CBS 4 NEWS.
JOINING US NOW IS AN
INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT AT
FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL
UNIVERSITY.
WE HEARD DR. FAUCI SPEAKING
ABOUT THE DANGERS OF REOPENING
TOO MUCH AND TOO FAST.
WHAT IS YOUR ASSESSMENT TO THE
MAYOR'S PLAN TO RELAX
RESTRICTIONS?
I HAD THE PLEASURE OF
SPEAKING TO MAYOR GIMENEZ I
WORKED WITH MANY OTHER MAYORS
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
WE ARE LOOKING AT VERY TIGHT
RESTRICTIONS.
YOU GO THROUGH THOSE GUIDELINES
YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY HAVE
BEEN VERY CAREFULLY THOUGHT
OUT.
AND DR. FAUCI IS RIGHT, THERE
IS A RISK.
THE COUNTRY STILL AT A PLATEAU
AND WE REALLY HOPE THAT THE
PUBLIC DOES EXACTLY WHAT MAYOR
GIMENEZ SAID , TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY IF WE DO THAT WE
WILL HAVE A SEMBLANCE OF
NORMALCY WITH REOPENING.
THERE IS A CONCERN.
WHERE WILL THERE BE A SUPER
SPREADER?
MANY ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE
OPENING , THERE HAS TO BE A
GROUP THAT EVALUATES WHAT
HAPPENED THE DAY BEFORE AND
WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW WITH
EMPLOYEES AND CUSTOMERS.
SO THEY KNOW EVERY DAY IF THEIR
MEETING THAT GUIDELINE.
DR. MARTY DO YOU PLAN TO GO
TO RESTAURANTS AND OTHER
BUSINESSES THAT ARE OPENING UP?
I WILL BE LOOKING VERY
CAREFULLY AT VARIOUS
RESTAURANTS TO SEE IF THEY ARE
IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE VARIOUS
ROLES WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE.
I HAVE GONE TO SEVERAL
RESTAURANTS TO SEE WHAT THEY
HAVE IN PLACE, NOT TO EAT.
I'VE GONE AND LOOKED IT
KITCHENS TO SEE HOW THEY ARE
STAFFING.
THEY WERE VERY KIND LETTING ME
LOOK AROUND TO MAKE SURE THAT
THEY HAD GOOD PLANS IN PLACE.
A PLAN THAT HAS GOOD PLANS IN
PLACE AND IS FOLLOWING THE
RULES.
I IS A CUSTOMER FOLLOW THE
RULES, I THINK IT WOULD BE OKAY
TO OPEN THESE RESTAURANTS.
IN THE BEGINNING WE WERE
HEARING THAT THE CHILDREN ARE
NOT AS VULNERABLE TO COVID-19.
AND NOW WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT
THIS NEW INFLAMMATORY ILLNESS
THAT IS DEADLY FOR CHILDREN
THAT COULD BE LINKED TO COVID-
19.
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THIS NEW
FEAR?
KAWASAKI DISEASE IS WHAT
THEY ARE MANIFESTING.
IT'S THE REACTION THAT CERTAIN
CHILDREN HAVE. WHAT WE ARE
SEEING IN CHILDREN IS NOT THAT
DIFFERENT THAN THE CELLS
INVOLVED WITH SOME OF THE
COMPLICATIONS WE SEE IN ADULT.
IT'S THE CHILDREN MANIFESTATION
OF A PARTICULAR IMMUNE REACTION
THAT WE KNOW HAPPENS.
WE HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE WITH
OTHER VIRUSES THAT CAUSE THIS
KAWASAKI SYNDROME.
WHAT MAKES IT SERIOUS IS THAT
IT CAUSES INFLAMMATION OF THE
BLOOD VESSELS. IF THE CHILD IS
IN THE TREATED THIS CAN BE
EXTREMELY SERIOUS.
IF THE CHILD IS TAKEN TO THE
HOSPITAL PROMPTLY WE DO HAVE
GOOD THERAPY AND IF THE CHILD
ARRIVES IN THE HOSPITAL EARLY
THEY WILL DO WELL EVEN THOUGH
THEY HAVE'S HORRIFIC DISEASE.
WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
VACCINES?
THERE ARE 90 DIFFERENT
VACCINES THAT ARE BEING LOOKED
AT IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES AND
LABS.
OF THOSE NINE OF THEM ARE IN
THE VARIOUS STAGES AND THAT IS
ONE OF VACCINES THAT IS BEING
LOOKED AT.
WE ARE GLAD THAT THERE ARE MANY
POSSIBILITIES OUT THERE.
THEY NEED TO BE TESTED, TRIED
AND PROVEN TO BE SAFE SO THAT
WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE DOSE
IS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT LEVEL OF
PROTECTION IS A NECESSARY.
WE HAVE TO BE SURE THAT IT DOES
NOT CAUSE A SIGNIFICANT A SIDE
EFFECT.
TO GET ALL THAT INFORMATION
TAKES QUITE A BIT OF TIME.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN
RECENTLY AUTHORIZED IS A
CHALLENGE TRIALS IN HUMANS.
THAT'S REALLY QUITE UNUSUAL.
A CHALLENGE TRIAL MEANS YOU
WOULD GIVE SOMEBODY A TRIAL
VACCINE THAT IS ALREADY BEEN
DEMONSTRATED TO PRODUCE
ANTIBODIES AND IS SAFE IN
HUMANS.
NOW YOU WOULD EXPOSE THAT
PERSON TO THOUGH WILD VIRUS.
IT'S A REMARKABLE THING THAT IS
BEING AUTHORIZED.
WE DON'T NORMALLY DO THAT FOR A
DEADLY DISEASE.
IT'S AMAZING HOW ALL THIS