>> ALL RIGHT TIME NOW FOR OUR CORONAVIRUS QNA IT’S A SEGMENT WE DO EVERY DAY AT
THIS TIME AND JOINING US AS SHE
DOES EVERY TUESDAY IS DOCTOR
RUTH BERGGREN WITH THE LONG
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE, THE E T
HEALTH SAN ANTONIO FIRST
OF ALL. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR
JOINING US TODAY AND I’M DOCTOR
BERGGREN I WANT TO START BY
ASKING YOU WE’VE HEARD A LOT
ABOUT THIS ANTIBODY TESTING
FOLKS WHO MAY HAVE BEEN
CARRIERS OR AND PERHAPS DIDN’T
KNOW IT ARE YOU SEEING SOME OF THIS ANTIBODY TESTING HAPPENING HERE IN SAN ANTONIO, AND IF SO
WHAT IS IT EXACTLY AND WHAT IS
THAT PROCESS LIKE.
>> SO HANNAH A TEST IS NEEDED A BLOOD TEST AND A BLOOD TEST LOOKS FOR PROTEINS IN
YOUR LIFE THAT SAY WHETHER THE
SYSTEM HAS RECOGNIZED A
PARTICULAR PACKAGE IN THIS
CASE. SO THIS COULD BE TO THE
VIRUS THAT CAUSES COVID-19.
SO THERE IS NOW AN FDA APPROVED
ANTIBODY TEST. WE’RE COVID-19
AND
THAT’S AWESOME BECAUSE WE WILL
BE ABLE TO DO WITHOUT A WHOLE
LOT
OF US TEST PEOPLE TO SEE IF
THEY ALREADY BEEN EXPOSED TO
THE VIRUS IN THEY HAVE IS THESE
ANTIBODIES IN
THEIR BLOOD. THEN WE CAN FOR A
ALREADY BEEN INFECTED. WHAT WE
DON’T KNOW AND WHAT WE SEARCH
WILL SHOW US AND I THINK FAIRLY
SEE IS THE PRESENCE OF THOSE
ANTIBODIES NEWS THAT YOU’RE IN
NEW AGAIN DEFECTED OR NOT THIS
IS A REALLY VIABLE TOOL BECAUSE
IT MEANS WE’LL HAVE SOME
HANDLE ON HOW MANY PEOPLE IN
OUR COMMUNITY HAVE ALREADY BEEN
INFECTED BY THE VIRUS TO TELL
US SO MUCH WHAT WE CAN EXPECT
GOING FORWARD AS FAR AS WHAT
ARE WE DOING IT YET
OR NOT THAT’S ON HOLD. BUT WE
REALLY THINK THIS COMING IN THE
NEXT WEEK
OR 2. AND WE’RE EXCITED TO GET
THE TAX AND WE’RE EXCITED TO BE
IN LINE TO SEE WHAT WE CAN
LEARN AND OUR COMMUNITY.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO PEOPLE
OUT THERE WHO
ARE THINKING.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: THAT MAYBE
THEY DID GO THROUGH THIS MAYBE
THAT MAYBE THEY DID MAYBE THEY
DO HAVE THE ANTIBODIES AND
THEY’RE THINKING ABOUT DONATING
PLASMA WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO
THEM.
>> SO THERE IS NOT JUST THE
RIGHT SPOT, THERE’S AN
OPPORTUNITY IF YOU HAVE
RECOVERED FROM
COVID-19. YOU CAN DONATE YOUR
BLOOD THAT TAKE YOUR CLASS NOT
AT OUR BLOOD AND TISSUE CENTER
SOUTH TEXAS BLOOD TISSUE CENTER
AND THEY WILL OF COURSE THEIR ISLAND THAT’S THE CASE AND THEY WILL.
POSSIBLY BE ABLE TO GET YOUR
CLASS NOT TO SOMEBODY WHO’S
ACTIVELY SICK WITH THE DISEASE
AND WHAT WE’RE HOPING ISN’T
THAT WILL HELP THEM PERSONALLY
COVER A LOT OF RESEARCH NEEDS
TO BE DONE TO SEE THAT WILL
ACTUALLY WORK BUT THERE ARE
MANY MANY PRESIDENTS THROUGHOUT
HISTORY,
CONVALESCENT PLASMA CAN BE VERY
BENEFICIAL TO PEOPLE WHO ARE
ACTIVELY SUFFERING FROM THE
DISEASE.
>> DOCTOR BERGEN WE’VE BEEN
TALKING FOR WEEKS IT SEEMS LIKE
FOREVER ABOUT SOCIAL DISTANCING
AND THE IMPORTANCE
OF THAT. ANY INDICATIONS THAT
IT’S WORKING HERE IN SAN
ANTONIO CAN YOU CAN YOU TALK TO
US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT
YOU’RE SAYING.
>> THERE IS NO QUESTIONS
ANTONIO HAS DONE AN AWESOME
JOB.
WELL SOCIAL DISTANCING AND BUT
AND I SAY THIS BECAUSE I KNOW
THAT THE NUMBERS OF CASES IN
OUR HOSPITALS
HAS BEEN FAIRLY FLAT SURE HAVE
AND HUMILIATION OF CASES SURE
WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE IN THE AIR
WANT TO SEE ON THEM LEADERS AND
MORE DEATHS AND WE WANT TO SEE
BUT IT COULD HAVE BEEN SO
MUCH WORSE AND THE MODELS THAT
WE LOOK AT A LOT OF SMART
MATHEMATICIANS FROM
UNIVERSITIES
AROUND HERE ARE LOOKING AT THIS
AND THEY’RE SHOWING US
OUR INTERVENTIONS ARE EARLY
INTERVENTIONS HAVE STAVED OFF
10’S OF THOUSANDS OF CASES
AND THOUSANDS OF DEATHS THERE’S
NO DOUBT
ABOUT IT. WELL WE’RE NOT THERE
YET WE’RE NOT DONE SO WE HAVE
TO HANG IN THERE WE HAVE TO
KEEP DOING WHAT WE’RE DOING,
BUT WE KNOW
IT’S WORKING.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: WE TALKED
ABOUT THE PEAK LAST WEEK AND
YOU SAID SOMEWHERE YOU KNOW MID
MAY IS WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT
THEN FOR WHAT WE MAY SEE THE
PEAK
IN CASES HAS THAT SHIFTED AT
ALL IN THE STUDIES AND THE
MODELS THAT YOU’VE
LOOKED AT.
>> YOU KNOW, STEVE IT’S JUST
TOO HARD TO SAY AND WE NEED TO
SEE
SOME DIFFERENCES.
>> DEPENDING ON WHAT KIND OF
MODEL IS BEING LOOKED AT AND.
I I THINK THAT
IT’S STILL FAIR TO SAY ISH
SOMEWHERE IN MAY IS A
REASONABLE ESTIMATE.
>> THAT DOESN’T MEAN YOU CAN
LOAD UP THOUGH AND MEAT
DOESN’T MEAN WE SHOULD DO
ANYTHING OTHER THAN WHAT WE’RE
DOING RIGHT NOW JUST CONTINUING
TO DISTANCE AND STAY HOME.
>> ANOTHER POINT OF INTEREST OR ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU WANT OUR VIEWERS TO KNOW BEFORE BEFORE
WE WRAP UP
WITH YOU.
>> A LOT OF BRIGHT SPOTS RIGHT
THIS IS A
LONG HAUL AND IT’S EASY TO GET
DISCOURAGED. SO WE HAVE TO LOOK
AT THE BRIGHT SPOTS AND ONE
RESPONSE CENTER SAN ANTONIANS
ARE INCREDIBLE UP
POURING IN.
>> GIVING TO THE FOOD BANK OVER
THE EASTER WEEKEND
WE SAW WE’VE HAD CONTINUED
GIFTS OF PPE TO DUTY HEALTH
SCIENCE CENTER AND ALSO TO UHS
SO
THAT’S RIGHT SAN ANTONIANS ARE
A GENEROUS HUMAN BEINGS.
AND SPEAKING
OF PPE WE HAVE ANOTHER BRIGHT
SPOT A TEEN AT UNIVERSITY
HOSPITAL LED BY DOCTOR TOMMY
AUSTIN ART CHIEF NURSING
EXECUTIVE IN HAS DEVELOPED A
SUBSTITUTE MASS FOR THE N 95 WE
COULD CALL IT AND 97 MASS
OWN IT.
IT IS ACTUALLY EVEN MORE
EFFECTIVE A
LITTLE BIT THEN BE IN 95 AT
THAT YOU’RE NOT PARTICULATE AND
THIS IS MAKE OR SURGICAL CLOT
AND USES A
PIECE OF JUPITER A PERMIT THAT
IS USED IN AIR CONDITIONING.
THIS IS ACTUALLY BEEN
DESIGNED HERE SO IT MADE IT TO
THE FDA HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR
USE HERE DURING EMERGENCY AND
THEY HAVE UNTIL EARLY THE YOUNG
THAT’S A LOT OF CREATE ROUTE.
AND AN FDA APPROVAL.
WE CONTINUE TO ACCRUE PATIENTS
ON OUR SEVERE TRIALS AND ANTI
VIRAL THIS SHOWS EARLY PROMISE
ALREADY IN SOME CLINICAL
TRIALS. WE HAVE THAT ARE
ONGOING AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL
WE HAVE MORE AND MORE PATIENTS
GETTING ON TO IT. WE HAVE
PEOPLE WHO ARE RECEIVING
CONVALESCENT PLASMA THAT MEANS
A LOT OF PRODUCT FROM FOLKS WHO
HAVE RECOVERED FROM COVID-19
THAT’S GOING ON HERE IN SAN
ANTONIO PROUD THAT WE CAN.
PARTICIPATE IN THAT STUDY
AND THERE’S AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
PEOPLE TO DONATE TO A
SAID EARLIER AND FINALLY WE’RE
ANTICIPATING THE ARRIVAL OF THE
FDA APPROVED ANTIBODY TEST THAT
WILL LET US KNOW WHAT’S GOING
ON AND I EVEN HAVE ANOTHER
PIECE OF GOOD NEWS NO WE’VE
HEARD SO
MUCH ABOUT JAILS ACROSS THE
COUNTRY ACROSS THE WORLD AND
HAVE THE ARE PLACES THAT ARE
VERY VULNERABLE IN OUR OWN
JAILS EXPERIENCING AN OUTBREAK.
WE’RE GETTING RAPID
TURNAROUND TESTING THERE WHICH
IS GOOD NEWS AND DIFFERENT AND
WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH SO MUCH
OF OUR TESTING
SO FAR THE RAPID TURNAROUND
TESTING IS LETTING US IDENTIFY
THEM, SICK. SO THAT WE CAN
ISOLATE THEM AND PROTECT OTHER
PEOPLE. SO I THINK THAT GIVEN
YOU AT LEAST 6 THINGS THAT ARE
BRIGHT SPOTS IN HORIZON AND
HOPE THAT THIS ENCOURAGES
EVERYBODY TO KEEP UP THE GOOD
WORK BELIEVING WITH ALL THAT’S
GOING ON WE’LL TAKE ALL THE
GOOD NEWS YOU CAN GIVE US.
>> DOCTOR BERGER AND I
APPRECIATE WILL
SEE TONIGHT.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: DURING THE
9 O’CLOCK NEWS ABOUT 9 13 9.15,