NOTHING ELSE SLOWING YOU DOWN AS YOU KEEP YOUR SON TOYOTA TIME SAVER TRAFFIC.
>> 3 IN AS OF NEXT WEEK WILL
BE FUN ALL RIGHT ALINA THANK
YOU SO AS COVID-19 CASES
CONTINUE TO SURGE MORE PEOPLE
ARE GETTING TESTED FOR THE
VIRUS ALL ACROSS OUR AREA.
JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THIS LINE
YESTERDAY AT THE FLORIDA HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS DUVAL CENTRAL
HEALTH PLAZA, THIS IS
IN SPRINGFIELD. A LOT OF PEOPLE
AND IT WAS LIKE THIS ALL DAY
LONG. THE DEMAND FOR TESTING
COMES AS CORONAVIRUS
HOSPITALIZATIONS
IN FLORIDA TRIPLED IN JUST THE
LAST 3 WEEKS.
JOINING US THIS MORNING AS
DOCTORS TAHMAN SOLEMANI WITH
ABBA SEEN A MEDICAL URGENT
CARE. DOCTOR YOU HAVE 3 CLINICS
THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST, FLORIDA.
HOW BUSY ARE THEY
RIGHT NOW.
>> IT’S HIS BUSIEST WE’VE EVER
BUSIER THAN PEAK OF COVID LAST THE DEMAND FOR TESTING HAS QUADRUPLED OVER THE
LAST 6 WEEKS
OR SO.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: LOOK YOU AND I
HAVE BEEN THROUGH THIS JOURNEY
TOGETHER I REMEMBER WHEN WE
FIRST STARTED TO
INTERVIEW WIND. THERE IS THIS
VIRUS THAT WAS INFECTING PEOPLE
ON CRUISE SHIPS AND THEN IT WAS
OUT ON THE WEST COAST AND THEN
IT WAS IN NEW YORK CITY AND WE
HOPE IT DOESN’T COME TO
FLORIDA.
I MEAN DID YOU EVER IMAGINE IT
TO BE WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> NO I DEFINITELY YOU KNOW
IN.
>> A POLL MAY WHEN THINGS KIND
OF REALLY SLOW DOWN ON THE
NUMBERS WERE DOWN WHO WAS STILL
SEEN POSITIVE CASES, BUT IT
WILL BE A DRAMATICALLY
DROPPED OFF. I REALLY CONSIDER
THAT THAT THIS WAS IT WAS
PRETTY MUCH OVER AND WE WOULD
DWINDLING DOWN AND
THEN TOWARDS 2ND HALF OF JUNE
WE START SEEING AN UPTICK OF
OUR PATIENTS COMING IN WITH
BEING POSITIVE.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: OBVIOUSLY THE
BLAME IS GOING ON THE DELTA
VARIANT BUT WHY WHY DID IT GET
SO BAD WHEN WE THOUGHT WE HAD
THIS VIRUS
UNDER CONTROL.
>> WELL VIRUS IS BEING VIRUSES,
YOU KNOW THEY DON’T READ OUR
MEDICAL TEXTBOOKS ARE
RECOMMENDATIONS VIRUSES.
MUTATE EVERY YOU KNOW ALMOST
MOST BACTERIA
AND VIRUSES THAT WE KNOW OF
MUTATE AT SOME POINT AND
THERE’S MULTIPLE ALREADY
MUTATIONS OF THE ORIGIN OF
CORONAVIRUS AND THIS VERSION OF
THAT AND TYPICALLY THE ONES
THAT ARE THE MOST VIRULENT AND
THE MOST AGGRESSIVE WITH THE
ONES THAT BASICALLY POP THEIR
HEAD AND BECOME VISIBLE TO
EVERYBODY BECAUSE THE
FRIENDLIER VERSIONS OBVIOUSLY
WE NEVER HEAR ABOUT.
SO THE DELTA VARIANT IS A
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE VIRULENT
VERSION OF THE ORIGINAL
COVID-19.
>> SO IS IT SAFE TO SAY THAT
MOST OF YOUR PATIENTS THAT
ARE SICK HAVE THE DELTA VARIANT
NATIONAL DATA
SHOWS THAT GRADY THAT 80% OF
ALL POSITIVE COVID PATIENTS
CURRENTLY HAVE THE DELTA
VARIANT SO THAT YOU KNOW 4 OUT
OF 5
OF DELTA. AND IF YOU MAYBE HAD
THE CORONAVIRUS BACK WHEN
IT ORIGINALLY SPREAD THROUGH
OUR AREA SURE WHAT’S THE
DIFFERENCE THAT YOU’RE SEEING
WITH WITH THE ORIGINAL VIRUS
THAT WE SAW HERE
THAT MANY OF US MYSELF INCLUDED
WERE INFECTED WITH AND THE
VIRUS THAT PEOPLE ARE DEALING
WITH
RIGHT NOW. WE’RE SEEING A LOT
LESS SYMPTOMS ASYMPTOMATIC
PATIENTS LAST YEAR WE ALMOST
HAD A CONSISTENT.
ALMOST HALF THE PEOPLE THAT
TESTED POSITIVE WERE
ASYMPTOMATIC FOR WEEKS STREAM
LEA MINIMALLY SYMPTOMATIC
HOW PATIENTS WOULD COME IN FOR
THE PRE OPS PHYSICAL AND THEY
WOULD TEST POSITIVE NOT EVEN
BEING THERE. INITIALLY FOR A
COVID TEST.
BUT NOW I MEAN A SIGNIFICANT
PORTION OF PATIENTS ARE JUST
SICK. THEY’RE SYMPTOMATIC.
AND WHAT ARE YOUR NUMBERS WHAT WHAT HAVE THEY BEEN I KNOW THAT YOU’RE WATCHING THE NUMBERS ARE
CONSTANTLY CHANGING BUT WHAT
ARE WE LOOKING AT YOUR CURRENT
LAW WHICH CONSISTENTLY OVER 20%
DAILY WHERE LAST YEAR OUR
POSITIVITY RATE AVERAGED ABOUT
10%.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: YOU KNOW SOME
OF THESE MAY BE 8 SOME BEEN
12%. WE CONSISTENTLY RANKED
ABOUT 10% TODAY.
IF WE TEST A 100 PATIENTS 20
PLUS OF THOSE
ARE POSITIVE. ALL RIGHT WE’VE
GOT TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND THIS
IS A CONTROVERSIAL SUBJECT AND
I’M GONNA GET SOME E-MAILS
ABOUT IT
VACCINES THERE’S A BIG PUSH
FROM LOCAL LEADERS DEMOCRAT AND
REPUBLICAN FOR PEOPLE TO GET
VACCINATED HERE. WHAT
IS THE STATUS RIGHT NOW OF PATIENTS THAT ARE VACCINATED VERSUS THOSE WHO ARE NOT
VACCINATED HAD.
OBVIOUSLY IT’S A PERSONAL
DECISION FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE
LIKE YOU SAID IT’S VERY
CONTROVERSIAL BUT DATA SHOWS
OVERWHELMINGLY THAT THE
PATIENTS THAT ARE HOSPITALIZED
ARE SEVERELY SAKE.
97% PLUS OF THEM ARE
UNVACCINATED PATIENTS.
NOW IN OUR OFFICE YOU KNOW
BEING DOUBLE VACCINATED DOES
NOT PREVENT YOU FROM CATCHING.
CORONAVIRUS WITH THEIR DEALT OR
NOT.
BUT WE DO NOT SEE THOSE
PATIENTS ENDING UP ON A VENT
ENDING UP IN THE
HOSPITAL SO YOUR MORTALITY AND
SIGNIFICANTLY REST AND WHEN YOU
LOOK AT EVEN OUR HOSPITALS IN
JACKSONVILLE.
PERCENT PLUS PATIENTS THAT ARE
HOSPITALIZED ALL AND THAT
UNVACCINATED SO YOU ARE SEEING
PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED COME
DOWN WITH THE VIRUS. WE HAVE
REPORTED ON THAT ARE YOU SEEING
RE
INFECTION WHERE THOSE WHO HAVE
ALREADY RECOVERED FROM
CORONAVIRUS ARE GETTING IT
AGAIN. YES. IT’S A IT’S
EVERYDAY OCCURRENCE WHERE
PATIENTS COMING IN THINKING
THEY HAVE A SINUS INFECTION
WITH EVEN HAVE ALLERGY
SYMPTOMS. AND THEY SAY WELL, I
DON’T EVEN NEED A COVID TEST I
HAD COVID BACK IN JANUARY OR
DECEMBER AND
NOW THAT CDC WEEK WISE AND
RECOMMENDS ANY RESPIRATORY TYPE
SYMPTOMS TO BE SCREENED FOR
COVID TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE NOT
PASSING IT ON SOMEBODY ELSE
THOSE PATIENTS ALL TESTING
POSITIVE SO WE HAVE MANY
PATIENTS THAT ON THEIR SECOND
COVID
OF COURSE. DOCTORS TO MONTH
SOLEMANI WITHOUT ASCENA
MEDICAL. THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS
BEING HERE TO ANSWER OUR
QUESTIONS AND CERTAINLY KEEPING