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>>> WELCOME BACK TO FACTS, NOT FEAR.
FEAR.
FEAR. AT
FEAR. AT NOON ANOTHER LOOK AT THE
LATEST CORONAVIRUS NUMBERS FROM
GEORGIA'S DEPARTMENT OF 4@4@O 4@
PUBLIC HEALTH.
PUBLIC HEALTH. 4,638 CONFIRMED CASES.
952 PEOPLE HOSPITALIZED AND 138
DEATHS.
DEATHS.
DEATHS. FULTON COUNTY STILL WAITING. 4@
WE KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF
QUESTIONS ON THE INFORMATION 4@
YOU'RE SEEING AND HEARING.
HELPING US GIVE YOU THE FACTS,
NOT FEARS ABOUT COVID-19.
LET US KNOW IF YOU HAVE A
QUESTION BY TEXTING 404-885-
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>> I'M READY, SHIBA.
>> WE'RE WEARING THE SAME COLOR
AGAIN, BUT WHATEVER.
LET'S START WITH CHRISTINE.
SHE WANTS TO KNOW WHAT'S THE
DIFFERENCE MANY SYMPTOMS FOR
PNEUMONIA VERSES COVID-19?
>> YEAH, GREAT QUESTION.
AND I HI THAT REALLY HIGHLIGHTS
WHY HAD IS SUCH A SERIOUS
VIRUS.
VIRUS.
VIRUS. USUALLY WHEN SOMEONE GETS
PNEUMONIA IT'S ONE PART OF A
LUNG THAT GETS 4@THE INFECTION.
THAT'S WHAT PNEUMONIA IS, AN
IRRITATION INFECTION OF THE
LUNG TISSUE.
LUNG TISSUE. WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH THESE
COVID-19 PATIENTS IS THE LUNG
INFECTION, WHAT'S HAPPENING
INFLAMMATION TO THE LUNGS IS
ACTUALLY ALL OVER THE LUNG, SO
IT'S IN MULTIPLE PLACES, WHICH
IS WHY IT IS SO SERIOUS AN4@D I
THINK ALSO WHY IT IS CREATING
SYMPTOMS QUICKLY.
SYMPTOMS QUICKLY. SO THE PNEUMONIA YOU'RE SEEING
WITH COVID-19 IS MORE
WIDESPREAD IN THE LUNGS THAN
WHERE WE CONSIDER TRADITIONAL
PNEUMONIA.
PNEUMONIA. >> IS PNEUMONIA A SYMPTOM OF
COVID-19?
COVID-19?
COVID-19? >> IT IS REALLY THE
COMPLICATION OF COVID-19 THAT'S
CAUSING PEOPLE TO BE ON
VENTILATORS.
VENTILATORS. IT'S A COMPLICATION OF THE
VIRAL INFECTION.
VIRAL INFECTION. 4@>> ALL RIGHT, MICHELLE ASKS
WHEN ARE PEOPLE THE MOST
CONTAGIOUS?
CONTAGIOUS? >> GREAT QUESTION.
YOU'RE THE MOST CONTAGIOUS 4@4@
YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS, BUT WE ALSO
KNOW THAT BEFORE SOMEONE HAS
SYMPTOMS THEY ARE CONTAGIOUS
THAT WE ARE DETERMINING THE
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD.
ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD. SO BEFORE THEY EVEN REALIZE
THEY ARE SICK, THEY HAVE THE
VIRUS IN THEIR SECRETIONS.
>> OKAY, ALL RIGHT, AND DAVID
WRITES IN MY FATHER IS 56, HAS
HAD PNEUMONIA TWICE IN THE
PAST, IS HE AT HIGH RISK?
>> I'M 4@GOING TO SAY POSSIBLY
BECAUSE IF THERE IS A LOT OF
PROBLEMS OR SOMETHING THAT HAS
MADE HIM PROMPT TO PNEUMONIA,
YES, HE WOULD BE CONSIDERED
HIGHER RISK.
HIGHER RISK. >> K.T.
>> K.T.
>> K.T. WANTS TO KNOW ARE TRANSPLANT 4@
PATIENTS CONSIDERED MEDICALLY
FRAGILE?
FRAGILE?
FRAGILE? >> YES, TRANSPLANT PATIENTS
OFTEN HAVE TO BE ON A DRUG THAT
SUPPRESSES THEIR IMMUNE SYSTEM,
SO THEY DON'T REJECT OR ATTACK
THE TRANSPLANTED NEW ORGAN THEY
HAVE.
HAVE.
HAVE. AND
HAVE. AND THAT SUPPRESSANT MEDICATION
WOULD PUT YO4@U AT HIGHER RISK.
>> 4@KELLY WANTS TO KNOW IF LAB
GO BACK TO TEST JANUARY AND
FEBRUARY SAMPLES THAT WERE
NEGATIVE FOR FLU CAN OR WILL A
PATIENT BE TOLD WHEN THEIR
SAMPLE TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-
19? 4@
19? 4@
19? 4@ >>
19? 4@ >> YES.
>> YES.
>> YES. THAT'S AN 4@INTERESTING QUESTIO
SO YOU'RE WONDERING IF YOU WERE
SICK EARLIER, POSSIBLY WAS IT
THAT YOU HAD COVID-19.
THE ANSWER IS MAYBE, BUT 4@THE
SAMPLES, THE TEST YOU DO 4@FOR
FLU ARE SPECIFICALLY LOOKING
FOR FLU.
FOR FLU.
FOR FLU. THEY'RE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO
GO BACK AND USE THAT SAME SWAB
AND CHECK FOR COVID-19.
MOST PEOPLE AREN'T GOING TO
KEEP THOSE SPECIMENS FOR THIS
LONG, 4@SO I DON'T THINK WE WIL
EVER HAVE THAT ANSWER.
>> I'VE HEARD ABOUT THIS
POSSIBLY HAPPENING FOR FOLKS
WHO HAVE PASSED AWAY ALREADY.
ANY TRUTH TO THAT?
PEOPLE THAT THEY KNOW PASSED
AWAY DUE TO THE FLU AND THEN
THEY LATER FOUND OUT COVID-19
HAD A ROLE IN IT AS WELL?
>> IF THEY ARE ABLE TO DO TESTS
ON THE PERSON, MAYBE, BUT YOU
KNOW I DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER HOW
FAR BACK THEY WOULD BE WILLING
TO GO BACK AND LOOK AT THOSE
TISSUES.
TISSUES.
TISSUES. I HAVE TO SAY THE SYMPTOMS ARE
A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN
COVID-19.
COVID-19.
COVID-19. THEY COME ON FASTER.
THE LUNGS GET INFECTED MORE
GLOBALLY AS OPPOSED TO ONE
INFECTION AS I MENTIONED, SO
IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
>> JAMIE SAYS ARE THE SYMPTOMS
OF COVID-19 DIFFERENT OR LONGER
LASTING IN CHILDREN THAN
ADULTS?
ADULTS?
ADULTS? >> YEAH ANOTHER REALLY GOOD
QUESTION.
QUESTION.
QUESTION. WE REALLY FEEL CHILDREN ARE
GETTING MILDER CASES, BUT WHAT
WE DID SEE IN KIDS THEY GET
MORE OF THE GI PROBLEMS LIKE
THEY MAY 4@GET, TEMPORARILY OR
VERY SUBTLE LOOSER DIARRHEA
THAN ADULTS, BUT THEIR SYMPTOMS
SEEM TO BE 4@MUCH MILDER THAN
KIDS.
KIDS.
KIDS. >>
KIDS. >> LET'S NOT FORGET WE ALREADY
HAD A COUPLE OF KIDS PASS AWAY
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. A COUPLE OF TEENAGERS AND A
NEWBORN POSSIBLY.
NEWBORN POSSIBLY. THEY'RE TRYING TO SEE IF COVID-
19 IS RELATED. 4@
GEORGE WANTS TO KNOW IS
ANTIBACTERIAL SOAP MY BEST BET @
4@FOR A THOROUGH HAND WASHING?
>> ANOTHER REALLY GOOD
QUESTION.
QUESTION.
QUESTION. I THINK WE CAN'T UNDERSCORE
SOCIAL DISTANCING AND HAND
WASHING ARE THE KEY FOR US
BEATING THIS.
BEATING THIS. BUT HAND WASHING IS GOING TO BE
VERY IMPORTANT TO DO IT FOR THE
PROPER AMOUNT OF TIME, GET ALL
4@
PROPER AMOUNT OF TIME, GET ALL THE AREAS OF YOUR THUMBS, AND
SOAP IS KEY.
THE TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER
REALLY DOESN'T MATTER AS LONG
AS IT IS COMFORTABLE FOR YOU TO
DO THE 20 SECONDS.
AND IT DOES NOT HAVE 4@TO SAY
ANTIBACTERIAL.
ANTIBACTERIAL. THIS IS A CONTROVERSY A WHILE
BACK.
BACK.
BACK. IF
BACK. IF YOU HAVE ANTIBACTERIAL,
GREAT, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO 4@
BE.
BE.
BE. ANY
BE. ANY SOAP WILL WORK TO GET 4@RID
OF THE VIRUS.
>> AND STEVE ASKS IS 4@IT OKAY
FOR ME TO DONATE BLOOD AND ARE
BLOOD BANKS TAKING EXTRA
SAFETY MEASURES?
SAFETY MEASURES? >> I WENT AND DONATED BLOOD
YESTERDAY AND THEY TOOK MY
TEMPERATURE WHILE I WAS THERE
TWICE.
TWICE.
TWICE. THEY MADE SURE WE WERE NOT, YOU
KNOW, OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE
THERE, YOU KNOW, WE WERE
SOCIALLY DISTANCED, SIX FEET
APART.
APART.
APART. THEY TOOK A LOT OF PRECAUTIONS,
SO I FELT VERY COMFORTABLE
BEING THERE.
BEING THERE. AND SO IT IS ABSOLUTELY
NECESSARY AND GOOD TO DO IF YOU
CAN DONATE TO GO IN AND DONATE.
I FELT VERY COMFORTABLE AND
SAFE.
SAFE.
SAFE. I
SAFE. I DIDN'T FEEL LIKE I WAS
EXPOSING MYSELF.
EXPOSING MYSELF. WE KNOW GIVING BLOOD IS SAFE
AND WE KNOW BLOOD IS NEEDED.
THIS IS NOT A BLOOD BORN
ILLNESS. 4@
ILLNESS. 4@ IT IS NOT GOING TO BE AN ISSUE,
BUT THEY ARE TAKING YOUR
TEMPERATUR4@E TWICE WHILE YOU'R
THERE.
THERE.
THERE. THEY DID A LOT OF STUFF.
IF YOU CAN IT'S A GREAT TIME TO
DONATE BLOOD, CONSIDERED 4@4@SA
>> THE PERSON WHO TOOK YOUR
BLOOD DID THEY WEAR A MASK?
>> THEY DID BECAUSE WHEN THEY
WERE ACTUALLY DO4@ING THE
PRETESTING WHEN THEY CHECK YOUR
FINGER TO SEE YOUR HEMOGLOBIN
AND COLLECTING THE BLOOD THEY
ARE, YOU KNOW, PROBABLY ABOUT
THREE TO FOUR FEET AWAY AND
THEY WERE WEARING MASKS.
AGAIN THEY WERE PROTECTED AND I
FELT4@ PROTECTED.
FELT4@ PROTECTED. >> OKAY, JUST ANOTHER REASON
WHY TO DONATE BLOOD BECAUSE
BLOOD IS NEEDED RIGHT NOW.
>> IT IS AND IT MAKES YO4@U FEE
GOOD.
GOOD.
GOOD. EVERYONE WANTS TO DO SOMETHING,
HERE IS SOMETHING YOU CAN DO.
>> AND IT GETS YOU OUT OF THE
HOUSE.
HOUSE.
HOUSE. >>
HOUSE. >> ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE BACK TO
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