HURRICANE SEASON. ♪ AND I’M GOING TO TAKE YOU
THROUGH WHAT THE MODELS ARE
SAYING COMING UP IN JUST A FEW
MINUTES.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: DANIELLE THANK
YOU HOSPITALS AROUND THE
COUNTRY CONTINUE TO HAVE FULL
EMERGENCY ROOMS AND ICUS AS THE
DELTA VARIANT SPREADS
AND SOUTHEAST GEORGIA HEALTH
SYSTEMS BRUNSWICK AND
CAMDEN CAMPUSES ARE NO
DIFFERENT JOINING US. THIS
MORNING IS DOCTOR ALAN BROWN,
THE CHIEF
MEDICAL OFFICER. HE IS JOINING
US VIA THE PHONE GOOD MORNING
DOCTOR BROWN.
>> GOOD MORNING OR YOU ARE
DOING WELL WE’RE DOING WELL,
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING ON
THE SHOW. WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
PROBLEMS YOU’RE SEEING IN THESE
HOSPITALS.
>> COVID PATIENT.
THAT REALLY ARE DISRUPTING
THEIR DAILY IT WE’RE OUT.
THEY HAVE
MORE PATIENTS IN BED FOR I USED
WE EXPANDED OUR INTENSIVE
CARE UNIT. 2 AREAS ON THE FLOOR
TO ACCOMMODATE THE CRITICALLY
ILL PATIENTS THAT WE’RE SEEING
WE’VE HAD TO SHUT DOWN ELECTIVE
TO ACCOMMODATE
THAT FOR THE PATIENT IT IT’S
JUST BEEN. THIS IS THE WORST
WE’VE SEEN IN THE COVID
PANDEMIC BEGAN.
>> WOW.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: ARE YOU HAVING
TO BRING IN YOU KNOW YOU TALK
ABOUT THESE NUMBERS AMONG STAFF
MEMBERS ARE YOU HAVING TO BRING
IN ADDITIONAL RESOURCES AS FAR
AS BODIES. DOCTORS NURSES,
MEDICAL STAFF.
>> AND NOT IT THAT THE STAFFING IT HARD TO FIND YOU JUST GOT TO DO THE BEST WITH
WHAT YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF
THE PATIENT.
>> SO WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE
TO KNOW THIS
MORNING OBVIOUSLY YOU’RE SAYING
THIS IS THE WORST IT’S EVER
BEEN WHAT DO YOU WANT PEOPLE
LISTENING RIGHT NOW TO KNOW.
>> PLEASE GET BACK TO YOU THE
VACCINE. THIS. IF THEY
EFFECTIVE.
IT CLEARLY EFFECT ON THE
INCREASE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS IS
GREATER THAN 90% OF PEOPLE IN
HOSPITAL NOW AND BACK THAT.
I ENCOURAGE PEOPLE THAT IF THEY
DECIDE NOT TO GET THE VACCINE
THAT THEY NEED TO
SOCIALLY DISTANT AVOID PUBLIC
PLACES WHERE MASK WHEN THEY GO
OUT OF THEIR HOME. AND JUST YOU
KNOW.
PRACTICE WHAT WE WERE DOING A
YEAR AGO. FOR COVID THAT YOU
JUST DON’T
>>ZAC LASHWAY: YEAH, I KNOW
IT’S TOUGH YOU KNOW AS AS TIME
GOES ON WE WERE HOPING TO BE
SOMEWHERE WHERE WE’RE NOT IN AS
YOU SAID IT’S IT’S WORSE THAN
IT’S
EVER BEEN. SO OFTEN TO ARE
SEEING WAIT TIMES. YOU KNOW
EXPAND. IN 2 HOURS,
YOU KNOW WE’RE TALKING ABOUT 12
HOURS ARE YOU WHERE WAIT TIMES
FOR PEOPLE, YOU EXPERIENCE
EMERGENCY AT YOUR FACILITIES.
>> THERE REBECCA, I MEAN PEOPLE
ARE WAITING FOR A LONG PERIOD
OF TIME. PEOPLE ARE COMING TO
THE YARD TO GET TESTED. WE’RE A
LITTLE BIT AND WE’VE ENCOURAGED
PEOPLE THAT AND LET THEM ARE JUST AS YOU AGE AND THE TESTING AT SOME OF THE OUTLYING AREAS.
WE ARE HOLDING
A GUN. IN THE YARD AWAITING BAD
HALF
BARBER IRAN. POTENTIALLY BE
FILLED WITH PATIENTS THAT ARE
WAITING FOR THAT IN THE
HOSPITAL WHICH AGAIN LIMIT
THEIR ABILITY TO TAKE CARE OF
THE OTHER FOLKS THAT THEY’RE
COMING IN.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: AND AGAIN WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT EMERGENCIES IF
YOU ARE HAVING AN EMERGENCY
STILL GO TO THE HOSPITAL.
>> ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY
WEATHER IF YOU’RE HAVING COVID
LIKE SYMPTOMS IS WHAT YOU’RE
SAYING.
>> THE WRECK IF YOU’RE HAVING
SYMPTOMS OF COVID THEN YOU NEED
TO IT THAT THAT IN AND OUT LIKE
THE BUILDING AND PLEASE AVOID
THESE ARE SO THAT WE CAN
ARE THERE GOING ON THERE’S AN
URGENT SITUATION.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: THIS IS A BIG
WEEK FOR SO MANY PARENTS AND
STUDENTS AS SCHOOL STARTS
THROUGHOUT NORTHEAST, FLORIDA,
SOUTHEAST, GEORGIA. AND NOW
SOME UP IN YOUR NECK OF THE
WOODS ARE ALREADY BACK
IN SESSION. WHAT DO YOU WANT
PARENTS AND STUDENTS TO NO
TEACHERS ADMINISTRATORS.
WITH THE WEEKS AHEAD LOOKING
FORWARD.
>> CHILDREN THAT ARE CAPABLE OF
BEING MAD. IT’S GROWN OVER I HURTING THE VACCINE. AND TO JUST BACK TO THE
AND THEN TO SAY THAT ALL OF
THOSE THINGS THAT A COUPLE HAD
A BIG HELP FOR IT WILL.
BECAUSE IF WE LOSE PEOPLE IN
THE HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE TO
GET THAT ARE BEING QUARANTINED
IT’S JUST GOING TO BE FURTHER