OVERNIGHT.
(STEPHANIE)
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
WORRIED THAT WE
COULD SEE ANOTHER
SPIKE IN CASES AFTER
THE LABOR DAY
WEEKEND.
WE SAW IT AFTER THE
OTHER SUMMER
HOLIDAYS.
I SPOKE WITH WITH DR.
TODD WAGNER FROM
THE WESTERN
TIDEWATER HEALTH
DISTRICT ABOUT SOME
SAFE WAYS TO
CELEBRATE.
BEACH BASHES AND
BACKYARD BAR-B-QS
ARE THE HALLMARK OF
THE HOLIDAY
WEEKEND.
CLARENCE THOMPKINS
/DAD
LAST LABOR DAY
WEEKEND WASN'T
COVID WE DEFINITELY
DID GO TO THE BEACH
:41
BUT THIS YEAR --
CLARENCE THOMPKINS
AND HIS KIDS ARE
GOING TO PARTY COVID
STYLE.
(NATS KIDS THROWING
UP MULCH- DAD GIGGLE
)
CLARENCE THOMPKINS
/DAD
17:53:19 I'M PROBABLY
JUST DOING THIS, YOU
KNOW TAKING THEM
OUT -- GO TO THE PARK
GET SOME FRESH AIR
:25
THAT IS PRECISELY
WHAT DR. TODD
WAGNER WOULD
PRESCRIBE.
DR. TODD
WAGNER/HEALTH
DIRECTOR, VDH
WESTERN TIDEWATER
HEALTH DISTRICT
12:37:58 "IF IT CAN BE
POSTPONED UNTIL
THINGS ARE IN A
BETTER SITUATION
UNTIL THERE'S LESS
COMMUNITY SPREAD I
WOULD EVEN
INCENTIVIZE PEOPLE TO
DO THAT :06
THAT'S BECAUSE OF
THIS -- THE CURVE OF
COVID CASES THAT
WENT UP AFTER THE
MEMORIAL DAY AND
FOURTH OF JULY
HOLIDAYS.
DR. WAGNER SAYS HE
KNOWS PEOPLE ARE
TIRED OF THE MASKS
AND SOCIAL
DISTANCING -
AND WHILE THE DEATH
RATE FROM COVID IS
VERY LOW IN VIRGINIA--
AROUND 2% HE INSISTS
DR. TODD
WAGNER/HEALTH
DIRECTOR, VDH
WESTERN TIDEWATER
HEALTH DISTRICT
12:33:14 WE REALLY
NEED TO STAY THE
COURSE NOW MORE
THAN EVER :16
THE MORE SPACE THE
BETTER HE SAYS -- SO A
BEACH DAY WOULD BE
BETTER THAN A PARTY
ON YOUR PATIO.
DR. TODD
WAGNER/HEALTH
DIRECTOR, VDH
WESTERN TIDEWATER
HEALTH DISTRICT
12:34:05 WE ALL KIND
OF FALL BACK INTO
THAT SENSE OF THESE
ARE PEOPLE THAT I
KNOW SURELY THEY
CAN'T BE SICK OR
INFECTED BUT THEY
CERTAINLY COULD BE
:17
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT
WHAT MANY PEOPLE
WANT TO HEAR, BUT
FOR THOSE LIKE
CLARENCE THOMPKINS
WHO PREFER TO GO IT
ALONE...
CLARENCE THOMPKINS
/DAD
17:54:01 (LAUGHS) YES
(LAUGHS) I DIDN'T HAVE
TO CHANGE ANYTHING
:05
----
(
(STEPHANIE)
IF YOU DO HAVE
PEOPLE OVER DR.
WAGNER ADVISES
PEOPLE WEAR MASKS.
HE SAYS IT MAY SEEM
STRANGE BUT THIS IS A
STRANGE TIME WE ARE
LIVING IN AND IT CALLS
FOR MEASURES LIKE
THAT.
