GUEST.
GUEST. DR. ROZEIN. DOCTOR, IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU
BACK HERE I HAVE A SPIRITED
DISCUSSION GOING ON ON MY
FACEBOOK PAGE RIGHT NOW.
AND I PROMISED THAT I WOULD
ASK, ON BEHALF OF THE, SPECIFIC
TO CALIFORNIA, HOW HAS
CALIFORNIA BEEN ABLE TO KEEP
THIS WHOLE THING DOWN?
MANY PEOPLE THINK THAT THE
MEDICAL COMMUNITY AND THE MEDIA
COMPLETELY OVER BLUE THIS AND
ARE SCARING PEOPLE.
WHAT DO YOU SAY FROM THE
RADICAL SIDE OF THIS?
>> WE THINK THERE ARE A COUPLE
OF REASONS WHY CALIFORNIA HAS
BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL AND, HAVE WE
OVERBLOWN IT?
HAS THE MEDIA OVERBLOWN IT?
I DON'T THINK SO.
IF YOU LOOK AT NEW YORK, THAT
IS AN EXAMPLE.
OR ITALY OR SPAIN.
WHEN YOU DON'T SOCIALLY
DISTANCE AND WHEN THE VIRUS HAS
NOT GONE AWAY YET THAT HAPPENS.
WE MAY HAVE GOTTEN REALLY LUCKY
WITH THE SEASON CHANGE IN
CALIFORNIA AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING THAT THE VIRUS CAN'T
LET LIKE THE FLU, GOES AWAY IN
THE SPRING AND COMES BACK IN
THE FALL.
SPRING HAPPENED IN CALIFORNIA
JUST IN TIME AND COORDINATED
ITSELF PERFECTLY WITH SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
SO WE DO NOT HAVE AS RAPID OF
OUTBREAK IN CALIFORNIA.
BUT IF WE DO NOT GET A
TREATMENT THAT IS SUCCESSFUL OR
A VACCINE IN TIME, IT MAY COME
BACK WHEN THE SEASONAL FLU
COMES BACK IN OCTOBER.
>> AND PIGGYBACKING OFF OF
THAT, MANY PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA
ARE ANXIOUS TO GET SOME
SEMBLANCE OF REOPENING.
HOW DO YOU IMAGINE THAT WOULD
GO WITH REOPENING BUSINESSES
AND GETTING THE PUBLIC OUT
THERE AGAIN.
THE VIRUS IS STILL AROUND.
>> YES.
BUT WE KNOW THAT 98% OF THE
PEOPLE WHO HAVE DIED, AND MAYBE
EVEN MORE, EITHER HAVE A
COMORBID CONDITION -- AND I
WILL COME BACK TO THOSE -- OR
THEY ARE OVER THE AGE OF 80.
SO IF YOU ARE UNDER 60 WITHOUT
HYPERTENSION, CHRONIC LUNG
DISEASE OR ASTHMA, AN
IMMUNOSUPPRESSANT DISORDER OR
OTHERS -- IF YOU DO NOT HAVE
ONE OF THOSE THEN YOU ARE AT
VERY LOW RISK EVEN IF YOU GET
THE VIRUS.
MOST OF THOSE PEOPLE, EVEN IF
THEY GET IT, THEY DO VERY WELL
AND DO NOT HAVE TO GO TO THE
HOSPITAL.
OR IF THEY DO THEY STILL DO
VERY WELL.
SO WE COULD OPEN UP, STARTING
WITH THOSE PEOPLE STILL SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND BE COGNIZANT OF
OUR RISK.
MAYBE THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 80
STILL ISOLATE OR PHYSICALLY
DISTANCE ANYWAY FROM SOMEBODY
WHO DOES NOT HAVE THE RISK.
THEN WE WILL GET PROGRESSIVE
TESTING.
WE DON'T KNOW THE VALUE OF
ANTIBODY TESTING YET.
BUT WE DO KNOW THE NUCLEIC ACID
TESTING, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS
PCR.
IF YOU ARE NEGATIVE ON THAT AND
YOU DON'T HAVE FEVER OR
SYMPTOMS, YOU ARE MUCH LESS
LIKELY TO GIVE IT.
MAYBE IN ONE A HALF MONTHS WE
WILL NO BETTER.
AND THAT WILL HELP US KNOW WHO
IS IMMUNE AND WHO CAN SERVE THE
ELDERLY BEST.
>> NEXT, YOU MENTIONED MASK.
WHAT ABOUT LYSOL ON AN N95
MASKS.
>> WE ARE LEARNING THAT ALCOHOL
AND LYSOL HAVE PROVEN SOME OF
THE PROTECTION THAT WE GET FROM
THE MASK.
IF YOU WERE GOING TO WEAR IT
AGAIN.
AND THEN IT IS ACTUALLY
ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT THAT IS ONE
OF THE BEST WAYS TO DO THAT.
>> NEXT STEPS, THIS QUESTION.
"I HAVE HAD SHORTNESS OF BREATH
AND COUGHING FOR A FEW WEEKS.
SHOULD I GET TESTED?
AND WE HAVE A SITUATION WHERE
THERE IS A DRIVE-THROUGH WHERE
YOU CAN GET TESTED.
AND THEY ARE SAYING NOT MANY
PEOPLE ARE COMING THROUGH.
OR NOT AS MANY AS THEY CAN
HANDLE.
WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST?
>> COUGHING AND SHORTNESS OF
BREATH, YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD
GET TESTED. ESPECIALLY IF YOU
HAVE A FEVER OR HAVE BEEN
EXPOSED.
BUT THOSE TWO SYMPTOMS
ESPECIALLY, GET TESTED.
THERE ARE OXYGEN METERS
AVAILABLE IN DRUGSTORES AND
THEY ARE STILL IN SUPPLY HERE.
AND I THINK YOU CAN PUT ONE OF
THOSE ON AND MONITOR YOUR SELF.
IF YOU ARE SHORT OF BREATH, IT
IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MONITOR
THAT AND TO KNOW WHEN TO GO
INTO THE HOSPITAL.
SO WE GO INTO THE HOSPITAL WITH
AN OXYGEN SATURATION LESS