QUESTION
QUESTION TEXT US, ALL RIGHT, DOCTOR YOU WERE HEARING ME DURING THE COMMERCIAL, I AM
GETTING A TEXT FROM A
GUY NAMED MIKE MILLER, HE IS
SAYING WHY DO I NEVER
TALK ABOUT HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE
AS BEING SOLUTIONS OR
A CERTIFIED CURE FOR
CORONAVIRUS.
MY RESPONSE IS,
IT IS INCONCLUSIVE RIGHT NOW
ASKED TO WHETHER IT
WORKS, CAN YOU ADDRESS THIS SO
I DON'T HAVE TO.
>> I MEAN I THINK WE NEED TO BE
CAREFUL WITH
MEDICATIONS AND OTHER
TREATMENTS THAT ARE BEING USED
FOR THIS INFECTION.
CERTIFIED CARE IS NOT USING IT.
THERE IS REALLY NO KNOWN
IMPROVING TREATMENT UNDER THE, SO WHEN YOU ARE IN THE
EARLY STAGES OF A
BRAND-NEW INFECTION, ESPECIALLY
ONE THAT IS
AFFECTING EVERYONE ACROSS THE
PLANET.
THERE ARE A
LOT OF PEOPLE WHO ARE WANTING
TO GET TO A SOLUTION
IMMEDIATELY, THEY HAVE A
TENDENCY TO JUMP TO
CONCLUSIONS.
WE NEED TO SEE IF IT IS SAFE
AND
BENEFICIAL TO USE THESE
MEDICATIONS IN THE SETTING
OF THE COVID-19.
HERE IS RESEARCH GOING ON NOW
WITH
INDIVIDUALS AND PHYSICIANS CAN
ORDER THOSE
MEDICATIONS UNDER THE RIGHT
CIRCUMSTANCES BUT IT HAS
TO BE A DECISION MADE BY THE
PHYSICIAN TAKING CARE
OF THE PATIENT.
>> DO YOU FEEL IT HAS BECOME
VERY POLITICAL, IT
FEELS RUSHED, IT FEELS
POLITICAL, YOU HAVE EXPERTS
LIKE DOCTOR ANTHONY FAUCI WHO
ARE UNDER SUSPICION
THAT THEY ARE IN CAHOOTS WITH
OTHER PEOPLE TO MAKE
MONEY.
CAN YOU SPEAK TO THAT?
>> I THINK THAT IS A STATEMENT
ABOUT THE TIMES WE
ARE IN RIGHT NOW WITH
EVERYTHING BEEN CONTROVERSIAL
AND POLITICIZED.
I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO LOOK
AT
THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY TO
ADDRESS WHETHER OR NOT A
MEDICATION IS SAFE AND
EFFECTIVE BEFORE WE TURN IT
INTO A DEBATE ON TELEVISION.
I THINK WHAT WE NEED
TO DO IS THE PROPER SCIENCE, WE
NEED TO HAVE
PROPERLY ENROLLED PATIENTS
HAVING TREATMENT DONE,
POTENTIALLY THEY COULD BE
BENEFICIAL BUT THERE ARE
RISKS WITH JUST ABOUT EVERY
MEDICATION THAT IS GIVEN
TO PATIENTS.
WE DON'T WANT TO TAKE ON THOSE
RISKS
WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE
BENEFITS.
I THINK WITH A
NEW INFECTION WE NEED TO
ACCELERATE THE PROCESS AND
PUT RESOURCES INTO IT.
THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A PANDEMIC
SITUATION.
>> IT FEELS LIKE THEY ARE
REALLY ANXIOUS TO GET TO A
VACCINE MUCH SOONER.
NORMALLY WE DO.
NEXT
QUESTION.
NEXT QUESTION. >> ARE THERE DIFFERENT STRAINS
OF COVID-19?
>> WELL AT THIS POINT I DON'T
THINK THERE ARE
CONSIDERED TO BE DIFFERENT
STRAINS OF COVID-19, I
THINK THAT IS A QUESTION WE
HAVE TO ASK AN
INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERT.
AT THIS POINT IN TIME
BUT WE ARE LOOKING AT IS ONE
INFECTION.
THE
INFECTION. THE QUESTION IS WILL IT CHANGE OVER
TIME?
WILL IT
MUTATE LIKE OTHER VIRUSES CAN.
BUT AT THIS POINT WE
AREN'T REALLY SURE HOW IT WILL
BEHAVE OVER TIME.
THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT HOW
IT WILL BEHAVE IN
DIFFERENT TYPES OF WEATHER
SCENARIOS AND ET CETERA.
RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW MORE.
>> THE NEXT ONE COMING IN.
>> MY HUSBAND HAS A SORE
THROAT, HE IS TIRED, SHOULD
WE BE CONCERNED THAT THIS IS
THE ONSET OF THE
CORONAVIRUS?
>> A SORE THROAT CAN OCCUR WITH
COVID 19, ACTUALLY
FATIGUE, IS DEFINITELY A COMMON
SYMPTOM OF COVID-19
BUT MORE COMMON IS FEVER AND
COUGH, THOSE ARE THE
MORE COMMON SYMPTOMS BUT THERE
IS A RANGE OF
SYMPTOMS.
IF YOU PULL EVERYONE WHO HAS
HAD COVID-19
YOU WILL GET A LONG LIST OF
SYMPTOMS.
IT IS HARD TO
EXCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY TEST
BASED UPON SYMPTOMS.
THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT
EVERYONE WITH MILD
SYMPTOMS TO GET A TEST.
IN THIS COUNTRY WE HAVE NOT
HAD ACCESS TO LARGE-SCALE
TESTING FOR THE ENTIRE
POPULATION.
OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE BEEN ABLE
TO OFFER
THAT.
SO AT THIS POINT THE PUBLIC
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
HAS SAID HE ESSENTIALLY IF YOU
AREN'T VERY SICK WHAT
YOU SHOULD DO IS STAY HOME, TRY
NOT TO INFECT ANYONE
ELSE.
JUST STAY HOME, SELF
QUARANTINED THEN CALL
YOUR PHYSICIAN IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS.
>> BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOUR OWN
BODY, RIGHT DOCTOR?
>> CERTAINLY IF YOU ARE GETTING
SERIOUSLY ILL, SHORT
OF BREATH, VERY HIGH FEVER OR
OTHER CONCERNING