CLUB RESORT AND BOARD WALK INN
ARE CLOSED WITHOUT TARGETED RE-
OPENING DATE.
WE ARE SEEING OUT HAPPENING
ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES, NOW COMES
THE CONCERNS THAT ONCE K-12
RETURN, COVID NUMBERS WILL
SPIKE.
HOW ABOUT AN OPTIMISTIC POINT
OF VIEW?
THAT'S WHAT JOHN SHUMWAY HAS
FOR US.
WE NEED A LITTLE BIT OF GLASS
HALF FULL.
IT'S COMING FROM A MEDICAL
EXPERT.
IN FACT, THE TIMELINE OF COVID-
19 HAS TAKEN US FURTHER THAN
ANY OF US ANTICIPATED OR WANTED
IT TO GO.
ARE WE HITTING THE RESET RIGHT
NOW?
THIS STARTED WITH SCHOOLS
RECONVENING.
NOT NECESSARILY, SAYS DR. DAVID
AGUS, CBS CONTRIBUTOR AND A
PROFESSOR OF MEDICAL
ENGINEERING AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WE KNOW HOW TO STOP THE
SPREAD.
WE CAN GO BACK TO A NEW WAY OF
LIFE IF WE DO THAT, SOCIAL
DISTANCING AND WEARING A MASK.
VACCINES AND TREATMENTS ARE THE
NEXT LEVEL WILL ENABLE US TO
DEMASK.
WE CAN GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND
SOME BUSINESS LIFE AND OPEN OUR
ECONOMY IF WE DO IT RIGHT.
THE DATA ARE THERE, WE KNOW
WHAT TO DO, JUST GETTING PEOPLE
TO DO THAT IS DIFFICULT BECAUSE
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN
POLITICIZED.
WHAT WOULD BE THE POSITIVITY
RATE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE
BEFORE YOU WOULD SAY, SEND THE
KIDS BACK IN?
SINGLE DIGITS AND TRENDING
DOWNWARDS MAKE SENSE TO START
TO DO IN-PERSONS.
WE HAVE TO DEVELOP PRACTICES
FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT.
ISN'T THERE A PREVAILING
THOUGHT AS YOU BRING THE KIDS
BACK TOGETHER, YOU ARE GOING TO
SEE A SPIKE?
YOU CAN SEE A SPIKE IF KIDS
INTERACT THE WAY KIDS USED TO
INTERACT, GETTING TOGETHER AT
CLOSE DISTANCES AND PLAYING
TOGETHER, ET CETERA.
IF YOU WEAR MASKS AND SEPARATE
THE KIDS AND EDUCATE THEM.
WE WANT TO BE IN SCHOOL.
THIS IS THE WAY WE DO IT.
THIS VIRUS IS SPREAD BY
DROPLETS.
YOU BLOCK THOSE DROPLETS WITH A
MASK, YOU WILL NOT GET VIRUS
SPREAD.
DR. AGUS SAYS IF STUDENTS
AND STAFF WEAR THE MASKS AND
STAY DISTANCED AND THE AREA HAS
A LOW CASE POSITIVITY RATE, HE
BELIEVES IT IS SAFE TO RETURN
TO IN-PERSON CLASSES.
THE VACCINE IS GOING TO BE A
GAME CHANGER, SO I PUT HIM ON
THE SPOT AND SAID OKAY, GIVE ME
A TIMELINE, HOW SOON AM I GOING
TO ABLE TO GET SHOT, DOC?
HE LAID IT OUT PRETTY WELL, WE
WILL TALK ABOUT THAT COMING UP
IN NEXT HALF HOUR.
I LOVE SEEING DR. AGUS
