>> STEVE SPRIESTER: WELCOME THE SEGMENT WE CALL CORONAVIRUS QNA AND EVERY TUESDAY WE’RE PLEASED
TO BE JOINED BY DOCTOR RUTH
BERGGREN AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE
DOCTOR FROM THE LONG SCHOOL OF
MEDICINE AT U T HEALTH,
SAN ANTONIO DOCTOR, THANK YOU
FOR JOINING
US AND RIGHT OFF THE TOP I WANT
TO KNOW YOUR REACTION TO THE
LATEST THE GOVERNOR ABBOTT MADE
TODAY WITH
HAIR SALONS ON FRIDAY AND IN
TALKING ABOUT GYMS AND OTHER
THINGS THAT CAN OPEN UP ON THE
18TH IS IT TOO SOON.
>> YEAH I I REALLY HAVE
TO SAY THAT I I CAUTION OUR
COMMUNITY TO BE VERY
VERY CAREFUL. I’M WORRIED
BECAUSE EVEN WITH THE OPENINGS
THAT HAPPENED OVER
THE WEEKEND. THERE WERE
RESTAURANTS THAT WERE OPENING
APPROPRIATELY BUT THEN A LOT OF
PEOPLE FROM SAN ANTONIO ARE OUT
THERE WITH NO
MASKS ON AND SO I WORRY THAT
THE COMMUNITY IS NOT FULLY
GETTING THE MESSAGE THAT YES WE
DO NEED TO GO BACK TO WORK
PLEASE
DON’T MISUNDERSTAND I READ THAT
SAN ANTONIO NEEDS WORK THAT’S
FUNDAMENTAL, BUT WE NEED TO
WORK SAFELY AND SAFELY MEANS
OBSERVING THOSE PHYSICAL
DISTANCING GUIDELINES AND THAT
MEANS WEARING MASKS AND I WORRY
WORRY WORRY
THAT IF WE CAN’T GET IT
TOGETHER THAT THIS IS GOING TO
BACKFIRE YOU WANT TO BLOW THIS.
YEAH, YOU KNOW LIKE THESE THAT
THE SCIENTISTS SAY NO SHIRT, NO
SHOES, NO SERVICE MAY BE NO
SHIRT, NO SHOES, NO MASK AFGHAN
SERVICE.
>> DOCTOR BERGER I WANT TO TALK
REALLY QUICKLY ABOUT THE
SITUATION AT THE JAIL, YOU KNOW
EARLIER IN THIS NEWSCAST.
SPOKE WITH THE SHERIFF AND HE
SAID HE DIDN’T THINK THE
NUMBERS AT THE JAIL HAVE SPIKED
QUITE YET IN THIS STORY OF
THE CORONAVIRUS WHY IS THE JAIL SUCH AN IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF THAT OR SO.
>> I WORRY ABOUT
SPIKING ARE NOT SPIKING WE’VE
BEEN TESTING DAILY FOR QUITE
SOME TIME NOW AND BECAUSE OF
THE LIMITED TO AVAILABILITY OF
TESTS WE CAN’T JUST ASKED
EVERYBODY ALL
AT ONCE AND AS WE GO THROUGH
AREAS OF THE JAIL AND LEARNING
AT THEIR POSITIVE AREAS AND
NEGATIVE AREAS. THAT’S ACTUALLY
A GOOD THING BECAUSE IT MEANS
THAT OUR EFFORTS TO
SEPARATE PEOPLE ARE WORKING AND
WE HOPE TO CONTINUE TO HONOR
THAT. SO IT CAN PROTECT PEOPLE
WITH IN THE JAIL.
BUT HERE’S THE THING THAT SAN
ANTONIANS WHO REALLY UNDERSTAND
WHEN YOU PUT PEOPLE IN JAIL
THERE DOES NOT LOCKED DOWN
RIGHT PEOPLE ON A CRUISE SHIP
THAT AREN’T GOING ANYWHERE
EVERY SINGLE DAY IN OUR
COMMUNITY ABOUT 50 TO 70 OR 80
PEOPLE COME INTO THE JAIL FROM
SAN ANTONIO, WHERE THEY’RE
GOING TO GET EXPOSED.
EVEN IN SPITE OF OUR BEST
EFFORTS WE TRY TO KEEP PEOPLE
SEPARATE BUT WE’RE NOT A 100%
EFFECTIVE IN DOING THAT.
SO THAT SO MANY PEOPLE COMING
IN AND ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER GO
OUT AND THEY GO OUT TO OUR
COMMUNITY AND THEY’VE BEEN
EXPOSED AND WE
TRY TO TELL THEM THAT THEY’VE
BEEN EXPOSED TO AND INFORM THEM
THAT THEY NEED TO
SELF-QUARANTINE BUT THAT’S
TOUGH THING TO FOLLOW UP ON
EVERY CASE NOW THAT’S JUST THE
INMATE POPULATION NOT
CONSIDER THIS. IT TAKES UP A
LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE TOO
PROPERLY OPERATE SAFELY
OPERATE. JAIL
AND SO WE HAVE AT LEAST
550 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN SAN
ANTONIO OR VERY CLOSE TO
SAN ANTONIO WHO DRIVE FROM
THEIR HOMES COME INTO THE JAIL
DO THEIR WORK AND GO BACK OUT
INTO THE COMMUNITY AND WE DO
KNOW THAT WE HAVE CASES THERE
AS WELL AND WE DO KNOW THAT
PEOPLE THAT ARE
PRETTY SYMPTOMATIC I MEAN
THEY’VE GOT THE VIRUS BUT THEY
HAVEN’T DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS YET
CAN SPREAD IT AND WE KNOW THAT
PEOPLE THAT ARE ASYMPTOMATIC
ALTHOUGH THEY’RE NOT
VERY INFECTIOUS. THEY CAN
SPREAD IT TO THAT’S WHAT I’M
ASKING IS ABOUT IS TO PREVENT
PEOPLE THAT OUR PRE SYMPTOMATIC
OR ASYMPTOMATIC FROM SPREADING
IT TO OTHERS. SO THE JAIL IS
NOT A
STATIC PLACE. THE JAIL IS
HIGHLY DYNAMIC. WHILE AND IT’S
A PLACE FROM WHICH
THE VIRUS CAN COME AND SPEND TO
THE POPULATION AND I JUST WANT
YOU TO KNOW
THAT THERE ARE SOME INCREDIBLY
DEDICATED PEOPLE THEY’RE
SPENDING HOURS AND HOURS AND
HOURS EVERY DAY DAY IN DAY OUT
TO TRY TO GET THAT SITUATION
UNDER CONTROL AND SO WE NEED TO
SUPPORT THEM AND CENTER
ENCOURAGE MADE THEIR WAY YEAH
ABSOLUTELY I’M GLAD YOU POINTED
OUT THAT THIS IS NOT A STATIC
THING IS NOT A SEPARATE THING,
IT’S SOMETHING THAT AFFECTS
THE COMMUNITY.
>> TALK TO YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW
RESTAURANTS THAT YOU HEAR
REPORTS OF OF CUSTOMERS NOT
WEARING MASKS WHEN THEY
GO IN ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT
THE WHOLE ISSUE OF MASS AND
FACE COVERINGS HAS BECOME A
POLITICAL. WELL PARTISAN ISSUE.
>> WELL SO IT SEEMS LIKE IN OUR COUNTRY WE HAVE A TENDENCY TO MAKE EVERYTHING POLITICAL
PLEASE REMEMBER I’M AN
INFECTIOUS
DISEASE DOCTOR. SO I’M GOING TO
LEAVE POLITICS TO THE
POLITICIANS AND JUST
TALK ABOUT INFECTIOUS DISEASES,
BUT YOU KNOW IN THIS CASE I
THINK ASKING IS NOT ABOUT
OUR POLITICS. IT’S ABOUT CARING
FOR ONE ANOTHER AS HUMAN BEINGS
AND IF WE
DO CARE ABOUT HAVING A
COMMUNITY THAT IS HEALTHY AND A
SOCIETY THAT
IS FLOURISHING AND WE SHOULD
LOOK FOR ALL OF THE WAYS THAT
WE CAN TAKE TAKE CARE OF ONE
ANOTHER AND THAT INCLUDES
MASKING STAGE.
>> ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN TELL
US ABOUT THE NUMBERS LOCALLY
AND YOUR TAKE ON THAT BEFORE WE
GO.
THERE’S WONDERFUL GRAPHIC
INFORMATION ON THE CITY OF SAN
ANTONIO’S WEBSITE. AND I URGE PEOPLE TO GO LOOK AND WATCH WHAT’S HAPPENING THERE YOU’LL
NOTICE THAT THE WELL COMING AT
THE CURVE HAS REALLY COME DOWN VERY NICELY AND THAT’S ENCOURAGING. BUT THAT’S LOOKING
AT
CONFIRMED CASES FROM THE ONSET
OF ACTUAL ILLNESS SO THAT CURVE
WHICH SHOWS A NICE DOWN.
CON YOU STEADILY
DOWNWARD TREND THAT’S DIFFERENT
THAN THE REPORTED CASES AND IF
YOU LOOK AT REPORTED CASES BOIL
SEE SPIKES
AS RECENTLY AS MAY FIRST AND
SECOND OF COURSE A LOT OF THAT
IS DUE TO THE TESTING OF
ASYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE IN
THE JAIL BUT AS I JUST
EXPLAINED THOSE ARE NOT
INCONSEQUENTIAL BECAUSE WE
WORRY THAT THOSE PEOPLE.
COULD CONTRIBUTE TO SPREAD IN
THE COMMUNITY.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: DOCTOR RUTH
BERGGREN BEAUTY HEALTH SAN
ANTONIO. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME OF COURSE WE’LL TALK AGAIN
TONIGHT DURING THE 9 O’CLOCK
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