Dr. Mark Bair, Emergency Medicine Physician and Member of the Utah Medical Association and Nate McDonald, part of the communications team for the Utah Coronavirus Task Force, join host Jeff Caplan to take listener questions about COVID-19 coronavirus.
Questions answered today:
01 - Have you treated COVID-19 cases at Mountainview? (1:00)
02 - Do you think we can safely reopen the state today? (1:10)
03 - Did you ever feel that the emergency room had been overrun? (1:40)
04 - If a person has a problem, should they go to the emergency room? (2:05)
05 - Have you treated any patients with remdesivir? (3:00)
06 - Are you familiar with the hopeful research on remdesivir? (3:20)
07 - What does Remdesivir do? (3:47)
08 - What do you feel is appropriate for dentists office to be doing and not doing? (4:20)
09 - Is there a particular danger that you wouldn't see at the emergency room, when you go to the dentist's office? (6:40)
10 - Is it okay to go back to work if you've recovered from COVID-19? (7:50)
11 - What advice would a doctor give to restaurant owners and waiters and Utah moves to an "orange" state of coronavirus preparedness? (10:16)
12 - Has there been any research into whether an event like the Sundance Film Festival may have impacted the spread of COVID-19 in Utah? (11:30)
13 - A caller had a COVID-19 test done a week ago and hasn't heard results, what should he do? (12:55)
14 - Where does Utah stand on antibody testing? (14:00)
15 - Is antibody testing offered in the ER at Mountain View Hospital? (15:10)
16 - A caller reports that he is retired and that his wife continues to work at a pharmacy. They are separated in their own home, and he asks if there is a way for them to live together and not be separated as they are now. (15:55)
17 - The British Health Service says infants are showing up in the ER with a strange respiratory disease, called a "Kawasaki-type" (inflammatory) disease, have you heard of this? (17:20)
18 - A listener's grandson works at a large call center, but the employer isn't encouraging safe COVID-19 practices. What should we do? (18:50)
19 - Is the transmission rate of COVID-19 less between younger people? How about from younger people to older people? (22:15)
20 - Has the state been flooded with calls today, on the day Utah moves from red to orange COVID-19 readiness? (24:00)
Join KSL either on the radio (at 12:20 p.m.) or on the podcast any time of your choosing to hear your COVID-19 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.
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