A Journey Through the Pandemic with an ER Doctor and His Family
A Journey Through the Pandemic with an ER Doctor and His Family
WELCOME TO MATTER OF FACT. THE NATION바카라 게임 웹사이트S FOCUS IS ON THE ELECTION, BUT AMERICA CONTINUES TO CONFRONT THE GREATEST HEALTH CARE CRISIS OF OUR LIFETIME, THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC. FOR PROOF, JUST TAKE A LOOK AT WISCONSIN. ACCORDING TO THE STATE바카라 게임 웹사이트S HEALTH DEPARTMENT, NEW CASES ARE UP BY MORE THAN 500 PERCENT IN RECENT MONTHS. IN FACT, THERE ARE ENOUGH POSITIVE CASES TO FILL THE MILWAUKEE BREWERS BASEBALL STADIUM, MILLER PARK. IF POSITIVE CASES KEEP PILING UP AT THIS RATE, HEALTH OFFICIALS WARN THAT HOSPITALS WILL RUN OUT OF ICU BEDS IN A MATTER OF WEEKS. CORRESPONDENT JESSICA GOMEZ AND PHOTOJOURNALIST SCOTT CURTY HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING ONE EMERGENCY ROOM DOCTOR AND HIS FAMILY FROM THE MILWAUKEE AREA, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE PANDEMIC. HERE바카라 게임 웹사이트S A LOOK AT THEIR JOURNEY. >> TODAY I HAVE DECLARED A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY TO ADDRESS THE OUTBREAK OF COVID 19 IN THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. >> NOW TO THE GOVERNORS SAFER AT HOME ORDER, IT STARTS IN JUST 30 HOURS. >> THIS IS ALL JUST AN EFFORT TO TRY TO FLATTEN THAT CURVE, STOP THE SPREAD OF THE CORONAVIRUS. >> THIS HAS CONSUMED ALMOST EVERY MINUTE OF OUR DAYS. I AM BILL LEIBER AND I AM AN ER PHYSICIAN. BASED ON WHAT I바카라 게임 웹사이트M HEARING FROM OTHER PHYSICIANS AROUND THE COUNTRY, WE ARE JUST AT THE BEGINNING. >> RIGHT NOW I바카라 게임 웹사이트M HEADED INTO WORK. GOING TO WORK IS JUST A LITTLE MORE TENSE. I DON바카라 게임 웹사이트T ANTICIPATE THAT I AM ONE WHO WOULD GET EXTREMELY ILL BUT YOU JUST NEVER KNOW. SO I JUST FINISHED UP MY SHIFT AND IT WAS EXHAUSTING. PART WAY THROUGH THE SHIFT I STARTED TO NOT REALLY FEEL SO GREAT. >> HE JUST TOLD ME HE WAS SO TIRED, HE HAD A HEADACHE AND COUGH AND HE JUST WANTED TO SLEEP. I WOKE HIM UP AN HOUR LATER AND HIS FEVER HAD GONE UP TO 101, HE WAS REALLY SHOWING SYMPTOMS. HE PACKED HIS BAGS AND LEFT RIGHT AWAY TO GO OVER TO THE HOUSE WE HAD SET UP THIS EXACT INSTANCE. >> TEST RESULTS CAME BACK AND -- OK. >> MY KIDS, I DON바카라 게임 웹사이트T KNOW HOW MUCH THEY UNDERSTAND. MY EIGHT-YEAR-OLD STARTED CRYING. AND SAID, I DON바카라 게임 웹사이트T WANT YOU TO HAVE CORONAVIRUS. SO SHE IS REALLY WORRIED ABOUT ME. >> THANKS FOR BRINGING ME STUFF. >> NOW IT IS JUST HEADACHE, FATIGUE, BUT STILL NOT SHORT OF BREATH, SO THAT IS GOOD. YOU바카라 게임 웹사이트VE PROBABLY GOT IT ALSO. >> FEELING REALLY TIRED. RUN DOWN. I바카라 게임 웹사이트M SCARED. I HAVE A LOT OF FEARS ABOUT MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF, MY KIDS. >> I AM NOW SEVEN DAYS OUT. I바카라 게임 웹사이트VE BEEN WITHOUT FEVER. MY SYMPTOMS ARE IMPROVING. READY TO GO HOME. >> ARE SAFER AT HOME PROTEST. >> WISCONSIN바카라 게임 웹사이트S SUPREME COURT STRUCK DOWN THE STATE STAY-AT-HOME ORDER. >> IT LOOKS LIKE THE SOCIAL DISTANCING AND PRECAUTIONS WE ARE TAKING ARE WORKING. WE HAVEN바카라 게임 웹사이트T BEEN OVERWHELMED WITH COVID BUT THAT CAN CHANGE AND THAT CAN CHANGE QUICKLY. >> IT IS KIND OF STRESSFUL BECAUSE WE ARE STILL CUTTING BACK ON SHIFTS AND OUR VOLUME IS DOWN WHICH MEANS INCOME IS DOWN. >> IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S REALLY HARD TO BE IN ISOLATION. THE KIDS ARE STRUGGLING. LAST NIGHT WE HAD A COMPLETE MELTDOWN. >> GOVERNOR EVERS DECLARED A NEW PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY AND ORDERED PEOPLE AGED FIVE AND UP TO WHERE FACE MASKS IN ENCLOSED PUBLIC SPACES. >> WE DEFINITELY FELT A PRESSURE AS A FAMILY TO MINIMIZE OUR SOCIAL CONTACT. BACK WHEN FIRST HIT IN SPRING, THE HEALTHCARE PEOPLE, PEOPLE MAKING THE DECISIONS ON POLICY, WERE GENERALLY WELL LISTENED TO AND RESPECTED. NOW THAT PEOPLE ARE MORE COMFORTABLE WITH THE SITUATION, THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트VE BEEN LIVING THEIR LIVES ALL SUMMER, A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE HAD IT AND RECOVERED, THEY ARE MORE COMFORTABLE LIVING WITH COVID. >> THE CDC, THE WHITE HOUSE, AND THE NEW YORK TIMES ALL RANKING WISCONSIN AMONG THE WORST STATES IN THE COUNTRY FOR CASE NUMBERS. >> THE SITUATION 7 MONTHS LATER IS THAT CASES ARE RISING. THEY CONTINUE TO CLIMB AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE GETTING INFECTED. IT FEELS LIKE WE ARE AT A TIPPING POINT. AND AT ANY MINUTE, WE COULD BECOME OVERWHELMED IF WE DON바카라 게임 웹사이트T DO SOMETHING TO SLOW THIS DOWN. >> WE HAD NO IDEA THAT SEVEN MONTHS LATER WE WOULD STILL BE IN THIS HOLDING PATTERN. WE AS A FAMILY HAVE SPENT MORE TIME TOGETHER THAN WE바카라 게임 웹사이트VE EVER HAD. AND THAT HAS BEEN SO GREAT FOR US. BUT THE WORRY THAT CONSTANTLY HANGS OVER OUR HEAD, IF OUR NEIGHBORS OR RELATIVES WILL GET SICK -- I AM SO PROUD OF HIM AND HIS COLLEAGUES FOR WORKING SO HARD DAY IN AND DAY OUT. EVERY DAY THEY ARE THINKING WHAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO KEEP THEMSELVES THEIR PATIENTS AND THE COMMUNITY SAFE. >> SEVEN MONTHS LATER, WHAT SEEMED REALLY CUMBERSOME AND DIFFICULT HAS BECOME SECOND NATURE. WE ARE MORE PREPARED NOW THAN EVER BEFORE. THE STORY IS YET TO BE WRITTEN. WE ARE STILL WRITING THIS BOOK
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A Journey Through the Pandemic with an ER Doctor and His Family
While all eyes have been on the presidential election, the United States is still struggling to curb the spread of the coronavirus. More than half of our states are seeing a rise in confirmed case numbers. That includes Wisconsin, where the state health department reports new cases are up by more than 500% in the recent months. Officials there say if the current infection rate keeps up, hospitals could run out of ICU beds within weeks. Correspondent Jessica Gomez and photojournalist Scott Curty have been following an ER doctor and his family in the Milwaukee area since the beginning of the pandemic. Here바카라 게임 웹사이트s a look at their journey.
While all eyes have been on the presidential election, the United States is still struggling to curb the spread of the coronavirus. More than half of our states are seeing a rise in confirmed case numbers. That includes Wisconsin, where the state health department reports new cases are up by more than 500% in the recent months. Officials there say if the current infection rate keeps up, hospitals could run out of ICU beds within weeks. Correspondent Jessica Gomez and photojournalist Scott Curty have been following an ER doctor and his family in the Milwaukee area since the beginning of the pandemic. Here바카라 게임 웹사이트s a look at their journey.
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