WEBVTT 00:00.000 --> 00:04.738 CLOSE TRACING % AND TESTING IN 00:04.772 --> 00:05.172 AND TESTING IN MID-MARCH HAVE % 00:05.206 --> 00:06.239 MID-MARCH HAVE % ALL CONTRIBUTED. % 00:06.274 --> 00:06.706 ALL CONTRIBUTED. % >> PICTURE THIS. % 00:06.741 --> 00:07.641 >> PICTURE THIS. % YOU TEST 00:07.675 --> 00:08.308 YOU TEST POSITIVE FOR 00:08.342 --> 00:08.742 POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS AND % 00:08.776 --> 00:09.776 CORONAVIRUS AND % ARE NOT SICK % 00:09.810 --> 00:12.312 ARE NOT SICK % ENOUGH TO BE 00:12.313 --> 00:12.712 ENOUGH TO BE HOSPITALIZED. % 00:12.713 --> 00:13.746 HOSPITALIZED. % 50 DAYS LATER 00:13.748 --> 00:14.648 50 DAYS LATER YOUR FEVER HAS 00:14.649 --> 00:17.150 YOUR FEVER HAS NOT GONE AWAY. % 00:17.152 --> 00:19.319 NOT GONE AWAY. % IT’S HAPPENING 00:19.320 --> 00:22.556 IT’S HAPPENING TO SOME 00:22.557 --> 00:22.856 TO SOME PATIENTS. % 00:22.891 --> 00:23.290 PATIENTS. % ERICA EDWARDS 00:23.324 --> 00:23.857 ERICA EDWARDS HAS BEEN 00:23.891 --> 00:24.257 HAS BEEN COVERING THE % 00:24.258 --> 00:24.624 COVERING THE % LONGTIME 00:24.659 --> 00:25.926 LONGTIME SYMPTOMS OF % 00:25.927 --> 00:26.259 SYMPTOMS OF % COVID-19. % 00:26.261 --> 00:27.360 COVID-19. % AND YOU TALKED 00:27.394 --> 00:29.362 AND YOU TALKED TO A FEW PEOPLE 00:29.363 --> 00:30.296 TO A FEW PEOPLE WHO TESTED 00:30.331 --> 00:30.664 WHO TESTED POSITIVE. % 00:30.665 --> 00:31.465 POSITIVE. % NOW THEY’RE 00:31.466 --> 00:31.932 NOW THEY’RE TESTING NEGATIVE % 00:31.933 --> 00:34.167 TESTING NEGATIVE % AND STILL HAVE % 00:34.169 --> 00:34.468 AND STILL HAVE % SYMPTOMS. % 00:34.502 --> 00:35.436 SYMPTOMS. % WHAT ARE THEY % 00:35.470 --> 00:35.869 WHAT ARE THEY % TELLING YOU ? % 00:35.870 --> 00:39.473 TELLING YOU ? % >> I TALK TO A % 00:39.507 --> 00:41.342 >> I TALK TO A % PERSON WHO IS ON % 00:41.376 --> 00:44.578 PERSON WHO IS ON % DAY 51 OF A LOW % 00:44.613 --> 00:45.813 DAY 51 OF A LOW % GRADE FEVER, 00:45.847 --> 00:47.281 GRADE FEVER, EXHAUSTION, AND % 00:47.282 --> 00:47.581 EXHAUSTION, AND % FATIGUE. % 00:47.616 --> 00:49.416 FATIGUE. % HE WAKES UP 00:49.450 --> 00:49.783 HE WAKES UP SWEATING. % 00:49.784 --> 00:50.183 SWEATING. % SHE’S SHIVERING % 00:50.218 --> 00:51.351 SHE’S SHIVERING % SO MUCH THAT HER % 00:51.386 --> 00:54.788 SO MUCH THAT HER % WHOLE BODY IS 00:54.789 --> 00:55.088 WHOLE BODY IS SHAKING. % 00:55.123 --> 00:56.656 SHAKING. % BY MORNING SHE % 00:56.691 --> 00:59.059 BY MORNING SHE % STARTS TO FEEL A 00:59.060 --> 01:03.897 STARTS TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT % 01:03.932 --> 01:04.297 LITTLE BIT % BETTER. % 01:04.299 --> 01:08.068 BETTER. % AND THEN THE 01:08.103 --> 01:08.402 AND THEN THE SYMPTOMS. % 01:08.437 --> 01:10.070 SYMPTOMS. % IT’S JUST % 01:10.105 --> 01:10.471 IT’S JUST % ABSOLUTELY % 01:10.472 --> 01:10.871 ABSOLUTELY % MADDENING AND % 01:10.872 --> 01:11.605 MADDENING AND % WONDERING 01:11.639 --> 01:12.072 WONDERING FRIGHTENINGLY IF % 01:12.107 --> 01:13.774 FRIGHTENINGLY IF % IT COULD BE 01:13.775 --> 01:14.108 IT COULD BE PERMANENT. % 01:14.142 --> 01:15.109 PERMANENT. % I TALKED WITH A % 01:15.110 --> 01:16.410 I TALKED WITH A % MAN IN SEATTLE % 01:16.411 --> 01:18.712 MAN IN SEATTLE % WHO IS ALSO 01:18.713 --> 01:19.112 WHO IS ALSO EXPERIENCING % 01:19.114 --> 01:19.513 EXPERIENCING % SYMPTOMS FOR % 01:19.514 --> 01:20.314 SYMPTOMS FOR % WEEKS ON END. % 01:20.315 --> 01:21.148 WEEKS ON END. % HE HAD NUMBNESS % 01:21.182 --> 01:22.482 HE HAD NUMBNESS % IN HIS ARMS AND % 01:22.484 --> 01:23.984 IN HIS ARMS AND % LEGS AND 01:23.986 --> 01:25.119 LEGS AND SHORTNESS OF 01:25.153 --> 01:25.419 SHORTNESS OF BREATH. % 01:25.420 --> 01:26.086 BREATH. % AND THAT TROUBLE 01:26.121 --> 01:27.187 AND THAT TROUBLE HAS LANDED HIM 01:27.189 --> 01:28.288 HAS LANDED HIM IN THE E.R. 01:28.290 --> 01:29.723 IN THE E.R. TWICE IN THE 01:29.725 --> 01:30.691 TWICE IN THE PAST WEEK ALONE. % 01:30.692 --> 01:32.226 PAST WEEK ALONE. % THEY ARE IN 01:32.227 --> 01:32.893 THEY ARE IN THEIR 30s. % 01:32.894 --> 01:34.094 THEIR 30s. % AND NEITHER OF % 01:34.095 --> 01:34.428 AND NEITHER OF % THEM HAVE % 01:34.429 --> 01:34.795 THEM HAVE % UNDERLYING % 01:34.796 --> 01:35.095 UNDERLYING % HEALTH % 01:35.096 --> 01:36.730 HEALTH % CONDITIONS THAT 01:36.731 --> 01:37.331 CONDITIONS THAT MIGHT PUT THEM % 01:37.332 --> 01:40.201 MIGHT PUT THEM % AT GREATER RISK 01:40.202 --> 01:40.434 AT GREATER RISK FOR % 01:40.436 --> 01:40.835 FOR % COMPLICATIONS. % 01:40.869 --> 01:41.502 COMPLICATIONS. % AND SINCE WE 01:41.536 --> 01:43.203 AND SINCE WE POSTED THAT 01:43.205 --> 01:43.504 POSTED THAT STORY. % 01:43.505 --> 01:44.238 STORY. % I’VE HAD WELL 01:44.272 --> 01:44.572 I’VE HAD WELL OVER 100 % 01:44.606 --> 01:47.041 OVER 100 % MESSAGES ON E-% 01:47.042 --> 01:48.309 MESSAGES ON E-% MAIL OR SOCIAL 01:48.310 --> 01:48.743 MAIL OR SOCIAL MEDIA SAYING OH % 01:48.744 --> 01:49.410 MEDIA SAYING OH % MY GOSH, I % 01:49.411 --> 01:50.845 MY GOSH, I % THOUGHT I WAS 01:50.846 --> 01:51.612 THOUGHT I WAS THE ONLY ONE. % 01:51.613 --> 01:53.347 THE ONLY ONE. % I’M NOT ALONE. % 01:53.381 --> 01:55.349 I’M NOT ALONE. % AND PEOPLE ARE % 01:55.350 --> 01:57.685 AND PEOPLE ARE % WRITING IN WITH 01:57.719 --> 01:58.652 WRITING IN WITH SIMILAR LONG-% 01:58.654 --> 01:59.053 SIMILAR LONG-% TERM SYMPTOMS. % 01:59.088 --> 02:01.122 TERM SYMPTOMS. % AND THEY DON’T 02:01.156 --> 02:05.059 AND THEY DON’T ONCE WHAT’S 02:05.060 --> 02:05.459 ONCE WHAT’S GOING ON. % 02:05.494 --> 02:08.329 GOING ON. % >> TO HEAR IT 02:08.363 --> 02:09.463 >> TO HEAR IT HAPPEN -- DO WE % 02:09.497 --> 02:10.931 HAPPEN -- DO WE % HAVE ANY IDEA % 02:10.966 --> 02:12.767 HAVE ANY IDEA % WHY THE SYMPTOMS 02:12.768 --> 02:13.434 WHY THE SYMPTOMS ARE LASTING SO % 02:13.435 --> 02:13.668 ARE LASTING SO % LONG? % 02:13.702 --> 02:14.636 LONG? % >> IT’S WAY TOO 02:14.670 --> 02:15.136 >> IT’S WAY TOO SOON FOR DOCTORS % 02:15.137 --> 02:17.071 SOON FOR DOCTORS % TO HAVE A GOOD % 02:17.106 --> 02:17.505 TO HAVE A GOOD % UNDERSTANDING. % 02:17.539 --> 02:18.472 UNDERSTANDING. % THERE’S NO 02:18.474 --> 02:19.373 THERE’S NO EVIDENCE THAT 02:19.375 --> 02:20.975 EVIDENCE THAT THEY ARE 02:21.009 --> 02:21.709 THEY ARE BECOMING 02:21.744 --> 02:22.677 BECOMING INFECTED AGAIN % 02:22.712 --> 02:25.179 INFECTED AGAIN % OR HAVING A % 02:25.181 --> 02:25.513 OR HAVING A % SECONDARY % 02:25.547 --> 02:25.980 SECONDARY % INFECTION LIKE % 02:25.981 --> 02:26.280 INFECTION LIKE % BACTERIAL % 02:26.315 --> 02:28.115 BACTERIAL % PNEUMONIA A LOT 02:28.150 --> 02:30.051 PNEUMONIA A LOT OF THE FOCUS IS 02:30.052 --> 02:30.985 OF THE FOCUS IS ON THE SICKEST % 02:30.986 --> 02:32.887 ON THE SICKEST % PATIENTS IN 02:32.888 --> 02:34.288 PATIENTS IN INTENSIVE CARE 02:34.290 --> 02:34.589 INTENSIVE CARE UNITS. % 02:34.590 --> 02:35.056 UNITS. % BUT IT’S % 02:35.057 --> 02:36.391 BUT IT’S % CRITICALLY 02:36.425 --> 02:39.060 CRITICALLY IMPORTANT TO DO 02:39.094 --> 02:42.697 IMPORTANT TO DO SOME PROPER 02:42.731 --> 02:44.732 SOME PROPER STORIES OF THESE 02:44.767 --> 02:45.099 STORIES OF THESE PHOENIX. % 02:45.101 --> 02:48.102 PHOENIX. % ARE THEIR 02:48.103 --> 02:51.672 ARE THEIR ANTIBODIES 02:51.674 --> 02:52.006 ANTIBODIES PRESENT? % 02:52.008 --> 02:52.373 PRESENT? % ARE CERTAIN % 02:52.374 --> 02:52.707 ARE CERTAIN % MEDICATIONS % 02:52.741 --> 02:53.107 MEDICATIONS % HURTING OR 02:53.108 --> 02:53.441 HURTING OR HELPING? % 02:53.476 --> 02:54.275 HELPING? % >> WE KNOW SOME % 02:54.277 --> 02:54.809 >> WE KNOW SOME % OF THE PATIENTS % 02:54.810 --> 02:55.210 OF THE PATIENTS % HAVE NOT BEEN % 02:55.244 --> 02:55.910 HAVE NOT BEEN % SICK ENOUGH TO % 02:55.912 --> 02:57.378 SICK ENOUGH TO % GO TO THE 02:57.413 --> 02:57.712 GO TO THE HOSPITAL. % 02:57.747 --> 02:58.046 HOSPITAL. % IS THERE % 02:58.080 --> 02:58.613 IS THERE % ANYTHING THEY 02:58.614 --> 03:01.316 ANYTHING THEY CAN DO AT HOME 03:01.350 --> 03:02.050 CAN DO AT HOME TO GET SOME 03:02.084 --> 03:02.383 TO GET SOME RELIEF? % 03:02.385 --> 03:03.218 RELIEF? % >> YEAH, WELL, % 03:03.253 --> 03:04.019 >> YEAH, WELL, % AS YOU KNOW, % 03:04.020 --> 03:04.386 AS YOU KNOW, % THERE’S NO % 03:04.420 --> 03:04.819 THERE’S NO % SPECIFIC 03:04.854 --> 03:06.254 SPECIFIC TREATMENT FOR 03:06.288 --> 03:06.921 TREATMENT FOR THE CORONAVIRUS. % 03:06.955 --> 03:07.555 THE CORONAVIRUS. % AND ALL THESE 03:07.590 --> 03:12.627 AND ALL THESE FOLKS CAN DO AT 03:12.662 --> 03:17.599 FOLKS CAN DO AT THIS POINT IS 03:17.633 --> 03:20.135 THIS POINT IS TREAT THEIR % 03:20.136 --> 03:20.435 TREAT THEIR % SYSTEMS. % 03:20.470 --> 03:21.436 SYSTEMS. % >> IT MIGHT MEAN % 03:21.437 --> 03:21.736 >> IT MIGHT MEAN % BLOOD. % 03:21.737 --> 03:23.304 BLOOD. % >> ONE THING IS % 03:23.339 --> 03:23.605 >> ONE THING IS % REST. % 03:23.606 --> 03:24.539 REST. % THEY LIE DOWN AT 03:24.540 --> 03:26.541 THEY LIE DOWN AT NIGHT AND THE 03:26.542 --> 03:27.909 NIGHT AND THE SYMPTOMS POP UP % 03:27.910 --> 03:29.110 SYMPTOMS POP UP % AND THEY ARE % 03:29.111 --> 03:30.545 AND THEY ARE % OVERCOME WITH 03:30.579 --> 03:31.613 OVERCOME WITH INTENSE FEAR 03:31.647 --> 03:32.447 INTENSE FEAR THAT THEY WILL % 03:32.481 --> 03:33.315 THAT THEY WILL % PROGRESSIVELY 03:33.349 --> 03:34.750 PROGRESSIVELY GET WORSE AND 03:34.784 --> 03:36.351 GET WORSE AND END UP NEEDING 03:36.353 --> 03:39.354 END UP NEEDING TO BE 03:39.355 --> 03:39.754 TO BE HOSPITALIZED. % 03:39.756 --> 03:42.124 HOSPITALIZED. % THEY HAVE 03:42.158 --> 03:42.457 THEY HAVE TROUBLE % 03:42.458 --> 03:42.758 TROUBLE % SLEEPING. % 03:42.792 --> 03:45.761 SLEEPING. % AND IT’S A % 03:45.762 --> 03:47.562 AND IT’S A % VICIOUS CYCLE. % 03:47.564 --> 03:48.897 VICIOUS CYCLE. % >> FOR ANY OF 03:48.931 --> 03:50.165 >> FOR ANY OF OUR VIEWERS WHO % 03:50.166 --> 03:50.565 OUR VIEWERS WHO % ARE NOT SURE % 03:50.566 --> 03:51.666 ARE NOT SURE % WHEN IT’S 03:51.668 --> 03:52.067 WHEN IT’S APPROPRIATE TO % 03:52.102 --> 03:54.069 APPROPRIATE TO % GO TO THE 03:54.070 --> 03:54.403 GO TO THE HOSPITAL. % 03:54.437 --> 03:54.870 HOSPITAL. % WHEN SHOULD YOU % 03:54.871 --> 03:56.138 WHEN SHOULD YOU % SAY IT’S TIME? % 03:56.139 --> 03:58.373 SAY IT’S TIME? % I GOT TO GO TO % 03:58.375 --> 03:58.773 I GOT TO GO TO % THE HOSPITAL. % 03:58.775 --> 03:59.374 THE HOSPITAL. % >> SINGLE 03:59.376 --> 03:59.775 >> SINGLE BIGGEST FACTOR % 03:59.809 --> 04:01.110 BIGGEST FACTOR % THAT YOU NEED TO % 04:01.144 --> 04:02.077 THAT YOU NEED TO % PAY ATTENTION TO % 04:02.078 --> 04:03.879 PAY ATTENTION TO % IS SHORTNESS OF 04:03.913 --> 04:04.179 IS SHORTNESS OF BREATH. % 04:04.180 --> 04:05.147 BREATH. % IF YOU’RE NOT 04:05.181 --> 04:05.981 IF YOU’RE NOT ABLE TO TAKE IN % 04:06.015 --> 04:07.082 ABLE TO TAKE IN % DEEP BREATHS, % 04:07.083 --> 04:08.450 DEEP BREATHS, % THAT’S A SIGN TO % 04:08.485 --> 04:09.084 THAT’S A SIGN TO % CALL 911. % 04:09.119 --> 04:09.952 CALL 911. % THAT’S AN % 04:09.986 --> 04:10.352 THAT’S AN % EMERGENCY. % 04:10.353 --> 04:10.786 EMERGENCY. % LET’S SAY YOU 04:10.787 --> 04:11.286 LET’S SAY YOU HAVE TROUBLE 04:11.288 --> 04:12.888 HAVE TROUBLE GETTING OUT OF 04:12.922 --> 04:13.789 GETTING OUT OF THE CHAIR AND 04:13.790 --> 04:15.324 THE CHAIR AND YOU GET WINDED. % 04:15.358 --> 04:16.692 YOU GET WINDED. % THAT’S A SIGN TO 04:16.693 --> 04:17.192 THAT’S A SIGN TO CALL SOMEBODY. % 04:17.227 --> 04:19.561 CALL SOMEBODY. % AND THAT WOULD % 04:19.596 --> 04:22.998 AND THAT WOULD % BE A CALL TO % 04:23.033 --> 04:23.265 BE A CALL TO % 911. % 04:23.299 --> 04:24.800 911. % CHILDREN WILL 04:24.834 --> 04:26.235 CHILDREN WILL LARGELY BEEN 04:26.269 --> 04:33.609 LARGELY BEEN SPARED A LOT OF % 04:33.643 --> 04:34.210 SPARED A LOT OF % THE COMIX. % 04:34.211 --> 04:34.644 THE COMIX. % >> PARENTS % 04:34.678 --> 04:36.111 >> PARENTS % SHOULD WATCH FOR 04:36.146 --> 04:36.878 SHOULD WATCH FOR SPIKES IN FEVER % 04:36.913 --> 04:39.681 SPIKES IN FEVER % AND IF THEY SEEM 04:39.683 --> 04:39.915 AND IF THEY SEEM OFF. % 04:39.950 --> 04:40.349 OFF. % PARENTS KNOW 04:40.383 --> 04:41.217 PARENTS KNOW WHAT WE’RE 04:41.251 --> 04:42.285 WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT. % 04:42.319 --> 04:44.320 TALKING ABOUT. % IF YOUR KID IS 04:44.354 --> 04:47.423 IF YOUR KID IS NOT ACTS THE WAY 04:47.424 --> 04:48.357 NOT ACTS THE WAY THEY NORMALLY 04:48.391 --> 04:48.624 THEY NORMALLY DO. % 04:48.625 --> 04:52.795 DO. % THAT IS WORTH A % 04:52.796 --> 04:53.129 THAT IS WORTH A % CALL TO THE % 04:53.163 --> 04:54.063 CALL TO THE % PEDIATRICIAN TO % 04:54.097 --> 04:55.631 PEDIATRICIAN TO % FIND OUT WHAT’S % 04:55.632 --> 04:56.432 FIND OUT WHAT’S % GOING ON. %