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ALL RIGHT, THE SECOND WAVE OF
INFECTIONS ISN'T AVAILABLE.
THAT CONTINUES OUR DISCUSSION
JUST BEFORE THE BREAK THAT IF
YOU RELAX THINGS, HOW CAN YOU
-- HOW COULD MORE PEOPLE NOT
GET IT OR ISN'T THAT GOING TO
BE PART OF THE DEAL?
>> IT SEEMS LIKE A PRETTY
STRAIGHTFORWARD MATH PROBLEM.
IF YOU HAVE MORE PEOPLE
INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER IN
CLOSE PROXIMITY THEN THE
INFECTION WILL SPREAD.
WE DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW THIS
VIRUS WILL BEHAVE IN DIFFERENT
CLIMATES.
I THINK THERE HAS BEEN SOME
EVIDENCE ABOUT THAT.
HOPEFULLY INFLUENZA HAS A BIT
OF A SEASONAL VARIATION PEOPLE
SEE SOME OF THAT WITH COVID-19.
IF YOU SEE MORE PEOPLE
INTERACTING IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
ESPECIALLY IF PEOPLE ARE
STARTING TO RELAX SOME OF THE
PRECAUTIONS THEY ARE TAKING
LIKE MASKING THEN WE WILL
INEVITABLY SEE A HIGHER NUMBER
OF CASES AND THAT'S WHY WE NEED
TO MONITOR CLOSELY.
I HEARD MAYOR STEINBERG TALKING
ABOUT REQUIRING MASK AS OPPOSED
TO JUST SUGGESTING THEM IN
SECOND MENTAL AND I THINK IN
OTHER PLACES THAT IS PROBABLY
UNDER CONSIDERATION SO THAT
COULD HELP MITIGATE THIS A
LITTLE BIT.
YOU COULD REALLY SORT OF WRAP
UP ON THE PROTECTION PEOPLE ARE
TAKING WITH THEMSELVES AND
OTHERS THAT COULD HELP.
>> THE NEXT TEXT IS THE SAME.
TALKING ABOUT MASKS.
WHERE SOME OF THE COUNTIES
REQUIRING THEM EVEN IF
MAINTAINING SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND OUTDOORS.
I UNDERSTAND IT INDOORS BUT
OUTDOORS SEEMS UNNECESSARY SAID
THAT PERSON WHO TEX.
>> YOU ARE MORE LIKELY INDOORS
TO TRANSPORT THE VIRUS BUT IT'S
ABOUT PROXIMITY AND IF YOU'RE
CLOSE TO NO PERSON OR WITHIN
SIX FEET AND EVEN CLOSER AND IN
A HIGHER RISK OF GETTING THE
INFECTION OR TRANSMITTING THE
INFECTION.
SO EVEN IF YOUR OUTDOORS AND IN
THAT SETTING A MASK WOULD BE
HELPFUL.
BUT I SEE PEOPLE THAT ARE
RIDING THEIR BIKE BY THEMSELVES
AND THEY ARE WEARING A MASK IN
THAT SITUATION IT'S PROBABLY
NOT NECESSARY OR IF THEY ARE
OUT ON A TRIP BY THEMSELVES,
PROBABLY NOT NECESSARY.
THE QUESTION COMES UP THAT IF
YOU COME IN CLOSE PROXIMITY
WITH SOMEONE WHILE YOU'RE
OUTSIDE UNEXPECTEDLY OR YOU ARE
TALKING TO SOMEBODY THAT YOU
MEET ALONG THE WAY.
WHAT IS THE RISK OF THAT.
NOBODY IS REALLY EXACTLY SURE
BUT CERTAINLY BEING OUTSIDE IS
LESS RISK THAN EVEN BEING
INSIDE.
>> NEXT TEXT, REGARDING WHERE
YOU ARE.
THE HOSPITAL HAS STARTED DOING
ELECTRIC SURGERIES AGAIN AND IF
SO ARE HOSPITAL STAYING BUSY
WITH THAT CLAIMANT
>> HOSPITALS ARE DEFINITELY
MOVING TOWARD DOING ELECTIVE
PROCEDURES.
A LOT OF BESIEGERS AND
SURGERIES HAVE BEEN POSTPONED
AND DEFERRED.
THE WORD ELECTIVE SURGERY IS
MISLEADING.
THESE ARE SURGICAL PROCEDURES
THAT ARE NEEDED.
THEY ARE NECESSARY.
THEY DON'T NECESSARY HAVE TO BE
DONE IMMEDIATELY.
NOT AN EMERGENCY SITUATION BUT
YOU DON'T WANT TO WAIT AROUND
ON IT FOR MONTHS AND MONTHS.
THERE'S A LOT OF PATIENTS THAT
WANT TO HAVE THESE PROCEDURES
DONE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS.
WE WANT TO MAKE THEM HAPPEN.
HOSPITALS ARE STARTING TO RAMP
THIS UP AGAIN.
I KNOW THAT THE DIGNITY HEALTH
HOSPITALS WE HAVE IN THE
SACRAMENTO AREA ARE ALL MOVING
TOWARD RESTARTING ELECTIVE
PROCEDURES NOW.
BUT WHAT WE HAVE TO DO IS MAKE
SURE THAT THE PROCESS IS VERY
SOLID SO PROTECTING OUR
PATIENTS AND EMPLOYEES AND
PHYSICIANS AND EVERYBODY IS
REALLY COMFORTABLE OF WHAT'S
GOING ON.
SO PATIENTS CAN FEEL CONFIDENT
THEY ARE ABLE TO COME BACK.
I THINK WE'RE IN A PLACE WHERE
WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT THE PROCESS
VERY CAREFULLY AND WE CAN
MAINTAIN THAT SAFETY.
>> AS WE CONCLUDE INTERVIEWS WE
WILL WANT TO MAKE THEM A LITTLE
BIT SMALLER SO THAT PEOPLE AT
HOME KNOW YOUR TIME IS UP.
WE DIDN'T PUT ENOUGH QUARTERS
IN THE