>> WELCOME BACK IT IS TIME FOR OUR KSAT QNA WE ARE WITH THE DOCTOR RUTH BERGGREN FROM ALONG
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT U
T HEALTH. THANK YOU FOR JOINING
US DOCTOR LET ME START WITH THE
BIG NEWS TODAY GOVERNOR GREG
ABBOTT REVERSING COURSE
AND NOW INSTITUTING MANDATORY
MASKS FORCED THE STATE.
>> THIS IS AN OUTSTANDING
MOVES AND. WE ARE ALL ENDORSING
THIS ALL OF US WHO
ARE PHYSICIANS AND MANY OF US
THOUSANDS OF US IN FACT HAVE
BANDED TOGETHER AND WRITTEN
LETTERS REQUESTING THIS MOVE IS
A VERY POWERFUL TOOL AND IT IS
GOING TO HELP US FLATTEN THE
CURVE BACK DOWN.
>> DOCTOR SEVERAL WEEKS AGO
WHEN YOU WERE LAST ON THE SHOW
YOU TOLD US ABOUT THE 3 P’S
REMIND OUR VIEWERS WITH THE 3
P’S ARE AND WHY
IT’S IMPORTANT.
>> THIS IS VERY SERIOUS AND
VERY IMPORTANT. BUT THE 3 P’S
HELP YOU REMEMBER WHAT IT IS
YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO DO SO THERE
IT STANDS FOR PREVENT PROTECT
AND PROVIDE SO FOR PREVENTION,
YOU KNOW YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO
WASH
YOUR HANDS, WEAR YOUR MASK AND
KEEP 6 FEET APART FROM PEOPLE.
WE I SAW POSTER TODAY THAT
REMINDED US TO PRACTICE SAFE 16
GET IT 6 FEET APART.
SECONDLY TO PROTECT WE STAY
HOME WE AVOID CROWDS THAT WE
CREATE A SOCIAL WELL, WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN THAT MEANS DEFINING
VERY CAREFULLY WHO IT IS YOU’RE
GOING TO BE IN CONTACT WITH AND
DON’T LET THAT BECOME.
>> AND NO MORE THAN THAT.
>> AND IT NEEDS TO
BE CONSISTENT. SO IT REALLY
SHOULD BE PRIMARILY THAT PEOPLE
WHO LIVE UNDER YOUR HOUSEHOLD
ROOF. AND MAYBE ONE OR
2 OTHERS AND SHOULD EXTEND
BEYOND THAT AND IT CERTAINLY
SHOULD EXTEND BEYOND YOUR
SOCIAL BUBBLE FOR THIS 4TH OF
JULY WEEKEND. THE 3RD PIECE
PROVIDE WHAT DOES THAT MEAN WE
NEED YOU TO PROVIDE INFORMATION IF YOU’RE SYMPTOMATIC GET TESTED. BUT THEN GO AHEAD AND
TELL YOUR CLOSE CONTACTS
THAT YOU’RE SICK SO THAT THEY
KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD BE
QUARANTINED AND POTENTIALLY
TESTED IF THEY BECOME
SYMPTOMATIC AND ALSO LOOK FOR
PHONE CALLS. THAT ARE COMING
FROM THE 2.10 AREA CODE WITH
THE PREFIX 2, 7, 0, THAT IS A
CONTACT TRACER AND THEY ARE
LOOKING TO HELP YOU AND HELP
OUR COMMUNITY BY LETTING
PEOPLE KNOW WHO’S SICK AND
WHO’S BEEN EXPOSED TO OTHERS
WHO ARE SICK, SO THEY CAN
QUARANTINE SO PREVENT PROTECT
PROVIDE WE ALL NEED TO DO IT.
THE HOSPITALS ARE AT CAPACITY
AND
BECOMING OVERWHELMED AND WE’RE
STARTING TO SEE SOME VERY
DIFFICULT DECISIONS MEETINGS TO
BE MADE.
>> ABOUT.
>> STATION THAT THIS WEEK WE
DIDN’T RUN OUT OF THE DRUG
REMDESIVIR YEAR FOR WHILE WE’RE
GETTING MORE BUT WE DID
RUN OUT AND THAT WILL HAPPEN
AGAIN UNLESS WE KEEP OUR
NUMBERS DOWN AND WE DON’T WANT
TO SEE THIS HAPPENED TO
OUR COMMUNITY.
>> AND YOU TOUCHED ON THIS JUST
A LITTLE IN THAT PREVIOUS
ANSWER
DOCTOR BERGGREN BUT AS WE HEAD
INTO THE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND WE
HEARD TODAY AT THE MAYOR’S
DAILY BRIEFING FROM THAT
CEO’S OF ALL THE MAJOR
HOSPITALS HERE IN TOWN REALLY
URGING FOLKS TO ACT BE SMART AS
WE HEAD INTO THIS WEEKEND AND
TO KEEP THOSE GATHERINGS VERY
SMALL.
>> THAT’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT
LET’S SHOW OUR AMERICAN SPIRIT
BY CARING FOR
ONE ANOTHER. LET’S WEAR THE
MASK IN IS AN ACT OF
PATRIOTISM.
DOCTOR BERGER, AND YOU KNOW
SEVERAL WEEKS AGO WE WERE
SEEING THESE LARGE CLUSTER OF
CASES HAPPENING AND CONGREGATE
SETTINGS.
>> CAN YOU TELL US JUST BASED
OFF THE NUMBERS IS THAT STILL
THE CASE OR MOST OF THESE CASES
COMING FROM COMMUNITY SPREAD OR
ELSEWHERE.
YEAH, SO.
>> YOU WRITE COMMUTE SETTINGS
ARE PROBLEMATIC BECAUSE PEOPLE
ARE CLOSE TOGETHER THINK OF A
DORM ROOM
ESSENTIALLY BUT OUR JAILS AND
LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, IT’S
REALLY TOUGH TO KEEP PEOPLE
SEPARATE BUT EARLY ON
WHILE WE WERE IN THE EARLY
PHASES OF THIS WE REALLY.
CAREFULLY
CONTROLLED THOSE SITUATIONS AND
WHILE THERE ARE CASES IN
SAY THE JAIL AND A JUVENILE
DETENTION AND OTHER OTHER
LONG-TERM
CARE FACILITIES. THEY’RE KIND
OF SPORADIC AND THE REALLY GOOD
INFECTION CONTROL MEASURES THAT
HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PLACE ARE
WORKING TO KEEP THINGS UNDER
CONTROL. THEY DO NOT ACCOUNT
FOR OUR SPIKE OR SPIKE IS
COMING FROM
THE COMMUNITY AND TYPICALLY
IT’S PEOPLE GETTING TOGETHER
WITH FAMILIES BARBECUES
EXTENDED FAMILY THAT SORT OF
THING JUST THE SORT OF THING WE
WANT TO WARN PEOPLE ABOUT FOR
4TH OF JULY.
>> AND AS WE’VE SEEN THIS SPIKE
WE SEE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE
GOING OUT TO GET TESTED
WHEREVER THAT MIGHT BE WHETHER
IT’S ONE OF
THOSE DRIVE-THRU OR WALK UP
YOUR CONCERNS WHEN IT COMES TO
TESTING IS THERE ENOUGH
CAPACITY HERE. WHAT ARE WE
EXPECTING AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE
THE SEARCH AT
SAN ANTONIO.
>> YES, SO I THINK WE’VE DONE A
REALLY GOOD JOB
AT WRAPPING UP OUR CAPACITY FOR
TESTING IN FACT WE’VE BEEN
DOING SOME TESTING FOR THE REST
OF THE STATE.
THE ISSUE IS WHAT ARE WE DOING
WITH THE INFORMATION
AND IF PEOPLE DON’T RETURN THE
PHONE CALLS TO THE CONTACT
TRACERS THEN WE CAN DO
WITH THAT POSITIVE TEST RESULT
WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO
PREVENT THE FURTHER SPREAD.
THE OTHER THING IS FOLKS HAD
MENTIONED SEEING LONG LINES AT
THE TESTING SITES.
AND WHENEVER YOU SEE A LONG
LINE, YOU KNOW YOU REALLY NEED
TO EVALUATE WHETHER YOU ARE
GOING TO BE ABLE TO REMAIN
SOCIALLY DISTANT 6 FEET APART
FROM ANYTHING ELSE.
>> DOCTOR BERGER AND YOU
MENTIONED THE AVAILABILITY OF
RHONDA’S SEVERE AND WE’VE DONE
A NUMBER REPORTS ON THE
IMPORTANCE OF THIS DRUG IS THAT
GOING TO BE A PROBLEM MOVING
FORWARD IF SAN ANTONIO AND SAN
ANTONIO HOSPITALS ARE NOT ABLE
TO GET THEIR HANDS ON THIS DRUG
WHAT HAPPENS THEN.
>> WELL MANY IT IS A DRUG THAT
REDUCES MORTALITY
AND IT DOES IMPROVE OUTCOMES IT
IS NOT A MAGIC BULLET.
IT’S THE BEST THAT WE HAVE AND WE’VE SEEN IT WORK FOR QUITE A FEW PEOPLE IN OUR OWN HOSPITAL.
WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE
NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS IS THERE
GOING TO BE IT IS GOING TO BE A
3RD PHASE OF THIS. MULTI CENTER
CLINICAL TRIAL THAT’S BEEN RUN
BY GALEA AND WE ARE PARTICIPANTS AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SO THERE WILL BE AN
ACT 3 WHEN THAT
HAPPENS REMDESIVIR WILL BE PART
OF IT AND SO WILL BE ABLE TO
ENROLL MORE PEOPLE IN THE
MEANTIME WE’VE BEEN
RELYING ON THE FEMA
DISTRIBUTION OF REMDESIVIR YEAR
AND OF COURSE THE WHOLE COUNTRY
IS NEEDING THAT STOCKPILE
AND IT’S ALLOCATED BASED ON
NEED.
FOLKS FROM OUR COMMUNITY
ADVOCATED FOR SAN AROUND THE
END OF LAST WEEK ASKING FOR
MORE DRUG WE’VE BEEN TOLD THAT
IT’S ON THE WAY.
BUT WE’RE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT
HOW WE USE IT AND WE MAKE SURE
THAT WE GIVE IT TO THE PEOPLE
WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO BENEFIT.
>> AND WE NOW KNOW HOW MUCH
THAT’S GOING TO COST FOR THE
FOLKS THAT HAVE TO
HAVE IT. DOCTOR RUTH BERGGREN
BUT THE LONG SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
AT U T HELP THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.