WELCOME BACK EVERYONE SO THIS YEAR. DOCTORS SAY THAT COVID-19 AND
THE FLU WILL BE DIFFICULT TO
TELL APART. THEY ARE BOTH
DEADLY RESPIRATORY DISEASES
WITH
SIMILAR SYMPTOMS. SO THAT IS
WHY WE’VE TEAMED UP WITH THE
CITY FOR OUR FLEW BACK TO
JACK’S CAMPAIGN IT IS BIG IT IS
CITYWIDE AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
PEOPLE TRYING TO MAKE THIS
SUCCESSFUL TALKING TO PEOPLE
ABOUT WHY IT’S SO IMPORTANT
THAT YOU GET YOUR FLU SHOT THIS
YEAR YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY, THE
KIDS TOO. AND TODAY YOU HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK ANY
QUESTION THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE
DURING OUR FLEW BACK STACKS
TOWN HALL TODAY. SO AS YOU SEE
WE HAVE A NUMBER OF DOCTORS.
WE’RE TAKING SOME TIME OUT TO
TALK ABOUT THIS JOINING ME NOW
TO TALK ABOUT THE TOWN HALL
KIND OF WHAT HE IS HEARING IN
THE OFFICE DOCTOR SUNIL JOSHI
WAS
THE PRESIDENT OF THE DUVAL
COUNTY MEDICAL SOCIETY
FOUNDATION, THANK YOU FOR
TALKING WITH US TODAY.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>>LAUREN VERNO: SO YOU KNOW
DOCTOR JESSE I DID WANT THESE
PANELS BEFORE IT WAS
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT CORONAVIRUS
AND I LOVE THESE BECAUSE
THE PATIENTS ACTUALLY GET TO
ASK A VERY PRIVATE QUESTIONS
THE THINGS THAT ARE BUGGING
THEM THE MOST
SO WHAT TYPES OF QUESTIONS ARE
YOU ALREADY HAVING FOR PATIENTS
IN
YOUR OFFICE.
>> YEAH, I MEAN YOU KNOW WE’RE
SEEING A TON OF QUESTIONS ABOUT
THE FLU VACCINE IN PARTICULAR
THIS YEAR. YOU KNOW FOR
INSTANCE. HOW’S IT GOING TO
PROTECT ME FROM CORONAVIRUS.
WHAT ARE YOU KNOW THE CHANCES
THAT I DON’T PICK UP THE FLU
MAY GET THEIR FLU VACCINE.
WHY DOES A FLU SHOT MADE ME
SICK. ALL OF THOSE TYPES OF
QUESTIONS THAT YOU KNOW WE MAY
EVEN ASK IN THE PAST HOUR OR
EVEN MORE PREVALENT THIS YEAR.
AND IN PARTICULAR PEOPLE WAS
INTERESTED AND WHY IS IT SO
IMPORTANT
THIS YEAR.
>> FOR ME TO GET THE FLU SHOT
FROM HERE TO YEARS PAST AND WHY
IS THAT I LIKE WE CAN’T TELL
PEOPLE THAT ENOUGH, ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE WHEN ALL OF THIS CAME
OUT THE SURGEON GENERAL CAME
HERE TO OUR STATION I DID A ONE
ON ONE INTERVIEW WITH HIM AND
HE SAID DON’T WORRY ABOUT COVID
WORRY ABOUT
THE FLU.
>> RIGHT AND THE REASON THAT
THAT WE TALKED ABOUT WORRYING
ABOUT THE FLU IS THAT WE CAN DO
SOMETHING ABOUT THE FLU BACK AT
THE FLU VIRUS AT
THIS POINT. WE HAVE A VACCINE
THAT HAS BEEN STUDIED FOR OVER
50 YEARS HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS
OF AMERICANS. RECEIVE THE FLU
VACCINE THROUGH THE YEARS
AND IT KEEPS PEOPLE SAFE KEEPS
THEM OUT OF THE HOSPITAL RIGHT
NOW WE DON’T HAVE
A SIMILAR OF A VACCINE FOR
COVID SO WE HAVE TO FOCUS OUR
ATTENTION ON OTHER WAYS TO
PREVENT PEOPLE FROM GOING TO
THE HOSPITAL AND THE FLU
VACCINE IS HAS IS AN ABSOLUTELY
PROVEN METHOD. >> KEEPING PEOPLE HEALTHY AND ALSO OUT OF THE HOSPITAL AND
DOCTOR JESSE, YOU KNOW PEOPLE
GETTING A LOT OF INFORMATION WE
TELL IT TO THEM THEY GET TO THE
NEWSPAPER THEY HEAR IT FROM
ELECTED OFFICIALS ABOUT THE
DANGERS OF COVID NOW WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT
THE FLU. DO YOU THINK THAT
PEOPLE ARE BECOMING
DESENSITIZED TO ALL
OF THIS.
>> WELL YOU KNOW, AND THEY MAY
BECAUSE YOU KNOW WE’VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT THIS CONSISTENTLY
FOR ALMOST 7 MONTHS NOW AND SO
I THINK YOU KNOW SOME PEOPLE
ARE PROBABLY TUNING US OUT A
LITTLE BIT THAT THIS IS THE
TIME OF THE YEAR IN PARTICULAR
THAT WE’VE BEEN WORRIED ABOUT
SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING
WHICH IS THE FALL THE TIME OF
YEAR A LOT OF PEOPLE GET SICK
TO BEGIN WITH OUR HOSPITALS
BEGAN TO
REACH CAPACITY. IN LATE OCTOBER
NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AND
JANUARY EVERY YEAR JUST BECAUSE
OF THE FLU ITSELF AND OTHER
RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS IF YOU
HAD COVID ON TOP OF THAT WE
CERTAINLY COULD HAVE A MAJOR
ISSUE WITH OUR
HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. SO YES I DO
THINK THAT YOU KNOW TO SOME
EXTENT THEY MAY BE HEARING A
LOT OF IT AND AFTER A WHILE YOU
KIND OF GET INUNDATED. WITH
THE INFORMATION AND MAY TAKE IT
FOR GRANTED THAT WE DON’T WANT
TO SEE THAT HAPPEN THAT’S WHAT
WE’RE PUSHING THE FLU VACCINE.
SO HARD RIGHT NOW WE WANT
PEOPLE TO BE VACCINATED SO THAT
WE CAN DO WHAT WE CAN TO KEEP
PEOPLE HEALTHY.
>>LAUREN VERNO: SAFE AND OUT OF
THE HOSPITAL ALL RIGHT. AWESOME
SO WE WILL HAVE YOU ON THE
PANEL ALONG WITH 4 OTHER
DOCTORS TODAY AT 1230 SO
CAN’T WAIT TO START THAT
DISCUSSION AND HONESTLY IF WE
ALL DO THIS RIGHT.
WE WON’T SEE THOSE NUMBERS JUMP
AND WE WON’T HAVE THE DEATHS
FROM
THE FLU. THERE IS SOMETHING
THAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT SO
BRING YOUR QUESTIONS PLEASE
THIS IS A CANDID CONVERSATION
IT IS REAL AND YOU’RE ACTUALLY
ABLE TO TALK WITH DOCTORS ARE
REMEMBERING THE LAST ONE WE GOT
SOME INFORMATION THAT WE HAD
NEVER HEARD BEFORE SO YOU NEVER
KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN.
SO OUR FLEW BACK TO JACK’S
VIRTUAL TOWN HALL DISCUSSION IS