>> SEPARATING THE FACTS FROM FICTION SURROUNDING THIS
PANDEMIC WE’RE CONTINUING THIS
NEW PORTION WHERE WE BRING VIEWER QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19
TO LOCAL EXPERTS TONIGHT
WHERE ONCE AGAIN SPEAKING WITH
DOCTOR ROBERT A FROLIC STEIN AN
EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR WORKING
RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO
DOCTOR, THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US AGAIN. PLEASURE. THE FIRST
QUESTION FROM ONE OF OUR
VIEWERS. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING.
WELL, THIS IS REALLY MY
QUESTION WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN
THE E R THIS WEEK ARE YOU
SEEING ANY UP TAKE IT ALL IN
THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS.
>> WE ARE SEEING A SLIGHT
UPTICK SAYING PLEASE
NOT BENT. A LOT OF PATIENTS
WITH COVID-19 THAT WE ARE WE’RE
SEEING MORE THAN WE DID LAST
WEEK BUT PROBABLY LESS
THAN WE HAD EXPECTED OR WE’RE
PROJECTED SO WE’RE HAPPY FOR
THAT.
THAT. >> ARE YOU TAKE A DO YOU HAVE
I EXTENDED HOURS PLANNED IF
NEED BE I MEAN ARE YOU ARE 4
DAYS OFF FOR DAYS ON FOR 3 DAYS
ON THAT KIND OF THING.
>> AND SO WE HAVE WE HAVE
PLENTY OF COVERAGE.
WEEKEND
WEEKEND FLEX AND EXTEND COVERAGE YEARS
THAT IF THE MEDIA THE RISES SO
WE HAVE PLANS IN PLACE. ALL
RIGHT NEXT QUESTION.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS A LITTLE
BIT AT 6 O’CLOCK IS IT
FRUSTRATING.
FRUSTRATING. >> SEEING FALSE CLAIMS BEING
MADE ON SOCIAL MEDIA I BROUGHT
UP THE FACT THAT
JUST IN THE QUESTIONS THAT
WE’VE BEEN GETTING I THINK WE
GET A QUESTION EVERY OTHER DAY
ABOUT CAN THIS DISEASE BE
SPREAD BY MOSQUITOES
AND WE’VE ANSWERED THAT SEVERAL
TIMES BUT THE FACT IS NO IT’S
AIRBORNE NOT BLOODBORNE IS THIS
FRUSTRATING FOR YOU AS A
PHYSICIAN.
PHYSICIAN. >> IT IS CERTAINLY IS
FRUSTRATING SEE THE AMOUNT OF
MISINFORMATION OUT THERE.
IT’S IT’S THE WORLD WE
LIVE IN THE NOW WITH THE SOCIAL
MEDIA AND EVERYONE HAS AN
OPINION WANTS TO EXPRESS IT AND
THEN THAT CATCHES ON
SITE ETSY THE THING TO DO IS TO
SALUTE TO RELIABLE SOURCES OF
OF INFORMATION.
OF INFORMATION. >> AND THE MOST RELIABLE, THE
CDC’S WEB SITE ITSELF CORRECT.
>> YES.
>> YES. >> YEAH IS THERE A TEST YOU CAN
TAKE THAT WILL TELL YOU WHETHER
YOU’VE HAD THE VIRUS. EVEN IF
YOU’VE RECOVERED AND WHETHER
YOU HAVE UNITY TO IT.
>> YES WE ARE
FRIENDS WHO IS AN ANTIBODY TEST
AND IT IS JUST I’M CERTAIN TO
COME OUT.
COME OUT. AND WE REALLY VERY GALEN DIDN’T
USE OF IS.
AND WE HAVE SOME I
THINK AT THE HOSPITAL ARE
REALLY JUST TRYING TO FIGURE
OUT HOW YOU HOW TO BEST USE IT
GIVEN THE LIMITED SUPPLY, BUT
IT IS COMING, IT
WILL BE I WEEKS BEFORE IT’S WHY
WE KNOW THAT HAS COME OUT OK.
>> CAN YOU GET COVID-19 3 YOUR
EYES SINCE THEY’RE MOIST AND
HAVE SECRETIONS LIKE TEARS AND
THE LIKE.
THE LIKE. >> UH YES, YES, YOU CAN AND THE
AND THE CHANCES OF YOU GETTING
IT WAS ONLY EYE
CONTACT IS IS LESS THAN
A CONTACT MILES CONFLICT, BUT
IT CERTAINLY CAN HAPPEN THIS WE
SEE THE ISSUES OF A
HEALTH CARE. PROFESSIONALS
WORKING WITH
WORKING WITH SHE SHOWS UNMASKING STATUS.
YES, IT CAN TO GET TRANSMITTED
THROUGH. YES. YEAH THAT’S WHERE
THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE
EQUIPMENT IS SO IMPORTANT.
YES.
YES. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK WILL BE
GETTING BACK TO NORMAL AND WHAT
WILL NORMAL LOOK LIKE.
>> YES, THE MILLION-DOLLAR
QUESTION I
QUESTION I THINK WHAT MAYBE A BETTER WAY
TO PHRASE IT IS WHAT.
>> HAS TO HAPPEN FOR US TO
RETURN TO NORMAL.
>> DOCTOR FAUCI SAID EARLY ON
YOU KNOW THE VIRUS THIS
TIMELINE AND.
TIMELINE AND. >> AND HE’S RIGHT AND SO I CAN
SEE WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN AND SEE
WHAT NEEDS THINGS NEED TO
HAPPEN. FORREST RETURNED TO
NORMAL AND THOSE ARE
REALLY FOR THINGS ONE IS THAT
WE HAVE TO HAVE THE HOSPITAL
CAPACITY
CAPACITY TO MANAGE. ANY ILLNESSES COVID
IN RELATED ILLNESSES AND ALL
THE OTHER ILLNESSES THAT WE
NORMALLY SEE IN ALL THE OTHER
SURGERIES AND WE NORMALLY DO.
WE HAVE PLENTY OF CAPACITY
RIGHT NOW, BUT WE’RE NOT THERE.
YEAH WE HAVEN’T OPENED UP
ELECTIVE SURGERIES ALL THAT
SECOND THING IS WE NEED TO BE
ON THE DOWN SLOPE OF
THE CURVE IT CONSISTENTLY ON
THE DOWNSLOPE A LIQUOR ONLY ONE
TO 2 WEEKS. LET’S CONTINUE
DOWNWARD TRENDS
DOWNWARD TRENDS WILL OCCUR. AND THEN THE 3RD
AND 4TH THINGS ARE REALLY
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUES WE NEED TO
HAVE WIDESPREAD
HAVE WIDESPREAD TESTING AVAILABLE WHERE ANYONE
WITH SYMPTOMS IS ABLE TO BE
TESTED
TESTED RIGHT AWAY AND THEN TO GO ALONG
WITH THAT IN THE 4TH THING IS.
LYNN WE
LYNN WE HAVE A PERSON HAS TESTED
POSITIVE FOR THE ILLNESS WE
HAVE TO HAVE THE MEANS TO BE
ABLE TO ISOLATE THAT PERSON
AND DO THE CONTACT TRACING TO
FIND EVERYONE THAT COME INTO
CONTACT
CONTACT WITH RECENTLY AND YOU EITHER
ISOLATE OR QUARANTINE OR TEST
THOSE PEOPLE AS WELL AND YOU
KNOW WHEN THAT’S GOING TO
HAPPEN. IT’S HARD TO PREDICT
THAT THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT
NEED TO HAPPEN BEFORE WE CAN
RETURN TO TO NORMALCY.
>> MY FINAL QUESTION FOR YOU
TONIGHT ARE YOU AT ALL
CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE WHO MAYBE
SHOULD BE GOING TO THE
EMERGENCY ROOM FOR THINGS OTHER
THAN COVID-19 ARE NOT GOING
BECAUSE OF THE FEAR OF COVID-19
WHETHER BE CHEST PAIN OR.
OTHER THINGS GOING ON.
>> I AM I AM CONCERNED I THINK
IT’S BEEN BETTER LAST A FEW
BUT FOR A WHILE THERE WE
WENT FOR SEVERAL DAYS WITHOUT
SEEING A HEART ATTACK AND
THAT’S JUST UNHEARD OF SO LEARN
AS YOU PLEASE
COMMENT IS IF YOU NEED TO WE
CAN KEEP YOU SAFE. YOU CAN KEEP
YOU HAVE PROCESSES IN PLACE TO
KEEP EVEN A AREA THAT IS WON’T
BE CONTAMINATED WAS THE VIRUS
THAT CAUSES COME.
>> DOCTOR ROBERT FROLICS TIME
LOCAL YARD DOCTOR WORKING ABOUT