Dr. Nicole Saphier, Fox News medical contributor, joins 'Fox and Friends.'
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Steve a grim milestone. The
coronavirus death toll has
topped two hundred thousand in the United
States, and some states are
seeing a spike
here with what you need to know:
Fox NEWS, medical contributor and
author of Make America healthy
again, Dr Nicole Saphier,
good morning to you
good Morning, Steve
Steve, so the states that are
seeing a spike right now, North
and South Dakota, Wisconsin,
Oklahoma and Arkansas.
So we know that
we also- and you were talking
about this last week, we are
seeing a number of spikes in
areas around college towns,
so whats going on
well thats right Steve.
As you know, I have a
college aged student myself.
These kids have all been home
since about spring break and
toward the end of August they
started traveling back to
colleges.
This age group tends to
congregate together.
If you start looking at the new
cases, particularly in the states
that you just mentioned, the far
majority over fifty percent are eighteen to
24 year olds.
That really tells us its being
spread, particularly by that age
group
of the states that you just
mentioned. The one that im
watching pretty closely is
Wisconsin,
they have the highest rate
increase right now,
and their percent positives is
quite high as well.
One important point Steve that
we have to acknowledge here is
that these states are in their
first wave.
Wisconsin has not had a wave,
yet
they are on the incline.
Remember we talked about those
waves several months ago.
They have been low.
This is their first wave
so its not a second wave, and
you know its not something to
cause panic over, but something
to acknowledge that there is
still high community
transmission of this virus. But
if you look at the places that
had those first waves New York,
New Jersey, Connecticut, we are
still less than five percent positivity
rate.
We have not hit our second wave,
yet there are minor upticks here
and there, but watching it
carefully,
Steve. Indeed,
in the college news I saw this
morning that apparently Notre
Dame has canceled their game.
Wake forest this weekend, because
seven Notre Dame players tested
positive for coronavirus
neon. While about a month ago, I
went in, and I got the antibody
test and I had to go over to Nyu
and was I in the blood lab, and I
had to wait for an hour and a
half, and I said to the
technician who took my blood, I
said whats taking so long
and she said so. Many people have
put off cancer screenings, so
they are now here
it wasnt just for coronavirus,
because if you take a certain
blood test, they can figure out
now, whether or not you have got
cancer.
First of all, the cancer
screening, the cancer screening
people putting off crucial issue
near and dear to my heart being
that im in cancer medicine and
busier now than I ever have
been.
People are finally coming back
in something we have been
talking about for years now we
have a couple of new FDA tests,
are what we call blood biopsies
its just another way to monitor
for certain cancers.
You take someones blood and
they check certain again net
particular mutations and
proteins from cancers. It can
help us identify cancer in
addition to imaging and healthy
behaviors healthy living to
help prevent cancer.
This is all in the quest to
lessen our burden of cancer in
our society.
Steve and you know when in
doubt,
going into the hospital is safe,
because so many precautions are
being taken right now. If you
have got to get a blood test
thats right Steve,
I encourage everyone. Yes,
Covid 19 is still out there, but
so is cancer,
so is heart disease,
so are the other leading causes
of death?
We have take majeure, we are
taking care of ourselves
physically and mentally. Try
live your healthiest life,
make sure you are getting your
cancer screenings and do what
you can to keep your family and.
Transcript generated on 2020-09-23.