Merit Health doctors working to stop virus spread

Merit Health doctors are working to stop the spread of Covid-19.

NUMBERS IN MISSISSIPPI TODAY...AND MORE PEOPLE FIGHTINGCOVID-19 IN ANALREADY STRAINED HOSPITALSYSTEM..DR. MICHAEL BOOKHARDT OF MERRITHEALTH SAYS WE'VE GOT TO GETBACK TO BASICSIN THE BATTLE WITH THEVIRUS...AND THATINCLUDES WEARING THESE...ANDDOING ITPROPERLY... A CONTINUOUS WAVE OF CORONAVIRUSCASES INMISSISSIPPI...UNFORTUNATELY THIS PANDEMIC ISJUST NOT GONNA GO AWAY I DON'TTHINK ANYTIME SOON HAS DOCTORSLIKE MICHAEL BOOKHARDT OFMERRIT HEALTH PERPLEXED AT WHATTHEY'VE SEEN UNFOLD IN 2020...THE DISEASE IS STILL SO YOUNGAND SO VIERILING THAT WE JUSTDON'T KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT ITONE OF HIS COLLEAGES, A VETERANPHYSICANPUTTING IT THIS WAY...SODR. MICHAEL BOOKHARDTMERIT HEALTH DR SOUND RAW9:14-9:17HE SAID QUOTE, I'VE NEVER SEENNOTHING LIKE THIS VIRUS AS THEPANDEMIC FIGHT STRECHES TOWARDTHE HALF-YEAR MARK, BOOKHARDTSAYS COMMUNITY SPREAD ISHAPPENING...BUT SOME PEOPLE MAY NEED TOREVISIT THEBASICS OF LIMITING SPREAD, ANDKEEPINTHEMSELVES AND OTHERS SAFE...THAT INCLUDES REVIEWING HOWPROPERLY WEAR MASKS...DR. MICHAEL BOOKHARDTMERIT HEALTH DR SOUND RAW1:06-1:21GRAB THE EARPIECES, THE STRAPS,AND PLACE IT ONTO YOUR FACE, ANDTHE OVER THELOOPS OVER YOUR EARS...AND THEMMAKE SURE THERE'S A GOODSEAL AROUND THE NOSEPIECE RIGHTHERE, AND THEN MAKE SURE THISPART IS ACTUALLY UP UNDER YOURCHINDR. BOOKHARDT SAYS HAVING YOURNOSEEXPOSED, OR THE ENTIRE MASKUNDER YOUR CHIN...WEARING IT THAT WAY WILL NOTPROTECT YOUFROM OTHER PEOPLE'S DROPLETS,NOR WILL ITPROTECT OTHERS FROM YOU... BUT,WEARING A MASK, AND SOCIALDISTANCING ARE THE BASICS...THE DOCTOR SAYS MEDICALPROFESSIONALSAROUND THE POSSIBILITY OFEXPOSUREPERSONALLY DO MORE WHEN THEWORKDAY ISDONE...DR. MICHAEL BOOKHARDTMERIT HEALTH DR SOUND RAW9:47-10:00A LOTTA PEOPLE THEY'LL TELL YAWHEN THEY COME IN, THEYIMMEDIATLEY WILL DISCARD THIERCLOTHES, AND YOU KNOW, RUNSTRAIGHT...MAKE A MAD DASH FORTHESHOWER.

I THINK THAT'S ALWAYS AGOOD IDEA FOR ANYBODY TO DO DR.BOOKHARDT SAYS HE HOPES THOSEEXTRAPRECAUTIONS ARE KEEPING HIS OWNFAMILYMEMBERS SAFE...DR. MICHAEL BOOKHARDTMERIT HEALTH DR SOUND RAW9:36 - 9:45MY MOTHER IS 78 YEARS OLD, ANDSHE LIVES IN FLORIDA, BUT SHECOMES AND STAYS WITH ME UH,QUITOFTEN, WE'RE VERY CLOSE.

ANDTHAT'S SOMETHING I TAKE VERYSERIOUSLY AS YOU HEARD THE DOCTOR SAY, ALOT OF PEOPLE IN THE MEDICALFIELD HAD A VACCINE ORA CURE FOR VIRAL DISEASES...THAT IS NOT THE CASE WITHCORONAVIRUS...AND WITH NO ANSWER RIGHT NOW, HESAYSTHERE IS A LOT OF ANGST, ANDANXIETYTHIS BATTLE CONTINUES... LIVEFROM HOME TONGHT, TROYJOHNSON...16 WAPT NEWS AT 10... GOVERNOR TATE REEVES EXTENDINGHIS SAFERETURN ORD