BUS TRANSIT CENTER
JEN BUNNEY'S
AK 22NEWS WORKING FOR HAWAII.
ALL RIGHT, JEN.
THANK YOU.
WE KNOW THERE ARE A
LOT OF
QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS WHEN IT
COMES TO THE CORONA VIRUS, SO WE
BROUGHT IN DR. T FROM
DOCTORS OF
WAIKIKI TO HELP ANSWER THOSE
HEALTH RELATED QUESTIONS DOCTOR
FIRST OFF
YOUR OFFICE IS LOCATED
RIGHT IN THE HEART OF WAIKIKI A
LOT OF FOOT TRAFFIC A LOT OF
VISITORS FROM ALL OVER THE
WORLD.
I KNOW YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN ON
HIGH ALERT FOR A WHILE NOW, BUT
WHAT ARE WHAT ARE DOCTORS WHY
YOU KEEP DOING TO PROTECT AND
PREPARE FOR
THE VIRUS?
WELL,
PUT OUT SIGNS STATING THAT
YOU HAVE A FEVER OR RESPIRATORY
SYMPTOMS OR YOU THINK YOU HAVE
SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT COULD BE
RELATED TO CORONAVIRUS.
WE
KIND OF ISOLATE THOSE
PATIENTS.
WE PUT THEM IN SPECIFIC ROOMS.
WE HAVEN'T HAD ANY CASES LIKE
THAT
YET EXCEPT EARLIER ON WE
HAD THOSE THAT WERE UNEXPECTEDLY
THEY WERE FROM WUHAN WAY BACK IN
THE BEGINNING, BUT WE HAVEN'T
HAD ANYTHING LIKE THAT YET, BUT
WE HAVE MADE PREPAREDNESS FOR
THOSE KIND OF CASES.
ALL
RIGHT, LET'S TALK ABOUT
KOBAN 19.
HOW WAS IT SPREAD AND WHO IS
MOST AT RISK?
RISK?
SO LIKE ALL RESPIRATORY VIRUSES
IS FIRE DROPLETS FROM THE
MOUNTAIN SO SNEEZING COUGHING
PEOPLE CAN GIVE IT TO YOU BY
SNEEZING DIRECTLY ON YOU OR
COUGHING ON
YOU OR IF THEY COUGH
ON SOMETHING AND THEN YOU TOUCH
THAT ITEM AND THEN YOU TOUCH
YOUR MOUTH.
I TALKED TO YOUR FACE YOU
WILL
GET THE DISEASE.
OKAY, WHAT ARE SOME OF THOSE
SYMPTOMS IF SOMEONE
DOES CATCH
THE VIRUS SYMPTOMS ARE USUALLY
FEVER AND LOWER OR UPPER
RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION
SYMPTOMS, WHICH ARE COUGHING
CHEST CHEST CONGESTION RUNNY
NOSE AND
THE FEVER NOW IF YOU'RE
VERY YOUNG AND VERY HEALTHY.
OR OLDER AND VERY HEALTHY, IT'LL
BE VERY WELL.
BUT AS YOU GET OLDER AND YOU GET
MORE PROMO BIT OF THESE YOU HAVE
EMPHYSEMA OR HEART DISEASE
INCREASES YOUR RISK FOR GETTING
MORE ILL SO
IF YOU'RE RELATIVELY
HEALTHY FAIRLY MILD, CORRECT?
OKAY CAN PEOPLE SPREAD THE
VIRUS
WITHOUT FEELING SICK AT ALL.
ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS?
YES, SO THERE ARE CHILDREN AND
OTHER
YOUNGER ADULTS ARE OTHER
ADULTS THAT DON'T GET THAT SICK
OR DON'T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS AT
ALL THAT ARE POSITIVE FOR
DISEASE
AND THEY CAN SPREAD THE
ILLNESS.
OKAY.
NOW THAT WE HAVE OUR FIRST FROM
CASE HERE IN THE STATE OF
HAWAII.
I THINK THAT'S
THE QUESTION A
LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW.
WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROTECT
OURSELVES.
SO LIKE EVERYTHING JUST
LIKE
DURING FLU SEASON WOULD BE
WASHING OUR HANDS MAKING SURE WE
WASH THEM LONG ENOUGH.
I THINK ONE WAY TO REMEMBER THIS
BY DOING IT EITHER HAPPY
BIRTHDAY OR SOME OTHER SONG, BUT
I HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU
AT LEAST
TWO TIMES WHEN YOU'RE WASHING
YOUR HANDS WITH SOAP AND WATER
AND THEN AVOID TOUCHING YOUR
FACE OR YOUR
MOUTH OR YOUR EYES
AND AVOID OTHER ITEMS LIKE
CROWDS IF YOU'RE OUT IN
CROWDS,
I'D BE INCREASED
RISK OR EVEN
TRAVEL IF YOU'RE INCREASED.
YOU SHOULD AVOID AND AVOIDING
TOUCHING YOUR FACE THAT'S REALLY
HARD TO DO.
I DO WANT TO BRING THAT UP
PROPER HAND WASHING BECAUSE I'M
SURE WE SOUND
LIKE A BROKEN
RECORD TO A LOT OF PEOPLE.
DO YOU SEE PEOPLE DOING THAT
INCORRECTLY ALL THE TIME EVEN
EVEN PHYSICIANS, BUT IT'S REALLY
DIFFICULT BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO
WATCH THEM FOR A
CERTAIN AMOUNT
OF TIME THE HAND-WASHING PURELL
DISINFECTANT SANITIZERS THOSE
HELP TO SOME DEGREE, BUT YOU
NEED TO WASH YOUR HANDS EVERY
NOW AND THEN MEAN BETWEEN
PATIENTS AT THIS POINT IN
TIME
SHOULD PEOPLE BE MORE DILIGENT
IT COMES TO LET'S SAY WHAT DOWN
COMMON AREAS OR SURFACES WITH
THOSE DISINFECTANT WHITES
EXACTLY.
SO AREAS THAT PEOPLE HAVE A LOT
OF ACCESS TO THEY
SHOULD BE
CLEANING THOSE AREAS REGULARLY
DOORKNOBS COUNTERTOPS RAILINGS.
AND COMMUNITY AREAS SHOULD BE
CLEANED.
REGULARLY.
I THINK IT'S NOT EVEN ENOUGH
CLEANING THEM
ONCE A DAY
PROBABLY TWO THREE FOUR TIMES A
DAY.
WOW, THAT'S A LOT AND WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT
COMMON AREAS YOUR
DESK AREAS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE A
LOT OF TIME TOUCHING GO.
OKAY.
I WANT TO
GET TO A FEW VIEWER
QUESTIONS.
WE DON'T HAVE TOO MUCH TIME, BUT
HE WILL JOIN US IN OUR NEXT HALF
HOUR.
SO FEW MORE QUESTIONS.
WE'LL GET TO THOSE THEN ONE
PERSON ASKS A LOT OF PEOPLE
EXHIBIT FLU-LIKE
SYMPTOMS TO
WHAT DEGREE SHOULD YOU BE OR
FEEL SICK TO ACTUALLY SEE A
DOCTOR OR
BE CONCERNED ABOUT
LIKE EVERYTHING IF YOU HAVE A
FEVER AND YOU HAVE A COUGH OR
COLD LIKE SYMPTOMS, YOU SHOULD
GO SEE YOUR DOCTOR NOW.
IT MIGHT BE DIFFICULT BECAUSE
MIGHT BE HARD TO GET IN LATELY
BECAUSE OF ALL THE PEOPLE KIND
OF PROBABLY GETTING CONCERNED,
BUT YOU SHOULD CALL AND TRY TO
GET
SOME WAY TO GET SEEN.
AGAIN, WE HAVE A LOT MORE VIEWER
QUESTIONS
TO GET TO AND WE'LL
GET TO THOSE COMING UP IN OUR
NEXT HALF HOUR BRIDGET.
SEND
IT BACK TO YOU.
I'LL GREAT INFORMATION.
THANKS GUYS.
WELL CONCERN OVER THE CORONA