FORECAST UPDATES EVERY HOUR ♪ ON 97.9 KISS FM IN ANY TIME ON
THE NEWS 4 JAX WEATHER
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: THANK YOU REBECCA, IT IS DIFFICULT TO OVERSTATE HOW MUCH THE U.S.
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK HAS
DETERIORATED THIS PAST WEEK.
EACH DAY USHERING IN NEW
DISTURBING RECORDS, NATIONWIDE
11 MILLION CASES AND WRAP
RISING RAPIDLY DAILY CASES HAVE
GONE UP MORE THAN 70%
NATIONWIDE SINCE THE BEGINNING
OF THIS MONTH ALONE
FOR PERSPECTIVE ONE IN EVERY
378 PEOPLE HERE IN THE U.S.
TESTED POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 IN
THE PAST WEEK. FLORIDA IS NOT
EXEMPT FROM THE SEARCH
AT THE DVLA JUST DOCTOR
JONATHAN KANTOR FROM THE PENN
CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY JOINS
US THIS MORNING, GOOD MORNING
DOCTOR. THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US.
SO GOOD MORNING. SO DOCTORS SAY THAT SOCIAL GATHERINGS ARE AT THE HEART REALLY OF THIS RISES
WE’VE SEEN WE’VE SEEN SPIKES IN
STATES WHERE IT’S COLD TO MOVE
MORE PEOPLE ARE SPENDING
TIME INSIDE. GIVEN THE FACT
THAT THE OUR COLD WEATHER IS
NOW BEGINNING WHAT DO WE NEED
TO WORRY ABOUT HERE IN OUR AREA
IS THE WORST GETTING READY TO
COME.
>> WELL I THINK THAT’S DEFINITELY THE CONCERN I THINK WE’VE HEARD THIS FROM A NUMBER
OF SOURCES DOCTOR FAUCI I THINK
IT’S BEEN VERY CONSISTENT ON
THIS FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS
BASICALLY SAYING THAT YOU KNOW
THIS IS THIS WINTER IS A
SCARY TIME. AND YOU KNOW THE
REASON IS IT’S THE SAME REASON
THAT WE WORRY ABOUT THE FLU IN
THE WINTERTIME IN CERTAIN
THINGS
ARE SEASONAL. SO THE FLU WHEN
IT GOT REALLY A SEASONAL VIRUS
THAT TENDS TO GET WORSE.
HERE WITH
THE CORONAVIRUS WE HAVEN’T SEEN
A TON OF SEASONALITY BUT WHAT
WE’RE GOING TO SEE AND WE’VE
BEEN SEEING IS THAT WHEN PEOPLE
ARE AROUND EACH OTHER MORE.
THOSE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE
YOU’RE MORE LIKELY TO GET
INFECTED. AND UNFORTUNATELY
WHEN WE HAVE THE
COLDER WEATHER THAT GOES ALONG
WITH THOSE TIMES WHERE WE’RE
GOING TO BE TOGETHER WE’RE
GOING TO BE CLOSER TOGETHER.
IT’S COLDER YOU’RE GOING TO BE
MORE LIKELY TO HAVE THE
SNIFFLES FROM THE CORONAVIRUS
OR SOMETHING ELSE YOU’RE MORE
LIKELY TO TOUCH YOUR FACE WILL
LIKELY TO SPREAD IT TO OTHER
PEOPLE AND THAT OF COURSE
RAISES
THE RISK.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SO THAT SAID
DOCTOR FAUCI HAS MADE IT CLEAR
THAT HE’S NOT IN FAVOR OF A
NATIONAL LOCKDOWN WE KNOW WHAT
THAT DOES TO
OUR ECONOMY. DO YOU THINK
THOUGH THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR
SOME RESTRICTIONS IF THIS TREND
CONTINUES PARTICULARLY IN
FLORIDA IN OUR AREA.
>> I THINK IT’S A TOUGH QUESTION WHETHER YOU SHOULD BE MANDATING RESTRICTIONS WHEN WE
SHOULD BE ENCOURAGING
RESTRICTIONS AND
I THINK YOU KNOW THAT REALLY
COMES DOWN TO INDIVIDUAL LOCAL
GOVERNMENTS OF LOCAL AREAS I
THINK WE’VE SEEN A LOT OF
HETEROGENEITY ACROSS
THE COUNTRY. THERE’S SOME AREAS
RIGHT NOW WHERE CORONAVIRUS IS
RAMPANT WHERE IF YOU KNOW IF
YOU GO OUTSIDE YOU HANG OUT
WITH SOMEBODY YOU’RE PROBABLY
HAVE A FAIR CHANCE OF YOU KNOW
HANG OUT WITH SOMEBODY IS GOING
TO HAVE CORONAVIRUS THREW HIS
HAT RECENTLY, AND THE OTHER
AREAS WHERE IT’S A LOT
LESS SO SO I THINK IT REALLY
DEPENDS A LOT ON THOSE LOCAL
ENVIRONMENTS IN THOSE LOCAL
AREAS AND I THINK IN TERMS OF
THE RESTRICTIONS I THINK A
CERTAINLY AN EXTREME MEASURE,
ALTHOUGH THAT’S CERTAINLY
SOMETHING THAT’S BEING TRIED IN
OTHER EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
BUT I THINK SOMETHING IN
BETWEEN WHERE WE AT LEAST
REALLY STRONGLY ENCOURAGE
PEOPLE TO DO THINGS THAT ARE
GOING TO REDUCE TRANSMISSION
BUT WHAT THAT WON’T INTERRUPT
THE FLOW OF THEIR LIVES THINGS
LIKE WEARING A MASK FOR EXAMPLE
WHICH ALLOWS YOU TO GO TO WORK
IT ALLOWS
YOU TO YOU KNOW STILL KEEP THE
ECONOMY HUMMING ALONG KEEP YOUR
LIFE COMING ALONG WE’VE SEEN
THAT WITH THE SCHOOLS
BUT AT THE SAME TIME THEY
REDUCE THE RATE OF TRANSMISSION
THAT’S WHAT’S SO IMPORTANT AND
IT’S IT’S SAID THAT SUCH A VERY
IMPORTANT POINT YOU KNOW MASCOT
SHOULD NOT BE POLITICAL.
IT’S ABOUT.
>> PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF
THIS VIRUS. SO HERE IN FLORIDA.
THE GOVERNOR HAS RELAXED
RESTRICTIONS AT NURSING HOMES
AND WE SHOULD POINT OUT AND
HE’S MADE IT VERY CLEAR HE’S
NOT IN FAVOR OF ANY KIND
OF LOCKDOWN I KNOW IT IS HARD
FOR US TO BE SEPARATED FROM OUR
LOVED ONES IN NURSING HOMES BE
GIVEN THAT THESE ARE THE MOST
VULNERABLE IN
OUR COMMUNITY.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: AND THAT YOU
JUST MENTIONED DOCTORS HAVE
BEEN WARNING FOR MORE THAN A
MONTH ABOUT A SECOND WAVE WAS
THIS PLAYING WITH FIRE ELECTION
RESTRICTIONS. DO YOU THINK.
>> I THINK IT’S ALWAYS YOU KNOW IT’S ALWAYS A SOURCE OF CAUTION BECAUSE THE PROBLEM IS WE’VE
SIGNED FLORIDA WHAT
HAPPENED WHEN YOU KNOW IT
WASN’T LIKE THE GOVERNOR SAID
HEY EVERYBODY SHOULD GO AND
HAVE A
PARTY TOGETHER. BUT THE PROBLEM
IS THAT WHEN THOSE RESTRICTIONS
WERE REMOVED THE FIRST TIME
AROUND AFTER THE LOCKDOWN
I THINK THAT WAS HOW THEY WERE
PERCEIVED WAS WE DON’T HAVE
RESTRICTIONS THEREFORE WE CAN
GO ABOUT YOU KNOW BUSINESS
AS USUAL. SO I THINK WHAT’S SO
IMPORTANT IS TO REALIZE THAT
THERE ISN’T JUST TO ME BETWEEN
A GOVERNMENT RESTRICTION WE DO
NOTHING AND THEN THE GOVERNMENT
GIVING A GREEN LIGHT WHERE WE
CAN GO INTO IT
WE LIKE WE’VE REALLY GOT TO BE
RESPONSIBLE AND AS YOU
MENTIONED FAR LOVED ONES IN
NURSING HOMES, THEY’RE
SO VULNERABLE. AND SO YOU
REALLY WANT TO BE CAREFUL, YOU
KNOW YOU KNOW YOU DON’T WANT TO
STILL HAVE A RULE THAT YOU
CAN’T GO TO THEM AND IN THAT AS
A RULE DOESN’T ALLOW FOR
THE FLEXIBILITY MAY NEED
INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE
PEOPLE REALLY NEED THAT
CONTENT OR CONTACT THE WORST
WEATHER PERHAPS THE PEOPLE
VISITING ALREADY HAVE
ANTIBODIES THINGS
LIKE THAT. BUT AT THE SAME TIME
YOU WANT EVERYBODY TO REALIZE
THE RISKS THAT THEY ARE
BRINGING IN WHEN THEY GO
WILLY-NILLY AND VISITING
NURSING HOMES AND EXPOSING THE
TO THE
CORONAVIRUS POTENTIALLY.
>>JENNIFER WAUGH: SUCH
IMPORTANT INFORMATION GIVEN THE
FACT THAT WE’LL ALL BE
CELEBRATING THANKSGIVING ALSO
NEXT WEEK AND THERE’S JUST THIS
TENDENCY TO WANT TO BRING
EVERYONE IN AND THIS YEAR IS
JUST NOT SOMETHING THAT IS
POSSIBLE IF THEY DON’T LIVE