SO JOINING US NOW DOCTOR
BERNARD ASHBY MIAMI
CARDIOLOGIST IN FLORIDA STATE
LEAD FOR THE COMMITTEE TO PUT
TECH HEALTHCARE DOCTOR ASHLEY
ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU THANKS
SO MUCH FOR JOINING US IT'S SO
CRAZY HOW THIS HAS BECOME SO
POLITICIZED GIVE OUR VIEWERS
SOME MORE INSIGHT INTO WHAT'S
HAPPENING IN FLORIDA RIGHT NOW.
>> GOOD MORNING AND GOOD TO BE
HERE SO
CURRENTLY FLORIDA IS AS YOU
SAID THE EPICENTER OF THE
PANDEMIC IN THE
UNITED STATES. WE HAVE 15,000
PLUS PATIENTS IN THE HOUSE, YOU
KNOW OVER
3,000 PATIENTS IN ICU WE'RE
NUMBER ONE CAPITA
HOSPITALIZATIONS OR PEDIATRICS
AND SCHOOLS ARE JUST STARTING
TUESDAY, SOME ARE SOME WERE
COUNTY STARTED SCHOOL AND COME
NEXT WEEK MOST SCHOOL DISTRICTS
WILL BE IN FULL SWING.
AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY AN OMINOUS
SIGN DELTA AND IN FULL AND.
TONS OF PEOPLE GETTING INFECTED
IN FORCING MANY OF THOSE ARE
ENDING UP HOSPITALIZED
IN ICU.
>> WHAT DOES THE HOSPITAL
SITUATION RIGHT NOW IN FLORIDA
THAT WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF
DIFFERENT REPORTS OUT THERE THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. I SAID MORE
VENTILATORS TO THE STATE OF
FLORIDA, SOMETHING THE GOVERNOR
RON DESANTIS IS DENYING
WHAT WHAT'S THE STATUS OF
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN HOSPITALS
RIGHT NOW ARE THEY AT THE PASS
CITY RIGHT NOW ARE THEY
APPROACHING CAPACITY.
>> SO IT'S
INTERESTING FLORIDA HAS
ACTUALLY A RELATIVELY LARGE
HOSPITAL CAPACITY,
RELATIVELY GOOD. NURSE TO
PATIENT RATIO. SO WE'RE BETTER
OFF THAN MOST 8 WHEN A CAR
TO OUR
CAPACITY. HOWEVER, AS YOU
MENTIONED THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT HAS SENT IN
VENTILATORS
AND IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I
JUST MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE A
GREAT CAPACITY. BUT WE DON'T
HAVE
ANY COORDINATION MEANING THAT
CERTAIN COUNTIES ARE IN THE
OTHER COUNTIES ARE SEEING
PATIENTS BUT NOT NEARLY THE
CAPACITY AS.
>> OTHER PLACES
CURRENTLY OUR ICUS ARE ROUGHLY
AT
90% CAPACITY. AND IF WE HAD
SOME POOR NATION. WE CAN FIND A
WAY TO MAXIMIZE THAT. BUT
BECAUSE
THE BEER IN THE WE'VE HAD TO
YOU KNOW ACTS A LITTLE
GOVERNMENT FOR HELP AND GET
SOME BEEN LEADERS IN HIGH FLOW
OXYGEN. UNITS IN PLACE THAT YOU
KNOW WE CAN COME TO ALL OF OUR
PATIENTS.
>> WHAT'S UP WITH THE DELTA
VARIANT HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 12
ARES STILL NOT ABLE TO BE
VACCINATED YET. BUT WE KNOW THE
DELTA VARIANT DOES NOT SEE AGE
WHATSOEVER IT'S INFECTING
EVERYBODY AT EVERY STAGE OF
EVERY AGE I HOW CONCERNED ARE
YOU ABOUT THE SCHOOL YEAR AS
YOU MENTIONED ALREADY STARTING
IN FLORIDA AND THE DELTA
VARIANT ALREADY SURGING AND THE
GOVERNOR NOT EVEN WANTING TO
IMPOSE A MASK WILL FOR ANY OF
THE STATE WHATSOEVER.
HOW CONCERNED IS THAT MAKE YOU
AS A CARDIOLOGIST WHO LOOKS AT
PEOPLE'S HEALTH WHEN WHEN YOU
SEE THAT STUFF.
>> SO
SO COUPLE POINTS ONE THE
EQUATION HAS CHANGED WITH THE
DELTA VARIANT. IT PRODUCES A
BAROLO THAT'S 1000 TIMES HIGHER
IN THE ORIGINAL VERSION OF
THE CORONAVIRUS IF OR WHEN
PEOPLE DO GET EFFECT THEY'RE
MUCH MORE LIKELY TO GET SICKER
AND SICKER WE'LL KEEP
MOST PEOPLE. THE LAW SAYS THAT
IT'S NOT ONLY GETTING EXPOSED
TO HOW MUCH OF THE PARK OR YOU
EXPOSED TO
AT THE TIME WHEN YOU FIRST
INFECTED THAT'S WHERE WE'RE
SEEING INCREASED FREEDOM
BREAKTHROUGH INFECTIONS.
MASK DECREASING THE AMOUNT FIRE
AND THAT THAT'S GOING
TO SPREAD. IT'S A MATTER OF
FUNDAMENTAL MITIGATION TOOLS
WHAT AND ANOTHER ISSUE THAT'S
NOT BEING DISCUSSED OR NOT IS
THE SURGE IN OUR STUDY WHICH IS
PARTICULARLY DETRIMENTAL TO
YOUNGER CHILDREN
TO LEAVE, INFANTS AND CHILDREN
UNDER THE AGE
OF 4. AND ALL OF WHICH ARE NOT
ELIGIBLE FOR VACCINATION AP
MOST ARE NOT NOT A LITTLE FOR
COVID-19 BACK THE NATION AND
THEREFORE IF YOU HAVE COLIN
FACTION WITH THIS THAT HE WOULD
ARE
SEEING AN OF OURS TO DON'T
REALLY GET MUCH MORE SINKER AND
WE SEE STRUCK THERE. SO WE KIND
OF HAVE THE YOU
OF DIFFERENT PATHOGENS THAT ARE
REALLY A THREAT TO OUR
PEDIATRIC POPULATION AND
U N MASKS ARE FUNDAMENTAL TO WE
HAVE A GOVERNOR WHO WAS JUST
PLAYING POLITICS. I REALLY DO
THINK YOU'RE OUTSIDE TO
DISAPPOINT AND REALLY MAKING IT
DIFFICULT FOR US AS MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS, BUT TYPICALLY,
TEACHERS AND STAFF WHO ARE
TRYING TO PROTECT THEIR.
THERE'S THIS
STUDENT AND HOT MIAMI COUNTIES
MAKING IT MUCH WORSE THAT NEEDS
TO BE.
>> I ROLLED TO THAT NOTE, I
MEAN GOVERNOR DESANTIS IS
SAYING HERE THAT PARENTS SHOULD
BE THE ONES
TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT
CHILDREN SHOULD BE WEARING
MASKS ARE NOT IN SCHOOL WHICH
IS PROBABLY LED TO MORE
CONFUSION FOR PARENTS ON WHAT
EXACTLY TO DO TO PROTECT
THEIR KIDS. SO AS A MEDICAL
PROFESSIONAL DOCTOR, ASHBY WHAT
ADVICE WOULD YOU GIVE TO
PARENTS RIGHT NOW MIGHT BE
CONFUSED ON WHAT TO DO RIGHT
NOW.
>> EXCELLENT
SO FIRST OF ALL WHAT GOVERNOR
DESANTIS DOESN'T UNDERSTAND A
PROBLEM DOES UNDERSTAND JUST
IGNORES THAT MASK USE IS A
PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURES SO IT'S
NOT JUST THE TECH NEWS,
PROTECTING OTHERS SO MASK AS A
PUBLIC HEALTH WHO IS USED TO
PREVENT THE SPREAD OF DISEASE,
THE GENERAL TYPES METHOD, THE
CDC RECOMMENDS DON'T
NECESSARILY PUT COMPLETELY
PROTECT YOU AGAINST GETTING THE
VIRUS. ALTHOUGH IT DOES HAVE
SOME PROTECTIVE
THE CDC ALSO RECOMMENDS AGAINST
USING 95.
I'VE SEEN WE'D LIKE TO
RESPECTFULLY DISAGREE.
AND 95 ARE NOT IN SHORT SUPPLY
THIS PLAN YOU IN 95 TO GO
AROUND AND ON TOP OF THE MONTH.
AND SO IF YOU ARE A CONCERN AND
THAT YOUR CHILD IS HIGH RISK OR
BOTH. THERE'S NO REASON WHY YOU
SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT
CHILD ABUSE AND 95. AND IT
WOULD BE GREAT ALSO IF SCHOOLS
PROVIDED MASKS
FOR OUR STUDENTS AS WELL IF
STUDENTS COME IN TO FORGET THE
MASS AND WHERE THE HAVE A CLOTH
MASK THAT MAYBE HAS BEEN WHY
WHICH IS ALSO AN WE SHOULD
HAVE A SUPPLY OF MASKS TO GIVE
TO THE STUDENTS AND SO IF YOU
WANT YOUR CHILD TO WEAR A MASK.
THERE'S NOTHING STOPPING YOU
FROM
DOING THAT. HOWEVER THE BEST
WAY TO FUNDAMENTALLY PER
PROTECT EVERYONE IS FOR
EVERYONE TO WEAR THE MASK IN
THE WORST AND SO YOU KNOW THE
THE PEOPLE WORKING I'M MASTER
THERE ARE ALWAYS QUICK TO POINT
THAT OUT. THEY FORGET THAT AS A
PUBLIC HEALTH MEASURE MASK ARE
INTENDED FOR THE PROTECTION OF
OTHERS WHICH IS A MESSAGE THAT