Ask The Expert - Bluegrass Extended Care

Lyssa High talks to Dr. John Richard from Bluegrass Extended Care on today's ask the expert.

To get the news that noon will c1 3 now to the latest in coronavirus... kentucky has just seen its biggest week of new cases... since the pandemic arrived here in march.

Governor andy beshear says the state saw about 45- hundred new cases this week alone...bringing the state's total to over 48-thousand.

Almost 80 of the 462 new cases reported... were in children.

The governor also reported nine new deaths...including a 90-year-old woman from fayette county.

930 kentuckians have now died.

A u-k student who founded the movement for black lives at the school...now says he's in trouble with the university.

Khari gardner says u-k told him he violated the student code of conduct, by hanging banners on campus that shared students' stories about racism.

He tells abc 36's bobbi mcswine u- k's words and actions...don't line up.

Khari gardner: "not everything we do needs a permit."

I talked to khari gardner just after u-k police took down banners he hung on campus.

"not everything we do needs permission."

Banners...that shared stories from students...like one young man who says he nervously walked back to campus from raising canes as someone shouted the n-word at him.

Now, two weeks later...gardner...sa ys the university just notified him he violated the student code of conduct...and he's confused why...especially becausd him.... "the officerble - etcetera, etc' so i mean oute down...u-k spokey blanton releaunity hurt, we all hurt.

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A group of about a hundred peopleices be heard against human trafficking nd two nonprofits he up booths to raise money.

There were speakers there to talkonville woman who a survshe uses her story for good.p and be a prostitute.

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Now lets sehe break.... it's the week before labor day, bush for you tm at bluegrass extended care talking about covid-19 and the proc script: lyssaare here at bluegrass exte i'm here with dr. jou so much for being with us todys, so lla in the room, covid-19.

A lote full-blown pandemic and people are let's talk ato make e are very aware of syr is this covid?

How do you recommend that these folks look at these symptoms and what they do at that poin dr. richard: good.

So, we've screened about 4,000 patients.

At this time, we have about 300 positives.

So, there's lots of folks that we can see when they come in, that are probably prime candidates to have the covid.

Lyssa- host: okay.

And those symptoms,what should they be aware of if they start feeling a certain way or what are they looking for?

Dr. richard: taking their temperatures is very important and knowing whether or not you're having a fever.

Some people say, "i've had some hot flashes or chills," and things like that.taking your temperature is a very good indicator of how you're doing health wise from that.

The other portion would be also just recognizing if you've been exposed to somebody.

Most of the people that we've seen here that are positive,know who their exposure was, that individual's contacted them and said,"hey, the other night when we were together."

Or maybe it's a family member, cousin, or nephew that came to visit or whatever, and then ends up with a positive.

And so usually, we can track pretty well where it came from.

Dr. richard: the problem mostly,is it's about a 48, to sometimes up to 96 hour delay before you show symptoms.so, you and i'll get exd at some point, a couple days later, we'll find out that we have symptoms, but during that period of time, the other individual may have already been diagnosed.

So, recognize the fact that we're still social distancing, wearing your mask, even with people you know, might be important.folks that you live with, maybe not so much, but at least the ones that are coming in, staying with your family for a length of time or something like that, it'd be very important to do that.

Lyssa- host: all right.

All right.

And then once they come here, they get screened, and yes, they test positive for covid, going back home, what does that look like for them?

They have to quarantine themselves.

What do you recommend with them?

Dr. richard: so, after we screen them here and they come back positive, the health department contacts them and puts them on a 14 day quarantine.

The quarantine is at home typically, and they can decide whether they're going to quarantine with their family or quarantine separately away from their family, and then at that point, they'll have to have 14 separation.

Lyssa- ha.

Gotcha.

Well, thank you so much for all the information, we really appreciate it.

Dr. richard: you're welcome.

Thank you lyssa, for coming.

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