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Ask Dr. Hebert: Explaining the spike in COVID-19 cases

Ask Dr. Hebert: Explaining the spike in COVID-19 cases
EDITOR. DR. COREY A BEAR. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE MENTAL ASPECT OF THIS EVERYBODY. THOUGHT WE’RE THROUGH THE WOODS. WE’RE HITTING THE BACKSIDE OF COVID, BUT THAT MAY NOT NOT BE THE CASE. HOW DO PEOPLE WRAP THEIR? HEADS AROUND THIS MENTALLY YET. THIS IS VERY DISTURBING BECAUSE I KNEW WE’D BE HERE BECAUSE YOU COULD SEE THE WRITING ON THE WALL WHEN YOU WOULD JUST DRIVE OUT AND SEE EVERYONE JUST HAVING FUN AND DOING THE THINGS THAT THEY WANT WHO NORMALLY DOING BEFORE COVID-19. BUT WHAT I WILL TELL YOU IS THAT THE REASON WHY WE’RE HAVING THIS TYPE OF ISSUE IS BECAUSE OF WHAT’S CALLED COGNITIVE DISSONANCE. WE KNOW WHAT WE’RE SUPPOSED TO DO. WE JUST TIRED FOLKS WEARY, AND WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT IF WE WANT TO GET THROUGH THIS THIS VIRUS IS A CONSTANT IT IS NOT GOING AWAY AND THE THING THAT YOU REALLY HAVE TO WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND IS THAT THIS VIRUS IS CONSTANTLY LOOKING FOR YOU THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE VIRUS IS JOB IS TO INFECT YOU. SO WHAT WE HAVE TO ALWAYS WRAP OUR MINDS AROUND AS I IS THAT WE KNOW THAT THIS VIRUS IS GOING TO BE WORSE. WE KNOW THAT THE WINTERTIME IS COMING. REMEMBER MEMORIAL DAY REMEMBER FOURTH OF JULY THOSE NUMBERS WENT THROUGH THE ROOF AFTER THOSE OUTDOOR GATHERINGS. WHEN YOU START HAVING PEOPLE INDOORS AND THEN HAVING A THANKSGIVING. THINK ABOUT WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE GOING TO BE WHEN WE KNOW THAT OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS A LITTLE BIT SQUIRRELY DURING THE WINTER TIME ANYWAY, AND THERE’S FLEW RIGHT KNOCKING ON OUR DOOR. SO WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, IS THAT GET YOUR MIND, RIGHT? UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO WAY THE WAY THAT YOU WERE WHEN YOU WERE IN MARCH WHEN YOU WERE SCARED TO DEATH BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT YOU NEED TO BE RIGHT NOW. THAT’S OUR ISSUE AND WHEN I DON’T MEAN TO MAKE PEOPLE ALARM, BUT YOU SAW THE NUMBERS YOU SAW THE NUMBERS. ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE QUESTION ABOUT 30 SECONDS BEFORE WE LET YOU GO. LET’S TALK ABOUT SOME NEW TESTING THAT JUST CAME OUT TODAY. YES. SO BASICALLY WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TEST FOR FOR ANTIGENS. WE’VE BEEN ABLE TO TEST FOR VIRUS, BUT NOW WE CAN ACTUALLY TEST FOR NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES AND THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT THING BECAUSE THOSE ARE THE ANTIBODIES THAT YOU MAKE THAT THEORETICALLY COULD PROTECT YOU. WE’RE NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE ABOUT IT, BUT WE KNOW THAT IT IS A MUCH BETTER TEST FOR ANTIBODIES THAN THE ANTIBODY TEST WE HAVE NOW SO FOLKS, WE’RE NOT TRYING TO BE ALARMIST, BUT WE DO WANT YOU TO KNOW IS THAT WE WILL GET THIS BUT WE HAVE TO HUNKER DOWN AND GO BACK TO THE WAY WE WERE IN M
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Ask Dr. Hebert: Explaining the spike in COVID-19 cases
WDSU Medical Editor Dr. Corey Hebert stresses the mental impact of the pandemic amid rising cases.

WDSU Medical Editor Dr. Corey Hebert stresses the mental impact of the pandemic amid rising cases.

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