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>> WELCOME BACK RIGHT NOW.
DR. DAVID BANNOCK FROM UCONN
HEALTH JOINING US TO TALK MORE
ABOUT THE KOBE 19 INFECTION
RATE HERE IN THE STATE.
DR. BARNETT, LET'S GET RIGHT TO
IT.
IT.
IT. THREE
IT. THREE PERCENT THE HIGHEST
PERCENTAGE OF POSITIVITY
POSITIVITY RATE SINCE JUNE.
WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?
SO THANKS, BEN FOR HAVING ME
ON.
ON.
ON. I
ON. I MEAN I THINK WHEN WE LOOK AT
A 3 PERCENT POSITIVITY RATE WE
FEEL PRETTY CONFIDENT THAT FROM
WHAT WE'RE SEEING AT LEAST OVER
THE LAST WEEK THE RATES ARE
RISING.
RISING.
RISING. NOW YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS BEAR IN
MIND THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME
DAY TO DAY FLUCTUATIONS.
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT THINGS LIKE
THE THREE DAY ROLLING AVERAGE,
IT'S TELLING US THAT WE ARE
SEEING INCREASE IN CASES IN
CONNECTICUT SPECIFICALLY IN
CERTAIN AREAS OF CONNECTICUT
WHERE THAT RISE HAS BEEN
INCREASING A LITTLE BIT MORE
RAPIDLY.
RAPIDLY.
RAPIDLY. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE THIS 3
PERCENT NUMBER DOC AND YOU GET
WORRIED.
WORRIED.
WORRIED. WE'VE BEEN HEARING A LOT OF
TALK ABOUT A SECOND WAVE.
WE'RE HEADING INTO A SEASON
WHERE PEOPLE TYPICALLY GET
SICK.
SICK.
SICK. WHAT'S YOUR FORECAST AND YOUR
PREDICTION?
PREDICTION? NOT NATIONWIDE BUT FOR
THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT WE'VE
DONE A PRETTY GOOD JOB SO FAR.
BUT THEN YOU SEE A SPIKE OF UP
TO THREE PERCENT.
DO YOU THINK THAT THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT COULD SNOWBALL
OR IS IT AN OUTLIER?
YOU KNOW, LIKE MOST THINGS WITH
COVE IT IT'S DIFFICULT TO MAKE
A CLEAR AND VERY ACCURATE
PREDICTION.
PREDICTION. I THINK WE ALL ANTICIPATED THAT
WE WOULD SEE RISE RATES RISING
AS WE MOVED INTO THE FALL.
YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY WITH
THE COLDER WEATHER MOVING
ACTIVITIES INDOORS, THAT TYPE
OF SETUP IS GOING TO BE
FACILITATING TRANSMISSION
FACILITATING TRANSMISSION WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
SO YOU KNOW, WHETHER THIS IS A
SLOW RISE OR WHETHER WE ALL
EXPECT TO SEE A MORE RAPID RISE
IS A LITTLE MORE DIFFICULT TO
PREDICT.
PREDICT.
PREDICT. I THINK WE HAVE TO PREPARE
EITHER WAY ENSURE THAT BOTH IN
THE COMMUNITY BUT ALSO IN
HOSPITALS WE'RE PREPARED TO SEE
A SHARP INCREASE.
IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE
DIFFICULT TO KNOW WHEN I THINK
THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS ARE
GOING TO BE VERY TELLING.
I COULD ASK YOU ABOUT, YOU
KNOW, FAMILY GATHERINGS
HALLOWEEN, CHRISTMAS,
HALLOWEEN, CHRISTMAS, THANKSGIVIN AND WE'LL HAVE YOU
BACK TO TALK ABOUT THAT.
BUT SPECIFICALLY RIGHT NOW
WHETHER THERE IS A SECOND WAVE
OR NOT AND AN INCREASED
POSITIVITY RATE GOING FORWARD
WITH MONTHS TO COME.
WE'RE HEADING INTO THE WINTER.
PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE
THE FLU, A COLD STREP THROAT,
HEADACHES, RUNNY NOSES, SWOLLEN
GLANDS, EVERYTHING THAT COMES
WITH WINTER TIME EACH AND EVERY
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. A
YEAR. A PANDEMIC.
A PANDEMIC. NOT IF I WAKE UP ONE MORNING
AND I'M FEELING SYMPTOMATIC.
I MIGHT WANTED TO GO GET A TEST
BUT IF I CAN'T GET A RAPID TEST
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT READILY
AVAILABLE AT ALL LOCATIONS AND
I HAVE TO GET A STANDARD TEST
THAT TAKES TWO TO FIVE DAYS
BECAUSE I HAVE A SORE THROAT OR
A STUFFY NOSE AND THEN I HAVE
TO STAY OUT OF WORK FOR TWO TO
FIVE DAYS UNTIL I GET MY
RESULTS BACK.
RESULTS BACK. I UNFORTUNATELY MIGHT BE
TREPIDATIONS TO GO AND GET ONE
OF THOSE TESTS.
WHAT'S YOUR ADVICE IF I WAKE UP
A REGULAR STUFFY NOSE WHERE
SORE THROAT?
SORE THROAT? DO I GO GET A TEST?
SO I THINK YOU KNOW, IT'S A
DIFFICULT QUESTION BUT A REALLY
IMPORTANT ONE.
IMPORTANT ONE. SO YOU KNOW WHAT WE'RE
ENCOURAGING FOLKS THIS YEAR IS
REALLY CODED CIRCULATING NOW
WITH AN INCREASING RATE IN
THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, PLUS
THINKING ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER
RESPIRATORY VIRUSES THAT WE'RE
GONNA SEE IN THE FALL.
YOU'RE REALLY MAINTAINING THAT
LOW THRESHOLD FOR GETTING
TESTED.
TESTED.
TESTED. YOU KNOW, IN THE SPRING PEOPLE
HAD A LOT A LOT OF SEASONAL
ALLERGIES WHICH MIMIC DJOKOVIC
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS. AND THAT WAS, YOU KNOW, A
LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT
SITUATION.
SITUATION. WE HAD LOWER RATES.
WE HAD PEOPLE THAT KNEW WHETHER
THEIR SYMPTOMS REALLY SEEMED TO
BE ALLERGIES OR NOT.
BUT IN THE FALL WE'RE GOING TO
SEE STREP THROAT.
WE'RE GONNA SEE SOME INFLUENZA.
HOPEFULLY IT WON'T BE A REALLY
SEVERE SEASON.
SEVERE SEASON. BUT YOU KNOW, I THINK
THE MESSAGE IS STILL IF YOU GET
NEW SYMPTOMS, YOU REALLY TALK
TO YOUR PROVIDER, DETERMINE IF
TESTING IS NEEDED AND THEN
PROCEEDING FROM THERE.
YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING
REALLY HARD TO IMPROVE OUR
TESTING TURNAROUND TIMES HERE
AT UCONN AND ALSO THROUGHOUT
THE STATE.
THE STATE. AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO SEE
THAT IMPROVE OVER THE NEXT FEW
MONTHS.
MONTHS.
MONTHS. I'M JUST LABORATORIES ARE JUST
GETTING MORE AND MORE ABLE TO
TURN AROUND TESTING QUICKLY.
BUT REALLY, YOU KNOW, IT'S
GOING TO BE CRITICAL THE NEXT
FEW WEEKS IF YOU DO GET
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS.
SYMPTOMS. ANY QUESTION YOU KNOW, CALL
YOUR PHYSICIAN, REALLY TALK IT
THROUGH TO DETERMINE IF TESTING
IS APPROPRIATE AND HAVING A LOW
THRESHOLD FOR TESTING IS GOING
TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT.
I MEAN THE OTHER PIECE OF IT WE
DON'T WANT TO BE IN AN
ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE'RE GOING
TO BE SPREADING AROUND OTHER
TYPES OF INFECTIONS TOO.
SO YOU KNOW, EVEN IF IT ISN'T
COVERED IF YOU'RE SYMPTOMATIC
AND YOU HAVE THE FLU OR ANOTHER
RESPIRATOY INFECTIO YOU
REALLY DON'T WANT BE IN A
WORKPLACE AND POTENTIALLY
INFECT OTHERS.
INFECT OTHERS. SO REALLY HAVING THAT LOW
THRESHOLD IS STILL GOING TO BE
THE MESSAGE AS YOU MOVE THROUGH
THE FALL.
THE FALL.
THE FALL. DR. DAVID