GO, IT IS A BLOOD DRAW, BUT YOU GET A RESULT IN 15 MINUTES, AND WE HAVE ALSO ADVISED FOLKS WHO
-- WHO ARE NOT EXPERIENCING ANY
SYMPTOMS, I’M CURIOUS, AND THEY
GET A DIAGNOSTIC TEST, THAT IS
FINE AND AVAILABLE.
IF YOU ARE IN THOSE SITUATIONS
DOING AN ANTIBODY TEST MAY BE A
BETTER OPTION.
BECAUSE IF YOU HAD --
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YELL]
>> WE WILL NOT BE DEFUNDING THE POLICE. DON’T WORRY ABOUT THAT.
WE WILL BE SUPPORTING OUR MEN
AND WOMEN IN-LAW ENFORCEMENT.
WHAT YOU HAVE WITH A
CONVALESCENT PLASMA IS HELPING
THE FOLKS WHO, AND IF YOU WANT
TO DO AN ANTIBODY TEST, YOU WILL
BE ABLE TO SEE IF YOU HAD A
RECENT INFECTION IF YOU GET A
RECENT TYPE OF ANTIBODY, IF YOU
GET AN IGG ANTIBODY, YOU WILL BE
IN A SITUATION WHERE YOU CLEARED
THE ILLNESS PROBABLY FOR SEVERAL
WEEKS.
IT’S IMPORTANT TO DO.
THAT OPPORTUNITY IS AVAILABLE
NOT ONLY AT ORANGE CONVENTION
CENTER, BUT AT THE JACKSONVILLE
35 THROUGH TEST SITE AT THE WEST
PALM BEACH, AND THE MIAMI BEACH
CONVENTION CENTER AND AT HARD
ROCK STADIUM IN MIAMI-DADE
COUNTY ASK WHAT AND WHAT WE HAVE
SEEING IS INCREASE IN PREVALENCE
OF PEOPLE WHO ARE TESTING
POSITIVE FOR ANTIBODIES.
IF YOU DO TEST POSITIVE FOR
ANTIBODIES, WILL YOU GET THE
RESULT RIGHT THERE.
GO WITH ONE BLOOD AND CONSIDER
GIVING BLOOD SO THAT YOU’RE ABLE
TO GIVE IN A SITUATION WHERE
YOU’RE HELPING PATIENTS.
I THINK IT’S SOMETHING THAT IS
VERY, VERY IMPORTANT.
THERE’S AN INCREASED DEMAND FROM
HOSPITALS FOR CONVALESCENT
PLASMA AND WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO
MEET THAT NEED.
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS YOU CAN
DO, IF YOU’RE SOMEBODY THAT HAS
RECOVERED FROM COVID-19, IS TO
DONATE BLOOD.
REMDESIVIR, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS CONTROLLED FROM HEALTH DEPARTMENT SENDING SENDING IT TO
HOSPITALS, AND WHEN HOSPITALS
STARTED RUNNING LOW ON IT, THEY
ASKED ME FOR HELP.
WE WERE ABLE TO DO THAT.
WE WERE ABLE TO EXPEDITE A
SHIPMENT TWO WEEKS AGO AND WE
EXPEDITED ANOTHER SHIPMENT NA
ARRIVING IN HOSPITAL TODAY WHICH
IS IMPORTANT.
REMDESIVIR, THEY USE IT NO
COMBINATION WITH CONVALESCENT
PLASMA.
IT’S A FIVE-DAY REGIMEN.
IF YOU DO IT EARLY, THE
PHYSICIANS BELIEVE THERE’S A
GOOD SENSE OF SUPPORT.
SO IT’S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND,
WE REALLY MOVED THE BALL ON
GETTING REMDESIVIR INTO THE
HOSPITALS, FOLKS CAN GIVE THE
CONVALESCENT PLASMA AND HAVE THE
OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT AS WELL.
ALSO IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT YOU
KNOW, COVID-19 WHILE IT’S
OBVIOUSLY AN IMPORTANT ISSUE,
THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER HEALTH
ISSUES OUT THERE.
IF YOU NEED HEALTHCARE,
PARTICULARLY FOR THINGS LIKE
HEART AND STROKE, WHAT WE DON’T
WANT TO SEE IS PEOPLE DID HE
EVERRING THAT.
GO IN -- DEFER THAT, GO IN GO IN
AND THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO DID
NOT SEEK ATTENTION WHEN THEY
NEEDED TO AND THEIR CONDITION
WORSENED AND NOW IT’S A TOUGHER
FIGHT.
IF YOU’RE SOMEBODY OUT THERE WHO
IS EXPERIENCING THE SYMPTOMS, DO
NOT, DO NOT SHRINK FROM GOING
INTO GETTING THE MS. ATTENTION M
ATTENTION THAT YOU NEED, 25% OF
THE HOSPITAL BEDS ARE AVAILABLE
STATEWIDE AND ALMOST 20% OF THE
ICU BEDS ARE AVAILABLE.
HERE IN ORANGE COUNTY 26% OF
ADULT HOSPITAL BEDS ARE
AVAILABLE AND NEARLY 22% OF ICU
BEDS REMAIN AVAILABLE.
SO THE CAPACITY IS THERE.
THE COVID PATIENTS REPRESENT A
LARGER PERCENTAGE OF THE CENSUS
THAN THEY DID A MONTH OR A MONTH
AND A HALF AGO.
WE DO HAVE THE CAPACITY AND THE
STATES HELP WITH SOME OF THE
FOLKS WHO ARE CONTRACT NURSES
AND SOME OF THE OTHER MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS.
SO WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.
I WANT TO THANK THE FOLKS AT ONE
BLOOD FOR THEIR SUPPORT.
WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS WHO ARE
WORKING REALLY, REALLY HARD ON
THIS TO BE ABLE TO HELP PATIENTS
TO BE ABLE TO GENERATE BETTER
OUTCOMES.
THIS IS A GREAT WAY FOR MEMBERS
OF THE PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO DO
IT.
REMEMBER, YOU DON’T HAVE TO HAVE
TESTED POSITIVE IN A DIAGNOSTIC
TEST.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO HAVE THIS
WITH NO SYMPTOMS, A MONTH OR TWO
AGO, MAYBE TWO, OR THREE MONTHS
AGO WHO HAVE ANTIBODIES, CAN BE
USED FOR THIS.
EVEN IF YOU HAVEN’T TESTED
POSITIVE BEFORE, AND YOU MAY
HAVE BEEN EXPOSED, GO AND GET A
TEST, AND GIVE BLOOD.