Name: UNC doc weighs in on President Trump's battle with COVID-19
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Description: Dr. David Wohl, an infectious disease specialist at UNC Health, weighs in on what we know so far about President Donald Trump's battle with COVID-19.

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Dr. David Wohl, an infectious disease specialist at UNC Health, weighs in on what we know so far about President Donald Trump's battle with COVID-19.

<p>ESTIMATES THAT 10% OF THE WORLDS POPULATION HAS BEEN INFECTED BY CORONAVIRUS.&gt;&gt;&gt; ALL EYES ARE ON WALTER REED HOSPITAL THIS MORNING WHERE PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS BEING TREATED IN THE LAST 30 MINUTES THE CHIEF OF STAFF MARK MEADOWS TOLD NBC NEWS THE DECISION WHETHER TO RELEASE A PRESENT WILL BE MADE LATER TODAY. JOINING US NOW, LIVE, TO WEIGH IN ON THE TREATMENT AND THE TIMELINE ON A VACCINE IS DR. DAVID WOHL, AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AT UNC BUT I CANNOT IMAGINE A BETTER PERSON TO TALK TO THIS MORNING. SO, ACCORDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE PHYSICIAN, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN GIVEN STEROID DEXAMETHASONE, AND ANTIVIRAL DRUG, REMDESIVIR AND EXPERIMENTAL ANTIBODY DRUG REGENERON AND IS FOR MORE SERIOUS OR SEVERE SYMPTOMS FROM COVID-19 BUT WE ARE ALSO TOLD THE PRESIDENT IS DOING WELL , AND THAT HE HAS MILD SYMPTOMS. WITH THAT TREATMENT, WOULD IT CORRELATE TO MILD SYMPTOMS? &gt;&gt; I THINK THE ANTIBODY, THE REGENERON AND THE REMDESIVIR, I CAN UNDERSTAND TO PREVENT THE PRESIDENT FROM GETTING MORE SYMPTOMATIC. WHEN THE DEXAMETHASONE IS ADDED, THAT'S A SIGNAL THAT PERHAPS HIS SYMPTOMS HAVE PROGRESSED AND WE LEARNED HIS OXYGEN LEVEL HAD DROPPED . DEXAMETHASONE IS ONLY USED TO PEOPLE WHO REALLY DO REQUIRE OXYGEN COME IN MORE SEVERE CASES. AND PEOPLE WHO DO NOT REQUIRE OXYGEN, REQUIRE MINIMUM SYMPTOMS, DEXAMETHASONE CAN BE HARMFUL PITS I THINK IT SENDS A SIGNAL THAT HIS SYMPTOMS WERE PROGRESSING. &gt;&gt; PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP COULD BE RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL TODAY, ACCORDING TO HIS PHYSICIAN AND THE WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF. WHAT COME IF HE IS TAKING DEXAMETHASONE, SHOULD HE BE RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL SO SOON? &gt;&gt; THE REMDESIVIR HE IS RECEIVING IS GIVING US A FIVE DAY COURSE SO HE WOULD NEED AN IV IN HIS ARM GIVING HIM THE MEDICATION FOR FIVE DAYS. REMEMBER, GOING TO THE WHITE HOUSE IS DIFFERENT THAN GOING TO YOUR HOUSE OR MY HOUSE OR THE WHITE HOUSE HAS MEDICAL FACILITIES. I SUSPECT HE IS NOT GOING TO BE JUST IN HIS NORMAL RESIDENCE BUT THERE WILL BE SOME CARE AND ATTENTION GIVEN TO HIM EVEN THOUGH HE IS MOVING LOCATIONS.&gt;&gt; THE FACT THAT HIS OXYGEN LEVELS DROPPED A COUPLE TIMES, IS THAT TYPICAL IN YOUR EXPERIENCE, WITH COVID-19 PATIENTS? &gt;&gt; IN PEOPLE WITH COVID-19 YOU NEVER WANT TO HEAR THE WORDS MY OXYGEN HAS DROPPED. I SUSPECT, TO BE HONEST, IT'S NOT A TRANSIENT THING BUT IF YOU'RE OXYGEN LEVELS DROP IT'S BECAUSE YOUR LUNGS ARE NOT WORKING AS WELL AS THEY SHOULD BE. I SUSPECT HE REQUIRED OXYGEN FOR A PROLONGED TIME, NECESSITY USE OF THE DEXAMETHASONE WHICH TRIES TO CALM DOWN THE INFLAMMATION IN THE LUNGS. &gt;&gt; IN THE PAST TWO DAYS, NORTH CAROLINA, WE HAVE AN UPTICK IN CASES HERE. WE KNOW WE ENTERED A NEW PHASE OVER THE WEEKEND AS WELL PIT IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, I SAW SO MANY PEOPLE AT BARS, ARE YOU CONCERNED? WE HAVE AN UPTICK IN CASES ANOTHER WE HAVE A NEW PHASE WE WILL SEE AN UPTICK?&gt;&gt; THERE IS NO MYSTERY TO THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN PLACES THAT HAVE SEEN A SHARP PEAK AND A SHARP DROP IN THE NUMBER OF CASES. THOSE, LIKE US, THAT ARE HANGING AT THIS PLATEAU WE MIGHT HAVE HAD A BIGGER PICK AT ONE POINT. BUT NOW WE DON'T SEE THAT RAPID DECLINE. IT'S THE ACTIONS AND BEHAVIORS. AND WE KNOW THAT. IF WE ARE WILLING TO CRITICIZE STUDENTS AT UNC OR FRATERNITIES, SORORITIES, WE SHOULD CRITICIZE LEADERS FOR NOT PROTECTING THEMSELVES AND OURSELVES. WE HAVE NEW CASES AND THAT MEANS WE ARE ACQUIRING THE CASES AT EVENTS WHERE THERE RELIGIOUS EVENTS, PARTIES. WE HAVE TO REALLY LOOK OURSELVES IN THE MIRROR AND SAY ARE WE DOING EVERY THING WE CAN TO BE DECREASING THE NUMBER OF CASES WE ARE EXPERIENCING IN THE STATE? &gt;&gt; I LISTENED VERY CLOSER TO YOU, DR. DAVID WOHL, YOU TOLD ME THE MOST IMPORTANT OR MAYBE EQUALLY AS IMPORTANT AS GETTING A VACCINE IS GETTING A TREATMENT. TELL US AN UPDATED TIMELINE ON ANY NEW TREATMENT STUDIES THAT ARE OUT AS WELL AS ON A POTENTIAL VACCINE? &gt;&gt; THE PRESIDENTS COURSE SHOW US WHY WE REALLY DO NEED A TREATMENT FOR THE PRESIDENT GOT REMDESIVIR WHICH IS WIDELY AVAILABLE. HE GOT DEXAMETHASONE WHICH IS ALSO WIDELY AVAILABLE. THE REGENERON, IT IS EXPERIMENTAL. UNLESS PEOPLE JOIN CLINICAL TRIALS, IT CAN GET ACCESS TO THOSE, WE DO NOT KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THEY ARE EFFECTIVE AND SAFE. WE DO NEED TO FIND TREATMENTS, ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SICK. LIKE THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN. VACCINES ARE IMPORTANT BUT THEY WILL NOT WORK 100% OF THE TIME. AND NOT EVERYONE WILL GET ONE. IN THE SPRINGTIME, THE EXPERTS THAT I AM TRUSTING SAY SPRING AND I BELIEVE THEM, BEFORE WE MIGHT SEE A PROMISING VACCINE I THINK THE VACCINE MAY GET BETTER BUT WE NEED A VACCINE FOR THE TREATMENT OF PEOPLE TO ROLL UP THEIR SLEEVES AND HELP US DO THAT. &gt;&gt; DR. DAVID WOHL, BE WELL.</p>

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