>>BRUCE HAMILTON: CORONAVIRUS CASES MOUNT HOSPITALS FILLING TO THE BRIM WITH PATIENTS PPE
FOR HOSPITAL WORKERS BECOMING
SCARES. IT APPEARS THIS
NATION’S TAKING A GIANT
STEP BACKWARD. FLORIDA HAS
TAKEN A STEP BACK IN THE FIGHT
AGAINST COVID-19
AND THERE IS NEW EVIDENCE TO
SUGGEST THE VIRUS CAN FLOAT IN
THE AIR
AND SPREAD. THESE NEW PEOPLE
WHO ARE TESTING POSITIVE WHO
ARE YOUNGER PASSING IT ON TO
THOSE WHO ARE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE
TO THE ILLNESS
AND DEATH. AFTER DAY WILSON
SENIOR ASSOCIATE DEAN MORE
SUNNY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE.
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
JOINING US HERE IN THE MORNING
SHOW. IT IS A FRIGHTENING
QUESTION IN FLORIDA SET A
RECORD FOR COVID DEATHS
JUST YESTERDAY. SO WHEN WILL WE
KNOW THE ANSWER OR ARE WE
STARTING TO GET IT NOW WITH
THAT NUMBER YESTERDAY.
>> I THINK BRUCE THAT WE’RE
STARTING TO GET IT NOW, BUT WE
EXPECTED IT SEVERAL WEEKS AGO.
IT’S A
CASCADING EFFECT. WE KNEW THAT
WHEN THEY WOULD BE INCREASED
EXPOSURE WHEN WE OPEN UP THE
STATE THAT MORE PEOPLE WOULD BE
IN THE THE CIRCUMSTANCE WHERE
THEY HAVE MORE PROXIMITY TO
OUR CONGESTION AND MORE TIME
SPENT WITH THOSE PEOPLE IN
CONGESTION AND THAT’S REALLY
THE CALCULUS BEHIND
THIS DISEASE, YOU’RE BOUND TO
HAVE SOMEBODY COUGH SNEEZE
SAYING OR YELL
WHEN YOU’RE IN THOSE
CIRCUMSTANCES AND SOMEBODY IS
GOING
TO EXPRESS THE CORONAVIRUS FROM
THE MOUTH WHICH IS HOW IT
HAPPENS GOING TO FLOAT NEAR
IT’S GOING TO GET YOU EVEN IF
YOU’RE.
ASYMPTOMATIC YOU CAN STILL
SPREAD IT TO OTHERS AND YOU CAN
BRING IT HOME AND WHAT WE’RE
SEEING IS INCREASED EXPOSURE
LEADS TO INCREASED POSITIVE
TESTING WHICH WE’VE SEEN WHICH
LEADS TO A GREATER NUMBER OF
ACUTE CASES WHICH LEADS TO MORE
HOSPITALIZATIONS WHICH LEADS TO
MORE ICE YOU USE AND ULTIMATELY
MORE DEATHS WE’RE GOING TO SEE
THAT FOR THE NEXT FEW WEEKS
EVEN WITH WHAT’S HAPPENING EVEN
WITH
THE STATISTICS. THE WHITE HOUSE
PAINTS A ROSY PICTURE AND SAYS
THE DEATH TOLL IS
GOING DOWN.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: DOCTOR
ANTHONY FAUCI MAKES IT’S CLEAR
THAT IS A FALSE NARRATIVE THEIR
HIS WORDS
THE MIXED MESSAGES WERE YOU
DOES IT WORRY YOU THAT POLITICS
HAS TAINTED THIS FIGHT.
>> UNFORTUNATELY IT HAS TENT
THAT THIS REALLY IS NOT A
POLITICAL ISSUE. IT’S A MEDICAL
ISSUE IT’S A PUBLIC HEALTH
ISSUE YOU KNOW WHEN POLICE
OFFICERS DON THEIR FLAK JACKETS
EVERY SINGLE DAY. THEY’RE NOT
EXPECTING TO GET SHOT. BUT THEY
WANT TO PROTECT THEMSELVES,
IT’S UNCOMFORTABLE. IT’S HOT,
BUT THEY WEAR THEM BECAUSE THEY
KNOW IT’S THE RIGHT THING
TO DO WE GET IN OUR CARS EVERY
DAY AND MOST OF US BUT SEAT
BELTS ON WE PUT OUR CHILDREN
STRAPPED IN CAR SEATS BECAUSE
WE KNOW IT’S A SAFE THING TO DO
FOR HERSELF AND
FOR OTHERS. THIS HAS NOTHING TO
DO WITH POLITICS THIS IS A
SCIENTIFIC REALITY THE DISEASE
IS HERE. IT’S HURTING PEOPLE IS
NOT JUST HURTING THE PEOPLE WE
SPREAD IT TO WE HAVE RECENTLY
LEARNED BRUCE THAT EVEN IF WE
HAVE A MILD CASE OR ANY
SYMPTOMATIC CASE SOME
PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE WHO GET
THAT ARE GOING TO GET CALLED
PERSISTENT ACQUIRED DISEASE.
THEY WILL GET A DISEASE THEY’VE
NEVER HAD BEFORE
AFTER THEY HAD THIS EVEN IF THE
STATION THE MEDIC THE
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE, A LUNG
DISEASE KIDNEY DISEASE OR BRAIN
DISEASE AND THEY WILL HAVE IT
FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
THIS IS SERIOUS.
>> AND EVEN THOUGH PARENTS ARE
WORRIED EVEN THOUGH TEACHERS
ARE WORRIED, YOU HAVE THE
DEMAND THAT’S WHAT IT IS A
DEMAND
OPEN SCHOOLS. YOU HAVE THE RNC
CONVENTION COMING TO
JACKSONVILLE. RECIPES FOR
DISASTER.
>> THE CONVENTION IS A POSSIBLE
RECIPE FOR DISASTER TO GET
PEOPLE GOING TO GO THROUGH
AIRPORTS ARE GOING TO BE
CONGESTED LINES TO GOING TO BE
IN A LARGE ROOM WITH LOTS OF
OTHER PEOPLE COUGHING SNEEZING
YELLING, IT WILL HAS A THINGS
THAT IS A NATURAL BREEDING
GROUND FOR A SUPER
SPREADER AREA. GETTING KIDS
BACK TO SCHOOL IS IN A IS NOT
JUST A POLITICAL ISSUE AS A
SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC ISSUE
PARENTS NEED TO GO BACK
TO WORK AND WE NEED TO FIND
WAYS TO PROTECT THE TEACHERS,
THE STAFF THE CHILDREN FROM
EACH OTHER AND THE PARENTS FROM
WITH THE CHILDREN MIGHT BRING
BRING HOME IN
THE COMMUNITY. EACH COMMUNITY
IS TRYING TO WORK THIS OUT AND
I HOPE WE CAN DO IT WELL IT’S
NOT JUST THE FLIPPING THE
SWITCH ON AND OFF AS THE
GOVERNOR SAYS IT’S REALLY LIKE
A A DIMMER SWITCH WE
HAVE TO MONITOR WHAT’S
HAPPENING AND AS WE SEE SPARKS
OCCURRING COMMUNITY DIVE IN TO
PREVENT THERE BEING A FOREST
FIRE. LOOK WE GO TO THE DOCTOR.
BUT WE ARE SICK AND DOCTORS YOU
A PRESCRIPTION. >>BRUCE HAMILTON: YOU DON’T TAKE THE PRESCRIPTION YOU DON’T
FOLLOW DOCTOR’S ORDERS, YOU RUN
THE RISK OF
NOT GETTING OVER OUT OF THE EU
HAVE WE ALL UNDERSTAND THE
ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS. BUT OUR
MEMORIES SO SHORT, WE FORGET
THE DEATH AND WHAT WAS GOING ON
IN THIS NATION’S HOSPITALS
JUST A COUPLE SHORT MONTHS AGO
THAT WE’RE NOT TAKING A
PRESCRIPTION.
>> WELL BRUCE, YOU KNOW THERE
ARE SOME COMMUNITIES IN THIS
STATE THAT REALLY HAVE AN
EXPERIENCE THAT IN NEW YORK
CITY IN NEW YORK NEW JERSEY,
LOS ANGELES CHICAGO ROME,
LONDON PEOPLE ARE LITERALLY
DROPPING DEAD
LIKE FLIES. WE HAVEN’T SEEN
THAT AS PROXIMATE MOST
PEOPLE HERE MOST PEOPLE IN
FLORIDA, YOU DON’T REALLY YOU
KNOW ANYBODY WHO’S DIED OR BEEN
SERIOUSLY ILL. IT’S COMING AND
AS THEY DO THAT THEY
BECOME CONVERTED AND UNLESS YOU
SEE IT UNLESS YOU FEEL IT IS
HARD TO BELIEVE.
THE HOSPITALS ARE GETTING
OVERWHELMED. OUR STAFF IN THE
HOSPITALS ARE GETTING TIRED
AND BURNOUT THE GOVERNOR HAS
JUST SHIFT IN SEVERAL 100
NURSES TO HELP THAT OUT
IF THOSE FRONT-LINE DEFENDERS
OF OUR HEALTH THE NURSES,
THE PHYSICIANS, THE PHYSICIANS
ASSISTANTS AND IN OUR
COMMUNITY. THE FIREFIGHTERS,
THE PARAMEDICS THE POLICE OR
GOING OUT THERE HELPING IN
RESCUING AND BRING PEOPLE IN
WHO ARE SICK, THEY’RE EXPOSED
EVERY DAY AND IF WE LOSE THEM
TO THIS DISEASE WE LOSE THE
SAFETY NET THAT WE NEED EVERY
DAY IN
OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS SERIOUS
AND IT’S YOU KNOW THE
GOVERNMENT CAN HELP US THERE IS
NO VACCINE YET EVEN WHEN THERE
IS ONE IS GOING TO BE OF
LIMITED USE FOR ONLY THE LOWEST
RISK PEOPLE THERE IS NO
TREATMENT YET EXCEPT FOR THOSE
WHO ARE REALLY REALLY SICK.
AND THERE’S NO HERD IMMUNITY
AND DOCTOR FAUCI HAS SUGGESTED
TO US
THAT WE MAY NOT GET HERD
IMMUNITY FROM THIS THIS IS
SOMETHING NEW SOMETHING WE’VE
NEVER HAD SO THE BOTTOM LINE
HERE IS PEOPLE HAVE TO BE
RESPONSIBLE. THEY HAVE TO BE
RESPECTFUL
OF OTHERS IF THE EXERCISE
COMMON SENSE WHICH THE GOVERNOR
IS HOPING THAT THEY WILL
AND ULTIMATELY SEALED SMOKEY
THE BEAR THINK BRUCE ONLY YOU
CAN PREVENT CORONAVIRUS IT’S
THAT SIMPLE. BUT SADLY WHAT
YOU’RE
SAYING IS.
>>BRUCE HAMILTON: IT WON’T