FIRST
FIRST TIME IN+@ MONTHS, ABOUT REACHING A DEAL.
ANDREW DYMBURT, ABC NEWS
WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON. >>> A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT'S THIS
WEEK IN THE FIGHT AGAINST COVID-
19 AND WE WANT TO HELP YOU
SEPARATE FACT FROM FEAR.
LET'S BRING IN OUR MEDICAL
EXPERT DR. DAVID WINTER FROM
BAYLOR SCOTT AND WHITE HEALTH,
+@
+@ GOOD
+@ GOOD MORNING AND +@GOOD TO SEE
YOU.
YOU.
YOU. >>
YOU. >> GOOD MORNING, GOOD TO BE
WITH YOU.
WITH YOU.
WITH YOU. >> LET'S START WITH
+@ RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THE C.D.C.
HAS MOV+@ED AROUND WHEN IT COME
TO BEING EXPOSED TO COVID-19.
AND STAYING QUARANTINED.
CAN YOU CLEAR THAT UP FO+@R US?
>> NEW RECOMMENDATIONS JUST
WITHIN THE LAST WEEK, IF YOU
HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS
AND QUARANTINED FOR 10 DAYS AND
HAVE NO SYMPTOMS YOU ARE+@
CONSIDERED NON-CONTAGIOUS.
CONSIDERED NON-CONTAGIOUS. IT'S LIKE A 1% CHANCE BUT YOU
ARE CONSIDERED OKAY.
+@THEY DO RECOMMEND A TOTAL OF
DAYS THAT YOU CAN STAY AWAY
FROM FOLKS BUT THE QUARANTINE.
IS JUST 10.
IF YOU GET A TEST AND IT'S
NEGATIVE THEN THE QUARANTINE
TIMEFRAME COULD BE SEVEN DAYS
AND IT USED TO BE 14 SO THIS IS
A BIG IMPROVEMENT, THESE ARE
FOLKS WITH NO SYMPTOMS BECAUSE
IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS IT'S A
DIFF+@ERENT STORY.
DIFF+@ERENT STORY. >> WHEN YOU SAY SOMEONE WHO HAS
BEEN EXPOSED LET'S CLEAR UP
WHAT THAT MEANS BECAUSE I THERE
IS CONFUSION AROUND THAT.
>> INDEED, IF YOU'VE BEEN
AROUND SOMEBODY WHO IS SICK AND
WE THINK THEY HAVE CORONAVIRUS
THAT COUNTS.
THAT COUNTS. IF THEY'VE TESTED POSITIVE THAT
COUNTS.
COUNTS.
COUNTS. THERE AREN'T REALLY CLEAR
GUIDELINES, BETWEEN AN EXPOSURE
OR SUSPECTED EXPOSURE AND THAT
IS WHY THE C.D.C.
IS SAYING THE RULES APPLY TO
BOTH.
BOTH.
BOTH. >>
BOTH. >> I'VE GOTTEN SOME QUESTION+@S
FROM VIEWERS AND I UNDERSTAND
YOUR PATIENCE HAVE ASKED YOU
THIS, ALSO.
THIS, ALSO. SO I HAVE COVID-19,
WHAT
WHAT DO
WHAT DO I
WHAT DO I DO? WHAT TREATMENTS ARE AVAILABLE
TO ME AND I THINK THAT DEPENDS
ON WHO YOU ARE.
>> INDEED.
>> INDEED. IF YOU ARE HEALTHY AND UNDER
AGE 65 AND YOU HAVE MINIMAL
SYMPTOMS THOSE FOLKS DO WELL.
WE RECOMMEND TYLENOL OR OTHER
FEVER REDUCING MEDICATIONS AND
ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES FOR ACHES
AND PAINS, DRINK FLUIDS, STAY
HOME AND GET REST
IN
IN THOSE
IN THOSE FOLKS DO WELL. +@
IN THOSE FOLKS DO WELL. IF YOU HAVE MILD AND MODERATE
SYMPTOMS AS OF A FEW WEEKS AGO
THERE ARE SOME OPTIONS.
THERE ARE SOME ANTIBODY
PREPARATIONS THAT ARE AVAILABLE
IN LIMITED SUPPLY AND YOU HAVE
TO BE OVER AGE OF 65, HAVE
SIGNIFICANT +@OBESITY OR SOME
KIND+@ OF CHRONICLE MEDICAL
ILLNESS OR BE
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED.
IMMUNOCOMPROMISED. IF YOU HAVE THOSE YOU CAN GET
THIS, IS AN INFUSION DONE IN
THE ER OR HOSPITAL AND THEN YOU
GO HOME.
GO HOME.
GO HOME. AND THEN F+@OLKS DON'T HAVE TO
HOSPITALIZED.
HOSPITALIZED. I'VE TRIED THIS AND FOLKS SEEM
TO GET BETTER QUICKLY AND
STUDIES HAVE SUGGESTED THAT IN
THE PAST.
THE PAST.
THE PAST. >> HOW DO YOU GET IN TOUCH, DO
YOU CALL YOUR DOCTOR OR THE
HOSPITAL AND ASK FOR IT?
HOW DO YOU CONNECT WITH THOSE
RESOURCES?
RESOURCES? >> YOU HAVE TO GO SEE YOUR
DOCTOR AND GO THROUGH A PROCESS
TO GET APPROVAL FOR THAT
PATIENT AND THEY HAVE TO HAV+@E
ENOUGH SUPPLY.
ENOUGH SUPPLY. THE SUPPLIES ARE LIMITED AND
NOT EVERYONE CAN GET THAT RIGHT
NOW BU+@T IF YOU GET SICK AND Y
NEED THOSE, IF YOU MEET THE
CONDITIONS, TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR
AN+@D HAVE THEM CONTACT THE
HOSPITAL TO SEE IF THEY HAVE
ANY AVAILABILITY AND IF NOT TRY
ANOTHER HOSPITAL.
ANOTHER HOSPITAL. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY AND
SOMETHING NEW IN OUR ARMORY.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOU DR. WINTER,
I HAVE A PERSONAL FRIEND WHO IS
HO+@SPITALIZED NOW WITH COVID A
PNEUMONIA AND I FEEL +@HELPLESS
SHE HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF ICU
BUT IS THERE ANYTHING, RESEARCH
+@
+@ WISE,
+@ WISE, THAT WE ARE LEARNING
ABOUT PEOPLE WHO ARE SEV+@ERELY
ILL?
ILL?
ILL? >>
ILL? >> WE KNOW TH+@AT THEY ARE DOIN
A LOT BETTER THAN THEY DID IN
THE SPRING.
THE SPRING. WE HAVE A LOT OF TOOLS AND
TECHNIQUES, THERE IS AN
ANTIVIRAL DRUG THAT WORKS VERY
@ WELL FOR MANY PEOPLE IN THE
HOSPITAL AND WE KNOW HOW TO
WATCH THEM CAREFULLY AND MANAGE
OXYGEN.
OXYGEN.
OXYGEN. TYPICALLY WITHOUT PUTTING THEM
ON A VENTILATOR, SOME FOLKS
STILL NEED IT BUT MUCH LESS
THAN IN THE SPRING.
AND THE MORTALITY RATE IN THE
HOSPITAL HAS GONE DOWN 42% FROM
LAST SPRING SO THAT IS GOOD
NEWS, FOLKS TEND TO GET
DEPRESSED +@AND LONELY BECAUSE
THEY CAN'T HAVE VISITORS SO I'M
PUSHING PEOPLE TO USE FACETIME
AND CALL THEM A LOT AND TRY TO
GET THEM ON A COMPUTER, KITCHEN
TOUCH -+@- KEEP IN TOUCH WITH
THOSE FOLKS BECAUSE THEY ARE
LONELY IN THE HOSPITAL.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE HOSPITAL, THE
VACCINES, ARE THESE GOING TO BE
AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO K+@EEP PEOP
SAFE?
SAFE?
SAFE? >>
SAFE? >> THEY ARE REALLY PROMISING.
AS SOON AS DECEMBER 14 THE FDA
+@
+@ IS
+@ IS GOING TO JUDGE WHETHER
PFIZER CAN GET APPROVAL AND
SEVEN DAYS LATER MODERNA COULD
POTENTIALLY +@BE UP LOOSE.
THESE SOUND TERRIFIC IN THE
STUDIES +@HAVE BEEN VERY
SUCCESSFUL.
SUCCESSFUL. THEY SEEM LIKE THEY WORK VERY
WELL, SIDE EFFECTS ARE MINIMAL,
NOT MANY +@PEOPLE EVEN GET THAT
WITH THESE SO WE ARE EXCITED +@
THAT IT'S COMING OUT.
THEY WILL BE IN LIMITED
SUPPLIES AT FIRST AND THAT WILL
BE THE ISSUE, WHO WILL GET THE
VACCINES FIRST.
VACCINES FIRST. THE STATES WILL HAVE SOME RULES
AB+@OUT THAT AND RIGHT NOW IT
LOOKS LI+@KE PHASE I IS GOING T
BE NURSING HOME PATIENTS AND
WORKERS, THEN HEALTHCARE
WORKERS, FIREMEN, EMERGENCY
RESPONDERS, POLICEMAN, THOSE
WILL BE IN+@ PHASE 1 AND THEN
PHASE 2 ARE THOSE
WHO
WHO ARE
WHO ARE VULNERABLE LIKE OLDER FOLKS AND THOSE WITH MEDICAL
CONDITIONS, IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
CONDITIONS, IMMUNOCOMPROMISED FOLKS.
FOLKS.
FOLKS. PHASE 3 WILL BE THE GENERAL
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC.
PUBLIC. +@
PUBLIC. I
PUBLIC. I DON'T KNOW IF WE WILL GET TO
PHASE 3 IN THE NEXT MONTH BUT I
DOUBT IT, BUT THE ENCOURAGING
NEWS IS WE HAVE THREE VACCINES
COMING OUT SOON, THREE OTHERS
BEHIND THAT AND THEN ANOTHER
SIX COMPANIES ARE WORKING TO
DEVELOP IT AND WE MAY HAVE A
BUNCH OF VACCINES BY THE MIDDLE
TO LATE SPRING THEN WE CAN ALL
GET VACCINATED.
GET VACCINATED. THEN THE CHALLENGES CAN WE GET
ENOUGH VACCINATIONS TO WIPE OUT
THE VIRUS.
THE VIRUS. THAT WILL BE THE BIG CHALLENGE
IN THE FUTURE.
>> DR. DAVID WINTER THANK YOU
FOR YOUR TIME AND