In today's health headlines we talk about a fall surge of COVID-19 cases that will impact many in the United States.
We talk about what we can do to keep people safe.
20 States have seen a large increase in cases over the past week.
AS A SURGE IN NEWCORONAVIRUS HITS THE U-S... ATOP DISEASE EXPERT ISSENDING OUTA WARNING TO AMERIANS ABOUTWHAT'S TO COME IN THE NEXTFEW MONTHS.MANDY GAITHER HAS THE STORY.A FALL SURGE OF COVID-19 WASPREDICTED --AND MANY HEALTH EXPERTS SAY --IT'S HERE WITH RISING CASESACROSS THE U-S.:09 - :26MICHAEL OSTERHOLM, CENTER FORINFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH ANDPOLICY, UNIVERSITY OFMINNESOTA/"THE NEXT 6 TO 12WEEKS ARE GOING TO BE THEDARKEST OF THE ENTIRE PANDEMICVACCINESWILL NOT BECOME AVAILABLE IN ANYMEANINGFUL WAY UNTIL EARLY TOTHIRD QUARTER OF NEXT YEAR ANDEVEN THEN HALF THE POPULATION ISEVEN SKETICAL OF TAKING THEVACCINE."DESPITE COVID CASES CLIMBING --DR. ANTHONY FAUCI DOESN'T SEE ANATIONWIDE LOCKDOWN AS A WAYFORWARD --:33 - :40DR. ANTHONY FAUCI, DIR., NATL.INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY ANDINFECTIOUS DISEASES/"PUTSHUTDOWNAWAY AND SAY WE'RE GOING TO USEPUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES TO HELPUS SAFELY GET TO WHERE WEWANT TO GO."EXPERTS SAY AMERICANS CAN HELPGET THE VIRUS UNDER CONTROL --BY HEEDING THE GUIDELINESTOUTED BY OFFICIALS FOR MONTHS.:51 - 1:00DR. CELINE GOUNDER, INFECTIOUSDISEASES SPECIALIST/"WE SHOULDBE WASHING OUR HANDS.
WESHOULD BE SOCIAL DISTANCING.
WESHOULD BE DOING ALL OF THESETHINGS THAT WE KNOW WORK ANDMASKS ARE NUMBER 1, 2 AND 3 INTERMS OF WHAT WILL PREVENTTRANSMISSION OF CORONAVIRUS."DR. CELINE GOUNDER SAYS IF WEDON'T TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY NOW --WE'RE GOING TO FIND OURSELVES INA MORE DIFFICULT POSITION --OVER THE NEXT MONTH.FOR TODAY'S HEALTH MINUTE, I'MMANDY GAITHER.NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES HAVEBEEN CLIMBING ACROSSNEARLY ALL OF THECOUNTRY LAST WEEK.27 STATES HAVE SEEN A TENPERCENT INCREASE OR MOREIN THE AVERAGEDAILY CASES OVER THE WEEK.A NEW STUDY SUGGESTSCERTAIN TYPES OF COVID-19SURVIVORS MAY BEBETTER DONORS OFCONVALESCENT PLASMA.SCIENTISTS AT JOHNS HOPKINSUNIVERSITY LOOKED AT SAMPLES OFPLASMA FROM 126PEOPLE THAT RECOVERED FROMTHE DISEASE.THEY FOUND THAT OLDER MENAND THOSE HOSPITALIZED WITHMORE SEVERECASES WERE MORE LIKELY TOHAVE STRONGER ANTI-BODYRESPONSES.CLINICAL TRIALS FOR USINGCONVALESCENT PLASMA INTREATING COVID-1
