CORONAVIRUS IS WHEN HEIGHT AS WE ARE OPENING MUCH OF THE COUNTRY.
AS A SECOND WAVE THEORY
SOMETHING TO BE CONCERNED WITH.
ANSWER THAT IS DOCTOR KATHLEEN
WINSTON.
THANKS FOR JOINING US.
THE QUESTION EVER BUT
INCESSANT, WILL THERE BE A
SECOND WAVE OF COVID-19
INFECTIONS COMING AND WHAT
SHOULD WE BE EXPECTING.
>> I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT
MESSAGE TO GET OUT TO EVERYBODY
THAT IS CONSISTENT IS THAT WE
CANNOT PREDICT HOWEVER WE HAVE
LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS FIRST
WAVE OF THE CORONAVIRUS AND WE
LEARNED A LOT FROM OTHER
VIRUSES INCLUDING THE
INFLUENZA.
FOR EXAMPLE LAST YEAR WE HAD IN
THE FALL THE INFLUENZA A
OUTBREAK AND JUST ABOUT THE
TIME WE THOUGHT THAT FLU SEASON
WOULD BE OVER, WE HAD A SECOND
WAVE WITH THE INSULINS WERE
INFLUENZA B. SO IT'S NOT
UNCOMMON FOR VIRUSES TO MODIFY
AND REAPPEAR IN ANOTHER FORM IN
ANOTHER PART OF SEASON.
>> HERE IN CALIFORNIA AND OTHER
PARTS OF THE COUNTRY YOU'RE
STARTING TO REOPEN.
WOULD THAT BE THE CAUSE OF ANY
NEW WAVES OR IS THAT SOMETHING
WE SHOULD JUST EXPECT.
A LOT OF US ARE HOLDING OUR
BREATH RIGHT NOW OF WHAT WILL
BE NEXT.
>> IT'S IMPORTANT TO SEPARATE
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SPIKE
AND THE NUMBERS THAT WE MIGHT
SEE AND ALSO A DIFFERENT WAY.
THOSE ARE REALLY TWO SEPARATE
ISSUES.
WITH REOPENING, WE NEED TO BE
INTENTIONAL ABOUT THE THINGS
THAT WE ARE DOING AND SOCIALLY
AWARE AND CONSIDERATE OF
OTHERS.
BUT WE MAY SEE BECAUSE WE ARE
HAVING MORE PUBLIC CONNECTION
AGAIN, WE MAY SEE SOME INCREASE
IN OUR NUMBERS.
BUT THAT IS A DIFFERENT
SCENARIO THAN WHAT WE MIGHT SEE
IN THE FALL IF WE HAVE A
DIFFERENT SPIKE OR A DIFFERENT
PHASE OR DIFFERENT MODIFICATION
OF THE VIRUS IN A DIFFERENT
WAVE OF IT.
>> THAT IS GOOD TO KNOW THAT WE
SHOULD BE AWARE THAT IT COULD
BE A SPIKE AND NOT NECESSARILY
ANOTHER STRAIN.
AND WE HAVE BEEN FOCUSED ON
PREVENTION AND SLOWING IT DOWN.
IS THERE A WAY WE CAN MINIMIZE
THE SPIKES OR WAVES OF
INFECTION THAT MAY HAPPEN AS WE
START TO OPEN UP?
>> I LOVE THAT YOU SAID
MINIMIZE.
BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT THAT WE
CAN DO AS INDIVIDUALS.
I HAVE TO TAKE HIM IT IS
NATIONAL NURSES WEEK AND
TUESDAY, MAY 12 IS THE 200th
BURST THEY OF FLORENCE NIGHT
NIGHT GO.
MY FAVORITE THING TO SHARE IS
THAT SHE TOLD US 200 YEARS AGO
THAT IF WE WASHED OUR HANDS AND
WE ATE HEALTHY, EXERCISE AND
WENT OUTSIDE AND GOT SUNSHINE
AND FRESH AIR, AND WE STAYED
HOME WHEN WE WERE SICK, THAT WE
COULD PREVENT A LOT OF
INFECTIONS, VIRUSES AND
BACTERIA.
THOSE WERE THE DAYS BEFORE HAD
ANTIBIOTICS FOR BACTERIAL
INFECTION.
SO I THINK THOSE ARE REALLY
GREAT HEALTH PRACTICES THAT
CONTINUE TO BE IN PLAY AND WE
KNOW WE CAN BUILD A GOOD IMMUNE
SYSTEM AND MINIMIZE THE RISK TO
OURSELVES AND TO OTHERS.
>> WE GOT TO CONTINUE TO DO
THOSE THINGS AND KEEP THEM TOP
OF MIND.
IF THE NUMBERS RISE AFTER WE
START TO REOPEN, HOW CAN WE
TELL IF THERE ARE MORE AND
ACTIONS OR IF IT'S BECAUSE MORE
TESTS ARE BEING DONE.
IS THERE A WAY TO TELL THE
DIFFERENCE?
>> I THINK THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE AND AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL ARE REALLY
GOING TO BE DOING
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RESEARCH TO LET
US KNOW THOSE THINGS.
WE WILL HAVE MORE TESTING
BECAUSE WE WILL BE ABLE TO
IDENTIFY INDIVIDUALS THAT HAVE
BEEN INFECTED.
AND I THINK OUR PART AS GENERAL
PUBLIC CONSUMERS IS TO JUST
MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE
PARTICIPATING IN THOSE GOOD
HEALTH PRACTICES THAT WILL HELP
REDUCE ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS.
>> CAN YOU TELL US WHAT YOU ARE
HEARING FROM CURRENT OR FORMER
STUDENTS WHO ARE OUT THERE ON
THE FRONT LINES.
ARE THINGS TURNING A CORNER IN
TERMS OF ANXIETY AND ALSO PPE
SUPPLIES?
>> YES.
AND I THINK IT IS DIFFERENT IN
EVERY PART OF THE COUNTRY.
WE NEED TO REMEMBER THAT MORE
RURAL AREAS WILL HAVE A
DIFFERENT EXPERIENCE THAN URBAN
AREAS.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY AND I HAVE TO
APPLAUD THE GRADUATES OF OUR
PROGRAMS IN THE NURSES OUT
THERE THAT ARE WORKING IN THOSE
FRONT LINES.
MUCH OF THE FEEDBACK I'M
GETTING EVEN AS RECENTLY AS
YESTERDAY IS THAT NURSES ARE
DOING WHAT NURSES DO.
THEY TAKE CARE OF INFECTIOUS
DISEASES OFTEN.
ALTHOUGH THIS HAS BEEN AN
UNUSUAL EXPENSE EVEN FOR NURSES
BUT THEY ARE GETTING THE PPE
THEY NEED IN MOST PLACES AND
NURSES ARE CONTINUING TO BE
THAT COMPASSIONATE CARE FOR
SICK PEOPLE OR WHATEVER THEIR
ILLNESS MIGHT BE RIGHT NOW.
>> I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO