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Health Headlines - 6-10-20

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Health Headlines - 6-10-20
Health Headlines - 6-10-20

In today's health headlines we talk about cases increasing as the USA reopens.

As we reopen you need to be safe and maintain social distance.

Also, a new remote control ventilator has been developed to help front line workers and patients.

ALL 50 STATES IN THE U-S HAVEREOPENED IN SOME CAPACITY..

AT ATIME WHEN MANY ARE SEEING ANINCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COVID-19 CASES.AS WENDY WOOLFOLK EXPLAINS...HEALTH EXPERTS ARE WARNINGEVERYONE NOT TO LETTHEIR GUARD DOWN.NATWITH MORE PEOPLE OUT OF THEIRHOMES..."THIS IS A NEW THING, A NEW WAYOF LIFE FOR EVERYONE."INEVITABLY..

THERE WILL ALSO BEMORE CASES OF COVID-19.NEW YORK :XX - :XX)"REOPEN REOPEN REOPEN, BECAREFUL, BE CAREFUL, BECAREFUL."A DELICATE BALANCE TO STRIKE FOREVERYONE TO MOVE FORWARD.."RECOVERY IS GOING TO BE VERYCOMPLICATED WE'RE TRYING TO THESTEP BY STEP APPROACH DEPENDINGON THE CONTEXT OF THE AREA."ANOTHER COMPLICATION... THEPROTESTS THAT STARTED INMINNEAPOLIS... AMIDST THEONGOINGGLOBAL PANDEMIC...HEALTH OFFICIALS URGING ALL WHOPARTICIPATED TO BE TESTED..."TEST WAS QUICK AND NOW I'M ONMY WAY TO TELL MY WIFE IT'SDONE."ACROSS THE COUNTRY, 21 STATESHAVE NOW SEEN AN INCREASE INCASES.ARIZONA..

LIFTED IT STAY AT HOMEORDERS ON MAY 15TH... THE STATEHAS SEEN A 40-PERCENT INCREASEINCASES SINCE LAST WEEK... AND 8OF EVERY 10 HOSPITAL BEDS ARE INUSE.ANOTHER EXAMPLE WHY HEALTHCAREEXPERTS WARN NOW IS NOT THETIME TO RELAX SOCIALDISTANCING PROTOCOLS."THE BOTTOM LINE IS ALL THESCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE WE HAVERIGHT NOW, IT'S PRETTY CLEARTHAT PEOPLE WITHOUT SYMPTOMS WHOARE INFECTED CAN AND DO SPREADTHE DISEASE.

SO THAT'S WHY YOUGOT TOWEAR A MASK, AND YOU GOT TO KEEPTHAT PHYSICAL DISTANCE."ADVICE FOR THE ENTIRE NATIONMANAGING THE RE- OPENING ANDRE-SURGENCE IN A COVID 19 WORLD.CHECK THIS OUT.A TEAM OF POLISH SCIENTISTS HAVEDESIGNED THIS REMOTE-CONTROLLEDVENTILATOR... THEY HOPE WILLALLOW DOCTORS TO HELP CRITICALLYILL PATIENTSBREATHE..

BUT FROM A SAFEDISTANCE.DESIGNERS OF THE "RESPI-SAVE"SAY..

DOCTORS CAN OBSERVEPATIENT'S VITALSTHROUGH AN APP... AND THENADJUST THE MACHINE'S SETTINGSFROM ANYWHERE IN THEHOSPITAL -- ALLOWING FOR LESSFREQUENT CONTACT WITHCRITICALLY-ILL PATIENTS.THE TECHNOLOGY IS STILL BEINGTESTED... BUT THE SCIENTISTSHOPE TO HAVE ITAVAILB

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