[ ] >>> HELLO AND WELCOME TO "ASK THE SPECIALIST", WISH ASKING THE DOCTORS HERE ON WCMU PUBLIC TELEVISION.

[ ] >>> HELLO, AND WELCOME BACK, I'M STEPHANIE MILLS, TONIGHT, FOR THE FIRST SHOW OF 2020 YEARS - KIDDING, 2021.

WE ARE ASKING THE DOCTORS YOUR HEALTH AND MEDICAL QUESTIONS, MY GUEST ARE TWO PHYSICIANS.

I KNOW YOU ARE EXTREMELY BUSY, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO BE HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE YOUR KNOWLEDGE WITH US AND THE VIEWERS.

NEITHER ONE OF YOU ARE STRANGERS TO THE PROGRAMME.

BUT FOUR VIEWERS AT HOME.

BEFORE WE DIVE INTO QUESTIONS, CAN YOU GIVE - TELL OUR VIEWERS ABOUT YOURSELVES, AND THE AREA OF EXPERTISE.

>> I'M AN ENDOCRINOLOGIST BY TRAINING.

AND AT THE CLINIC AND HOWARD MEDICAL SCHOOL.

I'VE BEEN HERE IN MICHIGAN FOR FOUR YEARS, AND PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AT THE CEU GLEN OF MEDICINE.

>> I'M AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AT WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR TWO YEARS NOW.

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>> HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.

>> YOU HAVE A LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW, ABSOLUTELY.

THERE'S NO QUESTION.

>> FOR YOU AT HOME WATCHING US, YOUR HEALTH AND SAFETY HAS BEEN WITHOUT DOUBT IN THE SPOTLIGHT FOR MONTHS, WE KNOW YOU HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS, NOT NECESSARILY ALL COVID RELATED.

WE ARE HERE TO GET YOU ANSWERS TONIGHT.

IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION, THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS TO GET YOUR QUESTION, CALL THE NUMBER ON THE SCREEN: YOU CAN POST YOUR QUESTION TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE AT "ASK THE SPECIALIST", THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS FOR YOU TO BE INVOLVED IN TONIGHT'S CONVERSATION.

AND I WANT TO STRESS THAT THIS PROGRAMME.

THIS SHOW IS FUELLED BY YOUR QUESTIONS.

DO NOT HESITATE TO RESEARCH OUTS.

WE'LL START OFF WHILE WE WAIT FOR THE QUESTIONS TO MAKE THEIR WAY UP HERE.

WE'LL START OFF TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS STILL VERY MUCH A PART OF OUR LIVELIHOOD, COVID.

IT'S REALLY HARD TO BELIEVE THAT IT HAS BEEN ALMOST ONE YEAR SINCE THIS PANDEMIC REALLY CHANGED ANYTHING FOR US.

OF COURSE, IN MICHIGAN, THINGS ARE FLUID.

AND I WANT TO GO OVER THE LATEST UPDATE FROM THE SPATE THAT CAME OUT THIS AFTERNOON.

LOOKING AT THE NUMBERS THERE.

WE ADDED 2,698 NEW CASES, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES TO 531,004.

139 NEW DEATHS WERE REPORTS.

170 - SORRY, 107 OF THOSE CAME FROM A VITAL RECORDS CHECK.

THAT BRINGS THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT DIED FROM COVID TO 13,672.

BUT THERE IS A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT TOO, WITH THAT.

THE NUMBER OF TESTS COMING BACK POSITIVE HAS SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DROP.

6.26%.

AND FOR SOME PERSPECTIVE, ON DECEMBER 2ND, WE WERE AT 15.99.

SO 60% POSITIVE.

SO WE HAVE SEEN A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN CASES, AND I THINK PART OF THAT CAN PROBABLY BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE RESTRICTIONS THAT WE HAVE HAD OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS.

EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE GOVERNOR GAVE AN UPDATE TO THE RESTRICTIONS, AND I WANT TO TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY ARE.

WHAT IS OPEN, WHAT IS CONSIDERED OPEN, AND THEN WE STILL HAVE CHANGES, SOME THINGS THAT ARE CLOSED.

RESTAURANTS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE LIMITED TO ONLY TAKE-OUT.

THAT IS GOING TO CHANGE STARTING FEBRUARY 1ST.

THEY WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER DINING INDOORS AGAIN.

SO THERE ARE CHANGES COMING.

WE JUST HAVE TO BE PATIENT.

AND THINGS, YOU KNOW OBVIOUSLY ARE NOT BACK TO NORMAL.

THERE'S POSITIVE NEWS, AND WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE VACCINES HERE.

I'M TAKE TIME TO TALK ABOUT THE VACCINE.

FEW HAVE APPLIED TO BE AN ADMINISTRATIVE VACCINATION SITE.

WHAT EXACTLY DOES THAT MEAN.

>> I THINK THEY HAVE TO BE CLEARED BY THE C.D.C., THE GOVERNMENT, TO SAY THEY CAN.

AND I THINK THE APPLICATION HAS PASSED THAT BAR.

BUT IT'S A SUBSEQUENT REVIEW OF A FACILITIES REVIEW SO THAT - I THINK BECAUSE THE MEDICINE HAS GARNERED TOGETHER THE DEEP FREEZERS, WE SEE STUDENT HEALTH, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS.

HOPEFULLY AT LEAST THE UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TO GET MORE VACCINATIONS.

>> GOT T WE HAVE A FIRST QUESTION WANTING TO KNOW WHAT IS THE BEST PLAN IF THEY CAN'T GET THE SECOND VACCINE FOR ANOTHER MONTH OR SO.

I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY... >> THE SECOND SHOT.

>> THE SECOND SHOT, RIGHT.

>> I THINK THE SHOT IS WEEKS AFTER THE FIRST FOUR WEEKS.

FOR A GOOD REASON, THEY CANNOT.

THEY COULD DELAY IT BY WHATEVER IS DESIRED.

THEY CAN TAKE IT ANY TIME THEY CAN.

>> SOME OF THE SHOTS - THE MODERNA PFIZER ARE TWO SHOTS.

THERE'S A COMPANY REQUIRING THREE SHOT DOSE, IS THAT RIGHT.

AND THEN THERE'S ANOTHER VACCINE COMING OUT.

SIXTH IT WAS JOHNSON & JOHNSON THAT IS A ONE SHOT.

WHAT'S THE REASON FOR THE DIFFERENCE THERE.

>> THIS IS THE SENSE OF VAC SINOLOGY, THERE'S A LOT OF FACTORS THAT PLAY INTO THINGS.

THE UNIQUENESS OF PFIZER AND MODERNA VACCINES ARE A NEW MODEL OF DELIVERY.

BY NEW IT DOES NOT MEAN SCARY, I WANT TO ASSURE EVERYONE SAFETY HAS BEEN FOLLOWED.

THEY HAVE BEEN DESIGNED TO DO TWO DOSES, AND PROVED BY TWO DOSES IT INITIATES THE IMMUNITY PROCESS.

THE VACCINE HAS DIFFERENT MECHANISMS AND REQUIRES LESS DOSES THAN TWO, SO MAYBE ONE.

FEW OTHER VACCINES REQUIRE THREE, TYPICALLY THE COMMON IS TWO IN GENERAL.

>> SURE.

>> THESE NUMBERS ARE NOT PICKED OUT OF THE A HAT.

SO THE TRIAL IS DESIGNED IN A CERTAIN WAY, AND THE TRIAL IT WAS TWO WEEKS BEFORE EACH VACCINE, THAT'S THE WAY WE DESIGNED.

AND WHEN THE F.D.A.

APPROVES TO IT DEPENDS ON THE CLINICAL STUDIES, ANIMALS AND HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS, HOW MUCH OF A DOSE DO YOU NEED.

IT IS FACTORED INTO A FINAL PHASE 3 TRIAL THAT THE F.D.A.

IS REVIEWING.

>> GOT TO.

>> WHO IS ABLE TO GET THE VACCINE RIGHT NOW.

>> GO AHEAD.

>> IT'S PRETTY MUCH FROM AGE 18 AND UPWARDS FOR THE MODERNA VACCINE, AND 16 AND UPWARDS FOR PFIZER.

STUDY IS UNDER WAY FOR PREGNANT FEMALES AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

SO PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY WHO IS A HEALTHY ADULT.

16 AND ABOVE.

>> WHERE CAN SOMEONE GO GET THE VACCINE.

>> I THINK RIGHT NOW THEY ARE HERE IN THE CENTRAL MICHIGAN AREA.

>> YOU HAVE TO CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH.

AND AS OF TONIGHT PLEASE DON'T CALL.

GO TO THE WEBSITE.

REGISTER NAME, AGE, DEMOGRAPHIC, AND THEY'LL CONTACT THE INDIVIDUAL AS TO WHEN THEIR TIME IS DUE.

THEY HAD TO ADAPT TO CHANGING PRIORITISATION FROM THE GOVERNMENT, THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, ET CETERA.

THERE WERE SOME PEOPLE THAT ELECTED TO GET THE VACCINE.

OTHERS ARE ANXIOUS TO GET IT.

IT'S KIND OF A BALANCING THE SUPPLY AND AS WELL AS THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO ADMINISTER THE VACCINE.

A HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED.

>> ABSOLUTELY, GOING BACK TO WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT ASKING PEOPLE NOT TO CALL.

I THINK THERE WAS ABOUT SIX - THE CENTRAL MICHIGAN HAD 600 CAUSE IN ONE WEEK, AND THEY SAID THEY ARE TYING TO CALL BACK AS MANY PEOPLE AS THEY CAN.

SYSTEM TAKE TIME, THERE IS A LOT OF DEMAND FOR IT, WHICH IS GREAT WE'LL SWITCH GEARS HERE.

THEY WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU PULL A MUSCLE.

WHAT IS HAPPENING.

>> I DO A LOT.

YOU EXERCISE WITHOUT WARMING UP.

AND SO ON.

IT IS A SPASM.

USUALLY THE SOLUTION IS TO STRETCH THE MUSCLE.

JOGGING, GETTING THAT TO STRETCH.

AND NEXT TIME YOU EXERCISE, MAKE SURE YOU WARM UP.

AND THEN YOU DO THE EXERCISE.

>> GOT IT.

>> WE'LL WITCH BACK TO COVID.

NOW, THE CALLER HAS A QUESTION.

SHOULD I GET THE VACCINE IF I AM IN MY 70S, HAVE MULTIPLE ALLERGIES.

>> THAT'S QUESTION.

>> THEY NEED TO BE CLEARED BY THEIR OWN PHYSICIANS.

IF THERE ARE GENERALLY ENERGY, THAT'S OKAY.

IF THEY'VE HAD ALLERGY FOR SOME PREVIOUS VACCINATIONS, PARTICULARLY A PRESERVATIVE.

MAKE IT THEY COULD NOT TAKE THE VACCINE AT THIS POINT.

MY POINT IT TO CLEAR IT WITH YOUR PHYSICIAN.

MY ALLERGY ARE NOT CONTRAINDICATIONS FOR THE VACCINE.

>> EGG IS NOT AN ISSUE.

>> NOT AT ALL.

CURRENTLY, NOT REALLY ANY MORE.

>> THE VACCINE IS DIFFERENT FROM COVID VACCINE, RIGHT.

THESE ARE TWO VERY DIFFERENT SHOTS, TACKLING A DIFFERENT VIRUS.

>> GREAT.

>> SO JUST BECAUSE YOU GET THE FULL VACCINE DOESN'T PROTECT YOU FROM COVID.

>> THAT IS TRUE.

AGE WOULD BE A RISK FACTOR.

AUTOIMMUNE BY ITSELF MAY NOT BE A RISK.

>> QUESTION FROM EAST JORDAN, DOES THE FLU SHOT LIMIT THE BODY'S ABILITY TO MAKE KNEW ANTIBODIES.

>> NO.

FLU SHOTS HAVE BEEN PROVED TO WORK 45 YEARS.

AND WE HAVE NO CONCERNS EVEN AFTER THIS MUCH USE OF FLUE VACCINE.

>> YOU SPECIALISE WITH PATIENT THAT HAVE DIABETES, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WITH DIABETES ARE HIGH RISK FOR COVID.

WHY DO PATIENTS WITH DIABETES HAVE A HARD TIME FIGHTING IT.

>> NOT SO MUCH FIGHTING IT.

PEOPLE WITH TYPE TWO DIABETES IN PARTICULAR IF YOU CATCH THE VIRUS, YOU'LL HAVE A MORE SERIOUS INFECTION, THEY'LL BE SICK IN THE HOSPITAL, IN HOSPITAL FOR LONGER, MORE LIKELY TO GET COMPLICATIONS WITH A VIRAL INFECTION.

THE COMMONSENSE THING TO DO IS TO PREVENT THE INFECTION COMING ON BOARD.

THE GOOD NEWS IS MOST PEOPLE WITH DIABETES CAN PRODUCE ANTIBODIES LIKE ANYONE ELSE.

AS WELL AS OTHER FOLKS.

AT ONE POINT MANY IN MICHIGAN HEARD WHAT PEOPLE FROM ETHNIC MINORITIES, HIGHER RISK.

AND MANY EVER THEM HAVE FRONT LINE JOBS.

DIABETES IS MORE PREVALENT FROM THE ETHNIC MINORITY ORIGIN, IT'S A DOUBLE WHAMMY, THEY ARE AT MORE RISK.

THERE'S DISCUSSION WHETHER THEY SHOULD MOVE ANYONE WITH DIABETES TO A HIGHER PRIORITY.

>> ADDITION TO THAT.

DIABETICS HAVE OTHER DISEASES.

THAT IS WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE ALL THE CONTROLLED TO LESSON THE SEVERITY FROM THE DISEASE.

>> REAL QUAKE, IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION THEN EVENING, YOU ARE ASKING THE DOCTORS, DR REDDING AND DR HADAD.

THERE'S A FEW DIFFERENT WAYS TO TAKE APART IN THE CONVERSATION.

THE SHOW IS FUELLED BY YOUR QUESTIONS.

DON'T HESITATE TO PICK UP THE PHONE.

IT'S 844955 POST YOUR QUESTIONS TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.

>> SPEAKING OF VACCINE.

WHAT HAS THE ROLL OUT BEEN LIKE.

IT STARTED OFF SLOW.

THINGS SEEM TO BE PICKING UP.

WHAT WOULD YOU SAY ABOUT THAT.

>> SO FROM THE PERSPECTIVE, OF PLANNING AND SO FOURTH.

THEY ARE RECEIVING THE VACCINE, PLANNING FOR 1,000 DOSES, IN DIFFERENT LOCATIONS, EACH MEDICAL CENTER HAS A SECOND LOCATION.

AND WE EXPECT THAT IT WILL BE THAT WAY SOON.

>> VACCINES HAVE BEEN STORED AND SITTING THERE.

ADEQUATE PREPARATION OF GETTING PEOPLE READY TO ROLL UP THE SHIRTS AND GET VACCINATED.

A LOT OF PROSPECTS REQUIRE COMPLEX PROSPECT.

WHERE YOU HAVE A SUPPLY.

AND MAKE SURE THE DEMAND, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, HAVING A PLACE TO VACCINATE PEOPLE.

THERE WAS A WORK, THE SPANISH FLU AND OTHER FLU SEASONS, VOLUNTEERS, NURSES, DOCTORS, WHO ARE NOT SPECIALISTS WOULD BE ASKED TO VOLUNTEER AT A VACCINATION CLINIC.

WE NEED TO PULL ALL HANDS ON DECK.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

AND I THINK AS MENTIONED BEFORE WE CAME ON THE AIR, THAT THERE WAS A CLINIC TODAY OF COVID VACCINATIONS, A DRIVE THROUGH.

I HAVE SEEN A LOT OF THAT.

A LOT OF STATES ARE DOING A DRIVE THROUGH VACCINATION WHICH I THOUGHT WAS CLEVER.

IF SOMEONE HAS ACCRUED FAILURE, ARE THEY MORE VULNERABLE TO COVID REPORT, WHAT PRECAUTIONS DO THEY TAKE.

>> RESPIRATORY FAILURE IS SA SERIOUS CONDITION.

THEY PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE AT HOME WITH THAT.

IF ITS A CONTEST OF PROBLEMS.

THEY ARE MORE PREDISPOSED TO COMPLICATIONS, AND THAT'S WHY PREVENTION IS KEY.

>> ALL RIGHT.

THERE HAS BEEN REPORTS THAT COVID HAS MUTATED.

AND WE ARE HEARING ABOUT THE NEW TYPES OF STRAINS.

FIRST OF ALL, IS IT A CONCERN THAT MICHIGAN HAS ANY OF THE STRAINS.

>> NOT THAT I HAVE SEEN.

>> GOT IT.

DOES THE VACCINE PROTECT AGAINST THE NEW STRAINS, DO WE KNOW THAT.

>> I'LL GIVE A SIMPLE EXPLANATION, AND ASK THE DOCTOR TO GIVE THE REAL EXPLANATION, THE VIRUS HAS LOTS OF DIFFERENT COMPONENTS, AND WHAT THE CURRENT VACCINES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO PICK THE NRMA GENE GETTING NO OUR MUSCLE.

AND OUR OWN MUSCLE PRODUCES A BUILDER PROTEIN.

MUTATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT FROM THE UK, NEW YORK, ET CETERA.

SEEM TO BE MUTATIONS NOT IN THAT SPIKE PROTEINS, BUT ANOTHER COMPONENT.

THE NEW MUTATED VIRUS WILL STILL BE PROTECTED.

>> THEY ARE PROTECTING.

>> IT'S WHAT WAS EXPLAINED VERY WELL.

>> THE FACTOR FOR EVERYONE IS MICROBES ALWAYS MUTATE.

>> KIND OF LIKE THE FLU.

>> LIKE THE FLU.

>> IT'S KIND OF DISSIMILAR.

EVERY YEAR WE GET A FLU VACCINE, IT MAY NOT PROTECT AGAINST ALL THE STRAINS, AT THIS CASE WE LEARN THAT THE VACCINE IS PROTECTING.

>> THE FLU VACCINE REACHES 95%.

WITH COVID.

THAT SHRINKS, AND WE KNOW FROM PEOPLE THAT HAVE HAD THE DISEASE, THEY ARE PROTECTED FOR A WHILE.

WE KNOW THAT IMMUNITY FALLS.

THE ANSWER IS LIKELY THE VACCINE WILL WORK AGAINST THE NEW STRAIN.

>> HOW HAS IT BEEN TREATED LIKE THE FLU VACCINE.

>> WE DON'T KNOW YET.

WE ARE THINKING IT MAY BE THE CASE.

UP TO 8-9 MONTHS, WE NEED MORE TIME.

>> IT'S TRUE.

WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, I'M GUILTY OF IT TOO.

THIS IS SO BRAND NEW.

EVERY DAY WE ARE LEARNING SOMETHING KNEW ABOUT THIS.

>> VIEWERS IN THE PUBLIC HAVE TO BE PATIENT.

WHY CAN'T WE HAVE A FIVE YEAR STUDY IN TWO YEARS.

OF COURSE OF COURSE YOU NEED TO STUDY FOR FIVE YEARS.

LONG TEMP EFFECTS YOU HAVE TO STUDY.

>> WE ARE WATCHING RESEARCH, IN ALE LIFE.

>> THAT ADVANCEMENTS.

I THINK WE WITH TO LIKE AT THE BRIGHT SIDE OF HAVING A VACCINE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR, AND THAT HAS NOT BEEN HAPPENED EVER.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

CALLER FROM EAST JORDAN, IS THERE A TEST TO DETERMINE IF YOU HAD COVID-19 IN THE PAST OF PAST, AND THEY ARE BEEN TESTED.

>>E, THERE ARE SPECIFIC AND BODIES FOR COVID-19.

THEY ARE STEEPED TO A NUMBER, IT DOES NOT PROVE IMMUNITY, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THEY SHOULD HAVE THE VACCINE OR WEAR A MASK.

IF IT IS ENOUGH.

>> HOW LONG - AGAIN.

THIS IS A QUESTION STILL.

HOW LONG DO THE ANTIBODIES LAST.

SAY SOMEONE HAD COVID-19 IN FEBRUARY, WOULD IT SHOW UP.

SNOW MOST SHOW A JOB IN THE LEVEL.

THE EVERYTHING IS SIX MONTHS.

MOST PEOPLE HAVE ANT BODIES AFTER SIX MONTHS.

>> SHOULD MALE CARRIERS RECEIVE THE VACCINE, WHERE CAN I GO GET IT T DEPENDS IF THEY ARE IN THEIR OWN VAN CROPPING THINGS IN THE MAILBOX.

PROBABLY NOT.

IF THEY ARE HANDLING MAIL IN A GROUP SITTING IN THE OFFICE.

THERE MAY BE A RISK.

RIGHT NOW, I THINK THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED LOWER TIER UNTIL THE SENIOR CITIZENS, HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS.

>> EVEN THE LOWER TIER FOLKS ARE EXPECTED TO START VACCINATION EARLY MARCH END OF APRIL.

SOON.

>> YOU SPOKE ABOUT EARLIER, CHILDREN ARE NOT GETTING THE VACCINE AT THIS TIME.

>> CORRECT.

>> SO IN THE MEAN TIME.

THE WAY TO PROTECT THEM IS IT'S CONTINUING THE WEARING OF THOSE MASKS, RIGHT.

>> CORRECT.

STUDIES ARE ONGOING.

I THINK BY THE END OF JANUARY, WED HAVE MORE INFORMATION TO SAY CHILDREN HAVE TO BE VACCINATED.

EVEN THEN IT WOULD BE A VACCINATION CYCLE.

>> I'M CURIOUS, COVID >> I'LL COME BACK TO.

THIS WE HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA QUESTION, WE HAVE DIFFERENT TYPES OF COVID VACCINES, IS THERE ONE THAT IS BETTER THAN THE OTHER, OR ARE THEY ALL THE SAME.

>> THE TWO WE HAVE AVAILABLE ROOK SIMILAR.

MODERNA AND PFIZER.

AND 95% OF PROTECTION.

IT'S NOT THAT - PEOPLE MAY THING THAT YOU NEVER GET CORONAVIRUS IF YOU HAVE THE VACCINE, YOU CAN STILL GET THE CORONAVIRUS INFECTION, IT MAY NOT BE AS SERIOUS AS IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WITHOUT THE VACCINE.

THE OTHER POINT TO REMEMBER, I THINK, IT YOU WON'T BE PROTECTED FROM GETTING THE VACCINE, BUT IF YOU GET THE VIRUS, YOU COULD SUBMIT TO SOMEONE ELSE.

MASKS WILL CITY BE NEEDED.

>> MASKS ARE NOT GOING AWAY.

>> UNTIL WE HAVE THE HERD COUNTRY, WHICH WILL BE ACHIEVED WHEN 70-80% GET VACCINATED.

HOPEFULLY WE PUSH FOR THE VACCINE, A SAFE AND EFFECTIVE STRATEGY.

>> COVID HAS CHANGED EVERY INDUSTRY, HOW HAS IT AFFECTED THE TWO OF YOU, AND HOW YOU DO YOUR JOB?

>> FOR ME.

WE DON'T SEE OUTPATIENTS ANY MORE.

WE SWITCH TO TELEMEDICINE ALMOST COMPLETELY IN MARCH APRIL, MAY, JUNE, EARLY JULY.

ONCE PEOPLE ARE COMFORTABLE WITH WEARING MASKS, WASHING HANDS, THE SCREENING AT THE FRONT DOOR, AT THE HOSPITAL MADE IT MORE SAFE.

WE SEND TO WEAR GOGGLES, AND ASKS, AND SOME OF OUR PATIENTS WANT TO GO BACK TO THE OFFICE.

AND SEE IT VIRTUALLY THROUGH THE LAPTOP.

A LOT OF OLDER PATIENTS LIKE TO HAVE THAT HUMAN TOUCH.

ET CETERA.

AND SO FAR, I'VE TESTED NEGATIVE.

IT IS CHANGING MEDICINE, WHERE VIRTUAL MEDICINE, OR TELE MEDICINE WILL BE AT LEAST A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE WAY WE PRACTICE.

>> FROM THE MEDICAL EDUCATION PERSPECTIVE.

I OVERSEE THE PROGRAMME AT CNU, AND RESIDENTS ARE SEEING MORE OF COVID RIGHT NOW.

TO SHE'LL BE EFFICIENTLY DEALING WITH COVID.

BUT LESS OF OTHER DISEASES.

>> WE HAVE ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT.

AND THIS QUESTION IS HAVE YOU HAVE THE HAVING SEEN.

BUT, YOU KNOW THE OTHER PART OF THE QUESTION IS DID YOU HAVE ANY SIDE EFFECT.

THE SIDE EFFECTS THAT COME WITH THE VACCINE ARE THEY DIFFERENT TO THE SIDE EFFECTS FROM ANY OTHER VACCINATIONS.

>> I HAVE HAD THE VACCINE, IT WAS EASY.

THE FIRST ONE I DID NOT HAVE SIDE EFFECTS.

THE OTHER I HAD A COUPLE OF CHILLS AFTERWARDS.

IT IS VERY TOLERABLE.

SOME OTHER SIDE EFFECTS AS HEADACHE AND NAUSEA.

>> BUT THE VACCINE IS NOT A LIVE VIRUS, IT'S NOT GOING CAUSE THE INFECTION.

SIMPLY TOLLS ARE USUALLY SHORT.

>> I'LL HAVE TO WRAP IT UP THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

JOINS US NEXT WEEK FORE "ASK THE VETERINARIANS", HAVE A GREAT NIGHT.

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