RIGHT NOW THERE ARE A LOT OF FALLING KNIVES IN THIS MARKET.
MELISSA: CORONAVIRUS
MELISSA: CORONAVIRUS MISCONCEPTIONS AS THIS ADVANCES
PEOPLE DON’T KNOW WHAT TO
BELIEVE.
BELIEVE. WE HAVE THE DR. AMY PHILLIPS,
VICE PRESIDENT OF PROVE DENSE
STATE JOSEPH HEALTH.
SHE OVERSEES MEDICAL CARE FOR
THE NETWORK THAT SAW THE FIRST
U.S. CORONAVIRUS PATIENT.
I UNDERSTAND THERE WERE FOUR
QUARANTINE PATIENTS FROM THE
AFFECTED CRUISE SHIPS IN YOUR
SYSTEM.
SYSTEM. FIRST OF ALL HOW ARE THEY DOING
NOW?
NOW? >> EVERYBODY IS DOING WELL AND
STABLE.
STABLE. THANKS FOR HAVING -- ASKING.
MELISSA: IT IS A SCARY TIME BUT
I WONDER IF PEOPLE ARE GETTING
TOO SCARED.
TOO SCARED. FIRST OF ALL WHAT IS THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE
CORONAVIRUS AND THE FLU VIRUS?
>> THEY’RE DIFFERENT FAMILIES OF
VIRUSES.
VIRUSES. THE INFLUENZA VIRUS AND THE
CORONAVIRUS ARE BOTH VIRUSES
LIKE STAFF AND STREP ARE BOTH
BACTERIA BUT THEY’RE DIFFERENT
SPECIES AND BEHAVE SLIGHTLY
DIFFERENTLY VERY SIMILARLY BUT
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY.
SLIGHTLY DIFFERENTLY. SO THEY DO THINGS LIKE RESPOND
TO DIFFERENT DRUGS WHICH IS PART
OF THE ISSUE WE’RE HAVING TODAY.
MELISSA: SO THE REASON WHY, WE
KEEP MAKING THIS COMPARISON TO
FLU, WE LOSE SO MANY PEOPLE TO
THE FLU EVERY YEAR, PEOPLE ASK
WHY IS THIS WORSE THAN THE FLU,
WHY ARE WE MORE PANICKED?
BECAUSE WE JUST DON’T KNOW HOW
TO TREAT IT AS WELL, OR WE DON’T
KNOW AS MUCH ABOUT IT?
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE?
>> PARTLY WE DON’T KNOW HOW TO
TREAT IT AND PARTLY IT IS
BECAUSE IT IS A NOVEL VIRUS IT
IS NOT A SMALL VARIATION ON A
PRIOR EXISTING ONE.
WE DON’T HAVE A LOT WHAT WE
WOULD CALL HERD IMMUNITY.
WE DON’T HAVE PEOPLE IN OUR
COMMUNITIES WITH ANTIBODIES TO
IT.
IT. FOR EVERYBODY IT IS A NEW VIRUS.
SO JUST THE POTENTIAL FOR IT
AFFECTING MORE PEOPLE.
MELISSA: PURELL AND HAND
SANITIZER, DOES THAT WORK?
THERE IS RUN ON IT IN SOMEPLACE.
>> IT ACTUALLY DOES WORK.
GREAT TO WASH YOUR HANDS AND USE
SOAP AND WATER BUT THAT KNOCKS
OFF BACTERIA THERE.
THE ALCOHOL BASED SANITIZERS
KILL THE VIRUS OWN YOUR SKIN.
THEY ARE A GOOD OPTION UNLESS
YOUR HANDS ARE VISIBLY SOILED.
USE SOAP AND WATER.
THEY ARE A GREAT THING TO USE
BETWEEN GOING TO THE SINK.
MELISSA: WHAT ABOUT FACE MASKS?
SHOULD EVERYONE CARRY ONE
AROUND?
AROUND? THEY ARE SOLD OUT IN SO MANY
PLACE.
PLACE. >> THEY ARE SOLD OUT IN SO MANY
PLACES.
PLACES. THEY ARE NOT GREAT TO USE FOR
EVERYBODY, EVERY SINGLE DAY
PARTLY BECAUSE THE SUPPLY IS
ABSOLUTELY LIMITED LIKE YOU WERE
SAYING.
SAYING. WE DON’T HAVE GREAT ACCESS TO
MORE OF THEM.
FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE COUGHS,
SNEEZE, ARE SPREADING THEIR
DROPLETS AROUND, WE WANT THEM TO
BE USING FACE MASKS, RIGHT?
WE WANT TO PRESERVE THEM FOR
HEALTH CARE WORKERS WHO HAVE TO
TAKE CARE OF SICK PATIENTS TO
STAY HEALTHY AND ON THE JOB.
MELISSA: WHAT IS THE BIGGEST
MISCONCEPTION YOU’RE HEARING?
>> HEARING LOTS OF
MISCONCEPTIONS.
MISCONCEPTIONS. THERE IS A KIND OF A FACT-FREE
ZONE GOING ON IN SOCIAL MEDIA AT
THE MOMENT.
THE MOMENT. SO COVER YOUR COUGH.
COVER YOUR HANDS.
DON’T BELIEVE HOME REMEDIES.
STAY AWAY FROM SOCIAL MEDIA AT
THE MOMENT.
THE MOMENT. STICK WITH TRIED AND TRUE VETTED
REAL INFORMATION SOURCES.