SEND IT OVER TO KRISTINE
WITH A SPECIAL GUEST.
THANK YOU, CHRIS.
THE CORONAVIRUS
OUTBREAK HAS NOW
INFECTED MORE THAN 6,000
PEOPLE WORLDWIDE.
THE CDC CONTINUES TO
MONITOR TRAVELERS COMING
INTO THE U.S. FROM CHINA
WITH QUARANTINE STATIONS
AND HONOLULU IS ONE OF
THEM.
NOW ALTHOUGH THE
CORONAVIRUS HAS NOT BEEN
TRACED HERE IN HAWAI'I,
MANY PEOPLE ARE
CONCERNED THEY COULD GET
SICK.
AND JOINING US NOW WITH
WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW IS
DR. ROBIN WHO IS A
AT ADVENTIST HEALTH
CASTLE.
GOOD MORNING AND
WELCOME, DOCTOR.
GOOD MORNING.
THANK YOU FOR INVITING
ME.
THANK YOU FOR BEING
HERE BECAUSE THIS IS A
VERY BIG TOPIC THAT'S
SCARING A LOT OF PEOPLE
RIGHT NOW.
SO, FIRST OF ALL, LET ME
ASK YOU, WHAT EXACTLY IS
THE CORONAVIRUS?
RIGHT NOW WHAT THEY
ARE SAYING THAT IT'S A
CHARACTERIZED OR GAVE A
LABEL 2019 NCOV.
ANIMALS.
THEY CAN ALSO BE SEEN IN
HUMANS BUT MAINLY IN
ANIMALS.
IT'S NOVEL BECAUSE OF
THE FIRST TIME THEY
DESCRIBED IT OR EVEN
IDENTIFIED IT.
WHAT MAKES IT A
CORONAVIRUS IS WHEN YOU
SEE PICTURES OF IT,
IDENTIFICATION.
LITTLE SUNS SURROUNDING
IT SO CORONA.
HOW BIG OF AN IMPACT
COULD THE CORONAVIRUS
HAVE BECAUSE IT SEEMS
LIKE IT CAME OUT OF NO
WHERE AND CONTINUES TO
SPREAD?
THERE WAS A SIMILAR
VIRUS THAT CAME OUT
CALLED S.A.R.S.
I DON'T KNOW IF YOU
HEARD OF IT.
S.A.R.S., YES.
IT STARTED OUT IN
CATS AND TRANSFERRED TO
HUMANS.
THAT HAVE ENDED UP
AFFECTING OVER 8,000
PEOPLE AND A LITTLE
UNDER 800 WERE INFECTED
SOD THAT COMES OUT TO BE
ABOUT ONE IN TEN
PATIENTS DIED WITH OVER
HALF OF THEM BEING OVER
THE AGE OF 65.
NOW A LOT OF PEOPLE
ARE BUYING MASKS,
SURGICAL MASKS TO
PROTECT THEMSELVES.
HOW IS IT TRANSMITTED?
CURRENTLY IT IS
THOUGHT TO BE SIMILAR TO
S.A.R.S. IN THAT IT'S
TRANSMITTED BY
RESPIRATORY DROPLETS, SO
THAT'S WHY THE MASKS
MAKE SENSE.
JUST KIND OF KEEP IN
MIND AS FAR AS MASK
EFFECTIVENESS, KEEP IN
MIND IT FILTERS OUT THE
SIZE OF .3 MIGHT --
MICRONS.
IT WILL SLOW IT DOWN
BUT NOT 100%.
THE SYMPTOMS ARE
SIMILAR TO A COLD.
CAN WE PREVENT IT LIKE
WE'RE TRYING TO PREVENT
A COLD?
THAT'S WHAT THE CDC
AS WELL AS VARIOUS
BASIC THINGS TO PREVENT
COLDS AS WELL AS THE
CORONAVIRUS AND EVEN THE
FLU IS HAND WASHING,
SPECIFICALLY 20 SECONDS.
MAKE SURE THERE'S
BUBBLES EVERYWHERE AND
SING HAPPY BIRTHDAY OR
EVEN TWINKLE TWINKLE
LITTLE STAR AND WHEN YOU
DO HAPPY BIRTHDAY, IT'S,
YOU KNOW, TWICE.
NOT JUST ONCE.
AND NOT VERY FAST.
NOT HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
YOU, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
YOU.
IF YOU DO GET THE
CORONAVIRUS, WHAT'S THE
TREATMENT?
THERE IS NO ANTIVIRAL
MEDICINE RIGHT NOW.
YES, CURRENTLY
THERE'S NO ANTIVIRAL BUT
CDC FROM MY
UNDERSTANDING IS COMING
UP OR DEVELOPING A
VACCINE BUT THAT'S AGAIN
IN ANOTHER MONTH OR TWO.
OKAY.
AND THEN IF SOMEONE
SUSPECTS THEY MAY HAVE
TO, WHAT DO THEY DO?
CALL YOUR DOCTOR OR
GO INTO AN EMERGENCY
ROOM AND BE EVALUATED.
WHAT'S YOUR FINAL
MESSAGE TO OUR VIEWERS
AND PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO
ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
GETTING IT AND IT COMING
TO HAWAI'I?
THE BASIC THING I
WOULD SAY TO THE VIEWERS
IS THAT MAKE SURE TO
TAKE ALL PRECAUTIONS
SUCH AS WASH YOUR HANDS,
AVOIDING TOUCH YOUR
FACE, YOUR LIPS, YOUR
NOSE, YOUR MOUTH, AND IF
YOU DO CATCH COLD, STAY
HOME.
THERE'S NO NEED TO
SPREAD IT.
AND ALSO AS FAR AS OTHER
PREVENTION, MAKE SURE
YOU GET YOUR FLU SHOT
BECAUSE THERE'S ALREADY
BEEN OVER 8,000 DEATHS
FROM THE FLU THIS
SEASON, AND ABOUT OVER
5,000 HAVE BEEN
DOCUMENTED SINCE NEW
YEAR'S DAY.