Life as we know it
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will never be the
same since COVID-19.
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Stay tuned to find out
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what you can do to keep
you and your family safe.
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My name is Jason Bradley,
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and you're
watching Urban Report.
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Hello, and
welcome to Urban Report.
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My guest today is
Dr. Theodore Watkins,
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Founder and President
of The Watkins Institute.
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Welcome to Urban
Report, Dr. Watkins.
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Thank you very much.
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I'm very happy to
be with you today.
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It's great to have you here.
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You know, this COVID-19 stuff
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is really has
transformed our way of life.
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You know, I've got sitting here
next to me, I've got a mask.
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And you see a lot of people
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wearing masks on the street now.
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Let's talk about the
symptoms of COVID-19.
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What are the symptoms?
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Well, the symptoms can be
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divided really
into mild symptoms.
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You can have things like
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flu like symptoms, a cough,
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that cough really occurs,
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you know, up to
two to seven days
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after the virus
hits, you can have things
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like body aches,
you got GI symptoms,
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you can have problems breathing,
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mild problems breathing,
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and that can actually
start at the onset of symptoms,
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and then you can
even get diarrhea,
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but if it's more severe,
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one of the big
problems is pneumonia.
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Okay.
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And it's a
special type of pneumonia
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that really restricts the lungs.
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I was talking to
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one of my nurse
friends just yesterday
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and she was telling me
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how they had
patients on a ventilator.
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And normally there's
something called PEEP,
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which is a Positive
end-expiratory pressure
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and normally you
get it up to about five,
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they took the patient up to 14
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and it still was
not adequate to be
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able to get the
oxygen into the person.
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And so pneumonia
is a major problem
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with that
stiffening of the lungs.
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You can get kidney failure,
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you can get a person can
even die with this disease.
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Yes, yes.
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What's the difference between
the presentation of COVID-19
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and regular influenza?
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Well, as you know,
with regular influenza,
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you have the fever,
you have the chills,
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you may have
some nasal congestion,
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but it's short-lived, you know,
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body aches, whereas COVID-19
can start out like that,
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but in and for many people,
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it will stay
like that, all right?
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But the person who
gets severe disease,
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then they can go on
to severe symptoms that
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we talked about that
that ends with death.
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Now, certainly we know
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that regular
influenza also can end in death.
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But it's much, much
less about almost 3.5 times,
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three and a half
times more frequent,
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that you get death in
a person with COVID-19
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if you would with
someone with the regular flu.
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Wow, wow, that's interesting.
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What type of medicine...
What's your specialty?
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Well, my training
actually was in surgery.
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Okay.
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But now I practice a
mobile family practice
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with a emphasis
on natural holistic
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type of presentation.
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Okay.
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Using the methods that
God gave us to get well.
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So would you say
it's like kind of
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integrative medicine or...
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Yes, it's a form of
integrative medicine, yes.
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Okay. Okay.
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And how long have
you been practicing?
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I'm an old man, Jason.
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I started, actual, I
finished my residency in '83.
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And that's when I switched
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from surgery to
holistic medicine.
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So I've been
practicing since 1983.
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Wow.
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And what made you
decide to go that route?
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Before you were born.
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Yeah, that that
actually was a few years
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before I came into the world.
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Yeah. Yes, yes.
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So what made you decide to
go into that that line of work?
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It's very interesting.
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People say, "Well, you know,
you were really smart to switch
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over from surgery
to holistic medicine."
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I said, "No, I was not."
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God told me to leave surgery.
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And I told God, "No,
I'm good with this knife."
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You know, He said,
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"No, I need you in
holistic medicine."
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And there was a group of us
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who was gonna go down south
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and do this
self-supporting ministry,
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and I actually went
into surgery for there,
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I would have done
probably cardiology,
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but after they backed out,
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I was depressed and
almost never get depressed,
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but I was depressed as such,
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asking Lord, "What should I do?"
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He said, "Leave surgery."
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I said, "No, Lord."
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But it took me two years
to get the courage to leave.
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All right.
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Because surgery,
that knife very powerful.
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You know, I've
opened up people's chests
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right in the emergency
room trying to save their lives.
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It's, but I am so
happy that I listened to God.
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And He led me
to, we need surgeons,
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we need, and whenever
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one of my
patients needs a surgeon,
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I try to find the
best surgeon I can,
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but there's so many people
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that can avoid
surgery and medication
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if we just use
the simple principles
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that God has given us.
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Amen. Amen.
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You know, and that
brings me to my next question,
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and which is what are
some of the nutritional changes
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we can make to
support the immune system?
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You know, one of
the interesting things
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is that most of the diseases
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or many of the
diseases that we face today
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are associated
with the immune system.
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When I was a
third year resident,
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I did my
pediatrics at Bethesda Naval,
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and I wrote a paper on
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if we're going
to overcome cancer,
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we must do it by
strengthening the immune system.
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How do you do that?
You do it by your diet.
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Fresh fruits, vegetables,
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whole grain, seeds, nuts, beans,
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these common foods are
just packed with nutrients.
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You know, there
are certain herbs
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and other
supplements that you can use
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to really
strengthen the immune system.
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I don't push a lot
of herbs in my practice.
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There are only a couple
that I will use frequently,
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vitamin B12 because I
encourage most of my patients
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to be vegans like
all of them to be vegans
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and many of them listen,
and so vitamin B12 is needed.
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And I find that vitamin D,
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which both of
which are very important
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to strengthen the immune system.
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And then vitamin C, zinc,
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other nutrients like
that are very important.
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One of the things that I'm using
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and I understand
that someone said that
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they even heard it
mentioned on your station.
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NAC. Oh, yes.
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You now, N-acetyl cysteine,
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you know, because it
stimulates the immune system.
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And it's very,
very, very beneficial.
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Got you.
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Now vitamin B12 that gives
you energy too, doesn't it?
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Okay, let me go a little further
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on this because
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there are other simple
things that are important.
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One of the most important things
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I believe is decrease in stress.
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Decrease stress, and my formula
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for decreasing stresses
take your burden to the Lord
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and leave them.
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You know, He promised that
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He would not
leave us or forsake us.
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And if we believe that,
you know, when I was in school,
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I learned the only
fear we have in the future.
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And so we forget where
God has led us in the past.
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We must remember
that God is in charge.
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And so
decreasing stress, exercise,
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plenty of water, rest.
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I interviewed a
doctor just two weeks ago
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on my radio show
here dealing with sleep,
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and he talked about
the importance of sleep
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and how it
boosts the immune system
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and can help one
tackle these powers.
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Interesting, interesting.
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It seems like your faith plays
a huge role in what you do.
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How does your faith come
into play in your line of work?
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Well, when I was
graduating from medical school,
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I made a decision that
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if ever there was a conflict
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between what God teaches
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and what I
learned in medical school,
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I was going with God, you know,
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I said, "God got me in.
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He got to get me out."
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And once I got out,
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I didn't wanna forget
how I got in and got out.
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And so, God is, you know,
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I tell people, I'm
just a little project boy,
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little welfare kid
that God has blessed.
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And so, I can't
forget where He's brought me.
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And if in addition, Jason,
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what I find is that
when we deal with patients,
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and this COVID virus
is a classic example.
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There's a lot of fear.
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You know, people
are fearful of even
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with all the medical
science that we have.
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How can we
handle this thing? Yes.
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You know, and I tell them,
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"Yes, I believe
in washing my hands
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and doing the
things that we need to do
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using my mask when
I'm gonna be in public,
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but I don't
worry about the virus
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because my God has..."
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He said, "If you put
the blood on the doorpost,
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I'm gonna pass over."
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And I believe that
He's passing over now.
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And so I trust
Him because I remember
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what He's done
for me in the past
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and what He's
doing for me even now.
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Amen.
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What are some things that
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we can do to protect
our homes from the virus?
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Well, one we
need to clean it down.
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We need to clean it down.
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We can use alcohol and other...
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germicidal solutions,
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you know, I don't
wanna get commercial,
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but if you go into the store,
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you're not gonna find Lysol
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because everybody has found out
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that Lysol is a good germicidal.
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And so, but
regular rubbing alcohol
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but it needs to be at least 60%.
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Clean all the areas that
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you're gonna
come in contact with.
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And, you know, if
someone comes into your home,
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that's not a part of the family,
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they need to have
mask, gloves, etcetera,
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and then when they leave,
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you need to make sure
that you sterilize the area.
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We can't see the virus.
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And so we have to assume that
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the virus comes in
when someone else comes in.
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When we go out and we come in,
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we need to make
sure that we wipe down.
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When I come in, I
spray the knobs and so forth,
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anywhere I go, I
go and wash my hands
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and you need to wash your
hands for at least 20 seconds
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with warm soapy water.
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You don't have warm soapy water,
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you can use, you know,
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the Lysol, you can use
the 60% alcohol, etcetera,
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the hand
sterilizers to clean yourself.
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Those are the kinds
of things you need to do.
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If there's
someone that you suspect
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has come in contact,
you need to isolate them,
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quarantine them
in the house so that
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they don't spread it to
other members of the house.
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Yes, yes.
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One of the things
that I'm trying to do
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is limit anybody
that comes to the house
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like I'm not really
having any type of visitors
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or anything 'cause
you really don't know
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who's carrying it.
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And you don't
know if you have it,
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you know right away
and that's very scary.
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That is something
that is scary about this.
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And if anything, you know,
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but once again
that's where trust in God.
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We do what we can. Yeah.
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And God would do the rest. Yes.
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But avoiding people
that you don't, you know,
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my daughter got me so bad.
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Daddy you cannot
go back to the office
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and for now for about four weeks
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I've been doing telemedicine.
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Okay.
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Because you just
can't trust the situation.
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You just don't know.
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So let me ask you this
because it seems like this thing
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has been spreading
at such a rapid rate.
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How does the virus spread?
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Well, it generally spreads
through droplets, all right?
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Through droplets,
someone cough, they sneeze,
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and you inhale it, you know,
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and it goes into
your body and multiplies.
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Also, you can touch a surface
that someone with the virus
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has touched or sneezed and,
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you know, now that
they're suggesting even that
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it's in the air and
just talking to someone
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I heard the
other day just talking
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can actually
spread the virus and so,
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but it's basically the droplets
that come from the mouth,
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from the nose the primary
ways in which you can get.
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So if I hear you correctly,
just talking to somebody
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does that mean like as
you're talking to somebody,
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sometimes when people talk
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some droplets come
out of their mouth,
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is that what you're saying?
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They spit. Okay, okay.
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Exactly. Yes.
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They can emit droplets that get
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into the air and can spray it.
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Okay.
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You know, what I
find really nasty is that,
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you know, all of this stuff
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has been taking
place all of this time,
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you know, I don't
think we've realized exactly
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how many droplets
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and stuff we
encounter on a daily basis,
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but this is really
bringing a wake up call to that.
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I remember as a little boy.
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And when we moved
up to the projects,
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I'm seeing the dust, the
light, hit the dust in the air,
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and flicker and you see
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all those particles, you know,
while they're still in the air.
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We just don't
see them, all right?
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But they're there
and they can spread
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for quite probably about
15 feet or more, you know,
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and so it's very important
generally we say, 6 feet,
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but they can actually
spread further than that.
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Wow.
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What are some common
myths about COVID-19?
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Well,
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people say that, you know,
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that certain people
can't get it, you know,
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their immune system is so strong
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that they can't get it
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or that it only affects
older people, sick people.
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Well, that's truly a
myth because young athletes,
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we know NBA players,
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other athletes
strong in the prime of life
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they have gotten.
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And so it's a myth
that only old people,
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you know, in fact
as we look at that,
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we need to recognize
that in your area in Chicago,
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they said about 97%,
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I was reading just this
morning 97% of the deaths
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that have occurred
in Chicago are in people
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who have pre-existing
illnesses are over 60.
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Now those pre-existing illnesses
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can occur in young people.
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A young man just
came to my office today.
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I wasn't there, but my secretary
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gave him some things to
boost his immune system.
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He's in his 30s. Wow.
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All right, and
others in their 30s.
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There are people who have
died in the 30s and 40s and 50s.
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And so that's a myth, all right?
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There's a lot of
things going around that
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there is a conspiracy.
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You know, I tell
people, this is a real virus.
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And it's really killing people.
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And certainly there are people
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who will conspire,
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but I'm not taking any
chances on something serious.
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Yes. Yes.
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I wanna do everything I can
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to improve my
immune system to stay away,
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you do that
distancing that we need to do,
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you know, so those are myths.
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Absolutely.
Those myths are common.
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What about the fact
that if you catch the virus
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and you can't get it
again, is that a myth?
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I can't say that it's a myth.
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The research on
this is conflicting.
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Okay.
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There have been
studies to show that
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people who got it for
instance in China afterwards,
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they had a relapse
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or got it again.
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Now the question is,
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did they ever
get rid of the virus?
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Another study, I
was reading about
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some young people in China.
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They were
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said to have overcome,
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but they did a study
where they actually tested them
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with swabs in the nose 5 days,
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up to 13 days.
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They tested them
after they were quote well,
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and the virus was present
on every one of the tests.
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Wow. All right.
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So we know that
these viruses can linger.
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You know, the Ebola
virus, it was around months
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after a person was quote well,
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you know, so that
they were carriers.
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They didn't have
an active disease,
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but they were still
carriers of the virus,
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therefore, they could pass
it on to others, and possibly,
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depending on the situation
could get reinfected again.
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Wow.
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At what point would you say
someone should go get tested?
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That's a very,
another very good question.
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You know, if you
have symptoms, a fever,
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no contact with someone
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who has been tested positive,
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you've had recent travel,
especially out of the country
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or to an endemic area.
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Those people
definitely should be tested.
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If you have
pre-existing illnesses
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and any of those symptoms,
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you definitely
need to be tested.
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Now, what's the process?
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The first thing
I would do is call,
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I would suggest you call
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your private
physician, all right?
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Or if you can't reach them
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and most areas
especially in cities,
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there are places
through the Department of Health
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that's been set
up where you can call
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and they can direct you
as to where you should go.
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Because number one,
you need an appointment,
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you know, it's
getting better now,
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but still, in the beginning,
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there was such a
shortage of tests.
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I mean, you could go
and still not be tested.
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And in fact by
going put yourself at risk
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because you're around
other people who are positive.
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Yeah.
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And if you didn't have it,
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you can get it by
exposing yourself.
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Yes.
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They say the emergency room
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was one of the worst
places to be in this time
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because if you don't have it
when you leave, you'll have it.
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Absolutely. Absolutely.
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You know, it's
interesting, you know,
00:22:41.99\00:22:44.89
exactly what you're saying.
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You know, you can go in
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and get tested for
it and not have it,
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but then you go in, and
then, you know, you may get it,
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you know, you never know.
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And also with
this is depending on
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when you're tested, all right?
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You may be exposed...
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If you aren't
having symptoms, all right?
00:23:04.75\00:23:07.52
You can go in, you can be tested
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and be negative,
and then later get it
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because the incubation
period can differ from
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2 days, 14 days, you know...
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Yes.
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And so that's why,
in addition to that,
00:23:19.06\00:23:21.66
we know that people
will have it be positive
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and never have symptoms.
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So you can't
always wait for symptoms.
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So that's why have you been
exposed to someone, you know,
00:23:29.10\00:23:32.81
have you been
in an endemic area,
00:23:32.84\00:23:35.68
you've been flying,
etcetera, those effects.
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Let me ask you this.
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You know, if
someone's in home isolation
00:23:41.02\00:23:43.89
because they believe
they might be infected,
00:23:43.92\00:23:45.52
how do they know
00:23:45.55\00:23:46.89
when it's safe to
discontinue that isolation?
00:23:46.92\00:23:52.13
One, the fever
will break. All right.
00:23:52.16\00:23:55.40
If they have other symptoms,
00:23:55.43\00:23:57.43
they'll clear just
like if you had the flu.
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You sort of know
when the flu is over.
00:24:00.44\00:24:03.91
But in addition to
that, you need to be tested.
00:24:03.94\00:24:06.61
If you've been tested positive,
you need to be tested again.
00:24:06.64\00:24:10.58
In fact, two days in a row,
you need to have negative tests
00:24:10.61\00:24:14.88
in order to be assumed
that you're over with the virus.
00:24:14.92\00:24:19.45
And so once the
symptoms clear, then you can go
00:24:19.49\00:24:22.62
and you get tested two
days and if you are free,
00:24:22.66\00:24:28.50
then you can consider yourself
to have been over the virus.
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Okay.
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What steps can
doctors take to stay healthy
00:24:36.67\00:24:39.67
during COVID-19
during this pandemic?
00:24:39.71\00:24:43.41
In addition to eating right,
00:24:43.45\00:24:46.38
getting their
rest, trusting in God.
00:24:46.41\00:24:52.29
They certainly need to have
00:24:52.32\00:24:56.06
the protective equipment.
00:24:56.09\00:25:00.50
And they need to limit
their contact with patients.
00:25:00.53\00:25:06.27
Most doctors now
00:25:06.30\00:25:08.40
unless they are in
the emergent, you know,
00:25:08.44\00:25:12.81
the critical care
area are doing phone calls,
00:25:12.84\00:25:17.25
telemedicine.
00:25:17.28\00:25:18.61
Okay.
00:25:18.65\00:25:19.98
You know, because you don't know
00:25:20.02\00:25:22.38
who has it and so most doctors
00:25:22.42\00:25:26.86
are not directly,
00:25:26.89\00:25:29.72
you know, I
contacted a doctor today,
00:25:29.76\00:25:33.63
and he's a urologist.
00:25:33.66\00:25:40.14
And, no, he was a dermatologist
and he said, "Well,
00:25:40.17\00:25:43.14
I'm gonna be in my office
00:25:43.17\00:25:45.41
to see only
emergencies on Thursday."
00:25:45.44\00:25:49.44
But of course, he's gonna be,
00:25:49.48\00:25:51.71
you know, have the
appropriate protection on
00:25:51.75\00:25:56.32
and just see
people from a distance.
00:25:56.35\00:25:58.72
Okay.
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Doctors when they,
00:26:00.12\00:26:01.46
I was talking to a
urologist yesterday.
00:26:01.49\00:26:03.89
And he said, he
scheduled them, they come in,
00:26:03.93\00:26:09.60
later they don't have patients
00:26:09.63\00:26:11.37
sitting in the
emergency room they come in,
00:26:11.40\00:26:14.04
I mean in the
office, they come in,
00:26:14.07\00:26:16.14
you're seeing they leave.
00:26:16.17\00:26:19.27
Yeah, so
they're still practicing
00:26:19.31\00:26:21.48
their social
distancing in a way too...
00:26:21.51\00:26:23.58
There some are practicing,
but it's much, much less.
00:26:23.61\00:26:27.85
Yes.
00:26:27.88\00:26:29.22
Now you also conduct seminars
00:26:29.25\00:26:31.45
and all of that
stuff as well, right?
00:26:31.49\00:26:33.02
If somebody wants
to reach out to you
00:26:33.05\00:26:35.36
and book you for a
seminar, what's your website?
00:26:35.39\00:26:40.93
It's www.TwiLiving.com.
00:26:40.96\00:26:44.53
Twi that stands for
the Watkins Institute.
00:26:47.64\00:26:50.84
Got you. Living.com
00:26:50.87\00:26:53.38
Got you. TwiLiving.com.
00:26:53.41\00:26:56.04
And they can
book you for seminars,
00:26:56.08\00:26:57.81
and all of that.
00:26:57.85\00:27:00.08
What words of encouragement
do you want to leave
00:27:00.12\00:27:02.42
with our viewers?
00:27:02.45\00:27:03.79
We've got about 45 seconds.
00:27:03.82\00:27:08.52
Well, you know, you asked me
before about this faith thing.
00:27:08.56\00:27:13.86
I think people need to recognize
00:27:13.90\00:27:16.67
that God is in charge.
00:27:16.70\00:27:18.27
Things look bad,
but God is in charge.
00:27:18.30\00:27:21.37
And if we do our part, He
will certainly do His part.
00:27:21.40\00:27:25.17
And so do the things.
00:27:25.21\00:27:27.38
Wash, you know, learn
how to protect yourself,
00:27:27.41\00:27:33.05
and then do it,
and then trust God,
00:27:33.08\00:27:36.45
and He will take care of us.
00:27:36.48\00:27:38.49
Amen. Amen.
00:27:38.52\00:27:40.62
Well, it's safe to say
that we see how your faith
00:27:40.66\00:27:43.26
comes into play, and
practice in medicine.
00:27:43.29\00:27:45.76
I wanna thank you so
much for your expertise.
00:27:45.79\00:27:47.73
Thank you for
joining us on the program.
00:27:47.76\00:27:49.86
Well, we've reached
the end of another program.
00:27:49.90\00:27:52.37
Thanks for tuning in.
00:27:52.40\00:27:53.74
Make sure you tune in next time.
00:27:53.77\00:27:55.10
And remember,
00:27:55.14\00:27:56.47
it just wouldn't be
the same without you.
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