THE LATEST CORONAVIRUS CASE
NUMBERS AND DEATHS.
>>> THE U.S. SURGEON GENERAL BELIEVES OUR COUNTRY IS IN THE
BELIEVES OUR COUNTRY IS IN THE
GRIPS OF AN EPIDEMIC AS EQUALLY AS DANGEROUS AS THE FIRST ROUND.
AS DANGEROUS AS THE FIRST ROUND.
SEEK FACT OVER FICTION WHEN IT
COMES TO THE VACCINE AND THE
VIRUS ITSELF.
A CARDIOLOGIST IS SOUNDING THE
ALARM. HI, PAULA.
HI, PAULA.
>> Paula: YOU KNOW WHAT, SHE
CERTAINLY IS AND SHE’S NOT THE
ONLY ONE.
THIS IS THE TALK OF THE MEDICAL
INDUSTRY.
WHEN YOU HEAR THE WORD "EPIDEMIC" TO DESCRIBE
"EPIDEMIC" TO DESCRIBE
MISINFORMATION AND
DISINFORMATION, AND FRONTLINE
WORKERS BELIEVE IT’S COSTING
LIVES. NO ONE VISITS A CARDIOLOGIST FOR
NO ONE VISITS A CARDIOLOGIST FOR
COSMETIC REASONS.
BY THE TIME YOU’RE REFERRED
THERE, YOU HAVE SOMETHING
LIFE-THREATENING OR LIFE
ALTERING GOING ON WITH YOUR
HEALTH.
AND MISINFORMATION AND
DISINFORMATION ARE SO CONCERNING
TO THE DOCTOR, A CARDIOLOGIST AT HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM MACOMB.
HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM MACOMB.
>> I ASK THEM IF THEY’VE BEEN
VACCINATED AND SOME GET ANGRY
AND STORM OUT OF THE OFFICE.
>> Paula: WHAT SHE IS SEEING AND
HEARING FROM CLIENTS, CONSPIRACY THEORIES AND THE MOST
THEORIES AND THE MOST
CONCERNING, THAT THE VIRUS 17
MONTHS AFTER IT STARTED
INFECTING MICHIGANDERS AND
KILLING MORE THAN 4 MILLION PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE, SOME OF
PEOPLE ACROSS THE GLOBE, SOME OF
HER PATIENTS BELIEVE THE
COVID-19 VIRUS IS A HOAX.
>> DESPITE ALL THE DEATHS AND
STATISTICS, PEOPLE STILL BELIEVE
IT’S A FARCE, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE.
>> Paula: AND DEEPLY CONCERNING
IS THAT HER PATIENTS ARE AT
GREATER RISK OF DYING IF THEY
GET COVID.
>> MOST CARDIOLOGY PATIENTS ARE SICK AS IT IS.
SICK AS IT IS.
THEY’RE OLDER, DIABETICS, MOST
OF THEM WITH HIGH BLOOD
PRESSURE, OVERWEIGHT.
AND WE KNOW THAT OVER THE YEAR
AND A HALF, THESE ARE THE RISK FACTORS THAT ARE THE WORST
FACTORS THAT ARE THE WORST
OUTCOME WHEN THEY GET INFECTED
WITH COVID.
>> Paula: SHE AND HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS ARE PERPLEXED AND
DEEPLY BOTHERED ABOUT THE LEVEL OF DISINFORMATION WHICH IS
OF DISINFORMATION WHICH IS
DELIBERATE AND MISINFORMATION
WHICH IS GENERALLY
MISUNDERSTANDING OF THE SCIENCE.
>> IT’S NOT CONTROVERSIAL IN THE
MEDICAL WORLD, ONLY ON SOCIAL
MEDIA.
SO I DON’T KNOW HOW TO STEER
THEM IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION.
I THINK PEOPLE ARE READING MISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
MISINFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
>> UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE SO
MANY SOURCES OF MISINFORMATION
AND OUTRIGHT LIES.
>> WE SHOULD BE ON THE SAME
TEAM. AND WE’VE TURNED IT INTO
AND WE’VE TURNED IT INTO
SOMETHING DIVISIVE.
>> Paula: CLOSE TO 100% OF THE
PATIENTS IN HIS VARIOUS
HOSPITALS ARE UNVACCINATED. >> THE DELTA VARIANT IS VERY,
>> THE DELTA VARIANT IS VERY,
VERY CONTAGIOUS, AND OUR LAB
POSITIVITY RATE WENT FROM 1.5%
TO 3.6% JUST THIS WEEK ALONE. >> Paula: AT THIS POINT, HE
>> Paula: AT THIS POINT, HE
BELIEVES DISINFORMATION AND
MISINFORMATION ARE AS DANGEROUS
AS THE VIRUS ITSELF.
>> WHAT I TELL PEOPLE ALL THE TIME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL
TIME IS THAT, YOU KNOW, SOCIAL
MEDIA VEHICLES ARE GREAT FOR
SOCIAL PURPOSES BUT THEY ARE NOT
INTENDED TO BE USED FOR
RESEARCH. >> Paula: WHERE YOU GET YOUR
>> Paula: WHERE YOU GET YOUR
INFORMATION IS REALLY, REALLY
CRITICAL PARTICULARLY WITH THIS
DELTA VARIANT.
BECAUSE IF IT DOES GET WHO HAD, IT COULD MORPH TO THREATEN THOSE
IT COULD MORPH TO THREATEN THOSE
PEOPLE WHO ARE VACCINATED
AGAINST THIS STRAIN OF COVID-19.
SO WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A
DIFFERENT KIND OF VARIANT.
AND MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES DEEPLY
HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES DEEPLY
CONCERNED AND SENT ME A
STATEMENT SAYING THAT GETTING
THE COVID-19 VACCINE IS OUR BEST
DEFENSE AGAINST THE VIRUS AND THE WAY WE ARE GOING TO END THIS
THE WAY WE ARE GOING TO END THIS
PANDEMIC, THEY TOO URGE THAT
PEOPLE GET THEIR INFORMATION
FROM CERTIFIED SCIENCE-BASED
PLACES AND NOT THEIR FRIENDS AND
SOCIAL MEDIA.
JASON, THIS IS CRITICAL AT THIS POINT.
>> Jason: IT’S ABSOLUTELY
ASTOUNDING, THE WAR ON SCIENCE. AND GLAD YOU TALKED TO THE CAR
AND GLAD YOU TALKED TO THE CAR CAR -- A CARDIOLOGIST.