>> THIS WEEK THE MASK BECAME A MANDATE IN AT LEAST ONE SOUTH FLORIDA CITY AND A
RECOMMENDATION NATIONWIDE, A 180
FROM JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN
ONLY THE SIX WERE ADVISED TO
WEAR THEM, AND THAT IS JUST ONE
OF THE FACT CHECK SWRES FOR THE
EPIDIMIOLOGIST WHO HAS BECOME
ONE OF OUR GO-TO SCIENTISTS
SINCE THE COVID-19 BECAME A
SOUTH FLORIDA CRISIS.
DR. MARTY WITH US NOW VIA SKYPE,
GOOD MORCHG, GOOD AFTERNOON, I
SHOULD SAY, THANK FORCE BEING
HERE.
>> GOOD AFTERNOON.
>> OKAY, LET’S START WITH THE
MASKS.
WE SPOKE, I GUESS ABOUT A MONTH
AGO AND THE PREVAILING THEME WAS
MASKS WERE IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE
WHO WERE SICK TO WEAR BUT NOT
FOR PEOPLE WHO WEREN’T SICK, HAS
THAT CHANGED?
>> NOT REALLY.
IT REALLY BOILS DOWN TO THE
REALIZATION THAT WE HAVE SUCH A
HIGH LEVEL OF COMMUNITY SPREAD
THAT WE DON’T KNOW WHO IS AN A
SYMPTOMATIC OR PRESYMPTOMATIC
CARRIER SO THAT IS WHY IT IS
ACTUALLY VER SIMILAR, WE ARE NOW
ASSUMING ANY OF US MIGHT BE
CARRYING THE VIRUS SO IN ORDER
TO PROTECT OUR NEIGHBORS AND
EVERYONE AROUND US WHEN WE HAVE
TO BE OUT IN PUBLIC, ST ACTUALLY
THE POLITE AND PROPER THING TO
DO TO WHERE A MASK.
>> AND WE HAVE SEEN AND ACTUALLY
HAVE REPORTED SO MANY PEOPLE NOW
MAKING THEIR OWN, IT DUFNLT HAVE
TO BE N95, JUSTOUT AND ABOUT
GENERALLY SPEAKING, A T SHIRT
MATERIAL, DO THOSE REALLY WORK
TO PROTECT SOMEBODY, SHOULD THEY
BE AROUND, AN ASYMPTOMATIC
CARRIER, WHETHER THAT T-SHIRT
MASK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
WILL THAT REALLY BE PROTECTIVE?
>> WELL, THERE ARE DIFFERENT
QUALITIES THAT PEOPLE CAN MAKE
AT HOME.
AND ON VIESESLY THE BETTER
QUALITY ONES ARE GOING TO BE
MORE PROTECTIVE BUT THE GOAL
HERE IS NOT SO MUCH A MASS THAK
PROTECTS YOU, IT IS RATHER YOU
PROTECTING EVERYONE ELSE FROM
WHAT YOU MIGHT INADVERTENTLY
WHEN SPEAKING PUT OUT THERE IN
TERMS OF VIRUS.
BECAUSE YOU DON’T KNOW THAT YOU
ARE A POSSIBLE CARRIER.
>> GOOD POINT.
WELL, ON THAT NOTE, I WANT TO
TALK ABOUT THIS SURVEILLANCE
MAPPING, THIS POLL.
YOU ACTUALLY WERE THE FIRST
PERSON TO BRING THAT UP WITH ME
AND WITH US.
HOW IMPORTANT IT WOULD BE TO SEE
A REALTIME PICTURE OF WHERE
COVID-19 OR THE CORONAVIRUS IS
IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT THERE WERE
NO, NOT ENOUGH TESTS TO BE ABLE
TO DO THAT AT RANDOM.
AND NOW MIAMI DADE COUNTY HAS
TAKEN DELIVERY OF JUST THOSE
KIND OF TESTS, A BLOOD TEST AND
IS ABOUT TO START THAT MAPPING.
IT SEEMS LIKE WE MAY BE ON THE
VERGE OF GETTING INFORMATION WE
HAVEN’T HAD SO FAR.
>> THIS IS SO EXCITING.
I’M SO PLEASED.
YEAH, MAYOR GIMENEZ HAS
PARTIERED IN WITH THE COMMUNITY
OF MIAMI USING A RAPID BLOOD
TEST THAT DETECTS TWO THINGS IN
PEOPLE’S BLOOD STVMENT NOT
LOOKING FOR VIRUS BUT LOOKING
FOR PEOPLE’S REACTION TO THE
VIRUS.
WE LOOK FOR TWO ANTIBODIES ONE
IS IGM WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENS
RIGHT AWAY, THE FIRST TYPE OF
ANTIBODY YOUR BODY CAN PRODUCE,
ANOTHER CALLED IGG THAT STARTS
TO DEVELOP A LITTLE WHILE AFTER.
SO THE TEST TELLS US TWO THINGS.
IT TELLS US THREE THINGS.
IT TELLS US YOU HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED.
IT TELLS US YOUR BODY HAS A
REACTION AND IT TELLS US, GIVES
US A CLUE AS TO HOW LONG THAT
VIRUS HAS BEEN IN YOUR BODY.
>> THAT IS SOMETHING HOPEFULLY
THAT OTHER CITIES, COUNTY, AREAS
WILL BE ABLE TO REPLICATE REALLY
SOON.
I WANTED TO ASK YOU QUICKLY, I’M
LOOKING AT THE TREND LININGS AND
VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS.
EXPECTED TO BE MAY 3rd, A
FULL MONTH AWAY HOWEVER THE
NATIONAL PEAK IS PROJECTED TO BE
APRIL 15th JUST NEXT WEEK IN
SOME CHANGE.
SO WHY IS THAT?
WHY THE DISCREPANCY AND IS THAT
A HARD AND FAST PROJECTION THAT
YOU BUY INTO IT?
>> IT’S NOT A HARD AND FASES
PROJECTION STVMENT BASED ON A
NUMBER OF ASSUMPTIONS.
AND ONE OF THE ASSUMPTIONS WOULD
BE THAT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY WOULD
BE ON LOCKDOWN WHICH IT IS STILL
NOT.
SO IT IS A HOPEFUL PROJECTION
AND DEPENDS ON HOW QUICK LEAVE
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY COMES
TOGETHER JUST AS WE STARTED TO
REALLY COME TOGETHER HERE IN
SOUTH FLORIDA, WILL DETERMINE
WHETHER OR NOT THAT REALLY WINDS
UP BEING THE PEAK FOR THE NATION
OR NOT.
>> YOU HEARD WE TALKED A LOT
TODAY ABOUT THE STAY AT HOME
ORDERS BOTH THE STATE STAY AT
HOME ORDER THIS WEEK AND THE
PATCH WORK AROUND SOUTH FLORIDA,
THE DIFFERENT CITIES AND
MUNICIPALITIES.
AND THIS WEEK MIAMI’S MAYOR AS
WELL AS THE BROWARD COMMISSIONER
ARE CALLING FOR THE CLOSING OF
AIRPORTS, I SUPPOSE MORE
CORRECTLY IT WOULD BE STOPPING
FLIGHTS INTO SOUTH FLORIDA, JUST
STOPPING TRAVEL.
THAT IS SOMETHING THAT MIAMI
DADE’S MAYOR DOES NOT WANT TO
SEE HAPPEN.
WILL YOU WEIGH IN ON THAT FROM A
SCIENTIFIC POINT OF VIEW?
>> I THINK THAT THE MORE PROPER
WAY OF LOOKING AT INCOMING AND
OUTCOMING TRANSPORT IS STO BE
AWARE AND MAKE SURE THAT ANY
TRANSPORT WHETHER ST BY AIR, BY
LAND OR BY SEA HAS BEEN PROPERLY
SCREENED WITH PASSENGERS BEFORE
THEY ARRIVE HERE.
SO IF WE HAVE POINT OF ENTRY
SCREENING WHICH ALSO MEANS POINT
OF EXIT SCREENING AT VARIOUS
AIRPORTS, WE CAN MINIMIZE THAT
RISK AND STILL HAVE NEEDED GOODS
AND SERVICES THAT DO HAVE TO
KEEP ON HAPPENING IF WE ALL WANT
TO GET THROUGH THIS.
>> DR. EILEEN MARTY, ALWAYS
GREAT.
I ALWAYS LEARN SO MUCH FROM YOU,