MEDICINE ARE WE TALKING, OVER-THE-COUNTER STUFF?

>> FOR ANTIBIOTICS WORKSER REALLY TALKING ABOUT AMOXICILLIN.

IT IS KIND OF THE COMMON ONE THAT WE'RE SEEING THE PRIMARY SHORTAGE IN.

I THINK WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT HERE IS KIDS ARE LIVING THROUGH WHAT'S BEING CALLED A TRIPLE DEMIC AND IN THOSE THREE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT RSV, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT INFLUENZA OR THE FLU, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT COVID-19.

THERE ARE SHARP SPIKES IN ALL THREE.

SO IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO NOTE AMOXICILLIN, OR THE ANTIBIOTICS THAT'S THE SHORTAGE, IS NOT REALLY USED TO TREAT RSV, BUT IT IS USED TO TREAT SECONDARY INFECTIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH RSV SO AS WEAVE WE'VE SEEN THAT SPIKE IN RSV, AN INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR AMOXICILLIN AND THERE'S A NATIONAL SHORTAGE INCLUDING HERE IN ARIZONA.

>> THIS IS MEDICATION THAT TREATS KID AILMENTS LIKE EAR INFECTIONS, SORE THROATS.

>> BACTERIAL INFECTIONS.

VERY COMMONLY USED.

AND IT'S PRETTY SERIOUS THAT WE'RE SEEING SHORTAGES, RIGHT.

I MEAN WHAT WE'RE REALLY NOTICING IS AGAIN A SPIKE IN THESE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS ON ESPECIALLY AT SECONDARY INFECTIONS FROM THINGS LIKE RSV AND FAMILIES ARE NOT ABLE TO GET AHOLD OF IT OR SOMETIMES THEY'RE HAVING TO USE REPLACEMENT OAR GO TO ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, SEVERAL PHARMACIES.

MOST IMPACTING ESPECIALLY FOLKS IN RURAL AREAS AND MAYBE LOW-INCOME FAMILIES THAT, YOU KNOW, MIGHT NOT HAVE THE ABILITY TO BE ABLE TO SHOP AROUND IN THAT WAY.

>> WHAT ABOUT THINGS LIKE TAMIL FLU?

>> THINGS ARE GETTING CONCERNING.

NOT ONLY ARE WE SEEING SHORTAGES IN ANTIBIOTICS BUT SHORTAGES FOR OTHER MEDICATIONS THAT ARE OVER THE COUNTER THAT I THINK MOST OF US EXPECT TO SEE WHEN WE GO TO OUR LOCAL PHARMACY.

THINGS LIKE TYLENOL FOR CHILDREN, RIGHT, THE LIQUID VERSION.

THINGS LIKE TAMIFLU, THINGS LIKE IBUPROFEN FOR CHILDREN.

MOST OF THOSE ARE USED TO TREAT THE SYMPTOMS RELATED TO THE FLU, BUT IT'S HARD TO GET THEM OVER THE COUNTER IN MANY PHARMACIES AND AGAIN, MOST IMPACTING OBVIOUSLY THE MOST VULNERABLE AMONGST US WHICH ARE KIDS, BUT REALLY HARDER ON FOLKS THAT ARE RURAL AREAS OR LOW INCOME FAMILIES.

>> ARE WE TALKING GENERICS AS WELL?

>> YEAH.

SO OFTEN WHAT'S HAPPENING IS FAMILIES ARE UNDERUTILIZING GENERICS, RIGHT.

SO THERE IS A REAL SHORTAGE AND UNDERINFORMATION ON THE USE OF GENERIC GENERICS.

MOST TIMES PEOPLE ARE GOING TO WHAT THEY KNEE LIKE A CHILDREN'S TYLENOL OR TAMIFLU OR ADVIL AND THERE'S A SHORTAGE OF ALL OF THOSE.

WHAT WE DON'T KNOW IS KIND OF WHY THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES HAVEN'T BEEN SUPER TRANSPARENT AS TO WHAT THE REASON S THEY'RE SAYING BASICALLY THIS IS UNEXPECTED SPIKE IN DEMAND.

THERE SEEMS TO BE REAL SUPPLY CHAIN ISSUES.

WE KNOW THIS IS IMPACTING FAMILIES NOT JUST AN ARIZONA BUT NOT JUST IN THE U.S.

BUT WE'RE SEEING BIG SHORTAGES IN PLACES LIKE CANADA AND THE U.K. AS WELL.

>> IT WOULD SEEM TO ME AS IF SECONDARY INFECTIONS, SECONDARY PROBLEMS, BECAUSE SO MANY FOLKS ARE DOWN WITH THE ONE-TWO-THREE.

IT SEEMS LIKE IT PERPETUATES THE PROBLEM.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY ALSO SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY CONCERNING IS NOT ONLY WE'RE SEEING A SPIKE IN SECONDARY INFECTIONS.

BUT RSV IS A VERY COMMON -- VERY COMMON VIRAL INFECTION FOR CHILDREN UNDER TWO.

AND NORMALLY WE DON'T SEE THAT ON A YEARLY BASIS UNTIL RIGHT AROUND NOW, DECEMBER, JANUARY, FEBRUARY.

WE'RE SEEING ABOUT FOUR TIMES RIGHT NOW THE RATE OF RSV COMPARED TO EVEN PREPANDEMIC TIMES.

WE'RE ALSO STARTING TO SEE A MUCH EARLIER IN THE YEAR AND SOMETIMES SLIGHTLY OLDER KIDS AS WELL.

THE REAL QUESTION IS KIND OF WHY?

IS IT BECAUSE KIDS SORT OF LOST A LITTLE BIT OF IMMUNITY OVER THE PANDEMIC AND THIS IS SORT OF LIKE A CORRECTION YEAR?

NOT EXACTLY DETERMINED EXACTLY WHY, BUT WE DO KNOW IS WE'RE LIVING THROUGH IT AND UNFORTUNATELY LIVING THROUGH THREE DIFFERENT VIRUSES AT THE SAME TIME.

>> WHAT DOES IT MEAN AS FAR AS HOSPITALIZATIONS ARE CONCERNED?

>> WE'RE SEEING A SPIKE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS FOR PEDIATRIC PATIENTS.

WE HAVE HOSPITALS AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT ARE 60%, 65% THE BEDS ARE FULL.

OUR BEDS ARE ONLY GETTING MORE AND MORE FULL HERE, ESPECIALLY IN MARICOPA COUNTY.

DEFINITELY AN IMPACT ON OUR HEALTHCARE DELIVERY SYSTEM AS WELL.

>> WOULD THAT MEAN A PEAK, MAYBE AN EARLY PEAK, WHERE YOU GET IT OVER WITH EARLY AND THINGS MIGHT EASE AS WE GO ALONG THROUGH THE WINTER OR IS THIS JUST THE TIN OF THE ICEBERG?

>> IT'S HARD TO SAY.

WHAT WE KNOW IS THAT WE'RE JUST SEEING A STEADY CLIMB IN THE FLU.

WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, IN NOVEMBER, WE HAD TEN TIMES THE RATE OF FLU WITH CHILDREN THAT WE WOULD NORMALLY SEE AT THAT TIME.

OUR COVID-19 NUMBERS, WE KNOW, ARE ONLY GOING UP AS WELL AT THE MOMENT.

AGAIN, RSV IS REALLY ONE OF THE ONES THAT WE'RE PARTICULARLY CONCERNED ABOUT.

BUT THIS IS REALLY NOT THE TIME TO HAVE A SHORTAGE FOR WHAT'S CONSIDERED VERY BASIC MEDICATION TO HELP KIDS.

>> WHAT KIND OF ADVICE DO YOU HAVE FOR PARENTS?

>> NUMBER ONE, PREVENTION.

BEST THING TO DO IS TRY TO PREVENT OUR CHILDREN FROM RECEIVING ANY OF THE THREE OF THE TRIPLE DEMIC SO COVID-19 VACCINE IS STILL INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

ARIZONA IS STILL BELOW THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR COVID VACCINATION RATE.

THE FLU SHOT, REALLY IMPORTANT.

IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT TOO LATE TO GET THE FLU SHOT.

PEDIATRICIANS ARE ABSOLUTELY RECOMMENDING TO GET IT, EVEN IF YOUR KID HAS GOTTEN THE FLU, STILL A GOOD IDEA.

IF YOUR KID IS NOT FEELING WELL, UPPED THE UNDER THE WEATHER, KEEP THEM AT HOME.

SOMETIMES IT'S NOT NECESSARILY ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY TO START THEM ON THINGS LIKE AN ACETAMINOPHEN LIKE A CHILDREN'S TYLENOL.

UNLESS THEY'RE HAVING CRUMMY SYMPTOMS, SOMETIMES IT'S BETTER TO DRINK SOME MORE SOUP AND STAY HOME AND GET BETTER SO TALK TO YOUR PEDIATRICIAN AND UNDERSTAND SORT OF WHAT THAT MEDICATION TREATMENT LOOKS LIKE AND MAYBE TALK TO YOUR PEDIATRICIAN ABOUT THE BEST WAY TO FIND MEDICATION IF IT IS, IN FACT, HARD TO FIND.

>> GOOD ADVICE.

GOOD INFORMATION.

ASU COLLEGE OF HEALTH SOLUTIONS, ALWAYS A PLEASURE.

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>>> A PROGRAM OFFERED THROUGH THE ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY ALLOWS PET OWNERS TO BE INSURED IF THEIR BELOVED PETS ARE CARED FOR IN THE EVENT THAT THE OWNERS DIE AND THEIR PETS NEED A NEW HOME.

VANESSA MARTIN IS THE PLAN GIVING MANAGER AT THE ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY.

SHE JOINS US NOW ALONG WITH -- WHO YOU GOT THERE?

>> THIS IS NORRIE.

>> I'VE GOT LITTLE FRANKIE OVER HERE.

WHO IS SWEET.

LET'S TALK ABOUT -- THE LEGACY PROGRAM AND WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT.

HOW IT WORKS.

GO THROUGH THE PROCESS FOR US IF YOU WILL.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

SO THE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE WHERE WE CARE FOR PEOPLE'S PETS IF SOMETHING HAPPENS TO THEM IS CALLED OUR CONTINUING CARE PROGRAM.

THE WAY THAT IT WORKS IS IF YOU ARE A MEMBER OF OUR LEGACY CIRCLE, WHICH IS OUR GROUP OF OWNERS WHO HAVE INCLUDED THE ARIZONA SOCIETY, YOU MAY BE ELIGIBLE TO ENROLL YOUR PETS AND IN THE SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A DONOR WHO DOES PREDECEASE THEIR PETS, WE RECOGNIZE THAT THEY HAVE JUST LOST A PERSON WHO LOVES THEM THE MOST AND THEY'VE GONE THROUGH A TRAUMA, SO WE WANT THEM TO AVOID THE ADDITIONAL TRAUMA OF FINDING THEMSELVES IN AN UNFAMILIAR ENVIRONMENT LIKE A SHELTER SO THOSE PETS GO DIRECTLY INTO FOSTER CARE AND THEN WE HAVE WHAT ARE CALLED OUR PET PROFILES AND THERE THE DONORS TELL US ALL ABOUT THEIR PETS, THE FOOD THEY EAT, THE FAVOURITE TOY AND ALL OF THOSE QUALITIES ABOUT THEM.

THEY'LL REUSE THAT INFORMATION TO FIND THEM A NEW LOVING HOME.

>> IS THERE AN ELIGIBILITY ISSUE HERE?

>> TO BECOME A MEMBER OF CONTINUING CARE, YOU MUST BE A MEMBER OF THE LEGACY CIRCLE, BUT THERE IS NO MINIMUM GIFT.

SO THAT'S ONE OF THE IS THINGS I LOVE ABOUT OUR PROGRAM IS YOU CAN MAKE A GIFT OF $500.

YOU CAN MAKE A GIFT OF $5 MILLION.

AND EITHER WAY, WE'LL FIND A NEW LOVING HOME FOR YOUR PET.

>> THESE LITTLE KIDS ARE FANTASTIC.

LET'S TALK ABOUT A COUPLE OF STORIES, SITUATIONS HERE.

ONE INVOLVED Mr. FOXY AND BARB.

TELL US THAT STORY.

>> Mr. FOXY IS A LITTLE POMERANIAN AND HIS OWNER PASSED A WAY AND BARB AND HER LATE HUSBAND, IRWIN, WERE MEMBERS OF OUR LEGACY CIRCLE.

AND HER HUSBAND HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA AND THEIR HOME, THEY HADN'T HAD A PET BUT THEY HAD BEEN PARTIAL TO POMERANIANS AND LOOKING TO ADOPT.

SO THEY ADOPTED Mr. FOXY AND SO HE BROUGHT SOME JOY TO IRWIN BEFORE IRWIN PASS AND HAD THEN BARB HAD Mr. FOXY TO COMFORT HER AFTER SHE LOST IRWIN.

>> IT'S A VERY HEARTWARMING STORY IN A VARIETY OF WAYS.

THERE WAS ANOTHER ONE, I BELIEVE, KONO AND DAVE.

>> KONO, WHO WAS ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD, WHEN SHE CAME TO US, SHE WAS, OF COURSE, THEN LOOKING FOR A NEW HOME AFTER HER OWNER, KEITH, PASSED AWAY.

AND SO WE ACTUALLY REACHED OUT SPECIFICALLY TO OUR LEGACY CIRCLE MEMBERS TO SEE IF THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN OPENING THEIR HOMES TO A NEW PET AND SO DAVE REACHED OUT AND TOOK KONO HOME FOR A STAYCATION AT FIRST BECAUSE HE HAD NEVER LIVED WITH A DOG AND DAVE HAD TWO CATS AND A DOG.

SO HE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WAS GOING TO BE A GOOD FIT BEFORE HE COMMITTED TO GIVING HER THAT FOREVER HOME AND IT ALL WORKED OUT.

NOW SHE'S HAPPILY LIVING THERE AND TOLERATING THE NEW DOGS.

>> DO YOU OFTEN HAVE FOLKS, I'LL TRY AND IT ALMOST ALWAYS WORKS?

>> IT Z DOES.

WHEN PEOPLE HAVE AN OPEN HEART AND I THINK THEY LOOK FOR EVERY REASON TO WORK OUT.

THERE ARE THOSE SITUATIONS WHERE MAYBE IT'S JUST NOT A GOOD FIT AND AT THE ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY, WE CAN ALWAYS BRING OUR PETS BACK TO US: >> WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE WITH MIT SY AND A SIX-YEAR-OLD BOSTON TERRIER.

>> SHE'S A FUN ONE.

AFTER SHE LOST HER FAMILY, SHE CAME TO US AND ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES, MARY, IS A BOSTON TERRIER LOVER.

AND SO WERE HER MOM AND GRANDMOTHER.

AND SO WHEN MARY TOLD THEM ABOUT MITTSY, THEY BROUGHT HER HOME AND SHE'S BEEN LIVING WITH MARY'S MOM AND GRANDMA AND MARY LIKES TO REFER TO THEM AS THE GOLDEN GIRLS.

>> WOW.

FANTASTIC.

CAN THE OWNER REQUEST CERTAIN THINGS?

WHAT KIND OF VALUE LINES ARE INVOLVED THERE?

>> YES.

SO ON THE PET PRO WE ASK FOR ALL OF THE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR PETS, SO MEDICAL INFORMATION, ANY TYPE OF MEDICATION THAT YOUR PET MIGHT BE ON, SPECIAL DIET, IF YOU HAPPEN TO HAVE PETS WHO YOU FEEL ARE BONDED PAIR AND YOU WOULD LIKE THEM TO GO TO THE SAME HOME, THEY CAN SPECIFY ALL OF THAT INFORMATION ON THEIR ENROLLMENT PAPERWORK AND THEN AGAIN, WE'LL USE THAT TO FIND THEM THE BEST POSSIBLE PLACE.

>> YOU MENTIONED BEING A LEGACY PROGRAM, IT INVOLVES, I WOULD IMAGINE, ALL SORTS OF -- IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE INVITED TO EVENTS AND HAPPENINGS.

>> WE HAVE EVENTS EACH YEAR.

WE LIKE TO KEEP OUR DONORS APPRISED OF WHAT'S HAPPENING AT THE ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY.

AND, YOU KNOW, KEEP THEM AWARE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE GOING ON IN DIFFERENT THINGS AND SO THERE ARE DIFFERENT BENEFITS TO BEING A LEGACY CIRCLE MEMBER.

>> HOW BIG OF A TEAL DEAL IS THAT?

>> IT IS SO SIGNIFICANT.

WE ARE SO FORTUNATE TO HAVE SO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE FORETHOUGHT TO INCLUDE THE ARIZONA HUMANE SOCIETY IN THEIR ESTATE PLANS.

AND ACTUALLY EACH YEAR IT FUNDS ABOUT 25% HOWEVER ANNUAL OPERATING EXPENSES.

AND ALSO WE HAVE A CAMPUS OPENING NEXT SUMMER IN THE PARK AND WE WERE ABLE TO SAVE LEGACIES OF GUESTS AND USE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF THOSE TO FUND THAT NEW CAMPUS AS WELL.

THEY TRULY DO HELP TRANSFORM OUR ORGANIZATION AND THEY'RE SO ESSENTIAL TO THE WORK THAT WE DO EVERY DAY.

>> IT'S PROBABLY IMPORTANT TO GET THAT INFORMATION OUT, AS WE ARE DOING HERE WHEN THESE TWO KNUCKLE HEADS ARE JUST PURRING TO BEAT THE BAND.

THE MICROPHONE CAN PICK IT UP.

IT'S NONSTOP.

IS THIS KITTEN TIME OVER HERE?

I CAN NEVER FIGURE OUT WHAT KITTEN TIME OF YEAR IS.

>> KITTEN SEASON USUALLY MARKS THROUGH NOVEMBER.

SO THESE GUYS ARE NOW EIGHT WEEKS OLD.

WE WERE UNDER AGE SO THEY HAD A FOSTER HOME, AND THEY'RE GOING TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION.

>> EIGHT WEEKS IS PRETTY MUCH WHAT THE GUIDELINE THERE.

>> YES.

YES.

THEY'RE AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION AS WELL AS MANY OTHER WONDERFUL PETS WHERE YOU CAN SEE THEM AT AB HUMANE.ORG/ADOPT.

WE ALSO NOW THROUGH SUNDAY HAVE WAIVED ADOPTION FEES THANKS TO THE PET FOUNDATION.

>> MY GOODNESS.

I THINK THIS SUCKER WILL FIND A HOME QUICKLY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US ON THE LEGACY CIRCLE.

CONTINUE TO KEEP DOING GREAT WORK.

THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS ALONG WITH FRANKIE.

YOU HAVE A GREAT WEEK!