PARKER BRANT LOCAL 10 NEWS. >> PARKER, THANKS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
WE WILL BE BACK FOR THAT AND
BACK WITH US, ONE OF SOUTH
FLORIDA’S MOST VALUABLE AND
RESPECTED RESOURCES ON
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
DR. EILEEN MARTY PROFESSOR OF
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AT FLORIDA
INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY.
SO GREAT TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
LAST WEEK DOCTOR YOU WERE
SITTING NEXT TO ME AND NOW WE
ARE BEING MUCH HEALTHIER TODAY.
AND LAST WEEK ALSO WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT THE EXPECTATION OF
THE NUMBER OF POSITIVES RISING
BECAUSE THE TESTING IS NOW
SHOWING WHAT IS ALREADY THERE.
AND YOU WERE RIGHT, THAT IS
BEARING OUT JUST AS YOU
PREDICTED.
GIVE US A SENSE OF THIS WEEK.
>> RIGHT, SO THERE HAS BEEN A
MASSIVE EFFORT TO TRY AND GET A
HANDLE ON REALITY.
IN OTHER WORDS, TO TRY AND
REALLY UNDERSTAND THE DATA.
BECAUSE IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE
PROPER DATA THEN YOU CAN’T MAKE
THE PROPER DECISION.
AND QUITE FRANKLY I’M VERY SAD
TO SEE THAT THERE SAY PUSH NOW
AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO REDUCE
TESTING.
I UNDERSTAND THE REASON WHICH
HAS TO DO WITH NOT HAVING THE
SUPPLIES, NOT HAVING THE PPE,
NOT HAVING ALL THE REAGENTS AND
HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO DO THIS.
BUT IT IS UNFORTUNATE AND IT
SUFORT BECAUSE I DON’T THINK WE
SHOULD BE FLYING BLIND.
IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO DO THINGS
RIGHT FROM THE GET-GO.
AND INSTEAD OF THAT POLICY I
WOULD MUCH PREFER THE POWER ACT
BE ENACTED AND TO SEE THAT THERE
BE A MANY MORE COMPANIES, I’M
GLAD THERE ARE SOME THAT
VOLUNTEER, BUT NOT JUST THOSE
THAT VOLUNTEER, BECAUSE WE DO
HAVE TO THINK OF THIS AS A WAR
AGAINST A LOCAL PREDATOR.
>> YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT, PRESIDENT TRUMP WHO
HAS NOT YET DONE THAT KIND OF
MOVE WITH THE DEFENSIVE POWERCT.
AND SO RIGHT NOW THERE IS NO
MANDATE FEDERALLY FOR ANY
PRIVATE COMPANY TO BE
MANUFACTURING OR ADDING TO THE
SUPPLIES AND RESOURCES THAT WE
HAVE RIGHT NOW.
BUT AROUND THE STATE OF FLORIDA,
I WANT TO BRING IT BACK A LITTLE
MORE LOCAL HERE.
AROUND THE STATE OF FLORIDA IT
SOUNDS LIKE OUR STATE IS BEING
PROACTIVE WITH AS MUCH TESTING
AS THEY CAN GET, IS THAT
SOMETHING THAT WE CAN RELY ON AS
AN AUTHENTIC PREDICTION?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY
THAT I HAVE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF
HAVING A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS
WITH MANY OF OUR ELECTED
OFFICIALS AT VARIOUS LEVELS OF
GOVERNMENT HERE IN FLORIDA.
AND I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR
ELECTED OFFICIALS HERE IN
FLORIDA HAVE BEEN EXCEPTIONAL.
AND THEY HAVE REACHED OUT AND
TRIED TO GET AS MUCH REAL GROUND
TRUTH AS TO WHAT IS HAPPENING
HERE AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN
PARTICULARLY IN MIAMI DADE.
A LITTLE LESS SO IN BROWARD BUT
PARTICULARLY IN MIAMI DADE, AT
ALL LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT I HAVE
SEEN A TREMENDOUS EFFORT TOO DO
THE RIGHT THING.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING
THAT I HAVE HEARD SO MANY PEOPLE
ASKING ABOUT AND THAT IS I GUESS
WE CAN HEADLINE THIS AS PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY.
THERE IS A CALL IN SEVERAL
STATES TO STAY AT HOME, A
MANDATE TO STAY AT HOME.
WE HAVEN’T SEEN THAT HERE IN
FLORIDA YET.
YET WE ARE SEEING EVERYONE
INVOLVED IN THE HEALTH COMMUNITY
TELLING PEOPLE IF THEY K DON’T
LEAVE YOUR HOUSE UNLESS ST
ESSENTIAL, STORES ARE SUPPOSED
TO BE THE ONLY ONES OPEN.
AND YET WE SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE
OUT AND ABOUT, I DON’T KNOW IF
WE HAVE THE VIDEO TO SHOW, BUT
WE HAVE SEEN IS HALLOVER FILLED
WITH BOATS AND PEOPLE PARTYING.
ALTHOUGH THE BEACHES ARE CLOSED
IN OUR COUNTIES, AT LEAST.
I WANT YOU TO SORT OF ADDRESS,
PEOPLE’S FEARS THAT YES, THERE
ARE THOSE INFECTED WHO ARE NOT
YET SHOWING SYMPTOMS.
AND YES THERE ARE THOSE WHO ARE
OUT AND ABOUT WHO MAY NOT HAVE
TO BE.
AND THE ROLL OF PERSONAL
RESPONSIBILITY AND WHAT PEOPLE
WHO AREN’T BEING RESPONSIBLE CAN
DO ABOUT THAT.
>> SO GLENNA, THAT I AN AWFUL
LOT OF QUESTIONS ALL IN ONE.
>> I AM SORRY, I LAID IT ON YOU
THERE.
>> NO, NO, BUT THERE IS VERY
MANY IMPORTANT POINTS THAT YOU
ARE MAKING.
AND THEY ARE ALL QUITE RIGHT.
FIRST OF ALL I THINK THERE IS
STILL A LEVEL OF DENIAL DESPITE
THE MASSIVE CHANGES THAT WE’RE
ALL SEEING IN OUR LIVES, THERE
REMAINS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF
DENIAL, PARTICULARLY AMONG
CERTAIN YOUTH LEVEL POPULATIONS.
AND I THINK THERE IS A
MISCONCEPTION OVERALL ABOUT
INFECTIONS VERSUS DISEASE.
I THINK PEOPLE NEED TO REALIZE
THAT ANYONE AT ANY AGE CAN HAVE
THAT VIRUS COME INTO THEIR BODY.
ONCE THE VIRUS IS WITHIN YOU,
YOU MAY MANIFEST MILD, MODERATE
SEVERE OR CRITICAL SYMPTOMS
DEPENDING ON A VARIETY OF
FACTORS SUCH AS YOUR AGE, YOUR
GENDER, YOUR-- ANY UNDERLYING
HEALTH CONDITIONS.
THOSE DETERMINE HOW YOU MANIFEST
HAVING THAT VIRUS IN YOUR BODY.
IT DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH WHETHER OR NOT YOU ARE
INFECTED.
SO THAT IS ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL
THINGS THAT IS GOING ON WITH
THIS OUTBREAK.
AND THAT IS THAT SOMETHING WE
CALL THE SERIAL INTERVAL, THAT
AMOUNT OF TIME BETWEEN THE TIME
THAT A VIRUS, THE VIRUS GETS IN
YOUR BODY AND YOU ARE ABLE TO
SHED ENOUGH VIRUS TO CONTAMINATE
SOMEBODY ELSE IS ACTUALLY
EXTREMELY SHORT.
THAT IS ONE OF THE REASONS THIS
IS SUCH A FAST MOVING DISEASE.
YOU COMPARE THIS VIRUS TO SARS,
SO THE SARS TWO VIRUS THAT
CAUSES CO-VID 19 TO THE OLD THAT
CAUSED SARS, THE OLD ONE TOOK
ABOUT SEVEN DAYS IN THAT
INTERVAL, BETWEEN THE TIME THAT
YOU ACQUIRED THE VIRUS AND THE
TIME THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO SHARE
THE VIRUS WITH OTHER PEOPLE.
THIS ONE IS AVERAGING ABOUT FOUR
DAYS.
THAT IS A LOT LESS TIME.
AND THAT IS FOUR TO FOUR AND A
HALF DAYS BEFORE YOU ARE
SHEDDING VIRUS.
THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WHEN
YOU SHOW SYMPTOMS.
THAT IS A DIFFERENT TESTIMONY
THAT IS INCUBATION PERIOD.
AND THAT TENDS TO BE LONGER THAN
THAT FOUR TO FOUR AND A HALF
DAYS, SO THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE WALKING ABOUT THAT ARE
ESCHEWING THIS VIRUS INTO THE
ENVIRONMENT AND POTENTIALLY
CONTAMINATING INDIVIDUALS WHO
WHEN THE VIRUS GETS INTO THAT
INDIVIDUAL CAN PRODUCE A MUCH
MORE SEVERE DISEASE.
>> SO WHAT ARE YOU SAYING IF I
COULD HEADLINE THAT, IS THAT IT
IS SO IMPORTANT FOR EVERYONE WHO
CAN TO STAY AT HOME AS MUCH AS
THEY CAN.
DR. MARTY, ALWAYS GREAT TO HAVE
YOU WITH US.