IT IS THE UNKNOWN A LOT OF US HAVE QUESTIONS AND
SEPARATING FACTS FROM FICTION
SURROUNDING THIS PANDEMIC
IS WHY WE’RE CONTINUING THIS
PORTION OF THE SHOW WHERE WE
DURING VIEWER QUESTIONS ABOUT
COVID-19 TO SOME OF OUR LOCAL
EXPERTS AND TONIGHT WE ARE ONCE
AGAIN SPEAKING WITH DOCTOR
ROBERT E FROLIC STEIN AN
EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR, WORKING
RIGHT HERE IN SAN ANTONIO
AT METHODIST HOSPITAL DOCTORS
ALWAYS THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US. WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN THE
EMERGENCY ROOM LATELY.
>> SO LAST WEEK HAS BEEN
PRETTY ENCOURAGING WE’RE STILL
SEEING A YOU KNOW A FEW CASES A
NEW CASES BEING
BUT WE’RE SEEING MUCH MORE
PATIENTS RECOVER MORE MANY MORE
PATIENTS RECOVER AND BE
DISCHARGED HOME SO
THEIR OVERALL NUMBER OF
PATIENTS WITH COVID IN
METHODIST HOSPITAL RIGHT NOW IS
IS A A
IS A A VERY LOW, IT’S ONLY
15 PATIENTS AND I JUST WANT TO
MAKE SURE EVERYONE UNDERSTANDS
THOSE PATIENTS ARE IN A
SEPARATE AREA OF THE HOSPITAL
AND THEY’RE SHARED FOR BY A
SEPARATE
SEPARATE TEAM OF. NURSES AND TECHS AND
DOCTORS THAT DON’T MOVE FROM
PATIENTS PATIENTS SO YOU’RE
SAFE COMING INTO THE MERGE THE
QUARTER.
QUARTER. >> AND THAT’S WHAT I WANT TO
TALK TO EXPAND ON THAT A LITTLE
BIT BECAUSE SINCE WE REALLY
FIRST STARTED TALKING, YOU ARE
CONCERNED THAT YOU’RE NOT
SEEING SOME OF THE NORMAL
CASES, THE NON-COVERED RELATED
CASES THAT USUALLY SEE IN THE E
R.
R. >> AND THAT’S THAT’S VERY TRUE
INCIDENCE CONCERNING AND JUST
AS AN EXAMPLE.
THE IN AN OR WERE COMPREHENSIVE
STROKE CENTER AND HE’S WE HAVE
TO TREAT A MANY TREATMENTS
AVAILABLE FOR STROKES ONE OF
THOSE TREATMENTS IS MEDICATION
TO POSSIBLY DISSOLVE A CLOT
THAT IS THAT IS CAUSING A
STROKE IN A NORMAL LOST WE
WOULD ADMINISTER THAT NATION
PUT ON MEDICATION BETWEEN 1015
TIMES IN ALL OF APRIL WE ARE IN
MINISTER TO 5 TIMES AND WHAT
FEARFUL OF THIS SENSE TIP 5 TO
10 PATIENTS YOU SENATE HOME
CAME IN TOO LATE
IN ORDER TO GET THAT MEDICATION
THAT MIGHT IMPROVE THEIR
OUTCOMES THAT AND THAT’S WHY
IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO GET THE
MESSAGE OUT THERE THAT THAT YOU
ARE IN THE HOSPITALS ARE SAFE.
>> FIRST QUESTION WE HAVE TONIGHT, WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
NEW SYMPTOMS OF COVID-19 THAT
HAVE BEEN SPELLED OUT.
>> YES, I THINK THE CDC AT IT
AND IT’S AN
FOR PEOPLE TO LOOK AT AND MOST
OF THEM ARE REALLY JUST
THOSE SYMPTOMS THAT WE WOULD
NORMALLY ASSOCIATE WITH VIRAL
ILLNESS HAD A SORE THROAT
SHIELS RECURRENT CHILLS.
AND THOSE ARE PRETTY CONSCIOUS
OR THROW A PRETTY COMMON WAS
REALLY IN A VIRAL ILLNESS AND
AND I WANT TO REMIND PEOPLE
THAT IT’S NOT JUST ONE OF THOSE
IT’S A COMBINATION OF THOSE IN
THAT HAVE TO KIND OF PRESENT IN
THE IN THE CORRECT WAY TO BE
WORRISOME CONCERT COVID IS HE
JUST HAD A HEADACHE.
THAT’S NOT REALLY VERY
WORRISOME FOR COLD IT WAS OUT
SOME OF THE
OTHER SYMPTOMS. ONE OF THE
INTERESTING SYMPTOMS THAT THEY
WHICH DOES SEEM TO BE FAIRLY
UNIQUE CODE IT IS THIS LAWSUIT
TASTE OR SMELL.
AND I AM PERSONALLY SEEN IN
PATIENTS WITH THAT, BUT I KNOW
MY COLLEAGUES HAVE AND IT’S A
PRETTY PROFOUND SYMPTOMS IS NOT
A SUBTLE THINGS SLOW GET
WORRIED IF YOU STILL LIKE YOUR
FOOD TASTE LITTLE CRIME YOU’RE
GOING TO KNOW IT.
YES.
YES. >> IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THE
NEXT QUESTION FROM OUR VIEWERS
IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THE
COVID-19 CAN BE TRANSMITTED BY
SECONDHAND CIGARETTE OR
MARIJUANA SMOKE.
MARIJUANA SMOKE. >> WE KNOW THAT REALLY
I CERTAINLY THERE’S NO EVIDENCE
OF THAT IT DOESN’T MAKE ANY
SENSE OF IT
BY THE WAY WE KNOW THE DISEASE
TRANSMITTED UNLESS YOU’RE
SHARING
SHARING THAT CIGARETTE WISSE WAS
SOMEONE ELSE. AND OF COURSE IT
WOULD BE A RISK OF
TRANSMISSION.
TRANSMISSION. >> THERE’S BEEN A LOT OF TALK
EAT AT THE ORDERS THAT HAVE
COME FROM THE CITY AND THE
COUNTY NOT NECESSARILY MATCHING
UP WITH THE
REOPEN ORDERS THAT ARE COMING
FROM THE GOVERNOR DO YOU THINK
IT’S TOO SOON TO OPEN SAN
ANTONIO.
ANTONIO. >> WELL, YOU KNOW IT’S A
DIFFERENT TRACK COMPLICATED
QUESTIONS FROM A PURELY
CLINICAL PERSPECTIVE. YOU KNOW
WE WANT TO OPEN UNTIL THE VIRUS
IS ALL THE WAY ELIMINATING
THAT’S REALLY NAZIS.
LESS LIKE LIKE SCENES THAT YOU
KNOW THERE ARE 6,000 DEATHS ON
THE HIGHWAY EVERY YEAR IN TAXES
BECAUSE OF MOTOR VEHICLE
CRASHES, LET’S NOT DRIVE CARS
AND YOU KNOW LISTENERS
JUST NOT REALISTIC AND SO WE
DID HAVE TO DO IS
TO PUT SAFETY PRACTICE THIS IS
IN PLACE NEVER CAN TO A SEAT BELT ON CAR TO MAKE IT AS SAFE
AS POSSIBLE AND I KNOW WHO
STEPS ARE OCCURRING.
I KNOW SOME OF THOSE THINGS
CRITERIA TO REOPEN.
A VERY
A VERY CLOSE TO BEING I’M NOT SURE
THEY’RE TOTALLY PRESENT JETS
LOW FOR INSTANCE, THE
DECREASING NUMBER OF CASES I
THINK WE WANTED TO
BE A CONSISTENTLY DECREASE FOR
2 WEEKS. I DON’T THINK WE’RE
QUITE THERE YET. WE CERTAINLY
HAVE THE HOSPITAL CAPACITY NOW
I KNOW TESTING IN THE ABILITY
TO TRACE PEOPLE IS IS
DEFINITELY RAMPING UP SLIGHTLY.
THEY WERE PRETTY FROM A
CLINICAL STANDPOINT. THERE’S A
WHOLE HOST OF OTHER FACTORS
THAT GO INTO IT TO THE U.S..
OH YOU KNOW ARE WE HAVE TO
TRUST THEIR TO DO THE RIGHT
THING ABSOLUTELY ALL RIGHT NEXT
QUESTION. I’M NOTICING A LOT OF
PEOPLE WEARING MASKS ON EITHER
THEIR MOUTH.
THEIR MOUTH. >> OR THEIR NOSE, BUT NOT
ALWAYS BOTH DO BOTH HAVE TO BE
COVERED TO WORK.
>> YEAH, YOU REALLY NEED COVER
THE IDEA BEHIND A MASK IS
TO PREVENT SPREADING OF
DROPLETS OF SALIVA AND THOSE
DROPLETS CAN COME FROM
YOUR NOSE OR YOUR MOUTH SO
REALLY YES, THEY BOTH NEED TO
COME. HOW MANY TESTS IS YOUR.
>> WE ARE PERFORMING DALE AND I
KNOW YOU DON’T KNOW ALL OF
THAT, BUT LET’S SAY IN A NORMAL
SHIFT FOR YOU AND
YOUR COLLEAGUES, HOW MANY
COVID-19 TESTS ARE USUALLY
PERFORMING.
PERFORMING. >> SO SO CURRENTLY
WE’RE STILL REALLY ONLY TESTING
PEOPLE
PEOPLE WE’RE SUSPICIOUS MIGHT HAVE THE
DISEASE IN NEED TO BE ADMITTED
TO
TO THE HOSPITAL OR ARE GOING TO
UNDERGO A PROCEDURE OR
OPERATION AND STILL SO STILL
THAT PROBABLY LEADS MAYBE 2
DOZEN TESTS PER DAY AND
HER FACILITY.
HER FACILITY. >> ARE YOU GET DID YOU
ANTICIPATE THERE WILL BE SOME
CHANGES IN VISITATION OR SOME
WAYS AT THE HOSPITAL OPERATES.
NOW THE REOPENING OF TEXAS HAS
BEEN WILL BEGIN TOMORROW.
>> I I DO THINK THERE’LL BE
SOME CHANGES I KNOW THAT SOME
OF THOSE ALREADY OCCURRED
WITH THE REOPENING OF SOME SOME
SURGICAL CASES I KNOW MANY OF
THOSE
THOSE PATIENTS ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE A
DURING
DURING THAT SURGERY AND I KNOW THERE
IS OUR DISCUSSIONS AMONGST
HOSPITAL LEADERSHIP ABOUT
OPENING UP.
OPENING UP. AT LEAST HAVE ONE VISITOR HER
THAT’S NOT YET OCCURRED YET.
THERE’S NO PLANNING ON IT
I LIKE TO DO THIS WITH A LOT OF
OUR EXPERTS I WANT TO GIVE YOU
THE FINAL WORD WHAT DO YOU
THINK OUR VIEWERS NEED TO KNOW
TONIGHT.
TONIGHT. >> YOU KNOW I
THEN I THINK I WANT TO THANK
THE
THE COMMUNITY FOR FOR ALL THEIR
THIS HAS NOT BEEN NEARLY AS BAD
AS WE HAD RATHER
WE ANTICIPATED. AND WHAT WE
HOPE IS THAT THERE WON’T BE A
BIGGER SECOND WAVE COMING.
AND SO THE WAY TO MAKE THAT
HAPPEN IS CONTINUE TO BE TRUE
DUNCE EVEN AFTER THINGS OPEN UP
THAT
THAT DOESN’T MEAN THINGS ARE BACK TO
NORMAL. WE’RE STILL GOING NEED
TO TAKE
TO TAKE SOME PRECAUTIONS THAT WE’VE ALL
LEARNED OVER THE 7 WITH
MANY WEEKS.
MANY WEEKS. >> DOCTOR ROBERT FROCKS AND AS