DIGNITY
DIGNITY HEALTH SIERRA NEVADA, WE APPRECIATE YOUR APPEARANCES HERE ON "FACTS NOT
FEAR."
MASKS ARE BACK.
IS IT NECESSARY TO HAVE A MASK
THAT'S FILTERED, WHAT ABOUT
CLOTH ONES THAT CAN BE WASHED
DAILY, SO MANY ON THE INTERNET.
WHAT SAY YOU?
>> YEAH, WALT.
I THINK THE CDC HAS WEIGHED IN
ON THIS AND THEY GOT SPECIFIC
GUIDANCE WITH MASKS AND WHAT WE
SHOULD BE DOING
WHEN WE GO OUT INTO PUBLIC.
THEY'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, IF WHAT
YOU HAVE IS A CLOTH MASK, BY
ALL MEANS THAT IS WORTH USING.
THE RATIONALE HERE, IF YOU HAVE
A PATIENT WHO ACTUALLY HAS
CORONAVIRUS OR COVID-19,
WEATHER THEY HAVE SYMPTOMS OR
DON'T.
SOME PEOPLE HAVE THE INFECTION
BUT DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS, THOSE
OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS CAN
TRANSMIT THE INFECTION
SO OTHER PEOPLE.
SO HAVING THE MASK ON THOSE
INDIVIDUALS IS GOOD EVEN IF
IT'S A CLOTH MASK AND NOT A
MEDICAL GRADE MASK.
THEY ARE RECOMMENDING PEOPLE TO
DO THAT IN ADDITION.
THEY ARE CALLING THAT SOURCE
CONTROL.
SO YOU'RE CONTROLLING THE
PERSON THAT HAS THE INFECTION
AND MAKE IT LESS LIKELY TO
TRANSMIT IT.
THAT IS A BIG PART OF WHAT THEY
ARE RECOMMENDING TO KEEP THIS
CURVE AS FLAT AS POSSIBLE.
>> I WAS AT THE DOCTORS OFFICE
YESTERDAY AND I GOT ONE OF
THOSE TEMPORARY MASKS THAT YOU
WEAR, AND I KNOW WE
HAVE THEM HERE FOR OUR STAFF.
SHOULD THOSE BE DISCARDED DAILY
OR CAN YOU USE THEM, YOU KNOW,
AS YOU NEED?
>> WELL, GENERALLY SPEAKING
THEY ARE DISPOSABLE AND YES,
THEY SHOULD BE DISCARDED.
THERE IS A LOT OF DISCUSSION
ABOUT HOW IN SOME SITUATIONS
YOU COULD POTENTIALLY EXTEND
THE USE OF THOSE MASKS
OR EVEN REUSE THOSE MASKS, WE
ARE TALKING ABOUT THE MEDICAL
GRADE MASKS THAT ARE TIP I
CANNILY EXPOSED OF.
AND THERE ARE PROCESSES THE FDA
HAD BEEN LOOKING AT TO DECIDE
WHETHER OR NOT WE CAN DO THAT,
IN SOME AREAS OF
THIS COUNTRY AND OTHER PLACES
AROUND THE WORLD WHERE MASKS
HAVE BEEN IN SHORT SUPPLY AND
WE'VE HAD A LOT OF
PEOPLE WHO HAD TO USE THE SAME
MASK MULTIPLE DAYS, IN FACT,
THAT IS NOT A SITUATION WE WANT
TO BE IN.
THAT IS A SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUE.
IDEAL CIRCUMSTANCES THE
DISPOSABLE MASKS WOULD BE USED
ONCE AND THEN DISCARDED.
BECAUSE DO YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS IS, THEY BECOME
INFECTED, THEY BECOME DIRTY,
MOIST AND THEY DON'T WORK AS
WELL.
OR YOU CAN CONTAMINATE YOURSELF
TOUCHING THE MASK AND TOUCHING
YOUR MOUTH AND NOSE.
THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH ANY MASK.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE WE'RE
USING REUSING THE CLOTH MASKS
THEY GET CLEANED REGULARLY, USE
THEM AGAIN LATER.
>> NEXT ONE COMING IN I THINK A
LOT OF PEOPLE WOULD LIKE TO
KNOW YOUR THOUGHTS ON THIS,
WHAT ABOUT A HOME TEST FOR
COVID-19, DO YOU THINK THAT
THIS IS COMING?
AND HOW SOON?
>> WELL, I THINK THERE HAS BEEN
A LOT WRITTEN ON HOW CAN WE
EXPAND THE CAPACITY OF TESTS
FOR COVID-19
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
AND IT'S BEEN FRUSTRATINGLY
SLOW, THE EXPANSION OF TESTING.
THERE HAS BEEN EXPANSION OF
TESTING.
HERE THE HOSPITAL WE ARE ABLE
TOE TEST OUR INPATIENTS AND ER
PATIENTS WITH OUR ANALYZER BUT
LIMITED ON HOW
MUCH WE HAVE IN TERMS OF
SUPPLY.
SO THE IDEA THAT WE COULD --
THAT A COMPANY COULD SEND OUT
HOME TEST KIT TO A PATIENT,
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU WOULDN'T
HAVE TO TAKE A PATIENT WHO
POTENTIALLY HAVE SYMPTOMS AND
GET OUTSIDE AND
INFECT SOMEBODY ELSE.
I COULD SEE THE ADVANTAGE OF A
HOME TEST AND SOME COMPANIES
HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THAT.
BUT, YOU KNOW, VERY TO MAKE
SURE IF A PATIENT IS GOING TO
TEST THEMSELVES THEY DO IT THE
RIGHT WAY, THEY GET A PROPER
SAMPLE WE DON'T END UP WITH
FALSE NEGATIVE OR FALSE
POSITIVE.
FALSE NEGATIVE WOULD BE THE
MORE COMMON AND MAKE SURE WE DO
A PROPER TEST AS OPPOSED TO
SOMETHING THAT ISN'T
GIVING US GOOD INFORMATION.
>> YEAH, THAT'S TRUE I THINK
EVERYBODY HAS GOTTEN USED TO
THE HOME PREGNANCY TESTS AND
OTHER THING THAT WE NOW DO AT
HOME THAT YOU GO, OH, OKAY,
IT'S BLUE IT'S NOT.
YES OR NOT MAYBE IT WILL GET TO
THAT POINT WHERE IT'S RELIABLE,
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY EASY SO WE
DON'T
SCREWTOP.
DON'T SCREWTOP. NEXT TEXT COMING IN FOR DR.
EVANS, WE TALKED ABOUT THE
SHOES BEING A POTENTIAL
CARRIER.
CLOTHING ABOUT POTENTIAL
CARRIER, WHAT DO YOU THINK
ABOUT BOTH?
>> WELL, WE KNOW THAT COVID-19,
THE VIRUS CAN ACTUALLY SURVIVE
ON SURFACES.
DEPENDING UPON THE SURFACE FOR
SEVERAL DAYS IN SOME CASES.
DEPENDS ON THE CONDITIONS.
IF THE CONDITIONS ARE NOT IDEAL
IT WON'T SURVIVE AS LONG.
BUT, YEAH, IN THEORY YOU COULD
HAVE VIRUS SITTING 0 ON A SHOE
OR OTHER PIECE OF CLOTHING.
AND THEN YOU COULD TOUCH THAT,
CONTAMINATE YOUR HANDS, TOUCH
YOUR FACE AND END UP WITH THE
INFECTION.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S THE MOST
COMMON CAUSE OF TRANSMISSION OF
COVID-19, USUALLY IT'S MORE
FROM A PERSON TO
PERSON, BUT, YEAH, WE KNOW THAT
SURFACES CAN CAUSE INFECTION.
WE NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT
THAT.
I KNOW THAT HEALTHCARE WORKERS
WHO HAVE CONTAMINATED CLOTHING
HAVE DIFFERENT WAYS OF MANAGING
THAT AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE
WE'RE NOT CONTAMINATING
OURSELVES AND CERTAINLY FAMILY
MEMBERS.
>> NEXT ONE COMING IN, CAN YOU
GET THE CORONAVIRUS IF YOU ARE
AT A PUBLIC POOL?
SWIMMING, LIKE AT AT YOUR
APARTMENT BUILDING, DOES THE
CHLORINE KILL THAT?
>> WHEW, THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION.
DOES THE CHLORINE IN A SWIMMING
POOL KILL THE VIRUS?
I'M NOT SURE THAT THAT WOULD
UNIVERSALLY BE TRUE, IF YOU ARE
SUBMERGED IN WALTER YOU ARE
LESS LIKELY TO GET IT.
POE TOUCHING SURFACES AROUND
THE POOL OR LOCKER ROOM, THAT
COULD BE A SOURCE OF INFECTION,
ANYTIME YOU BRING
PEOPLE TOGETHER INTO THE
ENVIRONMENT THERE IS A
POTENTIAL FOR TRANSMISSION TO
OCCUR.
I DON'T KNOW THAT BEING IN THE
WATER WOULD BE THE SPOT ABOUT
YOU WOULD GET THE INFECTION IN
THAT SITUATION.
BUT CERTAINLY WE NEED TO REALLY
EXERCISE COMMON SENSE, WHENEVER
WE ARE AROUND PEOPLE AND
WHENEVER THOSE PEOPLE ARE IN
THE SAME -- HAVE BEEN IN THE
SAME AREAS AS WE HAVE.
THE SOCIAL DISTANCING, HYGIENE,
MAKING SURE THAT THE HAS BEES
ARE BEING WORN AS THE CDC HAS
BEEN WORKING.
>> EIGHT PEOPLE IN THE HOT TUB
IS OUT