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A
All
right,
hello,
everyone
welcome
to
a
new
city
of
Evanston
Q&A
regarding
the
global
pandemic,
as
relates
to
coronavirus.
My
name
is
Greg
Olsen
I
am
the
public
health
manager
for
the
Evanston
human
health
and
human
services
department
and
I'm
joined
by
dr.
Vishnu
chandi
of
Amida
st.
Francis,
so
we'll
jump
into
these
q
and
A's,
but
first
doctor
is
there
anything
you'd
like
to
start
off
with
I
am.
B
I'm,
the
chairperson
for
infection
control
and
infectious
diseases
for
a
me
to
st.
Francis,
and
a
couple
of
you
know,
we've
been
as
infectious
disease
doctors
is:
we've
lived
through
the
AIDS
HIV
period,
we've
lived
through
SARS,
we'll
live
through
mad
cow
disease,
h1n1
and
a
series
of
infections.
This
is
clearly
a
game
changer,
because
it's
such
a
pandemic,
which
we've
been
talking
about
in
the
infectious
disease
world
for
a
long
time.
B
Unfortunately,
this
has
been
a
massive
disruption
to
everyone's
lives
and
and
a
couple
of
things
I
wanted
to
kind
of
like
get
squared
away
about
transmission
and
how
this
is
spread,
because
you
see
the
so-called
experts
all
over
television
and
talking
talking
talking
and
then
there's
changing
of
what
the
official
stances
are.
But
we
have
pretty
good
data
that
that
this
is
this
is
it.
This
is
mostly
transmitted
by
about
20-30
percent
is
probably
transmitted
by
droplets.
B
A
small
percentage
is
transmitted
by
airborne
and
that
takes
very
specialized
circumstances
and
the
majority
afterwards
is
transmitted
by
your
hands,
and
so
the
social
distancing,
that's
currently
taking
place
is
a
very
important
way
of
prevention
of
transmission,
because
this
virus
lives
on
surfaces
for
a
long
long
time.
It's
adjusted.
It
came
from
bats
and
adjusted
to
living
in
the
environment,
so
it
survives
on
surfaces
in
front
of
you
for
about
96
hours
and
it's
a
pretty
Hardy
virus,
but
luckily
it's
not
like
in
a
plume
of
dust
that
spreads
around
the
whole
room.
B
A
Yeah,
so
let's
get
right
into
the
questions.
So,
as
I
mentioned,
this
question
is
from
Edie.
The
question
is
how
many
known
cases
does
does
Evanston
have
right
now
so
currently,
as
of
today,
Evanston
has
97
confirmed
cases
of
CO
vyd
and
just
to
kind
of
put
that
in
perspective
and
get
enough
feel
for
our
neighboring
communities
to
the
north
of
us
in
Wilmette.
A
They
have
about
45,
confirmed
cases
and
that's
data
that
was
given
to
us
from
Cook
County
skokie
has
about
hundred
in
eight
cases,
and
Chicago
actually
has
three
thousand
four
hundred
and
twenty-seven
cases.
Now,
when
you
compare
that
to
the
state
of
Illinois
Chicago
accounts
for
roughly
forty
five
percent
of
the
cases
in
Illinois.
Currently
so
in
the
Illinois
we
have
about
one,
we
have
seven
thousand
six
hundred
and
ninety
five
confirmed
cases
and
over
the
next
couple
weeks
we
can
expect
to
see
those
numbers
continue
to
increase.
A
Another
follow-up
question
was:
how
does
the
city
track
the
number
of
Kovac
cases,
so
we
use
a
database.
That's
supplied
by
the
state
of
Illinois
Illinois
Department
of
Public
Health
anytime,
a
Evanston
resident
is
confirmed
positive
from
kovat.
We
get
notified
of
it
and
our
communicable
disease
specialists
they
reach
out
to
the
confirmed
case
and
conduct
a
very
thorough
interview
wanting
to
know
specifically
any
close
context
that
that
individual
had
and
then
those
close
contacts
are
then
interviewed
themselves
and
asked
to
stay
in
quarantine
for
right.
A
B
So
the
next
question
is
from
Steven:
do
hospitals
report
the
number
of
Kovac
19
patients
they're
treating
yes
they're
required
to
report,
and
there
is
a
database,
the
from
Illinois
that
that
we
report
the
patient's
demographics
where
their
who
they
are,
where
they're
born
their
age
and
then
it
also
asks
for
a
series
of
questions
about
how
they
were
treated.
So
that's
reported
on
a
regular
basis
from
our
infection
control
nurses
in
each
of
the
hospitals.
A
All
right,
so
this
next
question
is
from
Emily
what
is
being
done
to
support
Evanston
homeless
population.
So
this
has
been
a
topic
that
we've
kind
of
tried
to
address
in
a
few
different
ways.
First
of
all,
just
the
lack
of
housing
contributes
to
a
number
of
poor
health
outcomes,
and
one
factor
that
can
lead
to
those
outcomes
is
not
having
access
to
hygiene
or
sanitation
facilities.
A
B
The
next
question
is
from
Ruth:
do
health
care
workers
have
the
equipment
they
need
to
be
safe?
The
short
answer
is
yes.
The
longer
answer
is
that
we
don't
have
enough,
because
the
whole
world
is
looking
for
this
equipment
and
so
and
most
of
the
masks
are
made
in
China
and
other
countries,
and
so
the
n95
masks
that
people
talk
about
everywhere
that
are
kind
of
like
the
new
Apple
watch.
I
guess
they
came
out
those
those
basically
remove
95%
of
the
particles
in
the
air.
B
Those
are
short
supply
and
we're
conserving
them
in
hospitals
by
not
by
basically
using
the
same
n95
masks
unless
they
get
soiled
from
all
day.
Surgical
masks
are
also
in
short
supply
from
our
suppliers,
so
we
know
there's
a
limited
supply,
so
we're
careful
with
the
masks
before
we
used
to
use
them
as
single-use
masks.
Now
we're
using
them
most
of
the
day
and
eye
shields
are
present.
We
all
have
those
in
the
hospitals
that
we
go
to
some
of
the
stuff
that
that
you
see.
A
And
just
to
piggyback
on
the
PPE
issue
before
we
go
the
next
question,
the
state
of
Illinois
is
accepting
donations
of
PPE
and,
and
so
is
the
city
of
Evanston.
So
if
you
have
PPEs
that
you'd
like
to
donate
I
just
want
to
have
you
go
to
the
city
of
Evanston
kovat
website
and
on
the
Left
banner
there
is
a
icon
that
says:
how
can
you
help
and
if
you
click
there
you'll
be
able
to
submit
a
form
saying
what
PP
you
have
to
donate
alright.
A
A
Currently,
the
individual
is
is
not
required
to
because
they're
just
required
to
isolate
at
home.
It's
up
to
them.
If
they
want
to
give
out
that
information,
if
they
work
as
a
health
care
worker,
if
they
work
as
a
sensitive
occupation,
they
would
notify
their
employer,
but
their
first
line
of
defense
that
they
should
do
is
to
stay
home
and
isolate
for
the
designated
period
of
time.
B
So
next
question:
yes,
so
the
next
question
is
from
Laura
it's
an
interesting
question:
is
it
safe
for
my
daughter
to
visit
her
boyfriend?
Both
of
our
households
have
been
staying
at
home
with
exception
of
essential
trips,
and
no
one
has
shown
shown
symptoms?
The
answer
is
no
and
the
reasoning
behind
that
is
actually
a
publication
that
happened
yesterday
from
Singapore
that
shows
that
the
virus
people
have
a
asymptomatic
period.
B
That
means
they
show
really
no
signs
of
infections,
no
runny
nose,
nose
sore
throat,
no
cough,
no
fever,
no
diarrhea,
no,
no
muscle
aches,
and
for
about
70
up
to
72
hours
before
they
show
any
of
these
symptoms.
These
people
are
shedding
small
amounts
of
virus
and
so
visiting.
Somebody
may
put
you
at
risk
because
this
is
like
the
ultimate
game
of
cooties.
Okay,
remember
the
cooties
game
we
used
to
play
as
children
so
tag
you're
it,
but
it
could
be
tag
I'm
it
from
five
people
away.
B
So
you
could
clearly
have
somebody
who's
asymptomatic
and
the
other
concept
here
is
something
called
super
spreaders.
So
the
prior
SARS
epidemic,
the
severe
adult
respiratory
distress
syndrome,
which
was
caused
also
by
bats,
and
this
virus
is
the
kissing
cousin
of
it
is.
Is
they
have
these
concept
of
super
spreaders
where
a
small
group
of
people
shed
tremendous
amounts
of
virus
and
can
infect
a
larger
group
of
people?
And
so
that's
why
it's
not
particularly
safe
to
go
out
and
visit
boyfriends
or
the
social
distancing,
is
really
key
to
eliminating
this.
B
If
somehow
or
another,
we
could
freeze
the
United
States
for
14
days,
everybody
in
their
place
without
doing
anything.
This
would
go
away
in
14
days
and
it's
very
difficult
to
do
that,
because
people
need
to
eat
groceries.
People
need
to
do
stuff,
but
but
clearly
social
distancing
is
a
cornerstone
for
this
virus,
because
we
don't
have
a
vaccine.
We
don't
have
treatment
that
we're.
B
A
Congregate.
Living
facilities
is
the
need
of
staffing.
Some
facilities
are
seeing
a
decrease
in
staffing
numbers
or
staffing
hours,
and
that's
something
that
we're
trying
to
keep
an
eye
on
to
see
how
we
can
help
out
and
I
know.
Governor
Pritzker
put
out
a
basically
a
plea
on
Twitter
I
got
it
on
my
cell
phone
emergency
notifications,
basically
asking
for
help.
If
you
have
any
sort
of
medical
background
experience
to
to
volunteer
your
time
to
help
us
out
during
this
pandemic,.
B
The
next
question
is
from
Erin
Erendira,
I,
hope,
I
said
it
correctly.
Our
doctors,
who
are
pregnant
or
breastfeeding,
exempt
from
working
with
Kovac
patients.
Great
question,
and
the
answer
is
no
for
the
short
answer,
but
it
varies
from
from
hospital
to
hospital.
To
date,
there's
no
increased
risk
of
getting
sicker
than
a
non-pregnant
or
an
on
breastfeeding
person
from
the
data
that
we
have.
B
A
All
right,
so
this
next
question
comes
from
condi.
She
says
I'm
set
to
move
from
an
apartment
to
a
condo.
Is
it
safe
to
move
right
now?
What
kind
of,
as
we
talked
about
earlier
this
virus
is,
is
community
spread?
So
when
you
go
out
into
the
public,
when
you
leave
your
residence,
when
you
leave
your
home,
you
want
to
follow
the
CDC
guidelines,
whether
or
not
you're.
Moving
from
to
a
new
condo
or
you're
going
to
buy
groceries,
you
want
to
follow
the
CDC
guidance
of
washing
your
hands.
A
Often
as
doctor
mentioned
earlier
hand,
hygiene
plays
an
incredibly
important
role,
even
if
you
have
a
mask
on.
Even
if
you
have
gloves
on
when
you
take
your
gloves
off,
you
still
want
to
wash
your
hands
because
sometimes
when
we
have
gloves
or
we
have
masks
on,
we
feel
like
we're
Superman
and
nothing
can
hurt
us,
but
those
aren't
replacements
for
proper
social,
distancing
and
hand-washing.
So
another
thing
you
can
do
while
you're
out
in
public
is,
you
know,
try
to
avoid
any
sort
of
close
contact.
A
The
the
key
number
here
is
the
six
feet
distance
from
another
individual
as
reasonably
as
possible,
as
you
can
and
then
just
if
you're
sick,
you
know
stay
home,
maybe
if
you're
sick
during
your
move,
I
know
those
things
are
scheduled
but
see
if
you
can
work
something
else:
you're,
not
traveling
outside
of
your
residence.
While
you
are
sick.
B
So
social
distancing
is
key
here
and
keeping
6-foot
rules,
which
is
very
hard
to
do,
because
kids
want
to
play
with
other
kids
and
that's
natural,
and
so
you
could
that
that's
one
way
the
other.
The
other
way
is
actually
cope
in
nineteen
is,
is
not
coronaviruses,
it's
a
coronavirus,
which
means
it's
got
a
crown
like
feature.
These
viruses
actually
are
cross
species.
This
are
the
several
corona
viruses
actually
infect
llamas
and
their
corona
viruses
and
whales.
A
So
we've
gone
about
this
in
a
few
different
avenues.
First,
you
may
have
have
seen
the
the
news
releases
that
went
out
regarding
our
youth
food
distribution,
and
this
has
been
continuing
throughout
the
stay
at
home
order,
so
just
to
give
a
little
bit
specific,
so
we've
been
partnering
with
the
Evanston
Skokie
school
district
65,
along
with
the
Evanston
High
School
District
of
202,
to
provide
youth
with
food
distribution
services.
So
this
is
geared
towards
youth
ages,
1
to
18.
They
can
pick
up
free,
cold,
breakfast
and
lunches.
Every
Monday
from
1
p.m.
A
A
There
won't
be
any
meals
eaten
on-site
to
make
sure
we
are
complying
with
governor
Pritzker's
executive
order.
Another
thing
that
we've
been
doing
is
working
with
our
vulnerable
seniors,
who
are
in
need
of
money
or
to
buy
food,
or
they
need
food
in
general,
so
we've
partnered
with
a
local
business
to
provide
them
food
boxes
of
I.
Believe
it's
a
it's
a
chicken,
potatoes,
cooked
vegetables,
canned
vegetables,
a
number
of
different
items
and
we
had
our
first
distribution
site
Wednesday
and,
depending
on
you
know
how
things
progress.
A
This
may
be
a
program
that
we
continue
to
go
within
weeks
forward
and
then
one
last
area
that
we're
trying
to
address
food
accessibility
is
by
creating
a
central
document
where
residents
can
have
a
one-stop
shop
of
what
options
are
they're
being
provided
in
the
city.
So
we've
been
seeing,
you
know
an
outpouring
of
support
for
local
businesses
in
providing
free
meals
or
discounted
meals,
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
this
this
this
good
work
of
these
local
businesses,
are
getting
out
to
the
people
who
need
them.
Along
with
the
local
businesses.
A
We
have
our
local
food
pantries,
so
we
want
to
work
with
our
local
food
pantries
in
order
to
identify
any
needs
that
they
have
currently.
That
may
be
hindering
their
ability
to
operate,
whether
it's
volunteers,
whether
it's
food
and
we
want
to
work
with
them
and
get
them
placed
on
this
central
document
that
we
can
then
disperse
to
everyone.
So
I
would
just
say:
look
look
for
that
document
coming
up
and
within
the
next
week
or
so
so
will
there'll
be
more
options.
A
B
Is
a
question
from
Brenda:
how
was
Kovac
19
different
from
tuberculosis,
so
tuberculosis
is
caused
by
a
bacteria
called
Mycobacterium
tuberculosis.
So
it's
a
bacteria.
This
is
a
virus.
The
in
this
virus
is
like.
Tuberculosis
is
very,
very
infectious,
but
tuberculosis
in
general
takes
a
lot
longer
to
get
somebody
sick
and
tuberculosis
is
spread
by
airborne
for
the
moat
for
a
large
amount,
so
it
suspends
in
the
air
it
dries
out
flow,
and-
and
so
you
need
hospital
rooms
that
are
negative
pressure.
B
This
is
mostly
droplet,
I
would
say
in
about
20-30
percent
are
probably
droplets
and,
and
then
afterwards,
its
its
hands
and
its
surfaces
and
contaminated,
and
what
we
call
fomites
fomites
are
what
you're
seeing
all
around
you,
your
think
about
it.
You
go
you
go
and
your
handle
your
cell
phone,
you
sit
and
you
use
your
TV
remote
and
another
person
comes
and
touches
the
TV
remote
without
cleaning
the
remote
in
between
so
that
TV
remote
acts
as
a
foe
mite
for
transmission
of
the
virus
from
person
to
person.
Tuberculosis
doesn't
do
that.
B
Tuberculosis
is
usually
person-to-person,
spread
with
airborne
or
large
droplet
if
you're
really
close.
So
the
biggest
difference
is,
and
tuberculosis
doesn't
sit
on
surfaces
for
a
long
time
where
your
infectious
from
from
touching
it.
This
is
really
a
large
majority
of
this
is
touch,
and
one
of
the
big
evidences
of
this
is
you
see
the
cruise
ships,
the
cruise
ships
have
only
two
or
three
people
who
get
infected
and
it's
not
like
everybody's
dancing
with
each
other
in
the
cruise
ships.
B
They're
all
touching
these
common
surfaces
when
they're
eating
or
when
they're
walking
around
to
hold
on
to
things,
and
so
the
cruise
ship
becomes
the
ultimate
way
the
contact
stuff
gets
transmitted.
Think
of
this
virus,
like
norovirus,
remember
norovirus,
that
you
get
in
daycare
settings
where
people
throw
up
have
diarrhea
and
you
have
to
clean
all
the
surfaces
think
about
this
as
like
norovirus
that
causes
pneumonia
and
gets
you
really
really
sick.
So,
if
you
think
about
it
that
way,
I
think
you
really
start
understanding
the
use.
B
A
I
think
a
lot
of
things
come
back
to
simple
hand:
hygiene
and
hygiene.
I
know
it's
not
the
the
flashy
way
of
saying
how
you
can
be
safe,
but
it
remains
one
of
the
number
one
ways
in
which
you
can
protect
your
health,
not
just
during
this
pandemic,
but
just
you
know
during
your
everyday
life
of
walking
through
you
mentioned
norovirus.
If
you
wash
your
hands
properly,
it's
it's
the
number
one
way
to
prevent.
You
know
any
sort
of
foodborne
illness
or
a
sort
of
illness
in
general.
A
So
this
isn't
to
encourage
governor
Pritzker
stay-at-home
order
to
the
extent
that
individuals
are
using
any
sort
of
outdoor
space
or
shared
space.
They
want
to
keep
their
distance
at
all
times,
maintaining
at
least
six
feet
from
another
person.
So
that
includes
you
know
it's
not
just
basketball
courts
or
it's
not
just
tennis
courts.
It's
also
basketball
courts.
Anything
where
there's
that
potential
that
exists
where
an
individual
can
come
close
to
one
another.
A
We
want
to
discourage
that
from
happening
and
then
also,
if
you
know,
you
might
think
well
I'm
playing
singles,
tennis
and
I'm
very
far
away
from
the
other
person
on
the
other
side.
What's
the
risk
there?
Well,
the?
What
I
would
say
is
when
you're
working
up
a
sweat
when
you're
when
you're
exercising
people
tend
to
sweat,
they
they
spit,
and
it's
just
these
are
things
that
we
also.
We
want
to
try
and
discourage
during
this
time.
B
The
next
question
is
from
Joe:
we
spend
three
months
each
year
in
Florida
and
have
been
sheltering
place
for
three
weeks.
Is
it
safe
to
drive
back
to
Evanston?
The
difficulty
was
driving
back
to
Evanston
from
Florida.
Now
is
a
bunch
of
states
have
shelter
in
place
and
a
lot
of
the
hotels
and
everything
else
are
difficult
to
get
to
plus
getting
to
a
hotel
itself?
B
Everybody
gets
in
fact
that
forty
to
fifty
percent
of
the
population
gets
infected
and
we
have
natural
immunity,
so
the
virus
doesn't
have
as
many
targets
to
get
or
we
develop
a
vaccine,
so
we're
able
to
then
get
everybody
protected,
so
the
virus
doesn't
cause
such
great
illness.
Until
then,
we're
social
distancing
is
going
to
be
pretty
much
the
norm
to
a
great
degree.
I
think
that
that
thing
we
all
have
to
kind
of
get
used
to
and
remember
things
are
not
going
to
be
the
same
until
we
have
one
of
those
two
outcomes.
A
An
open,
Park
and
Evanston
actually
has
I
believe
it's
76
parks
within
the
city
of
Evanston,
so
there's
I,
haven't
heard
anything
yet
about
closing
streets
down
to
get
some
more
spaces
available
for
exercise.
But
you
know
you
can
visit
one
of
our
76
parks
and
there's
plenty
of
open
spaces
out
there.
But
the
key
is
again
is
just
making
sure
if
you're
out
for
a
jog-
and
you
see
something
coming
up
on
the
sidewalk-
maybe
make
a
little
a
little
jetty
around
them.
Just
to
make
sure
you
maintain
your
six
feet.
Distance
from
them.
B
So
the
next
question
is
for:
is
it
safe
to
take
ibuprofen
from
Cynthia?
So
this
is
a
controversy
that
popped
up
initially
when
France
banned
the
use
of
ibuprofen
because
of
outcomes
in
the
icy
use.
Since
that
time,
the
w-h-o
has
said
you
know,
ibuprofen
is
probably
safe.
I
I
think
if
you
need
to
take
ibuprofen,
because
you
have
inflammatory
arthritis
or
read
a
real
reason.
You
should
take
it
otherwise
acetaminophen
or
tight
for
the
common
was
Tylenol
trade
name
is
tylenol
is
probably
safer.
B
A
This
next
question
is
from
Jill
Jill
says:
I
have
asthma
will
I
be
able
to
go
to
the
gym
when
the
stay
at
home
order
is
lifted?
How
can
I
stay
safe?
This
touches
on
kind
of
what
we
talked
about
earlier
of
the
the
simple
CDC
precautions
when
you're
out
in
public
when
you're
away
from
your
residence,
whether
it's
again
a
grocery
store
or
even
at
a
gym,
is
just
making
sure
that
you
wash
your
hands
hand.
Hygiene
is
number
one
and
try
not
to
touch
your
face.
A
I
know
it's
very
difficult,
either
see
meems
out
there
and
videos
and
a
reporter
saying
not
to,
and
then
they
go
ahead
and
do
it
it's
just
a
natural
habit
that
we
have
just
just
try
not
to
do
it,
especially
when
you're
in
a
public
place
such
as
a
gym,
but
for
when
the
stay-at-home
order
is
lifted.
I.
Imagine
when
it
when
it
does
get
lifted.
It's
not
gonna,
be
a
snap
and
then
everything
is
returned
back
to
normal
I've
heard
a
number
of
people
say
you
know,
I,
don't
even
think.
A
I
can
shake
another
person's
hand
again
after
this.
So
it'll
take
a
while
to
return
back
to
normalcy
once
either
vaccines
is
created
and
administered
and
we
don't
have
the
stay
at
home
orders
anymore,
but
it
will
take
a
little
while
so
when,
if
and
when
it
or
when
it
does
just
continue
to
follow
the
CDC
guidelines,
even
when
you're
not
in
a
pandemic,
just
hand.
Hygiene
is
the
number
one
thing.
The.
B
Gym
question
is
very
interesting
because
I
belong
to
a
gym
and
I
stopped
going
to
the
gym
about
seven
weeks
ago,
yeah
because
60s
seven
weeks
ago,
good
February,
because
the
gym
is
impossible
to
keep
clean
when
a
virus
can
survive
for
96
hours
on
a
surface
yeah,
and
so
until
the
prevalence
is
so
low,
you're
actually
asking
for
spread
and
you
go
to
a
gym
to
get
healthy,
not
unhealthy,
so
I
suspect,
that's
good.
That's
gonna!
Take
a
while
yeah.
B
The
next
question
is
from
Elizabeth:
how
can
I
differentiate
mild
symptoms
of
kovat
19
infection
from
other
types
of
infections
such
as
flu?
That's
a
very
good
question.
The
clinical
quote.
The
clinical
differentiation
is
very
difficult,
so
influenza
when
I
talk
about
flu.
Let's
talk
about
influenza,
okay,
so
flu
could
be
many
other
types
of
viruses,
but
influenza
is
characterized
by
sudden
onset
of
fevers
chills
and
you're.
You
start
having
body
aches
and
you
get
coffee.
You
get
short
of
breath,
whereas
kovat
19
is
a
little
different.
It's
generally
not
this
acute
am
I'm
sick.
B
It's
more
like
you
know:
I
have
a
little
runny
nose.
I
have
a
little
sore
throat,
I
have
a
scratchy
throat
and
then
it
progresses
to
oh,
my
gosh,
I'm
coughing.
More
and
more,
my
body
hurts
my
muscles
hurt
about
20
or
30
percent
that
people
end
up
having
diarrhea
nausea
vomiting,
which
was
seeing
a
lot
more
of
than
what
was
reported
earlier,
and
then
you
start
having
shortness
of
breath.
That
means
you're
getting
yourself
into
trouble.
So
this
is
a
much
the
progression
of
this
illness
is
slower,
but
it's
like
a
steady
illness.
B
Now
the
majority
of
the
people
don't
get
that
sick
from
kovat
19.
That
requires
hospitalization.
Only
a
small
number
of
people
actually
end
up
in
the
hospital,
so
influenza
is
different
with
the
way
it
starts
out
and
the
theme.
What
hits
you
like
a
Mack
truck?
This
is
more
like
it
slowly
increases
over
time
and
then
kovat
19
is
more
associated
with
gastrointestinal
symptoms,
and
then
there
are
all
these
reports
that
people
not
smelling
things
I,
can't
smell,
I,
can't
taste
well,
a
lot
of
upper
respiratory
infections
cause
loss
of
smell
and
taste.
B
A
So
actually,
this
is
a
very
nice
and
timely
question
because
the
Illinois
Department
of
Public
Health
actually
put
together
an
infographic.
Regarding
this
exact
same
question,
the
main
things
are:
if
you're
sick
stay
home,
we
don't
want
to
have
any
sick
individuals
going
to
grocery
stores,
because
with
the
executive
order,
the
stay-at-home
order,
grocery
stores
are
considered
an
essential
business.
So
people
can
still
go
there.
So,
if
you're
sick,
please
do
not
go
to
a
grocery
store
and
if
you
do
go
to
the
grocery
store,
try
and
go
at
off-peak
times.
A
So
if
you
usually
go
around
one
o'clock-
and
it's
usually
pretty
busy-
maybe
go
first
thing
in
the
morning
or
towards
the
evening
just
to
make
sure
that
there's
not
a
lot
of
people
there.
That
you'd
be
interacting
with
another
thing,
is
while
you're
in
the
store,
try
and
keep
your
social
distance
even
that
volure
you're
waiting
in
line
to
pay
out
for
your
food
at
the
checkout.
A
Keep
that
social
distance
between
your
you,
your
cart
and
the
person
in
front
of
you
and
behind
you,
and
if
you
can
a
lot
of
grocery
stores
have
the
the
curbside
pickup,
where
you
can
order
online,
pull
up
to
your
car.
You
don't
even
have
to
go
in
there
and
they'll,
bring
your
groceries
out
to
you
and
help
place
them
in
your
in
your
vehicle
and
then
again.
The
most
important
thing
is:
when
you
get
home
wash
your
hands
even
when
you're
out
in
any
public
place
when
you
come
home.
A
The
very
first
thing
you
should
do
is
wash
your
hands
every
day
when
I
come
home
from
work,
my
boys
will
run
up
to
me
like
yeah.
You
did
some,
let's
play
hold
on
guys:
I
gotta
wash
my
hands
first.
So
what
even,
if
you're
out
going
for
a
walk,
getting
some
exercise
grocery
shopping
when
you
come
home,
wash
your
hands
so.
B
The
next
question
is
from
Phil:
is
the
virus
more
or
less
contagious
from
contaminated
surfaces
than
from
hand
to
face
or
from
droplets
through
and
sneeze
that
are
airborne
and
and
and
it
depends,
fill
on
the
amount
of
virus?
That's
present.
So
if
you
have
somebody
who's
secreting
a
lot
of
virus
through
their
nose,
which
is
usually
in
the
early
stages
of
infection,
and
they
sneeze
on
top
of
you
and
you
get
a
big
glob
of
virus
coming
on
to
you
from
within
three
feet.
It's
pretty
infectious.
B
But
if
you
look
at
the
data
from
the
initial
Illinois
couple
that
got
infected
husband
and
wife,
they
had
about
a
hundred
contacts
and
none
of
them
got
infected.
Only
the
husband
got
infected
because
of
that
long
live
time
that
they
were
with
them
and
contact
of
surfaces
and
being
very
close.
So
it
isn't
so
much
that
they're,
just
having
being
in
a
room
with
a
person
who
has
Kovac
gets
you
into
trouble.
B
It's
really
with
it
being
within
six
feet
and
being
there
for
about
ten
minutes
that
that
gets
you
a
higher
risk
of
contracting
Kovac
nineteen.
Now
the
surface
stuff.
It's
very
interesting:
the
surface
stuff
is
a
bigger
problem,
I
think
than
what's
being
made
out,
and
the
data
from
very
well-done
studies
now
show
like
from
Singapore,
where
they
followed
a
Chinese
tour
group
that
infected
several
patients.
B
These
they
went
to
these
churches
and
and
one
lady
was
sitting
in
a
church,
and
then
she
was
sitting
in
the
pew
and
they
had
cameras
on
her
and
the
next
wasn't
occupied
till
the
next
day.
Somebody
else
occupied
that
pew
at
the
same
exact
spot
and
she
came
down
with
Kovac.
So
that
tells
you
one
thing:
there's
no
proximity
to
these
people.
It's
been
over
a
day.
It's
not
like
the
virus
is
floating
around
in
space
for
a
day.
B
It's
the
surface
area
is
contaminated
and
these
people
touched
it
touch
their
nose
and
touch
their
face.
So
social,
distancing
and
and
washing
your
hands
are
key
to
this.
The
this
this
kind
of
leads
into
you
know
what
about
all
this
masking
well
masking
helps,
because
if
that
person
who
sat
in
that
pew
had
a
mask
on
and
kept
a
mask
on,
it
would
decrease
the
amount
of
virus
being
shed
by
them
by,
like
ninety
nine
percent
coming
out
of
their
nose.
B
B
B
If
you
wash
your
hands
and
you
wear
a
mask-
and
you
know
it
prevents
you
from
touching
your
nose
all
the
time
and
touching
your
mouth,
and
so
it
helps
with
that
also
so
that
and
that's
how
it
helps,
because
the
novel
coronavirus
is
last
anywhere
from
72
to
96
hours
on
hard
surfaces.
Such
as
stainless
steel,
wood
Formica,
it
doesn't
on
paper
that
you're
holding
here
doesn't
last
on
paper
very
long,
so
they
don't
have
to
worry
about
paper
and
and
and
stuff
like
that.
A
So
you
may
have
seen
a
YouTube
video
out
there
telling
people
to
wash
your
produce
in
soap,
use,
soap
and
water
to
wash
your
produce.
Please
do
not
do
that.
Only
the
best
thing
that
the
FDA
recommends
is
cold
water,
just
simply
water,
running
from
your
tap.
If
you
use
soap
to
wash
your
vegetables
and
then
the
soap
leaves
a
residue
and
you
ingest
that
soap
that
can
actually
lead
to
diarrhea
and
upset
stomachs.
So
please
don't
use
soap
on
your
on
your
produce.
A
Only
as
of
yesterday,
the
FDA
has
said
that
there's
been
no
known
cases
linked
to
food
or
food
packaging
as
it
regards
to
kovat
19,
but
does
that
mean
there's
there's
absolutely
no
chance?
Probably
not
since
we've
know
that
this
can
stand
surfaces,
but
so
the
best
thing
you
can
do
anytime,
you
handle
anything.
That's
outside
of
your
home.
You
bring
it
into
your
home
if
it's
a
food
package
just
wash
your
hands
after
before
you
eat,
and
it's
it's
not
only
a
good
practice
during
this
pandemic,
but
anytime
you
eat.
B
B
Actually,
hydrogen
peroxide
spray
is
being
used
to
redo,
to
reuse,
masks
and
95
masks
where
and
that's
being
done
by
several
several
companies.
So
we
so
we
can
reuse
the
masks
again,
but
I
would
not
recommend
you
know.
Hydrogen
peroxide
and
everything
is
quite
destructive,
said
you
know
70%
isopropyl
alcohol
will
kill
it
nicely.
You
know,
but
don't
waste
good
vodka.
B
A
B
B
The
old
vehicle
registered,
where
you
test
your
vehicle
before
and
this
morning
when
I
was
driving
by
there
was
a
line
that
sneaked
around
for
about
a
mile
for
people
to
get
tested.
So
there's
a
lot
so
testing
is
is
important.
So
testing
is
important
because
it
lets
you
know
how
much
disease
you
have
and
what's
going
on,
but
this
testing
for
asymptomatic
people
that
should
be
done
as
part
of
a
study,
rather
than
just
everybody,
getting
worried
that
they
have
kovat
and
getting
tested.
B
Healthcare
workers
are
getting
tested
more
often
because
we
don't
want
health
care
workers
to
be
asymptomatic,
Allah
shedding
and
spreading.
So
we
do
to
have
a
lower
threshold
to
to
do
that,
but
for
the
worried
well,
at
home,
I
would
not
get
tested.
Just
because
you
know
this
allergy
season,
everybody's
got
run
dry
eyes
and
they've.
They
got
a
scratchy
throat
when
they
go
out
when
the
trees
are
budding,
but
that's
different
than
having
a
febrile,
runny
eyes
and
cough
and
shortness
of
breath
that
person
should
get
tested.
B
So
I
would
call
the
primary
care
doctor
and-
and
if
you
have
those
symptoms
where
it's
more
than
just
allergies,
they
will
get
you
to
a
testing
center,
because
until
there's
there's
a
new
test
coming
out,
which
is
a
racing,
you
can
do
it
at
home
and
it's
it's
an
antigen
based
test.
It's
not
based
on
up
what
we're
doing
now,
which
is
viral
PCR.
That
tests
will
turn
around
quickly,
but
it
is
not
as
sensitive
as
the
PCR
just
because
you
have
a
negative
test.
B
It's
not
like
a
test
as
a
test
as
a
test
as
a
test.
You
can
have
a
negative
test
and
still
have
Kovach
19,
and
so
it
doesn't
give
you
that
doesn't
give
you
the
ability
to
go
around
start
having
a
large
gathering
at
your
house,
because
you
all
have
negative
tests,
because
that
will
again
cause
big
issues,
and
so
the
process
is
if
you're
symptomatic.
You
should
contact
your
daughter
a
doctor.
B
A
So
our
next
question
is
from
Maya,
and
this
question
is:
does
the
city
have
designated
quarantine
sites?
So
we
have
been
working
with
a
local
business
to
designate
rooms
for
individuals
who
have
to
either
self
isolate
or
quarantine,
but
they
can't
do
so
at
home.
Right
now,
we
have,
you
know
a
number
of
individuals
who
are
either
cases
themselves
or
their
close
contacts
of
a
case
and
need
to
be
in
quarantine.
A
We
haven't
had
any
as
of
yesterday,
who
had
to
have
had
quarantine
herself
isolate
somewhere
other
than
their
home,
but
we
do
have
that
available.
So
if
a
situation
comes
up
where
you
know
I,
it's
a
mother
who
has
kovat
and
she
has
a
family
that
she
they
don't,
they
only
have
one
bathroom.
So
she
wouldn't
be
able
to
isolate
at
her
home.
We
do
have
those
other
facilities
available
when
needed,
but
you
know
the
first
option
should
always
be
to
try
and
isolate
at
your
house
or,
if
possible.
A
B
There
is
a
question
from
Facebook
live.
What
is
the
current
recommendations
for
wearing
masks?
Who
should
wear
a
mask
in
public
and
the
the
answer
is
it's
changing?
The
CDC
has
put
out
some
statements
out
there
and
I
know
as
a
public
health
official.
You
have
to
follow
the
CDC,
but
they're
talking
about
scarves
and
all
sorts
of
things
and
wearing
something
around
your
face.
B
When
there's
a
high
prevalence
in
the
community
is
probably
a
bit
better
than
wearing
nothing
in
case
someone's
coughing
around
you,
but
for
the
most
part
the
problem
with
wearing
masks
is
people
handle
their
masks
that
wear
them
like
chin
warmers?
They
were,
they
put
it
on
top
of
their
heads
and
they
do
all
sorts
of
things,
but
wearing
a
mask
in
public
will,
like
we
talked
about
earlier,
you
know
show
that
people
that
are
going
to
increase
your
social
distancing
decrease
the
amount
of
touching
of
the
masks.
B
The
problem
with
cotton
masks
is
they
get
wet
and
they
are
not
dependent
of
the
virus.
If
you're
infected
may
penetrate
it,
it
does
prevent
the
other
person
next
to
you
from
catching
it.
So
it
does,
it
should
decrease
the
amount
of
transmission
for
wearing
masks.
They
think
the
CDC
is
going
to
come
out
with
new
guidance
about
wearing
masks
in
our
hospitals.
B
Everybody
gets
a
surgical
mask
to
wear
for
the
day
people
who
have
what
we
call
the
aerosol
generating
procedures
where
you
go
into
rooms
on
people
who
are
on
breathing
machines
where
you
have
to
suction
the
patient.
You
get
the
n95
mask
and
you
know
there
isn't
sure
there
in
short
supply.
It's
kind
of
interesting
to
watch,
regular,
regular
folks
who
don't
have
as
much
exposure
as
we
do
wearing
in
95,
messes
to
go
shopping
and
so
I.
Guess
it's
a
free
world
out
there.
So
there
you
go
and.
A
So
I
have
one
more
question
from
Haley.
She
says:
can
we
project
how
many
cases
Evanston
will
have?
So
this
is
a
good
question.
This
is
like
the
the
million
dollar
question:
how
how
bad
is
it
going
to
be?
When
is
it
gonna
last
and
when
will
life
return
to
normal
there's
a
number
of
different
models
out
there
that
have
differing
Peaks.
You
know.
Obviously,
the
main
thing
we're
trying
to
do
now
is
everyone's
heard
by
now
is
flatten
the
curve.
Why
don't
we
want
to
do
what
we
can
with
social
distancing?
A
I
can't
remember
the
name
of
the
model,
but
it
says
within
the
next
couple
weeks
with
the
next
two
or
three
weeks:
that's
when
we
can
expect
to
see
a
peak
in
Illinois,
so
we're
we're
gearing
up
on
the
health
side
to
have
more
individuals
available
to
conduct
the
thorough
case
interviews
along
with
more
individuals
to
help
out
with
close
contacts,
and
we
also
have
set
up
a
volunteer
initiative
for
the
city
of
Evanston,
so
I
know
one
of
the
times
anytime.
You
have
a
disaster
or
you
have
any
sort
of
situation
like
this.
A
There's
always
people
who
want
to
reach
out
to
help,
and
we
this
this
incident
is
no
exception.
We've
received
emails
phone
calls
of
people
saying
how
can
I
help
so
we're
in
the
process
of
creating
tasks
right
now
that
these
volunteers
can
do
as
long
along
with
gearing
up
internally
to
be
able
to
handle
a
peak,
that's
expected
to
come
within
the
next
two
or
three
weeks,
but
there's
a
lot
of
models
out
there.
So,
if
you're,
if
you're
interested,
you
can
feel
free
to
I,
think
Bill
and
Melinda
Gates
have
a
model.
You
can.
B
Question
is
also
from
Hayley.
Do
we
know
how
many
healthcare
workers
are
infected
in
other
countries
that
published
data?
China
has
several
thousand
almost
3,000
health
care
workers
that
were
infected
and
multiple
deaths,
the
United
States.
We
don't
have
that
data
yet,
but
you
know
they're
gonna
get
infected
because
simply
because
the
number
of
times
we
come
in
contact
with
people
that
we
know
we're
positive
and
the
mount
of
times,
we
have
to
do
everything
perfectly
to
not
get
and
on
your
hands
and
then
touch
your
nose.
B
Despite
all
of
these,
so
you're
gonna
have
a
significant
number
of
healthcare
workers
get
infected,
but
but
that's
kind
of
the
game
right
now.
The
virus
itself
is
not
as
pathogenic
as
Ebola.
Where
people
you
know,
the
mortality
was
7080
percent
of
the
people
who
had
infected
died
here,
it's
around
1%
and
it
increases
based
on
your
how
old
you
are
and
other
issues
that
you
have
and
so
it'll
be
it'll,
be
a
number
we'll
know
the
number
as
the
epidemic
goes
through.
B
B
That's
a
great
question:
I,
don't
know
we'll
find
out
yeah
and
we'll
submit
the
answer
when
we
have
the
right
answer,
but
blood
is
also
even
though
it
may
not
be
screened,
they
irradiated
and
they
put
it
through
a
process
to
kill
most
RNA
viruses,
so
it
should
be
safe.
This
is
not
a
blood-borne
pathogen.
It's
much
more
of
a
respiratory
pathogen.
You
do
have
a
we
McPhee's
for
a
short
period
of
time,
and
so
it
shouldn't
be
a
big
problem
for
blood
great
question.
Tory
yeah.
A
I
was
so
that's,
that's
all
the
questions
that
you
guys
submitted
to
us.
Thank
you
very
much.
These
are
all
very,
very
good
questions.
They
made
us
think
and
I'm
sure
we'll
be
doing
a
little
bit
more
research
on
this
and
then
just
one
thing
and
just
wanted
to
remind
everyone,
obviously
wash
your
hands.
If
you
do
anything
outside
of
your
house,
please
wash
your
hands,
try
not
to
touch
your
face,
and
also
this
is
a
is.
This
is
a
novel
coronavirus,
meaning
it's
a
new
virus
that
we're
continuing
to
learn
about
every
single
day.