WELCOME BACK SEPARATING THE FACTS FROM THE
FICTION SURROUNDING THE
PANDEMIC AND THE FEAR. WE’RE
CONTINUING THIS NEW PORTION OF
THE NEWS AT NIGHT
WHERE WE BRING VIEWER QUESTIONS
ABOUT COVID-19 TO THE EXPERTS
TONIGHT WE’RE ONCE AGAIN
SPEAKING WITH DOCTOR ROBERT A
FROLIC STEIN AN EMERGENCY ROOM
DOCTOR WORKING OUT OF METHODIST
HOSPITAL RIGHT HERE IN SAN
ANTONIO. DOCTOR THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US AGAIN AND I I LIKE
TO TAKE KIND OF YOU KNOW YOU’RE
ONE
ONE OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS OUT
THERE YOU’RE COME ON THE FRONT
LINES OF THIS WHOLE THING
AND WE APPRECIATE THAT AND ALL
THAT YOU IN THE PEOPLE YOU WORK
WITH DO. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING
RIGHT NOW IN THE EMERGENCY
ROOMS.
SO WORD WORD STARTED TO SEE A LITTLE BIT OF AN UPTICK IN THE
NUMBER OF PATIENTS COMING IN
WITH.
WITH. >> ILLNESS CONSISTENT WITH
COVID SEVERAL OF THEM TESTED
POSITIVE.
POSITIVE. AND CERTAINLY THERE ARE SOME
THAT ARE COMING IN THAT THEY’RE
ALL HAD A YOU KNOW MILES WE
LIKE ILLNESS. THAT EITHER
PROBABLY DON’T HAVE
COVID OR AND THANKFULLY AGAIN
CERTAINLY THEY’RE NOT SICK
ENOUGH TO NEED TO BE IN THE
HOSPITAL AND SO WE’RE ABLE TO
DISCHARGE
DISCHARGE THOSE PATIENTS.
THOSE PATIENTS. >> TODAY WE LEARNED
THAT SOON IF ANYBODY WERE NOT
ANYBODY BUT PEOPLE WITH COVID
CENT 19 SYMPTOMS SHOULD BE ABLE
TO BE TESTED IN SAN ANTONIO.
SA METRO HEALTH IS EXPECTED TO
LOOSEN THE TESTING CRITERIA.
HOW BIG OF A PROBLEM HAS ACCESS
TO TESTING BEEN IN SAN ANTONIO
AND WHAT WOULD WIDER TESTING
MEAN TO YOU. THE MEDICAL
COMMUNITY AND TO OUR CITY.
>> YES, SO EXCITED THAT THE TEAM TO THE TESTING IS GOING TO
BECOME MORE WIDELY AVAILABLE.
THE EXAMPLE I JUST SAID WE’VE
SEEN SOME PATIENTS IN THE
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT THAT HAS
SYMPTOMS CONSISTENT WITH WITH
COVID THAT THERE NOT ENOUGH
TO BE ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL
WE SEND THEM HOME AND AND WE
THINK YOU PROBABLY HAVE THAT.
IT WILL BE SO NICE AND 2 WE
HAVE THAT ACTUALLY TEST THEM
AND SO YOU DO HAVE IT DOES IT
REALLY CHANGE. THE OUTCOME
RIGHT THEY’RE STILL GOING TO GO
HOME. BUT WE KNOW FROM PRIOR
STUDIES AND THAT PEOPLE WHO
KNOW THEY HAVE A DIAGNOSIS
ARE MUCH BETTER AT DOING THE
QUARANTINING A THAT IS SO
MUCH MORE SO SO IN COURT AND
WHEN WHEN A PATIENT DOES GO
HOME WITH THAT ON THIS AND THE
SAME THING IN THE COMMUNITY
WHEN WHEN THE MORE WE TESTED
THE MORE WE CAN SAY YOU HAVE IT
OR YOU DON’T HAVE IT. IT
HELPS THE TO BETTER CONTROL THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS IN THE
COMMUNITY RIGHT PEOPLE CHANGE
THEIR BEHAVIORS.
>> DO MOSQUITOES SPREAD THE CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. >> THERE’S
>> THERE’S NO THERE’S NO INDICATION THAT
IT IS SPREAD BY MOSQUITOES
AT ALL. IT’S YOU KNOW IT’S VERY
VERY UNLIKELY THAT EVEN BLOOD
BORN. IT’S REALLY THROUGH
SALIVA AND HE DOES WOULD NOT DO
THAT.
THAT. >> NEXT QUESTION ARE THERE OVER
THE COUNTER MEDICATIONS THAT
WOULD HELP WITH THE SYMPTOMS OF
COVID-19.
>> SO COLD IN 19 IS A VIRAL ILLNESS
ILLNESS AS MOST NO VIRUSES THERE IS
REALLY NO GOOD TREATMENT
OR
OR VIRAL ILLNESS. YOU ARE VERY FEW
MEDICATIONS THAT SPECIFICALLY
TARGET AND KILL VIRUSES.
UNLIKE IN ABOUT A CUE FROM
BACTERIAL ILLNESS. I’M NOT
HAVING SAID THAT WHEN YOU HAVE
ANY BUYER LITTLE MISS YOU YOU
TRULY WE DO IS TREAT THE
SYMPTOMS. TYLENOL IS PROBABLY
THE BEST. MEDICATION FOR THE
SYMPTOMS OF COVID BECAUSE
LIKE ANY BAR LONG AS YOU HAVE
ACHES AND YOU HAVE FEVER AND
TYLENOL OR ACETAMINOPHEN WILL
HELP RELIEVE SOME OF THOSE
SYMPTOMS. AND THEN THE THINGS
YOU KNOW A MOM AND A
GRANDMOTHER LOIS ONSLAUGHT OF
REST A LOT OF FLUIDS. IT WAS
SORT OF SYMPTOMATIC TREATMENTS.
>> WHEN WE TALK ABOUT HOW
CONTAGIOUS COVID-19 IS IT IS IT
AS CONTAGIOUS AS THE MEASLES.
>> AND IT IS NOT ON THE MEASLES VIRUS IS.
SMALLER VIRAL. PARTICLE IT’S MORE EASILY ARROWS SO HEIRESS
ALLIES THAT
ALLIES THAT MEANS THAT HANGING AROUND IN
THE AIR FOR A LONG TIME.
AND COLD IT IS MUCH MORE IT’S
MUCH CLOSER IN SIZE
ACTIVITY THAT THE FLU VIRUS SO.
AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT MORE IMPACTED THAN THE VIRUS.
BUT THE MEASLES VIRUS
IS PROBABLY 3 TO 4 TO 5 TIMES
AS THE ACTIONS AND THE COATED
WIRE, US BUYERS BECAUSE
COOPER 19.
COOPER 19. >> THE CITY OF LAREDO RECENTLY
MADE A REQUIREMENT THAT PEOPLE
WHO ARE GOING OUT WHERE THEY’RE
SICK OR NOT SHOULD BE WEARING A
FACE MASK, GET EVEN IF THEY’RE
NOT SICK.
NOT SICK. SHOULD THE NEXT QUESTION IS
SHOULD I BE WEARING A FACE
MASK, EVEN IF I’M NOT SICK.
>> SO THE REASON.
IN THE COMMUNITY IF YOU
STAY WELL, YOU KNOW THE
6 FEET APART. BEEN THERE’S
REALLY NO REASON TO TO WEAR A
MASK, OK. THE MASK.
IF YOU WANT IF YOU ARE ILL AND
THAT THAT
THAT THAT MAY HELP. THANK YOU FOR
SPREADING DROPLETS, BUT AGAIN
IF YOU’RE 6 FEET AWAY, YOU’RE
NOT GOING TO GET THOSE DROPLETS
ON ON ANYONE AND THE SAME THING
IF YOU’RE AROUND SOMEONE THAT
PERSON. SICK ASK MAY HELP YOU.
NOT GET ANY OF THOSE DROPLETS IN YOUR. IN YOUR SYSTEM.
6 FEET APART IS MUCH MORE EFFECTIVE.
EFFECTIVE. >> CAN THIS BE A VIRUS TO BE
SPREAD THROUGH CURRENCY THROUGH
MONEY.
>> ALMOST ANY OTHER VIRUS. AND
THIS ON IN ANNA AND OBJECTS
LIKE MONEY LIKE AND BY
DOOR KNOBS. THE REAL QUESTION
IS AND IT’S HARD TO ANSWER THIS
QUESTION IS HOW LONG DOES IT
STAY THERE. AND IS
THERE ENOUGH ON IT HE ACTUALLY
CAUSE AN INFECTION. IS THERE NO
BEIERLE PARTICLES.
BEIERLE PARTICLES. THERE FOR A LONG ENOUGH PERIOD
TIME TO COME AND CAUSE AN
INFECTION WHEN I TOUCH THAT
DOLLAR BILL. IT’S PROBABLY VERY
UNLIKELY BUT YEAH, YEAH, OKAY
IS POPPED.
IS POPPED. >> I WAS LIKE TO GIVE YOU THE
LAST WORD IN ALL OF THIS WHAT
DO YOU WANT. OUR VIEWERS TO
TAKE HOME WITH THEM TONIGHT
FROM THE SEGMENT.
>> I THINK ONCE AGAIN AND I WANT TO STRESS THE IMPORTANCE
OF OF UH SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND STAYING AT HOME.
I KNOW THIS IS BUT WE STILL
HAVE YOU KNOW
SEVERAL MORE WEEKS OF THIS
BATTLE AND STAYING HOME IS THE
SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING
TO DO. AND THAT MEANS REALLY
NOT
NOT CONGREGATING TOGETHER NOT
PLAYING THE GOING OUT ON THE
BASKETBALL COURT AND GATHERED
AROUND TOGETHER THAT LIST BUT A
VERY EASY WAY TO SPREAD THE
VIRUS AND IT BUT THAT YOU
KNOW IF SOMEONE HAS AN
INFECTION.
INFECTION. FIRST LIMIT NO, NOT KNOW IT
RIGHT AWAY AND TO BE SPREADING.
BUT FOR EVERY PERSON THAT HAS
INFECTION THAT SPREAD IT.
2 OR 3 OTHER PEOPLE AND THEN
THAT WEB JUST START GROWING.
SO STAY AT HOME.
MAINTAIN THE
MAINTAIN THE SOCIAL DISCONTENT.
SOCIAL DISCONTENT. >> I ALSO WANT TO PUT UP THE
WEB FOR YOUR PARTICULAR GROUP
DOCTOR FOLIC SIGN HERE IT IS
GSE P E M DOT COM WE TALKED
ABOUT IT AT 6 O’CLOCK
BUT IF SOMEBODY DOESN’T HAVE A
PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIAN OR
SOMEBODY THAT THEY CAN DO TELE
MEDICINE WITH THE REST
QUESTIONS TOO. THIS IS ONE OF
THE MANY RESOURCES THAT ARE OUT
THERE CORRECT.
THERE CORRECT. >> YES IT IS AND WE’D BE HAPPY
TO TALK
TO TALK TO YOU ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
REALLY AIMED AT SHOULD YOU GO
TO THE HOSPITAL WE’RE STARTING
TO
TO SEE PEOPLE NOT COME TO THE
HOSPITAL AND WE THINK THEY
PROBABLY SHOULD BECOME IN THE
HOSPITAL AND SO WE WANT TO HELP
YOU ANSWER THAT QUESTION IT
CERTAINLY IS SAFE TO GO TO THE
HOSPITAL SHOULD YOU NEED TO
WE’RE VERY CAREFUL PROTECTING
PATIENTS THAT ARE NOT YET
RISK OF CODE THAT ARE DON’T WE
DON’T THINK THEY HAVE COVID SO
IT’S VERY SAFE.
IF YOU NEED TO BE THERE PLEASE
COME WE CAN HELP YOU FIGURE
THAT OUT THE INTEL MINUTES.
>> DOCTOR FROLICS TIME FROM
EMERGENCY
EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR. IF THAT’S HIS
GROUP RIGHT THERE FROM
METHODIST, THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME WE’LL SEE YOU