TAKING ON THE SHOW WHERE WE TRY AND TEASE THE FACTS OUT FROM A LOT OF THE FEAR THAT’S OUT
THERE WITH CORONAVIRUS CALLED
THE CORONAVIRUS QNA AND PLEASED
AS ALWAYS ON THURSDAY
TO HAVE DOCTOR ROBERT A FROLIC
STEIN AN EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR
WITH US THANK YOU DOCTOR FOR
BEING WITH US AND THAT YOU KNOW
I FEEL LIKE I ASK YOU THIS
EVERY WEEK BUT THE FIRST
QUESTION I WANT TO KNOW IS
WHAT ARE YOU SEEING IN THE
EMERGENCY ROOM RIGHT NOW AS IT
PERTAINS TO COVID-19.
>> SO YEAH IT’S INTERESTING NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED YET WHICH IS GOOD SIGN WE’VE SEEN A LITTLE
UPTICK IN THE NUMBER OF
PATIENTS THAT OR SUFFERING FROM
COVID A COME TO EMERGENCY
DEPARTMENTS AND BE ADMITTED TO
THE HOSPITAL. BUT IT’S THANKFULLY NOT BEEN AS RAPID AS IT INCREASES AS MANY
ANTICIPATED. AND ALONG THE SAME
LINES WE’RE WE’RE SEEING A DECREASE IN THE VOLUME OF PATIENTS THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY
DO SEE ABOUT THAT STILL
CONCERNS ME SO
AGAIN IF YOU THINK YOU NEED TO
COME TO THE HOSPITAL KNOW THAT
IT’S SAFE
WE HAVE WAYS OF KEEPING YOU
SAFE AND ISOLATED FROM
ANY POTENTIAL. PATIENTS WITH
COVID-19 SO PLEASE IF YOU NEED
TO GET HER HELP COME GET
HER HELP.
HER HELP. >> A DOCTOR ONE OF THE QUESTIONS THAT I HAVE HAS TO DO
WITH THE IDEA THAT NOT AS MANY
CASES ARE COMING FORWARD AS WE
KIND OF EXPECTED. WE WERE LED
TO BELIEVE DOES THIS MEAN THAT
WE ARE CLOSER TO BEING ABLE
TO REOPEN AND IN YOUR LINE OF
WORK WHAT DOES THAT MEAN
GETTING BACK TO NORMAL HOW DOES
THAT HAPPEN.
>> SO THERE’S A LOT WRAPPED UP IN THAT QUESTION I THINK THAT THE REASON WE HAVE NOT SEEN A
DRAMATIC INCREASE IN CASES THIS
FRANKLY BECAUSE WE’RE
WE’RE DOING A GREAT JOB WITH
THE SOCIAL DISTANCING THAT IS
WHAT IS FLATTENING THIS CURVE
AND SO GREAT JOB, EVERYONE
THINKS WE’RE DOING THAT
AS TO WHEN WE CAN REOPEN AND
REGAIN NORMAL LIFE WELL.
>> YOU KNOW IT OBVIOUSLY THE
EASY ANSWER IS WHAT WE HAVE AN
EFFECTIVE TREATMENT AND SAFE
AND EFFECTIVE VACCINE.
THAT’S NOT HAPPENING ANY TIME
SOON WE WANT TO REOPEN WANT TO
GET BACK TO NORMAL SOONER THAN
THAT AND SO THAT’S GOING TO BE
A BIG PUSH ON ALL ON SEVERAL
PUBLIC HEALTH.
AREAS THAT WE NEED TO TO PUSH
HARD IN ORDER TO REOPEN NORMAL.
NORMALLY.
NORMALLY. >> STEVE SPRIESTER: THE MAYOR EARLIER THIS WEEK SAID THAT HE
WOULD LIKE TO SEE PEOPLE START
WEARING MASKS AND HE TALKED
ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE’S NOT
MAKING IT MANDATORY, BUT HE IS
ASKING EVERYONE THAT’S
OUT THERE TO WEAR MASKS NOT SO
MUCH FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY BUT
FOR THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE WHO
ARE AROUND THEM. DO YOU WELCOME
THAT CHANGE.
>> I DO I THINK IT’S
A AND THAT’S THE KEY RIGHT
THERE IS THAT IT’S IT’S REALLY
WHAT YOU’RE DOING BY ASK IS
PROTECTING OTHERS IF YOU HAPPEN
TO BE IN A SYSTEMATIC AND PRE
SYMPTOMATIC CARRIER. THEN
YOU’RE PROTECTING OTHERS FROM
THAT SPREAD ITS IN THE
ESSENTIALLY AN EXTENSION OF
SOCIAL DISTANCING. AS MUCH AS
THE STORES AND EVERYTHING IS
ARE TRYING TO KEEP PEOPLE 6
FEET APART, IT’S JUST REALLY
HARD TO DO THAT. SO I’M AT
HELP THAT.
>> OF THAT IS IN KEEPING
KEEPING THAT LINE OF THINKING
OF THE ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENT.
>> WHERE ARE WE ON GETTING
BLOOD TAKEN TO FIND OUT IF WE
HAVE ANTIBODIES THOSE OF US WHO
HAVE BEEN ASYMPTOMATIC.
>> 2 IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING
THAT IS REASONABLE TO ASK OF AT
THIS POINT.
>> IT’S ’RE STILL IN THE
VERY EARLY. THERE’S I KNOW THAT
WITHIN THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM
LIKE WE DO HAVE
SOME ANTIBODY TESTING
CAPABILITIES RIGHT NOW IN A
VERY LIMITED AMOUNT.
AND MORE IMPORTANTLY THOUGH WE
DON’T KNOW EXACTLY HOW TO USE
THAT INFORMATION WHEN WE GET
THOSE RESULTS. WE DON’T WE
DON’T KNOW FOR SURE THAT THAT
WOULD THOSE RESULTS WILL BE
EVEN TELL US WHO HAVE LIFELONG
IMMUNITY WHICH IS WHAT WE’RE
WE’RE
HOPING FOR.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: ARE YOU I
AM AND THIS IS A QUESTION THAT
WILL BRING UP AGAIN AT 9
O’CLOCK WHEN WE TALK BUT THERE
ARE A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA
THEORIES OUT THERE. ONE OF
THEM THAT MOSQUITOES CAN SPREAD
THAT’S WHAT YOU AND I TALKED
ABOUT IN THE PAST IS
NOT TRUE. ARE YOU ARE YOU
GETTING FRUSTRATED AT ALL WITH
THE FACT THERE SEEM TO BE A LOT
OF SOCIAL MEDIA THEORIES OUT
THERE.
>> YOU
>> YOU MISINFORMATION AND THE WIDESPREAD AVAILABILITY OF
MISINFORMATION THAT IS IT
CERTAINLY BROUGHT FRUSTRATING.
THAT’S WAY REALLY TO RECOMMEND IF YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON
GO TO CDC DOT GO AFTER THE
CORONAVIRUS DHAKA AND GET THE
THE INFORMATION FROM FROM THE
EXPERTS.
>> STEVE SPRIESTER: FOR
KSAT 12 BECAUSE WE HAVE THE
EXPERTS THINK THIS THREAT IS
THERE YOU GO YOU THANK YOU SO
MUCH DOCTOR ROBERT
EHRLICH SIGN.
>> FOR TALKING WITH US, WHAT
COURSE YOUR HE’S GOING TO BE
WITH YOU AGAIN TONIGHT AT 9
O’CLOCK OLD DON’T WERE DEEPLY