COACHES AND PARENTS HAVE PUSHED BACK IN REPORT LAST WEEK SEPARATELY WAS CONSIDERING
STARTING THE WEEK OF
THANKSGIVING.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: THE TO STICK
FROM THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE
CONTROL AND PREVENTION ABOUT
CORONAVIRUS DEATHS IN THE
U.S. HAS SPARKED A WAVE OF
CONFUSION ON
SOCIAL MEDIA. CDC REPORTS SAY
COVID-19 WAS ONLY THE
CAUSE MENTIONED ON DEATH
CERTIFICATES IN 6% OF DEATHS
INVOLVING THE VIRUS.
JOINING US THIS MORNING TO TALK
ABOUT THIS AND WHY THIS
STATISTIC IS WIDELY
MISUNDERSTOOD DOCTOR. MATTHEW
THOMPSON WITH TELESCOPE HEALTH.
DOCTOR THOMPSON, GOOD TO SEE
YOU I KNOW THAT WE’VE CHECKED
IN WITH YOU THROUGHOUT
THE PANDEMIC AND I WANT TO TALK
ABOUT THIS BECAUSE.
WE ARE HEARING ABOUT IT ALL THE
TIME WHEN WE’RE REPORTING IT
PEOPLE ARE SAYING
YOU’RE NOT READING THIS LATEST
CDC REPORT.
AND THERE’S FUSION AND A LOT OF
ANGER ABOUT IT.
>> YEAH IT’S GREAT TO BE HERE
AND I HOPE THAT I CAN PROVIDE
SOME CLARITY
7 SOME TRUTH THAT THERE’S A LOT
OF MISINFORMATION OUT THERE AND
SO YOU KNOW WHAT YOUR EARS TO
HOPEFULLY GAIN SOMETHING FROM
THIS AND I’LL START WITH
THE STATEMENT AND NOW WE’RE UP
TO A 185,000 GUESTS AND ALL OF
THOSE DEATHS ARE REAL DEATHS
FROM COVID-19. SO THAT’S THE
FIRST STATEMENT I WANT TO SAY
HERE. THE CDC STATISTICS, THE
6% REFERS TO THOSE WHO HAVE
UNFORTUNATELY DIED FROM
COVID-19. WITHOUT ANY OTHER
MEDICAL CONDITIONS BEING
LISTED.
SO YOU KNOW THEY ALL START WITH
YOU KNOW WITH YOU I KNOW THAT
READING THROUGH YOUR JOURNEY
AND YOU HAD COVID-19
AND AS AN EMERGENCY PHYSICIAN I
HAVE BEEN FORCED TO TAKE CARE
OF MANY PEOPLE WHO
DIED EITHER IN THE YARD FROM
THIS OR IN ICU AFTER MY CHAIR
AND THOSE THAT THAT DIED THAT
DON’T HAVE ANY OTHER MEDICAL
CONDITIONS WOULD BE WITHIN THAT
6%.
NOW I KNOW THAT A LOT OF YEARS
AND THIS ACTED BY THIS AND HAVE
LOVED ONES THAT HAVE DIED FROM
COVID-19 AND IT IS VERY VERY LIKELY THAT THEY HAD SOME OTHER UNDERLYING MEDICAL CONDITIONS
LIKE DIABETES, HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE
HEART DISEASE. CMPD ANY
CONDITIONS AND AS A PHYSICIAN
WHEN I TAKE CARE OF THOSE
PEOPLE. IF THEY DO DIE OR I DO
PUT DIAGNOSES IN THEIR CHARTS.
I’M GOING TO LIST ALL OF THOSE
CONDITIONS
AND SO WHAT THE CDC IS SAYING
IS THE SAME THING IT’S BEEN
SAYING ALL THIS TIME WHICH IS
PEOPLE WITH THOSE CONDITIONS
ARE MUCH MUCH HIGHER RISK.
THIS VIRUS REALLY
IS OFTEN THE TIPPING
FOR FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE
JUST FRANKLY AT A HIGHER RISK
AND THOSE OF THE POPULATION
THAT WE NEED TO LOOK OUT FOR
AND THIS IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: ALL ALONG
SINCE DAY ONE IT’S BEEN
MISINTERPRETED. IT’S BEEN USED
FOR SOME PEOPLE’S AGENDAS.
BUT WE ALWAYS KNEW ABOUT
THESE CO-MORBIDITIES IF YOU
HAVE SOME SORT OF UNDERLYING
MEDICAL CONDITION, YOU’RE MORE
LIKELY TO GET SICK OR AND THAT
DOESN’T MEAN THAT YOU DIED FROM
ASTHMA, IT MEANS THAT YOU DIED
FROM COVID-19 THAT AFFECTED
YOUR ASTHMA
CORRECT ME.
>> THAT’S THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT
AND THAT IS WHY IT’S SO
IMPORTANT FOR THE YOUNGER
HEALTHY POPULATION TO
UNDERSTAND THAT.
THEY NEED TO LOOK OUT NOT FOR
THEMSELVES ALSO, BUT FOR PUBLIC
HEALTH AND FOR THEIR LOVED ONES
FOR THOSE WHO ARE ELDERLY OLDER
THAN 65. WITH ANY KIND OF CONDITIONS STATISTICALLY SPEAKING AS WE KNOW THEY’RE
JUST IN A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER
RISK AND WE STILL NEED TO BE
VIGILANT AND YOU KNOW I WOULD
SAY THAT IN THE DAY OF
MISINFORMATION AND THERE’S A
LOT OF SOURCES OF INFORMATION
COMING AT YOU THROUGH SOCIAL
MEDIA AFTER NEWS FOR FOR THE
VIEWERS OUT THERE WHO ARE
CONCERN AS TO WHAT STREET I
DON’T KNOW WHAT TO
LISTEN TO I WOULD FIRST START
WITH YOUR PRIMARY CARE DOCTOR
OR YOUR PHYSICIAN I WOULD I
WOULD GO TO A MEDICAL DOCTOR
AND IF YOU DON’T HAVE A MEDICAL
DOCTOR I WOULD SEE ONE OUT YOU
KNOW I I HOPE THAT WE CAN
PROVIDE A RESOURCE TO THAT.
CERTAINLY PEOPLE CAN UTILIZE OR
SERVICE TELESCOPE HEALTH TO SEE
A PROVIDER BUT
YOU KNOW THAT WOULD BE A GREAT
PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO START IS IS
THERE A PHYSICIAN.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: THIS GOES BACK
TO THINK BEFORE YOU SHARE
BECAUSE THERE’S SO MANY PEOPLE
THAT ARE JUST GOING TO SHARE
AND THEY’RE GOING TO COMMENT ON
THINGS THAT THEY REALLY HAVEN’T
RESEARCH STORE VERIFIED OR
SPOKEN TO AN EXPERT ABOUT AND
NOT ONLY CAN IT BE WRONG.
IT CAN BE DANGEROUS OR DEADLY
BECAUSE IT’S LETTING OUR GUARD
DOWN ON A VIRUS THAT
VERY MUCH IS STILL KILLING
PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY I THINK
YOU CAN ATTEST
TO THAT.
>> YEAH, ABSOLUTELY AND IT’S A
IT’S IT’S REALLY SAD TO SEE OUR
HIGH SEAS ARE
STILL FALL. THROUGHOUT THE CITY
WITH PEOPLE WHO ARE SUFFERING
FROM COVID IN ARE VERY
VERY SICK. THIS PANDEMIC HAS
AFFECTED PEOPLE IN MANY
DIFFERENT WAYS AND IT’S
UNDERSTANDABLE THAT PEOPLE WANT
THIS TO
GO AWAY BUT THE REALITY IS WE
HAVE WE DO HAVE TO REMAIN
VIGILANT AND PROTECT THOSE WHO
ARE AT
HIGH RISK.
>>VIC MICOLUCCI: DOCTOR MATTHEW
THOMPSON WITH TELESCOPE HEALTH
I COULD TALK WITH YOU ABOUT
THIS TIME ALL
DAY LONG. WE HAVE GOT IT SO I