State health officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs says the number of COVID-19 cases might continue to go up in Mississippi unless the CDC guidelines are observed by residents.
OPEN BACK UP?WELL, IT MAY NOT GO DOWN.I MEAN QUITE HONESTLY, I MEANTHAT’S WHEN THE REASONS WHY IT’SSO IMPORTANT IF EVERYONEFOLLOWED THE GUIDELINES.IF EVERYONE WORE MASKS IN PUBLICIF EVERYONE WERE CAUTIOUS.IT WOULD ABSOLUTELY GO DOWN.FOULED OUT BUT BUT PEOPLE AREEAGER TO BE NORMAL AND WE HAVE ANEW NORMAL.WE HAVE TO EMBRACE THE NEWNORMAL AND FIND A WAY TO LIVEWITH THIS THING BECAUSE WE’REGOING TO HAVE CASES, YOU KNOWGOING FORWARD AS FAR AS THE EYECAN SEE UNTIL WE GET TO THE FALLWHEN THERE’S A REALLY HIGHLIKELIHOOD THAT IT’S JUST GOINGTO SKYROCKET AND WE’LL BE HAVINGOTHER CHALLENGES.SO WE JUST GOT TO BE PREPAREDAND MAKE SURE THAT WE REINFORCETHAT MESSAGE THAT PEOPLE DON’TNEED TO LET THEIR GUARD DOWN NOTTHAT WE DON’T NEED TO.OF WE’VE GOT TO FIND A NEW WAYTO LIVE WITH THIS NEW REALITY.LET ME JUST ALSO ADD ADD THATTHE CONTINUATION OF NEW CASES ISNOT SOMETHING THAT IS A SURPRISETO THOSE OF US WHO HAVE BEEN INTHIS FIGHT FROM A PUBLIC HEALTHPERSPECTIVE FOR THE LASTHOWEVER, MANY MONTHS IT HAS BEENTHE THE GOAL OF OUR POLICIES HASNEVER BEEN TO COMPLETELYELIMINATE THE SPREAD OF THEVIRUS.I DON’T KNOW HOW MANY TIMES IHAVE SAID THAT SITTING HERE.OUR GOAL HAS BEEN AS FOLLOWS.IF YOU ARE A MISSISSIPPIAN WHOCAN GET BETTER WITH QUALITY CARETHAT YOU HAVE ACCESS ANDAVAILABILITY OF RECEIVING THATCARE OUR GOAL.HAS BEEN TO PROTECT THEINTEGRITY OF OUR HEALTH CARESYSTEM.IT’S A REASON VERY EARLY ON YOUSAW US BRING.DR. BRONSON AND DR. HAYES IN SOTHAT IF WE DID SEE THE SPIKE,WHICH THANK WE NEVER SAW THEBITE THAT THEY SAW IN LOUISIANA.WE NEVER SAW THE KIND OF SPIKETHAT THEY SAW IN NEW YORK AND INNEW JERSEY AND IN SOME OF THENORTHEASTERN STATES WHAT WE’RESEEING NOW IN OUR SAW IN DETROITAND NOW MORE IN ILLINOIS, WENEVER SAW THAT HUGE SPIKE INCASES.WE WERE PREPARED FOR IT IF WEDID, BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT OURHOSPITALIZATION AND YOU LOOK ATOUR NUMBER OF PATIENTS WITHCOVID-19 IN I SEE USE WHEN YOULOOK AT THE NUMBER OF PATIENTSON VENTILATORS, IT’S BEENRELATIVELY FLAT FOR ALMOST 40DAYS.AND WHAT WE HAVE TO REALIZE ISTHAT THE VIRUS IS IN EVERYCOMMUNITY.WE HAVE TO BE DILIGENT.DR. DOBBS POINT, WHICH IS WENEED A HUNDRED PERCENTPARTICIPATION IN THE SMARTPOLICIES THAT WE ARERECOMMENDING OR REQUIRING INCERTAIN AREAS.WE STILL HAVE A SHELTER IN PLACEFOR THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT AREOVER THE AGE OF 65 AS WELL.WE SHOULD THIS VIRUS.IS PARTICULARLY CRUEL TO THOSEIN THAT CATEGORY THOSE WHO HAVEPRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS.YOU LOOK AT THE NUMBER OFFATALITIES SADLY, BUT TRUE OFTHE 500 PLUS FATALITIES 80 OFTHOSE ARE INDIVIDUALS OVER THEAGE OF 90 AN ADDITIONAL HUNDREDAND TWENTY-NINE ARE INDIVIDUALSOVER THE AGE OF 80 AN ADDITIONALHUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE OR THOSEOVER THE AGE OF 70.AN ADDITIONAL HUNDRED AND TWENTYARE THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 60 ITIS THOSE INDIVIDUALS THAT AREPARTICULARLY COMPROMISE FROM ANIMMUNE SYSTEM STANDPOINT ANDTHOSE WHO ARE OLDER THAT AREMOST AT RISK.EVERYBODY IS AT RISK, BUT THOSEARE THE ONES THAT ARE MOST ATRISK.THE REASON THAT EVERYONE IS ATRISK IS BECAUSE SOME OF US INSOCIETY HAVE PRE-EXISTINGCONDITIONS THAT WE DON’T EVENKNOW THAT WE HAVE IT’S JUST AFACT AND SO THAT’S THE REASONEVERYONE NEEDS TO BE DILIGENTWHEN YOU’RE OUT IN PUBLIC.YOU NEED TO WEAR A MASK YOU NEEDTO YOU NEED TO BE SMART.WE ALL WANT TO GET BACK TONORMAL EVERYDAY LIFE, BUT THENORMAL TODAY IS DIFFERENT THANTHE NORMAL WAS THREE MONTHS AGO.WE CAN DO THINGS, BUT WE HAVE TOUNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE RISKOF VIRUSES.SUCH AS THE FLU.THEY ARE SPREAD FROM PERSON TOPERSON AND THIS PARTICULAR VIRUSIS CLEARLY FAR MORE FAR MOREDANGER
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More than 100,000 people in the U.S. have now died from the coronavirus. But the number of weekly cases in Nevada is dropping.
