAR TO IT. YOU KNOW, THIS
IS JUST THE IDEAL WAY TO GROW
BACTERIA AND VIRUSES EVEN MORE
IF YOU DON'T KEEP THE SOCIAL
DISTANCING. REMEMBER WHAT
HAPPENED IN ITALY IN ITALY
THE POLEMICS STARTED AFTER IT
CAME FROM CHINA OF COURSE IN A
SOCCER STADIUM IN NORTHERN
ITALY IN MILAN STABILE SAN SERA
I WAS THERE MYSELF YEARS.
BEAUTIFUL STADIUM. SO THERE
WERE LIKE 40 TO 50 THOUSAND
RELATIVELY YOUNG HEALTHY PEOPLE
GATHERING CLOSE TOGETHER
WATCHING A SOCCER GAME. THEY
ALWAYS ASK THEM TO MANAGE. THEY
HEALTHY. BUT THIRTY FIVE
PERCENT OF THOSE TOOK THE VIRUS
HOME AND THEN THEY INFECTED
THE ELDERLY AND THEN 30000
PEOPLE IN ITALY DIED AS A
RESULT OF THAT. SO YOU CAN
PROTEST OF COURSE AND YOU
SHOULD VOICE YOUR CONCERN BUT
KEEP THE DISTANCE. KEEP A METER
BETWEEN YOURSELF AND THE PERSON
NEXT TO YOU. AND WHEN THE MASS
AND IF YOU CAN WEAR AN EYE IT
BECAUSE OF THE DROPLETS ALSO
KEEP IN MIND THE TEAR GAS
EXPOSURE THAT LEADS TO RUNNING
NOSES TEARING PEOPLE TOUCH
THEIR EYES. THEY'RE COUGHING
AND SNEEZING HIGHER RISK FOR
THE PERSON NEXT TO GET
THE VIRUS AND NOT EVERYBODY
GETS A VIRUS GET SICK. AS WE
KNOW. BUT THEY DO IN FACT
THE ONES IN THEIR HOUSEHOLDS
AND THEY ARE AT HIGHER RISK OF
DEATH. DR., WE REALLY
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME REAL QUICK
BEFORE WE LET YOU GO. THE OLDER
POPULATION THE STRESS TOO HAS
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS
RIGHT. THAT COULD PUT THEM IN A
MORE VULNERABLE SITUATION.
ABSOLUTELY. THANKS FOR BRINGING
THAT UP. AND RICK, I GOT
ACTUALLY SEVERAL CALLS IN
THE LAST DAY FROM PEOPLE IN
THE BEVERLY HILLS AREA. STORES
WERE LOOTED AND DAMAGED BECAUSE
OF CHESTY. I MEAN KEEP IN MIND
NATURAL DISASTERS LOOK AT
THE NORTH RIDGE EARTHQUAKE IN
1994. AN INCREASED NUMBER OF
CARDIOVASCULAR DEATHS. AND
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING
HERE TOO. ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR,
THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AS
ALWAYS SHEDDING THE LIGHT ON
THAT. WE