>> IT’S A BIG CONCERN AS THE CORONAVIRUS SPREADS, NOT ENOUGH
TESTS TO SCREEN EVERYONE
WORRIED ABOUT THEIR SYMPTOMS.
HOSPITALS BEGAN DRIVER
SCREENING BUT NOT EVERYONE WILL
QUALIFY.
QUALIFY. TWO LOCAL HEALTH SYSTEMS
ANNOUNCED THEY HAVE STARTED
PROCESSING A LIMITED NUMBER OF
TESTS IN THEIR OWN LABS.
>> DOCTOR McGEORGE, THAT’S GOOD
NEWS BECAUSE DOCTORS CAN GET
RESULTS AND NOW WE WOULD EXPECT
IN HOURS RATHER THAN DAYS WHICH
IS WHAT IT’S BEEN.
>> THAT REALLY IS THE GOAL.
HENRY FORD HEALTH AND BEAUMONT
HEALTH MAKE THOSE
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
ANNOUNCEMENTS. NOW, THE TEST WILL BE PROCESSED
IN-HOUSE WILL FOCUS ON
HOSPITALIZED PATIENTS IN THE
SICKER PATIENTS RECEIVING
TREATMENT IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM
AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS.
TESTS WERE THE PEOPLE COMING
THROUGH DRIVE-THROUGH LOCATIONS
WILL BE SENT TO AN OUTSIDE LAB.
SO THOSE RESULTS WILL NOW TAKE
LONGER.
LONGER. IT’S IMPORTANT TO KNOW NOT
EVERYONE WHO WANTS TO BE TESTED
WILL BE TESTED.
RIGHT NOW THE TESTS ARE
GENERALLY BEING DONE ON
PATIENTS WITH THE HIGHEST RISK
OF SERIOUS COMPLICATIONS OR IS
AT HIGH RISK FOR SPREADING THE
VIRUS TO PEOPLE IN THOSE HIGH
RISK GROUPS.
RISK GROUPS. >> BY NOW CHANCES ARE GOOD YOU
HAVE HEARD THE PHRASE FLAT
CURVE AND PERHAPS YOU HAVE SEEN
THIS GRAPHIC OR SOME VERSION OF
IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WHAT DOES IT REALLY MEAN?
THIS IS A GRAPHIC
REPRESENTATION OF OUR RACE
AGAINST AN UNCOMFORTABLE TRUTH.
THIS BOTTOM LINE HERE IS TIME.
THE SIDELINE, THE NUMBER OF
PATIENTS WHO ARE SICK ENOUGH
THAT THE NOTION.
BUT HERE’S THE PROBLEM.
IT’S THIS LINE IN THE MIDDLE.
THIS REPRESENTS THE NUMBER OF
AVAILABLE HOSPITAL BEDS IN THE
U.S. IF TOO MANY PEOPLE GET TOO
SICK TOO QUICKLY, WE’VE GOT A
PROBLEM LIKE THIS ONE.
AND THAT’S WHAT WE SEEN IN
ITALY WERE DOCTORS HAVE HAD TO
MAKE A TERRIBLE DECISION OVER
WHO GETS TREATMENT AND WHO
DOESN’T.
DOESN’T. THERE’S NOT ENOUGH BEDS.
THE HOPE IS TO FLATTEN THE
CURVE.
CURVE. SLOWING IT DOWN ENOUGH SO WE
NEVER SEE ÃPUBLIC HEALTH
EXPERTS BELIEVE THE BEST WAY TO
DO THAT IN THE U.S. IS WHAT
WE’VE COME TO KNOW AS SOCIAL
DISTANCING.
DISTANCING. >> JOINING ME NOW IS DOCTOR
BETTY CHU HENRY FORD HOSPITAL’S
CHIEF QUALITY OFFICER AND
SOMEONE WHO IS DEEPLY IMMERSED
IN ALL COVID-19 PREPARATIONS.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT I GUESS SOME
OF THE SEARCH PREPARATIONS IN
THE HOSPITAL SYSTEMS ARE
MAKING?
MAKING? >> THANKS FOR THE WORK YOU DO
EVERY DAY.
EVERY DAY. YOU KNOW MORE THAN ANYBODY
HENRY FORD AND OTHER HEALTH
SYSTEMS THAT HAVE BEEN WORKING
FOR WEEKS TO COUNT VENTILATORS
AND ADDING SUPPLIES TRYING TO
TRAIN STAFF ON HOW TO HANDLE
PATIENTS WITH INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
DISEASES. WE’VE BEEN SPENDING A LOT OF
TIME ABOUT HOW WE ARE GOING TO
HANDLE THOSE SITUATIONS.
>> YOU HAVE A SITUATION SET UP.
> WE HAVE A COMMAND
STRUCTURE AND EVERY HOSPITAL
EVERY OPERATING UNIT ALSO
AMBULATORY SETTING WE HAVE LOTS
OF CLINICS AS WELL AS DIALYSIS
CENTERS AND A COMMAND STRUCTURE
THAT ENCOMPASSES OUR ENTIRE
ENTERPRISE WE MAKE SURE WE CAN
KEEP GOOD TRACK OF OUR
PATIENTS.
PATIENTS. >> AS LARGE AS HENRY FORD
HEALTH SYSTEM IS, THEY ARE
FACING SERIOUS CHALLENGE AS
HEALTHCARE WORKERS ARE EXPOSED.
>> IS ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGES WE ARE HAVING RIGHT
NOW.
NOW. WE HAVE A LOT OF NURSES AND
DOCTORS AND PATIENTS AND OTHERS
THAT ARE MINGLING TOGETHER AND
AS YOU KNOW, NOBODY COMES IN
WITH A SIGN ON THEM THAT SAYS
COVID.
COVID. WE ARE TRYING TO TRIAGE THEM
BUT SOMETIMES OUR STAFF AND
TEAM MEMBERS ARE GETTING
EXPOSED.
EXPOSED. AND THAT’S ONE OF THE BIGGEST
CHALLENGES WE ARE HAVING NOW.
>> ULTIMATELY AS HEALTHCARE
WORKERS GET EXPOSED THAT PUTS
COLLAPSING.
COLLAPSING. SO I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE
WORK YOU’VE BEEN DOING AT HENRY
FORD HEALTH SYSTEM AND THANK
YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING IN AND
SHARING YOUR OUTSIDE OF THE
SITUATION WITH US.
DEVON AND KIMBERLY.
>> THANKS, SO HOW DID WE GET
HERE?
HERE? >> IT SEEMS LIKE WE’VE BEEN
HEARING ABOUT THE CORONAVIRUS
FOR A LONG TIME AND IT ONLY
BEGAN ASSUMING IN 2020.
>> IT WAS NEW YEAR’S EVE AND
WILL ANGINA A CITY THAT ALSO
AIMS TO BE THE DETROIT OF
CHINA.
CHINA. OFFICIALS THEY REPORTED DOZENS
OF CASES OF PNEUMONIA THAT THEY
REALLY COULD NOT EXPLAIN.
IT TOOK ABOUT A WEEK TO
IDENTIFY IT AS A NEW
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. FOUR DAYS LATER, IT CLAIMED ITS
FIRST LIFE.
FIRST LIFE. A 61-YEAR-OLD MAN WAS DEAD AND
IT WAS JUST BEGINNING.
>> BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT ON
SEVERAL FRONTS ON THE
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. >> CHINA MOVED WITH THE KIND OF
AUTHORITY FOR WHICH THEY ARE
SYNONYMOUS BUT IN OUR VASTLY
CONNECTED WORLD, CASES BEGAN TO
APPEAR IN THAILAND.
JAPAN, AND SOUTH KOREA.
AND JUST TWO WEEKS AFTER THE
VIRUS WAS IDENTIFIED ON JANUARY
21, THE FIRST CASE SHOWED UP IN
THE UNITED STATES.
IN WASHINGTON STATE.
>> WE HAVE SEEN MANY CASES OF
CLUSTERED INFECTIONS.
CLUSTERED INFECTIONS. WITHIN FAMILIES OR WITH THE
GROUPS OF FRIENDS.
GO PASS ON THE VIRUS TO ONE
ANOTHER JUST WITHIN MEALTIME.
>> THE 11 MILLION CITIZENS OF
WILLIIAM WERE UNDER QUARANTINE
ORDERS.
ORDERS. FLIGHTS, TRAINS, BUSES, SUBWAYS
AND FAIRIES ALL IDLED.
WITHIN A WEEK THE VIRUS WAS
BEING REPORTED IN 18 COUNTRIES.
AS FEBRUARY ARRIVED, WE ALSO
FOUND GROUPS OF VICTIMS THAT
WEREN’T EXACTLY IN COUNTRIES.
THEY WERE FLOATING BETWEEN THEM
ON CRUISE SHIPS AND THOUSANDS
WERE QUARANTINED TO THEIR STATE
ROOMS.
ROOMS. IF ANYONE NEEDED A CENTRAL
SYMPATHETIC FIGURE IN THE
CRISIS THERE WAS THIS DOCTOR.
HE WAS THE CHINESE DOCTOR WHO
TRIED TO WARN THE WORLD ABOUT
THE VIRUS BEFORE IT WAS
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED.
OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZED. ON FEBRUARY 7, THE VIRUS TOOK
HIS LIFE IN WUHAN.
HE WAS SEEN AS A HERO IN CHINA
WHERE THE GOVERNMENT’S
FEROCIOUS CRACKDOWN SLOW THE
PROGRESS OF THE VIRUS BUT
ELSEWHERE, NOT SO.
>> NO ONE IN THE WORLD HAS EVER
EXPERIENCED THIS VIRUS BEFORE.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THIS
VIRUS HAS BECOME CIRCULATING
AND IT’S SHOWING VERY
SIGNIFICANT RATES OF
INFECTIOUS.
INFECTIOUS. >> IT WAS UNCHARTERED TERRITORY
BUT TAKES FROM THE TOP WERE NOT
HELPING.
HELPING. >> WE ARE VERY READY FOR THIS
OR ANYTHING, WHETHER IT’S GOING
TO BE A BREAKOUT OF LARGER
PROPORTIONS OR WHETHER OR NOT
WE ARE AT THAT VERY LOW LEVEL.
>> THINGS WILL GET WORSE THAN
THEY ARE RIGHT NOW.
>> AND IS DEAD.
IN QUICK ORDER.
I RON, SOUTH KOREA AND ITALY
WERE ALL HIT HARD AND AS GLOBAL
IMPLICATIONS BEGAN TO IMPROVE
THE WORLD’S FINANCIAL MARKET
CAUGHT THE VIRUS TOO.
>> WE SEE THE CESSATION IN
TICS.
TICS. >> AMERICA’S LONG-RUNNING BOWL
WAS SUDDENLY CHANGED INTO A
BEAR.
BEAR. THE DOW LOST POINTS IN
BREATHTAKING GULPS AND
AMERICANS WERE ADVISED TO
IGNORE THEIR 401(K) BALANCES
AND TRIED TO CARRY ON.
>> YOU SEE THE TEAMS HEADING
BACK TO THE LOCKER ROOM.
>> AND YET CARRY ON TO WHAT?
LIFE WAS CHANGING AS EVENTS,
GAMES AND ENTIRE SPORTS LEAGUES
SHUT DOWN.
SHUT DOWN. SHELVES WERE BARE OF EVERYTHING
FROM TOILET PAPER TO HAND
SANITIZER.ND WITH TERRIBLE
DELAYS IN GETTING TEST
AVAILABLE TO THOSE WHO NEED
THEM.
THEM. WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT WE DIDN’T
KNOW.
KNOW. >> WITH THE VIRUS, LET’S BACK
INFECTIOUS, WHETHER IT’S NO
UNDERLYING POPULATION IMMUNITY,
YOU WOULD EXPECT PERHAPS UP TO
60 OR 70 PERCENT OF THE
POPULATION TO BECOME INFECTED.
THAT’S BILLIONS OF PEOPLE.
>> MARCH 10 WAS LONG ISLAND
FROM THE CALENDAR DUE TO THE
CRITICAL MICHIGAN PRIMARY.
HIGHLIGHTED AGAIN BECAUSE
THAT’S THE NIGHT GOVERNOR
WITMER ANNOUNCED THE VIRUS HAD
ARRIVED IN MICHIGAN.
>> WE ARE TAKING THESE CASES
VERY SERIOUSLY.
VERY SERIOUSLY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE EVERY
STEP WE CAN TO MITIGATE THE
SPREAD OF THE VIRUS AND KEEP
MICHIGANDERS SAFE.
MICHIGANDERS SAFE. >> DO YOU REMEMBER VOTING IN
THE MICHIGAN PRIMARY? HAT WAS
ONLY SEVEN DAYS AGO AND IT
FEELS LIKE MONTHS AGO.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT.
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