Fox News medical contributor Dr. Janette Nesheiwat provides insight into Dr. Birx’s coronavirus warning.
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Ainsley as Covid 19 cases
Ainsley as Covid 19 cases
continue to to rise in many
parts of the country.
Dr Deborah Birx warning. We are
entering a new phase of the
pandemic.
We are in a new phase
and thats why? I really wanted
to make it clear to the american
people. Can I tell you across
America right now, people are on
the move.
What we are seeing today is
different from March and April.
It is extraordinarily
widespread.
Its into the rural as call
urban areas
Ainsley here to discuss is Fox
NEWS, contributor and emergency
medicine physician, Dr Janette
Nesheiwat good morning to you
good morning, Ainsley
Ainsley. How should we feel
about that?
Well, this is definitely
concerning.
We have to remember that this is
an opportunistic infection.
It will jump from
person to person when we allow
it to do so.
If you recall, last month, we
learned that this virus is
actually up to ten times more
infectious and more contagious
than we originally thought. Due
to a tiny mutation.
We are seeing it not just in big
cities, but now in rural areas, in
Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky
and Louisiana, where there is
limited, Icu or no Icu,
that can be dangerous and
life threatening it for some
people.
I think its really really
important
critical to understand that this
virus can affect anyone at any
age.
We just saw our very first
double lung transplant in a
young healthy 28 year old,
she was just discharged from the
hospital in Chicago.
She had no underlying
conditions.
Fortunately, she is doing okay.
There are other people waiting
for lung transplants because of
the irreversible damage of this
disease.
Thats, all scary,
we think the younger ones are
going to be healthy. You could be
this one like this young lady
im glad she is out of the
hospital and doing well.
Dr Birx says its going to
depend on southern and western
states respond to this
whats your advice for the folks
watching who live in those
areas
sure.
Well, we know what causes
this. We know its from the
family, social gatherings, large
crowds parties, not social
distancing, not wearing your
mask,
not washing your hands.
So if we all can adhere and
comply with these very simple
basic preventative measures,
we can save our community.
We can save our neighbors life,
we each have a personal
responsibility and duty to take.
You know proper precautions,
not just to protect ourselves
but to protect others.
So you think that you are
invincible, but you are not.
We really are all vulnerable to
this disease and we need to be
respectful of mother nature and
take care of one another so that
we can continue with our normal
daily lives sooner than later
Ainsley. What about schools?
Do you think schools should
reopen?
It depends on where you are
located.
It depends on the transmission
rate,
the prevalence of the disease in
the community.
If you are at twenty thirty percent positivity
rate, we need to pause for two or
three weeks until we get it
under control.
If you are at five percent low
transmission rate in the
community, then I think its
critical to get our children
into school, because you know
the detrimental impacts of
missing out on social
interactions with their peers.
The learning the education, the
hot meals, though, are very
important and can play a bigger
role and have a bigger impact
than being at home because of
the fear of coronavirus.
We know from studies that have
recently come out that children
are less impacted, even though
they can be impacted, but they
are less impacted from critical.
Transcript generated on 2020-08-04.