Boston doctor discusses where we are headed with COVID-19
Updated: 6:07 PM EST Mar 9, 2022
INFEIOCTUS DISEASES AT THE BRIGHAM. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. N:BE THAT STATE OF EMERGCYEN, TWO YEARS NOW, FINALLY DIDND E JUNE 15, 2021, BUT EVEN SINCE THEN, WE’VE EXPERIENCED TWO SIGNIFICANT SURGES. THE FIRST ONE DELTA OVER THE FALL, THE SECOND IN THE WINTER FR OM OMICRON. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT TO BE DONE WITH THE PANDEC MI THIS POINT. WHAT’S THE RISK WE’LL SEE ANOTHER BIG SUE?RG >> WE ALL WANT TO BE DONE. IT’S REALLY HARD TO PREDICT .THERE IS CURRENTLY A SURGE IN HONG KONG AND NEW ZEALAND FMRO OMICRON. THERE IS NO GUARANTEE A NEW VARIANT COULDN’T EMERGE SOMEWHERE AND CAUSE A NEW SURGE SEVERAL MONTHS DOWN THE ROAD. I HOPE AND OF HAVE EITHER GOTT ENVACCINATED OR BEEN INFECTED TH WE WILL HAVE SOMETHING LIKE HERD IMMUNITY AND CAN PREVENT THAT FROM HAPPENING. ERIKA: FOR NOW WE ARE ON TRACK TO HAVE LOWER HOSPITALIZATIONS THANNY A POINT DURING THE PANDEMIC. IS YOUR STAFF STARTING TO FEEL AS THOHUG THE EMERGENCY IS OVER, AT LEAST FOR NOW >> THINGS ARE CERTAINLY GETTING BACK TOWARDS NORMAL. WE HAVE JUST A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL OMFR COVID, BACK TO NORMAL OPERATIONS EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT WE ALL STILL WEAR MASKS AND ARE DISTANCINGT A MEALTIMEANS D THE LIKE. I THINK PEOPLERE A BREATHING A BIG SIGH OF RELIEF. BEN: YOU SPENT YOUR LIFE TRACKING EMERGING DISEASES, SO WHAT MADE YOU REALIZE MORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO THAT THIS WNE CORONAVIRUS COULD BE BIG TROUBLE? WE HAVE HAD LOTS OF SCAREINS THE PAST OF POSSIBLE PANDEMI,CS BUT NOTHING KELI THIS IN 100 YEARS. >> TWO THINGS. ONE WAS THE DISCOVERY THAT MUCH TRANSMISSION OCCURRED BEFORE THE ONSET OF SYMPTOMS, WHICH MADE IDENTIFYING AND ISOLATING PEOPLE MORE DIFFICULT. SECOND, HOW QUICKLY IT BECAME APPARENT WE WERE LOSING THE GAME AS FAR AS DOING MEANINGFUL CONTACT TRACING .ERIKA: IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS, W HAVE PROBABLY L NOTICED A LOT OF PEOPLE SEEM TO BE USING THE FEAR OF COVID. NOT WEARING MASKS, GATHERING IN GROUPS. WE ARE GOING TO GET A LITTLE PERSONAL. IT IS THE SAME TRUE FOR YOU? ARE YOU LESS FEARFUL TO GO OUT AND RELAX A LITTLE? >>T I HAS BEEN VIAARBLE. WE HAVE BEEN GETTING TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS. WE FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE GOING OUT TO WEARING RESTAURANTS. AT THE SYMPHONY TO HEAR YO-YO MA , I WILL BEEA WRING A MASK. N:BE I KNOW YOU HAVE GONE BACK AND FORTH ON THE RESTAURANT TOPIC, BUT YOU ARE DOING THAT AGAIN? >> WE ARE, WE ARE FLIEENG MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE. ER
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Boston doctor discusses where we are headed with COVID-19
Updated: 6:07 PM EST Mar 9, 2022
Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes of Brigham and Women’s Hospital discusses the current stage of the pandemic.
Dr. Daniel Kuritzkes of Brigham and Women’s Hospital discusses the current stage of the pandemic.
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