VACCINE
VACCINE IS STILL AVAILABLE AND PEOPLE ARE STILL URGED TO GET IT. WITH THE SOBERING NUMBERS
FLU SEASON AS PROSPECTIVE
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS POINT OUT
IT HAS TAKEN JUST TWO AND A
HALF MONTHS FOR CORONA VIRUS TO
BECOME A PANDEMIC. DOCTORS HAVE
LEARNED A LOT IN THAT
RELATIVELY SHORT TIME AND TEACH
EVANS ROLLY HOYT TELLS US
DOCTORS AND HOSPITALS HERE IN
ARKANSAS ARE USING EVERY SECOND
TO GET READY ROLLING. YEAH,
FROM SAAS TO SWINE FLU TO
EBOLA. HOSPITALS ARE IN THE
BUSINESS OF PREPARING FOR
PANDEMICS. AND WHILE A POSITIVE
CASE IS YET TO ARRIVE HERE,
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE URGING
HOSPITALS TO DUST OFF THEIR
PANDEMIC PLAYBOOK. WE KNOW MORE
ABOUT THE VIRUS AND HOW IT'S
TRANSMITTED. AS WE'VE MENTIONED
,WE'VE WE'VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS
VIRUS NOW FOR ABOUT TWO AND A
HALF MONTHS. SO STILL A LOT OF
WORK TO BE DONE. BUT THE WORK
IN STUDY OF CORONA VIRUS IS
MOVING QUICKLY AND LEADING
PUBLIC HEALTH EXPERTS SAY THEY
HAVE A HANDLE ON WHAT TO DO
WHEN IT GETS TO ARKANSAS. FOR
SOMEBODY WHO HAS TRAVELED
SOMEWHERE OR HAS POTENTIALLY
BEEN EXPOSED, WHAT I NEED TO
SEND THOSE PEOPLE IF THEY DON'T
NEED TO BE SEEN IN YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE OF THE LEVEL OF THEIR
ILLNESS. THE BEST THING WOULD
BE FOR THEM TO GO HOME, CALL
THEIR HEALTH CARE PROVIDER.
THAT'S BECAUSE HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS WILL WANT ADVANCE
NOTICE THAT A POTENTIAL CASE
COULD SHOW UP AT THEIR DOOR. IT
WILL ALSO HELP DETERMINE HOW
TESTING RESOURCES GET DEPLOYED.
IT'S AN NOT APPROPRIATE TO TEST
EVERYONE AND WE WANT TO AVOID A
SITUATION THAT WE'RE TESTING
PREEMPTIVELY ASYMPTOMATIC
PATIENTS BECAUSE THEY'RE
AFRAID. THESE EXPERTS KEEP
REFERRING TO HOW THEY WORK WITH
THE FLU. SOME IN THE PUBLIC MAY
TAKE THAT AS A SIGN TO RELAX.
CARE PROVIDERS CAN'T. THE FLU
HAS BEEN AROUND FOR SUCH A LONG
TIME BECAUSE WE HAVE
PHARMACEUTICAL COUNTERMEASURES.
I THINK THAT'S ONE OF THE
REASONS THE FLU IS PROBABLY
NEGLECTED. AND THIS OBVIOUSLY
IS SOMETHING NEW AND SEXY. AND
EVEN WITH ALL THE TECHNOLOGY AT
HAND, EXPERTS SAY THE PUBLIC
HAS THE TOOLS TO STAY SAFE
WASHING OUR HANDS PROPERLY. I
GUESS I COULD DO A LITTLE DEMO
CHENAL. WE SEE IT ALL AND YOU
KNOW WE'LL DO THIS AND THEN
THEY CONSTANTLY WANT TO GO
HERE. BUT WHAT DO WE TOUCH?
WHAT DO WE TOUCH WITH FIRST?
THAT'S OUR FINGERTIP NOW THE
DOCTOR SHARED THE LATEST STATS
ON THE OUTBREAK. EIGHTY PERCENT
OF INFECTED PEOPLE ENDED UP
WITH A MILD CASE, 15 PERCENT
GOT A SEVERE CASE THEN 5
PERCENT WENT CRITICAL. IT IS
FROM THAT SMALLEST GROUP WHERE
MOST OF THE DEATHS HAVE
HAPPENED AND THAT GROUP WAS