"CORONAVIRUS: LET'S TALK FACTS NOT FEAR". WE ARE TALKING NOW WITH DR.
MICHAEL ROIZEN AND IF YOU HAVE
A QUESTION TEXT US AT (916) 321-
3310.
IT IS NICE TO HAVE A HERE WITH
US ON THE PROGRAM, DR. ROIZEN
YOU ARE A BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
AND I BELIEVE WE ARE PROBABLY
LOOKING AT A FEW OF YOUR BOOKS
. HOW MANY DAYS IF PEOPLE DO
CONTRACT CORONAVIRUS CAN THEY
GO A COUPLE DAYS WHILE THEY
FEEL GREAT AND NOT SHOW
ANYTHING ?
>> THE AVERAGE INCUBATION TIME
IS FIVE DAYS, WHICH MEANS 50%
OF PEOPLE WILL GO 5.1 DAYS OR
LESS AND 50% WILL GO MORE.
THREE TIMES THAT FOR THE
AVERAGE SO IT'S ABOUT 15 DAYS
FOR PEOPLE, WHICH IS WHY THE 14
DAY QUARANTINE BECAUSE THAT IS
THE ONE DAY GETTING 98% OF
PEOPLE SO 98% OF PEOPLE WILL GO
LESS THAN 15 DAYS WITHOUT
SYMPTOMS WHICH MEANS YOU CAN BE
INFECTED FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE
YOU EVEN HAVE A SORE THROAT OR
OTHER THINGS OR PROBLEMS
BREATHING.
>> HER TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT IF
I CAN DIRECTED IT AND I'M
FEELING OUTSTANDING, CAN I BE
INFECTING PEOPLE AT THAT TIME?
>> WHEN YOU ARE ASYMPTOMATIC
YOU ARE SHEDDING THE VIRUS.
THAT IS THE PROBLEM. THAT IS
ONE OF THE MAJOR DIFFERENCES
THAT YOU HIGHLIGHTED OF THIS
VIRUS VERSUS OTHERS. WITH THE
OTHER VIRUSES WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS AND INFLUENZA A
AND B YOU CAN BE INFECTED FOR A
LONG PERIOD OF TIME BEFORE YOU
HAVE SYMPTOMS, DIFFERENT THAN
THE OTHERS, WHICH IS WHY THE
QUARANTINE MAKES SENSE.
>> OKAY. WHAT ARE SOME HYGIENIC
THINGS THAT WE COULD BE DOING
IN THE MEANTIME?
IS SHAMPOOING HAIR SOMETHING
THAT COULD HELP?
>> IT TURNS OUT THIS VIRUS IS
VERY SENSITIVE TO SHAMPOO. IT
IS DESTROYED BY IT. ANY SO IS
BETTER THAN NO SOAP AND ALCOHOL
IS ALSO THIS VIRUS IS SENSITIVE
TO ALCOHOL.
THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS. THE BAD
NEWS IS YOU CAN HAVE IT IN YOUR
HAIR FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.
THAT IS RIGHT.
>> YOU SAID SHAMPOO DESTROYS
THE VIRUS AND IS THERE SOME
ACTIVE INGREDIENT THAT COULD BE
INCORPORATED INTO A VACCINE?
>> YOU CAN COAT YOURSELF WITH
SHAMPOO AND ALL OF THE AREAS
WHERE IT GETS IN YOUR BODY IT
WOULD BE GOOD BUT YOU CANNOT.
IN OTHER WORDS, THAT ALSO KILLS
A LOT OF OUR CELLS SO IT IS
NOT A REALLY GOOD THING.
A DEAD PERSON AND A DEAD
VACCINE IS NOT A WINNING
COMBINATION. IT WAS A BRILLIANT
QUESTION THOUGH BECAUSE MAYBE
WE COULD COAT THE EQUIPMENT WE
USUALLY USE SILVER BECAUSE
SILVER KILLS THE VIRUS.
MAYBE WE COULD COAST IS LESS
EXPENSIVELY WITH A DETERGENT.
>> MAYBE WE DID COME UP WITH
SOMETHING TODAY. WHAT ABOUT
PEOPLE MAKING OUR FOOD?
CAN THE VIRUS BE TRANSFERRED IN
FOOD?
>> THIS IS SOMETHING WE HAVE
VERY LITTLE DATA ON.
ONE OF THE GREAT VIRUS PEOPLE
SAYS WHILE HE STUDIED THIS, AND
I ONLY HEARD HIM ON A RECORDING,
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS IN JAPAN,
CHINA, AND KOREA, THERE IS A
LOT OF G.I.
SYMPTOMS WITH THIS SO HE
BELIEVES THIS COULD BE
TRANSMITTED FECAL ORALLY WHICH
MEANS MAYBE IT COULD BE
TRANSMITTED BY FOOD AND HAVE
GENERALLY SAID NO WHICH MEANS
THE CDC HAS SAID IT IS NOT
TRANSMITTED THAT WAY, BUT I'M A
LITTLE WORRIED THAT IT CAN BE.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR YOU
WHEN YOU GET FOOD? IT MEANS
REHEATED AGAIN SO IT IS 165
DEGREES PREFER YOU HAVE IT SO
THERE IS NO RISK OF THAT.
>> OKAY.
NEXT QUESTION FOR DR. ROIZEN.
MOSQUITOES . CAN THEY CARRY THE
CORONAVIRUS AND BITE US?
IS THAT POSSIBLE ?
>> YOU KNOW, I DO NOT THINK
THAT THE MOSQUITO IS A KNOWN
CARRIER OF THIS VIRUS.
OFTEN IT WILL TRANSMIT SOME
OTHERS BECAUSE THIS WAS I DO
NOT BELIEVE IS TRANSMITTED THAT
WAY.
NOR DO I THINK THAT THERE IS
ANY DATA THAT HAS BEEN
TRANSMITTED THAT WAY.
>> FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE STAYING
IN THEIR HOME TRAINED TO AVOID
CONTACT WITH PEOPLE, IS IT
STILL POSSIBLE TO GET
CORONAVIRUS DESPITE YOUR BEST
EFFORTS?
I AM ASSUMING THAT YOU COULD
STILL GET IT.
>> IT IS RARE.
IF YOUR HEATING AND COOLING
SYSTEM ARE TOTALLY SEPARATE
FROM EVERYONE ELSE'S AND THERE
IS NO RECIRCULATION FROM ANY
OTHER PERSON TO YOU, THEN IT
WOULD BE A VERY SMALL CHANCE.
>> GOOD TO KNOW.
>> WHAT YOU WANT TO DO IF YOU
ARE IN A SYSTEM WHERE YOU
RECIRCULATE AIR LIKE ON AN
AIRPLANE THEY NOW HAVE
ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IN THE FILTER
SO THEY KILL BE VIRUSES BEFORE
THE AIR IS RECIRCULATED SO NO
CHANCE THERE BUT MANY BUILDINGS
HAVE FILTERS AND NOT THE
ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT SO AN
APARTMENT BUILDING THAT
RECIRCULATES, IT IS A SMALL
CHANCE, BUT IT IS POSSIBLE.
>> NEXT QUESTION YOU ARE OUT IN
THE OPEN. WE ARE ENCOURAGED TO
WALK AND GET FRESH AIR, BUT HOW
SAFE IS IT TO BE OUTSIDE?
ARE YOU STILL SIX FEET OR MORE?
>> IT IS VERY INTERESTING. ON
OUR STREET I LIVE IN CLEVELAND.
THE DISTANCE IN CLEVELAND IN
SHAKER HEIGHTS THEY HAVE NOW
PUT SIGNS ON THE SIDEWALK TO
SAY WALK ALL IN ONE DIRECTION
SO IT IS EASY TO STAY SIX FEET
BEHIND OR AHEAD OF THE PERSON.
AND PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THE STREET WANTS TO SAY HELLO
ALL OF THE TIME. IT IS AND A
CLEVELAND THING. IT COULD BE A
CALIFORNIA THING, MEANING
PEOPLE ANXIOUS OR CONTACT WITH
OTHER PEOPLE BUT ARE STAYING
MORE THAN SIX FEET APART AS
THEY WALK AROUND.
>> HERE IS A GOOD ONE.
SOMEONE IS DIAGNOSED WITH
CORONAVIRUS . ARE YOU STILL
ABLE TO TRACE WHERE IT CAME FROM
AND WHO YOU MAY HAVE GOTTEN IT
FROM?
EVEN THOUGH SOME NEWER PEOPLE
HAVE IT?
>> IF YOU ONLY COME IN CONTACT
WITH A VERY FEW PEOPLE, AND
MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.
SO WE THINK IT IS IN THE
COMMUNITY NOW, WHICH MAKES THAT
TRACY IN, IF YOU WILL, DIFFICULT
. IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT IN MANY
STATES.
IN IDAHO OR IN WEST VIRGINIA
WHERE IT IS SO SMALL, IT MIGHT
BE POSSIBLE. WE ARE AT
DIFFERENT STAGES IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND
THAT MAKES TRACING THOSE AREAS
WHERE IT IS NOT A COMMUNITY
WIDESPREAD YET POSSIBLE.
>> IF YOU HAVE CORONAVIRUS,
WHAT ARE THE FIRST STEPS TO
NOT SPREAD IT TO OTHERS?
>> STAY IN ONE ROOM. PUT A MASK
ON.
MAKE SURE YOU SEPARATE YOURSELF
FROM EVERYBODY ELSE AND AS FAR
AS YOU CAN FOR THE BATHROOM AND