Dr. Brandon Webb, an infectious disease specialist with Intermountain Health Care, and Heather Barnam with the Utah Coronavirus Task Force, are here to answer your questions.
1: Host Jeff Caplan's daughter has been tested for COVID-19. If she tests positive, do her children (including a nursing infant) need to be tested too?
2: How long Coronavirus live on surfaces? Also, how long does it live in the air after someone has coughed? Can I walk through a cloud of the virus? (2:30)
3: Is there a way, through your health portal, that your doctor can print that will allow you to get into a store during restricted hours? (5:45)
4: If a person gets COVID-19, how long does it take before we're not spreading it? (7:42)
5: New numbers on Utah's COVID-19 cases, what do they tell us? (9:30)
6: Why are day care centers still open when other businesses have closed?
7: If a person has symptoms and is tested but the test comes back negative, should that person remain isolated? Also, can a dog get COVID-19? (11:40)
8: How long does it take to get results after someone is tested? (14:37)
9: Can a nursing mother still nurse if she's COVID-19 positive? (15:37)
10: My mother and grandmother don't understand the severity of this pandemic. How do I convince them that social distancing is important? (16:18)
11: My employer is forcing us to go to work, and he is not enforcing social distancing at the workplace. Do employees have any recourse against this? (17:45)
12: My elderly dad works at Walmart, is he at risk? Also, is going to a drive-thru a low-risk activity? Finally, what's a good number to get to for testing? (18:56)
Join KSL either on the radio or on the podcast weekdays to hear your Coronavirus questions answered by the experts. Each day, members of the Utah COVID-19 task force and experts in the health field will be available to speak to your comments and concerns. Leave a voicemail at 801-237-2482 to ask us your virus questions during the pandemic.