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>>> HERE'S+@ ANOTHER STARK REMINDER AS WE DEAL WITH MAJOR
SOCIAL ISSUES.
SOCIAL ISSUES. WE'RE STILL IN THE MIDST OF A
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. THE THIRD TIME THIS WEEK,
DALLAS COUNTY BROKE THE SINGLE-
DAY RECORD YESTERDAY.
NEARLY 300 NEW CASES WERE
REPO+@RTED.
REPO+@RTED. IT COMES AS THE STATE PLANS TO
SIGNIFICANTLY RAMP UP TESTING
NEXT WEEK IN AREAS THAT ARE
PREDOMINANTLY BLACK AND
HISPANIC.
HISPANIC.
HISPANIC. JOINING US IS DR. JOHN CARLO,
THE CEO OF HEALTH NORTH TEXAS
ON THE STATE'S COVID-19 TASK
FORCE.
FORCE.
FORCE. GOOD MORNING TO YOU, DR. CARLO.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> HOW SIGNIFICANT ARE
INCREASED CASES AND ARE
RECOVERY NUMBERS THE BIGGER
STORY AT THIS POINT?
>> IT'S CERTAINLY THIS WEEK WAS
A LOT OF NEW CA+@SE NUMBERS FOR
PARTICULARLY THE DALLAS AREA.
THE STATE, THE NUMBERS CONTINUE
TO GO UP ACROSS VIRTUALLY THE
WORLD.
WORLD.
WORLD. THE NUMBERS CONTINUE TO
INCREASE.
INCREASE.
INCREASE. SO, I THINK IT'S TELLING US
THAT THIS IS STILL A CONCERN
WITH CORONAVIRUS, EVEN AS WE
START RELAXING MORE AND MORE OF
OUR PHYSICAL DISTANCING +@
MEASURES.
MEASURES.
MEASURES. THE CASES ARE SPEAKING FOR
THEMSELVES.
THEMSELVES. I THINK WE NEED TO BE WORRIED
ABOUT WHAT WE SAW THIS WEEK.
>> AND AS YOU SAID, SPEAKING ON
WHAT WE SAW THIS WEEK, WE DID
SEE PEOPLE CLOSE TOGETHER, MANY
NOT WEARING FACE MASKS.
ARE YOU EXPECTING A SPIKE IN
COVID-+@19 CASES IN THE COMING
WEEKS BECAUSE OF THE PROTESTS
AND THESE PROTESTS ARE NEEDED,
RIGHT, BUT ARE YOU EXPECTING TO
SEE A SPIKE?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THE
GOOD THING ABOUT THE PROTESTS
THEMSELVES, THE FACT THAT
THEY'RE OUTSIDE REALLY, I
THINK, LOWERS THE RISK OF
+@
+@
+@ TRANSMISSION; WE HAVE SEEN A
LOT OF FOLKS WEARING MASKS AND
WE THINK IS A GOOD THING A+@S
WELL.
WELL.
WELL. YOU
WELL. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MOVEMENT AS
WELL, YOU KNOW, AND NOT
STATIONARY IN ONE PLACE AND NOT
WELL, YOU KNOW, AND NOT STATIONARY IN ONE PLACE AND NOT@
STICKING A+@ROUND ONE OR TWO
PEOPLE AT THE SAME TIME FOR
LONGER, YOU KNOW, FOR A LONG
PERIOD.
PERIOD.
PERIOD. I
PERIOD. I THINK FOR THE MO+@ST PART, TH
IS A PRETTY LOW RISK TYPE OF
ENVIRONMENT.
ENVIRONMENT. I AM HONESTLY MORE CONCERNED
ABOUT, AS WE'RE GOING THROUGH
MORE A+@ND MORE PHYSICAL, THE
RELAXATION OF PHYSICAL
DISTANCING MEMBERS AND LOOKING
AT OUR INDOOR FOLLOWS AS WE
INCREASE THE CAPACITY, YOU
KNOW.
KNOW.
KNOW. DOES THAT TELL PEOPLE YOU CAN
GO BACK TO DOING THE OLD WAYS
+@
GO BACK TO DOING THE OLD WAYS +@OF CONGREGATING AND THAT IS N
THE CASE +@RIGHT NOW.
>> AND I DO WANT TO TALK ABOUT
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. AS
THAT. AS THI+@NGS REOPEN.
I FEEL LIKE THERE IS A GROUP OF
PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT FORGET,
HEY, WE'RE IN THE MIDST +@OF A
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC.
PANDEMIC. WHAT ARE YOUR WORDS OF +@ADVICE
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ABSOLUTELY. I THINK TH+@IS IS NOT THE TIME
BE COMPLACENT.
BE COMPLACENT. IF ANYTHING, WHAT I HOPE THIS
D+@OES, YOU KNOW+@, AS WE CONTI
TO GO ABOUT OUR LIVES, THAT WE
REALLY DO THE INDIVIDUAL
PRECA+@UTIONS AND KEEP THOSE, I
NOT, AT THIS LEVEL OR MORE
IMPORTANT, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
IF WE'RE GOING TO BE OUT AND
ABOUT IN DOING THINGS, THEN
ABSOLUTELY TRY TO STAY SIX FEET
AWAY FROM ONE ANOTHER.
FREQUENT HAND WASHING.
WEARING THAT MASK, YOU KNOW,
AND WIRING THAT MASK CORRECTLY,
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW.
YOU KNOW. THOSE THINGS MAKE A HUGE
DIFFERENCE AND SO, YOU KNOW, AS
WE GO THROUGH THIS TOGETHER, I
HOPE THOSE MEASURES DON'T STOP
AND PERHAPS INCREASE AS WE'RE
DOING MORE AND MORE OF GOING
OUT AND GOING INTO BUSINESSES
AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
>> YOU KNOW, DOCTOR, I KNOW
THIS MIGHT BE A LOADED
QUESTION, BUT WE'RE HEARING
ABOUT MINORIT+@Y TESTING AND
MAKING A DIFFERENCE.
WHY WAS THIS EVEN AN ISSUE?
>> WELL, YOU KNOW, IT'S A HUGE
ISSUE.
ISSUE.
ISSUE. PARTICULARLY IN TEXAS.
THE FIRST THING IS HEALTHCARE
ACCESS IN GENERAL.
SO, WE KNOW OUR MINORITY
COMMUNITIES AND LOWER
SOCIOECONOMIC GROUPS DON'T HAVE
THE EQUAL ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
AS EVERYBODY DOES.
+@
AS EVERYBODY DOES. SO, THE FIRST THING IS WHERE
YOU CAN EVEN GET A TEST IF YOU
DON'T HAVE A PRIMARY CARE
PROVIDER OR HEALTHCARE
PROVIDER.
PROVIDER.
PROVIDER. THAT IS NUMBER ONE. +@
AND NUMBER TWO, WE KNOW THAT
OUR MINORITY COMMUNITIES ARE
EXPERIENCING HIG+@HER RATES OF
CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS AND
SEVERE CO+@RONAVIRUS INFECTIONS
AND SO, WE SEE THAT THERE IS A
HIGHER RISK, NOT JUST IN THE
NUMBER OF CASES BUT HOSPITAL
SITUATIONS AND UNFORTUNATELY
DEATHS.
DEATHS.
DEATHS. WE THINK THIS IS FOR A LOT OF
REASONS.
REASONS.
REASONS. IT MAINLY HAS TO TO WITH HIGHER
RATES OF, YOU KNOW, CHRONIC
ILLNESSES THAT PUT YOU AT
HIGHER RISKS LIKE DIABETES AND
HIGH PLOP.
HIGH PLOP. I THINK IT'S A COMPLETELY
IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO SAY WE
NEED TO MAKE MORE EFFORT AROUND
OUR COMMUNITIES TO ADDRESS
+@HEALTH INEQUITIES AT THE VERY
FUNDAMENTAL PART.
FUNDAMENTAL PART. THIS STARTS WITH MAKING SURE WE
ADDRESS THIS +@FROM A PERSPECTI
OF MAKING SURE THERE ARE ENOUGH
+@
OF MAKING SURE THERE ARE ENOUGH TESTS OUT THERE FOR THOSE THAT
NEED IT.
NEED IT.
NEED IT. >> DR. CARLO, THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING AND
>> DR. CARLO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING AND@
SHEDDING