Brothers researching COVID-19 impact

Two brothers who are fighting COVID-19 as infectious disease doctors have studied how Kansas City responded to the 1918 influenza pandemic.

TIME IN THREE WEEKS.HEALTH LEADERS ARESEEING SIMILAR PATTERNSBETWEEN THE 1918INFLUENZA PANDEMIC ANDWHAT'S HAPPENING NOWWITH COVID-19.TWO INFECTIOUS DISEASEEXPERTS IN KANSAS CITYHAVE DONE EXTENSIVERESEARCH ON BOTHPANDEMICS...41 ACTION NEWSREPORTER DAN COHENJOINS US LIVE THISMORNING FROMRESEARCH MEDICALCENTER WITH THEISTORY.TAYLOR AND LINDSAY, DRS.DAVID AND JOEL MCKINSEYHAVE A BROTHERLY ANDMEDICAL CONNECTIONHERE IN KANSAS CITY.

THEINFECTIOUS DISEASEPHYSICIANS ARE TAKINGCARE OF COVID-19PATIENTS AND PRODUCINGPAPERS COMPARING THECURRENT AND PREVIOUSPUBLIC HEALTH CRISESOBVIOUSLY THE TWODISEASES ARE VERYDIFFERENT, BUT THEMCKINSEY BROTHERS SAYTHE RESPONSE TO THETWO PANDEMICS AREFOLLOWING SIMILARTRAJECTORIES,PARTICULARLY HERE INTHE KANSAS CITY METRO.THEY ALSO SAY THECURRENT GUIDANCEDOESN'T SOUND THATDISSIMILAR FROM WHATMEDICAL EXPERTS TOLDCOMMUNITIES TO DO BACKIN 1918.In retrospect many of the socialdistancing efforts undertaken in19were highly effective.

We knowsocialdistancing works and saveslives.We also learned in 1918 theconsistent messaging and gettingeveryone on the same page withhow to socially distance and howtoprotect ourselves is highlyeffective.THE MCKINSEY BROTHERSTELL ME THAT MESSAGINGCONTINUES TO BE ACHALLENGE TODAY,CALLING IT DISPIRITING TOTHEIR EFFORTS WHENTHEY RUN UP AGAINSTTHOSE NOT IN FAVOR OFWEARING MASKS.

THEYSAY IT'S AN EASY WAY TOSAVE LIVES AND REQUIRESA COMMUNITY EFFORT.TAYLOR AND LINDSAY?WHAT ARE THEMCKINSEY'S AND THEIRCOLLEAGUES ATRESEARCH CONFRONTINGRIGHT NOW?THE DOCTORS TELL METHEIR PATIENT LOADREMAINS CONSISTENT ANDCHALLENGING - THEY SAYTHEY'RE WORKINGHARDER THAN EVER, ANDTHAT IT'S EMOTIONALLYDRAINING TO TAKE CAREOF PEOPLE WHO DON"TGET BETTER DESPITETHEIR BEST EFFORTS.