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>>> 4@HERE AT 5 ON YOUR SIDE WE ARE ON A MISSION TO GIVE YOU
ACCURATE AND INFORMATIVE NEWS
ABOUT COVID-19 AND WE ARE GOING
RIGHT TO THE EXPERTS TO ANSWER
QUESTIONS ARE DOING IS THIS ONE
IS THE LEADER OF THE THING WAS @
METROPOLITAN D4@EMICK TASK FORC
DOCTOR ALEX GARZA.
GOOD 4@MORNING, DOCTOR.
GOOD MORNING.
HOW
HOW ARE
HOW ARE YOU. >> GOOD.
>> GOOD.
>> GOOD. GLAD TO SEE YOU.
NOW THAT THE CITY AND COUNTY
ARE OPEN WHICH CATEGORY WILL
YOU WATCH MORE CLOSELY.>> WE
WATCH ANY OF THE NUMBER OF 4@
CATEGORY CATEGORY BUT THE ONE
WE FOCUSED THE MOST ON IS THE
DAILY ADMISSIONS NUMBER.
THAT IS REALLY A TRUE NUMBER OF
WHAT WE SEE GOING ON IN 4@THE
COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. IT IS NOT 4@SKEWED BY OTHER
THINGS THAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THE
HOSPITALIZATION NUMBER OTHER
NUMBERS FOR THE CASE 4@NUMBERS
ARE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT TO
INTERPRET BECAUSE OF THE WAY
THEY ARE REPORTED.
THAT IS THE NUMBER THAT WE
FOLLOW THE 4@MO4@ST CLOSELY. 4@
BUT THEY WEEKEND IS A BIG TIME
FOR PEOPLE TOGETHER WITH FAMILY
AND FRIENDS.
AND FRIENDS. HOW CAN WE ALL DO THIS
SAFELY?>> FOLLOWING ALL OF THE
RULES THAT WE HAVE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
IT IS DIFFICULT TO 4@4@SOCIAL
DISTANCE WHEN YOU ARE GETTING
TOGETHER WITH YOUR FAMILY AND
FRIENDS BUT I WOULD TAKE 4@4@TO
LIMIT YOUR CROWD SIZE LIKE WE
HAVE SAID 10 OR LESS.
I THINK THE OTHER PIECE IS
UNDERSTANDING WHO YOU ARE 4@
INVITING OVER.
INVITING OVER. IF YOU ARE IN THE HIGH 4@RISK
CATEGORIES SUCH AS UP THERE IN
AGE OR YOU 4@HAVE OTHER COMORBI
DISEASE OR THINGS THAT COULD
PUT YOU AT RISK, YOU 4@MAY WANT
TO PUT OFF GETTING TOGETHER
WITH THOSE FAMILY AND FRIENDS
FOR THIS YEAR BECAUSE THE RISK @
IS MUCH HIGHER FOR THEM
FORGETTING COVID-19 AND 4@HAVI
PROBLEMS WITH GETTING
HOSPITALIZED AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. KEEP YOU HANDS CLEAN.
CLEAN SERVICES.
CLEAN SERVICES. ALL OF THOSE THINGS WE HAVE
BEEN 4@TALKING ABOUT.
>> Reporter: IS 4@THERE ANY
DANGER TO WEARING A MA4@SK 4@FO
LONG PERIOD OF TIME OR IS IT
BETTER TO 4@WEAR IT FOR AN HOUR
INSTEAD OF EIGHT 4@HOURS STRAIG?
>> WILL REMEMBER WHAT YOU ARE
WEARING A MASK FOR.
YOU WANT TO WEAR A MASK WHEN
YOU ARE IN PUBLIC.
IF YOU ARE AT 4@HOME YOU DO NOT
HAVE TO WEAR A MASK OR 4@IF YOU
ARE AROUND YOUR FAMILY, IT IS
NOT AS IMPORTANT TO WEAR A
MASK.
MASK.
MASK. THE
MASK. THE MASK IS MEANT 12 OTHERS BE
PROTECTED FROM YOU.
IT IS MEANT TO CAPTURE THE
WATER VAPOR FROM YOUR VOICE AND
IF YOU ARE COUGHING.
WE ARE IN A PUBLIC AND THE
IMPORTANT PIECE.
IMPORTANT PIECE. SOME OF THE THINGS I HEARD
ABOUT WEARING MASKS FOR LONG
PERIODS OF TIME, MOSTLY AROUND
SKIN IRRITATION AND THINGS LIKE
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. IF
THAT. IF YOU CAN KEEP ENOUGH AND LET
YOUR SKIN BREATHE, THAT IS
IMPORTANT TO DO AS WELL.
>> Reporter: ALONG TO HAVE TO
BE EXPOSED TO SO4@MEONE TO
CONTRACT COVID-19.
CONTRACT COVID-19. >> THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION AND
NOBODY HAS A PRECISE ANSWER,
BUT IT TAKES LONGER THAN JUST A
NOBODY HAS A PRECISE ANSWER, BUT IT TAKES LONGER THAN JUST A@
PATH BY.
PATH BY.
PATH BY. WHEN PEOPLE ARE AFRAID AFRAID
HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO SOMEBODY
USUALLY THINK ABOUT HOW CLOSE
THEY ARE TO YOU AND HOW MUCH
TIME THEY SPENT AROUND IT AS
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. THAT IS WHERE WE GET 4@THE SIX
FOOT RULE.
FOOT RULE. HOW FAR WE THINK IT IS THE
DROPLETS 4@CAN SPREAD SOMEBODY
COUGHING OR BREATHING HARD
THINGS LIKE THAT.
OTHERWISE THEY FALL TO THE
FLOO4@R.
FLOO4@R.
FLOO4@R. THE OTHER PIECE IS HOW MUCH
TIME.
TIME.
TIME. HERE NUMBERS FROM 15 MINUTES TO
10 MINUTES.
10 MINUTES. BUT THE IMPORTANT PIECE IS YOU
ARE JUST DOING THINGS LIKE
BEING AT THE GROCERY STORE OR 4@
OTHER PLACES WHERE YOU ARE
CANCELING PASSING BY SOMEBODY.
THE RISK OF CONTRACTING 4@THE
VIRUS OF THOSE INTERACTIONS IS
VERY LOW.
VERY LOW.
VERY LOW. USUALLY HAVE TO BE A LITTLE BIT
CLOSER TO LITTLE BIT LONGER THE
PERIOD.
PERIOD.
PERIOD. >> Reporter: 4@I KNOW A LOT OF
LOCAL SOCCER BASEBALL AND
SOFTBALL TEAMS 4@ARE TAKING BAC
OUT TO THE FIELD TO PLAY.
WHAT ARE THE RECOMMENDATIONS
REGARDING YOUTH SPORTS.
>> IT IS 4@THE SAME
RECOMMENDATIONS WE GIVE TO
EVERYBODY WHICH IS TO MAKE SURE
YOU ARE PRACTICING SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
DISTANCING. THAT COULD GET CHALLENGING
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE IN THE
DUGOUT, ON THE BENCH AND THINGS
LIKE THAT.
LIKE THAT. KEEPING THE SERVICES CLEAN AND
YOUR HANDS CLEAN.4@
IN ANY SPORT THERE IS USUALLY
SOME AMOUNT OF CONTACT.4@
FOR USE, THEY ARE NOT AT A HIGH
RISK CATEGORY.
RISK CATEGORY. THEY CAN STILL CATCH THE VIRUS
BUT THEY USUALLY DO 4@NOT HAVE
POOR OUTCOMES.
POOR OUTCOMES. USUALLY HAVE A MILD COLD OR
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THERE ARE EXCEPTIONS BUT BY AND
LARGE THEY DO OK4@AY.
IF YOU CAN PRACTICE THE GENERAL
GUIDELINES, YOU WILL BE ALL
RIGHT.
RIGHT.
RIGHT. REALLY THE BIGGEST THING THAT I
WORRY ABOUT WITH YOUTH SPORTS
IS MORE OF THE SPECTATORS AND
BEING 4@4@MORE CONGREGATED AND
BEING EXPOSED.
BEING EXPOSED. SPOT THAT IS ALL THE TIME THAT
WE HAVE.
WE HAVE.
WE HAVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING
US.
US.
US. YOU
US. YOU AT HOME IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS FOR YOUR EXPERT, TEXT
THEM