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>>> THERE
>>> THERE HAS BEEN A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE FLULIKE
CORONAVIRUS EMANATING FROM THE
WUHAN REGION IN CHINA.
TODAY THAT TOLD JUMPED FROM 9
TO 17.
TO 17.
TO 17. THERE ARE ALSO 544 PEOPLE WHO
ARE ACTUALLY INFECTED.
YESTERDAY A CASE WAS CONFIRMED
IN THE UNITED STATES AS THE CDC
WAS EXPANDING SCREENING TO
AIRLINE PASSENGERS AT FIVE
AMERICAN AIRPORTS.
AMERICAN AIRPORTS. WUHAN IF YOU NOT HEARD OF IT IS
THE CENTRAL CHINESE CITY OF 11
ALIEN PEOPLE.
ALIEN PEOPLE. THIS IS WHERE THE OUTBREAK
BEGAN LAST MONTH.
TODAY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT
TOOK AN UNPRECEDENTED ACTION.
BEGINNING IN THREE HOURS,
CHINESE AUTHORITIES ARE
PLANNING TO CLOSE OFF WUHAN,
CANCELING PLANES AND TRAINS AS
WELL AS SUSPENDING BUSES,
SUBWAYS AND FAIRIES.
HERE TO HELP US TO UNDERSTAND
THE CORONAVIRUS IS DOCTOR
MICHELLE BARON THE MEDICAL
DIRECTOR FOR INFECTION CONTROL
AND PREVENTION AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL
AT THE ANSCHUTZ CAMPUS.
WHAT IS CORONAVIRUS, THIS IS
COMMON TO PEOPLE IN YOUR FIELD,
WE DO NOT HEAR IT THAT OFTEN.
>>CORONAVIRUS IS A GROUP OF
VIRUSES, THERE ARE MORE THAN
ONE, MOST OF THESE ARE THE
COMMON COLD.
COMMON COLD. INDIVIDUALS AT THIS TIME OF
YEAR WHO HAVE A RUNNY NOSE OR
COUGH HORRIBLY HAVE HAD A
CORONAVIRUS.
CORONAVIRUS. YOU JUST DO NOT TYPICALLY GO TO
THE DOCTOR AND GET TESTED AND
YOU'RE TYPICALLY NOT TOLD THAT
IS WHAT IT IS.
>>WHY SO MUCH CONCERN ABOUT
THIS?
THIS?
THIS? >>OBVIOUSLY BECAUSE OF THE
EXTENT OF THE DISEASE IT IS
CAUSING.
CAUSING.
CAUSING. PEOPLE THAT NORMALLY GET
CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS IT IS
USUALLY LIMITED TO THE UPPER
AIRWAY.
AIRWAY.
AIRWAY. IN THESE CASES PEOPLE BEING
HOSPITALIZED, PNEUMONIA IS
ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
MOST PEOPLE DON'T TYPICALLY DIE
FROM A COLD VIRUS, THAT IS WHY
WHEN THIS OUTBREAK STARTED
THERE WAS A HIGH LEVEL OF
CONCERN AS TO WHAT THE PATHOGEN
WAS.
WAS.
WAS. ONCE
WAS. ONCE IT WAS IDENTIFIED, A LOT
OF HISTORY BEHIND CORONAVIRUS
POPPED INTO PEOPLE'S HEADS AND
MADE US CONCERNED.
>>I WANT TO TALK ABOUT SARS AND
MERS IN A SECOND.
THIS CORONAVIRUS IS GETTING
EVERYONE'S ATTENTION.
EVERYONE'S ATTENTION. THERE ARE PEOPLE DYING FROM IT.
THIS HAS BEEN ON YOUR RADAR FOR
LONGER.
LONGER.
LONGER. WHEN DID YOU FIRST HEAR ABOUT
THIS AND START CONSIDERING
ABOUT WHAT TO DO?
>>PROBABLY MID AND LATE
DECEMBER IS WHEN IT STARTED TO
SHOW UP, THIS OUTBREAK WAS
ONGOING.
ONGOING.
ONGOING. AT THAT POINT IT HAD NOT BEEN
IDENTIFIED AS A CORONAVIRUS,
THERE WAS AWARENESS THAT THERE
WAS THIS ONGOING OUTBREAK AND
IT WAS PROBABLY INFECTIOUS
ETIOLOGY AND WE NEEDED TO PAY
ATTENTION BECAUSE UNTIL WE KNEW
WHAT IT WAS WE DID NOT KNOW HOW
IT WOULD SPREAD OR THE RISK OF
GETTING IT.
GETTING IT. >>EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS THERE
SOMETHING LIKE THE BIRD FLU OR
SARS THAT GETS EVERYONE'S
ATTENTION.
ATTENTION. DO WE LEARN SOMETHING EACH TIME
THIS HAPPENED AS FAR AS HOW TO
MANAGE THEM?
MANAGE THEM? >>ABSOLUTELY.
>>ABSOLUTELY. I THINK EBOLA WAS THE BIGGEST
LESSON WE HAVE HAD IN TERMS OF
HOW EASILY SOMEONE CAN BE IN
ONE PART OF THE WORLD AND THEN
BE SOMEWHERE ELSE.
THE SYMPTOMS ARE NONSPECIFIC,
THE SYMPTOMS SOUND LIKE THE FLU
AND WE ARE IN FLU SEASON.
IF SOMEONE CAME BACK AND SAID I
FEEL LIKE THE FLU, THEY WOULD
THINK THEY HAD THE FLU UNLESS
YOU KNEW ONE OF THESE THINGS
WAS GOING ON.
>>HOW DO WE CONTAIN IT, WE ARE
7000 MILES AWAY FROM WUHAN HERE
IN DENVER BUT IT IS SOMETHING
WE NEED TO BE CONCERNED OF.
>>> SOMETHING TO BE AWARE OF.
IF YOU'RE TRAVELING TO CHINA IT
IS SOMETHING TO BE MORE HYPER
AWARE OF.
AWARE OF.
AWARE OF. I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF
ANSWERS WE DO NOT HAVE.
AT THIS POINT BECAUSE WE ARE IN
RESPIRATORY VIRAL SEASON, THE
RECOMMENDATION FOR THE
CORONAVIRUS IS THE SAME, WASH
YOUR HANDS, BE DILIGENT ABOUT
CLEANING, WEAR A MASK IF YOU'RE
SICK OR IF YOU ARE IN CROWDED
LOCATIONS.
LOCATIONS. >>THERE IS A LOT TO CONSIDER.
WE WILL CONTINUE THE
CONVERSATION.
CONVERSATION. DOCTOR BARON WILL HELP US OUT
SHE WILL JOIN US ON FACEBOOK
LIVE IN A COUPLE OF MINUTES.
IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR