WITH
WITH ANY
WITH ANY GUEST AT THE STATION. >> FIRST ONE AS A GENERAL OVERVIEW AND WE'RE GETTING A
LOT OF QUESTIONS LIKE THIS INTO
THE NEWS ROOM, WHEN
WILL IT BE SAFE FOR CALL TOLL
TO REOPEN.
MEDICALLY THE FIRST WAVE.
>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
YOU KNOW I'M APPRECIATIVE THAT
BRILLIANT THINKERS, MEDICINE,
PUBLIC HEALTH, COMMERCE, DOING
THEIR BEST TO UNDERSTAND THAT.
AND I THINK WHAT WE KNOW NOW IS
THAT THE APPROACH TO REOPENING
WILL PROBABLY HAVE TO BE SOME
SORT OF GRADED APPROACH.
AN APPROACH WHICH BALANCES THE
NEED TO NOT OVERWHELM THE
HOSPITAL SYSTEM AND TO GET OUR
ECONOMY BACK TO WORK,
WHILE KEEPING THOSE PEOPLE AT
MOST VULNERABLE SAFE, HAVING
PEOPLE GO BACK TO WORK WHO ARE
MORE "ESSENTIAL" AND MORE
HEALTHY AND LESS ILL.
IT GIVES THE GOVERNOR ALLOWED
TO A FEW WEEKS AGO, MAKE SURE
IF AN OUTBREAK DOES OCCUR.
>> THE NEXT ONE COMING IN, THE
GOVERNOR CLEARED HOSPITALS TO
START ELECTIVE SURGERIES, IS
THIS SAFE FOR
PATIENTS AND DOCTORS?
>> IT'S A REALLY GOOD QUESTION.
WE THOUGHT A LOT ABOUT THAT.
THERE IS A COUPLE THINGS THAT
AT LEAST AT KAISER PERMANENTE,
I CAN SPEAK TO THAT WE REALLY
GUN TO DO SOME
SAFETY WORK ON AND HAVE A GOOD
PLAN AROUND.
ONE IS THE IDEA OF MAKING SURE
THE PATIENTS COMING IN, NUMBER
ONE ARE SYMPTOM-FREE.
NUMBER TWO, THERE IS A LOT OF
DISCUSSION AROUND WHETHER
TESTING SHOULD HAPPEN BEFORE
SURGERIES, ELECTIVE
SURGERY, THAT IS WILL GO YOU
WILL SEE TAKE PLACE.
AND THE OTHER PART IS REALLY
KEEPING THAT PERSONAL
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT TOP LEVEL
AS WE DO THE OPERATIONS.
AND WE DO KNOW IF YOU USE THE
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
IN THE RIGHT WAYS AND WE USE
THAT WITH CAUTION THE RISK IS
QUITE LOW TO BOTH THE DOCTORS,
NURSES, TEAMS AND THE PATIENTS
THEMSELVES.
>> WE'RE WITH DR. CHRIS WALKER.
LET'S GO TO OUR NEXT TEXT
COMING IN.
DOES THE PRESENCE OF ANTIBODIES
MEAN YOU ARE IMMUNE TO TO COVID-
19.
>> THAT IS AN EXCELLENT
QUESTION.
WE ANSWERED THAT TWO WAYS, SO
WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT OTHER CORONA
TYPE VIRUSES, WHEN PEOPLE HAVE
THOSE THEY HAVE BEEN IMMUNE 1
TO 2 YEARS AFTERWARDS, WHAT WE
DON'T KNOW ABOUT THIS
PARTICULAR VIRUS, WE HAVE THE
SAME TYPE OF
IMMUNITY PATTERN WHEN YOU'VE
HAD IT.
WHAT WILL BE USEFUL AS WE GET
MORE ANTIBODY TESTING AVAILABLE
AS PEOPLE DEVELOP THOSE
ANTIBODIES WE'LL TRACK
THEM AND SEE IF THEY IN FACT
GET SICK OR DON'T GET SICK
ANOTHER TIME.
I THINK, AGAIN, TIME WILL TELL
AND A LITTLE BIT MORE DATA WILL
TELL ON.
>> THAT NEXT ONE COMING IN AND
PEOPLE WHO HAD FLU THIS YEAR OR
SOMETHING WORSE THAN THAT, THE
TEXT IS I HAD
H1N1 IN FEBRUARY, COULD I STILL
GET COVID-19 OR IS THERE SOME
ANTIBODIES BUILT UP FROM THAT?
>> UNFORTUNATELY, THEY ARE TWO
DIFFERENT VIRUSES AND THE
ANTIBODY RESPONSE OF PROTECTION
PROBABLY DOESN'T
PROTECT FROM THE OTHER.
AGAIN, YOU KNOW, I DON'T TRY TO
SPEAK IN CONCRETE TERM BUS THIS
VIRUS.
IF ANYTHING IT'S MADE US VERY
HUMBLE.
THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REPORTS
THAT THAT RESPONSE COULD HAVE
HAD SOME PROTECTION, I DON'T
THINK CONCRETELY.
PROTECTION FROM ONE VIRUS FOR
ANOTHER.
>> WE'RE WITH DR. CHRIS WALKER,
KEISER PERMANENTE.
DO BLOOD PRESSURE MEDS
INTERFERE WITH CORONAVIRUS
TREATMENTS?
>> THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
YOU KNOW, THERE AGAIN, I DON'T
KNOW THAT WE HAVE ENOUGH DATA
ON CORONAVIRUS, SO TO REALLY
ANSWER THAT QUESTION
CONCRETELY, WE WOULD HAVE TO
STUDY PEOPLE ON BLOOD PRESSURE
MEDICINE WHO HAD BEEN EXPOSED
TO CORONAVIRUS,
AGAIN, THAT KIND OF DATA IS NOT
OUT THERE.
WHAT I WILL SAY ANECDOTALLY,
RISK FACTORS SUCH AS OBESITY,
DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
RISK FACTORS CAN PUT
PEOPLE AT HIGHER RISK
FORGETTING SICK WITH
CORONAVIRUS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THE MEDICINE
THEMSELVES WOULD INCREASE THE
RISK, I DON'T KNOW THAT ANSWER
IS OUT THERE CONCRETELY EITHER.
>> I HAVE BEEN ON BLOOD
THINNERS, I AM GOING TO BE FOR
THE REST OF MY LIFE, DOES THAT
PUT THIS PERSON IN THAT
HIGH RISK CATEGORY WHICH SHOULD
BE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT GETTING
COVID-19ED?
>> YEAH, THAT'S A GOOD
QUESTION.
THE PRESENCE OF BLOOD THINNING
MEDICINES THEMSELVES IS NOT
LIKELY SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE
A RISK FACTOR CATEGORY, IT
WOULD BE THE CONDITION THAT
CREATED THAT.
AND SO, DO YOU KNOW A LOT OF
PEOPLE ON BLOOD THINNING
MEDICINES ARE ON FOR HEART
CONDITIONS ATRIAL FIBRILLATION,
BLOOD CLOTS, SO SOME OF THOSE
CONDITIONS MAY PLACE YOU IN A
HIGH RISK CATEGORY, BEING ON
THE
MEDICINE THEMSELVES WOULDN'T
NECESSARILY PUT YOU THERE.
BUT THAT'S