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- Hello Fort Campbell,
Dr. Troy Prairie here.

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Today were gonna talk a little bit about

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what's gonna happen if you
get a positive result back.

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We've got a number of tests that are out.

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First thing that's gonna happen

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is you're gonna get a phone call from one

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of our triage nurses to tell
you about your positive result.

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We're only calling folks
between 7 a.m. and 10 p.m.

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We're not calling in
the middle of the night.

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So if we do happen to get results back

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at three in the morning, for instance,

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we'll call you first thing in
the morning and talk through.

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That's number one.

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Number two is we wanna
know, and most importantly,

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how are you doing?

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How are your symptoms?

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Are you recovering?

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Are you still struggling
with the disease process?

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We're gonna ask you a series
of questions about temperature,

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about your respiratory symptoms.

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How are you feeling?

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Any shortness of breath?

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Those types of questions.

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Based on how you answer it,

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the vast majority of folks,

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upwards of 90 percent or higher,

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we believe are gonna be able
to manage this disease at home

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without needing further evaluation.

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So we're gonna ask you.

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We're gonna continue to
call you every 48 hours,

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which is our standard protocol right now.

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We're gonna ask you to stay at home,

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continue to isolate,

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continue to take care of yourself.

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And then again, we'll be calling
you and checking up on you.

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If at any point in time
you feel like your symptoms

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are deteriorating and that
you need to be evaluated,

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we'll have a phone number for you.

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You can call anytime
between 6 a.m. and 9 p.m.

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to talk to one of our triage nurses

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by calling the appointment line

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and being redirected to that COVID clinic,

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and we'll get you right
back in to be evaluated.

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Now, when are you gonna be released?

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When are you considered better?

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You've got a positive result.

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Well, the Center for Disease
Control, or CDC, tells us that

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if day zero is the day
you first get symptoms,

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that's what we define as day zero,

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we calculate seven days.

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You have to stay in isolation

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if you've got a positive result

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for a minimum of seven days
and the last three days need

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to be what we call
relatively asymptomatic.

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And what I mean by that is
symptoms pretty much resolve.

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We don't want you to have a fever or need

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to take fever-lowering
medication to get rid of a fever,

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so no fever for 72 hours.

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And then most of your respiratory symptoms

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should be improving.

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You will in many cases
have a residual cough.

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A lot of people after they
have a respiratory infection

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will continue to cough,

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and that's 'cause you've still
got sputum or phlegm inside,

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and that causes bronchospasm.

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So a little bit of a cough is okay,

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but if most of your other
symptoms have resolved

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for 72 hours and it's
been at least seven days,

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then on that last phone call that you get

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from our triage folks,
we'll talk through that,

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and we'll give you
reassurance at that point

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that you're released or
what we called recovered.

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You'll be cleared as a recovered patient,

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and you'll be sort of if
you're a soldier released

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to go back to work, everyone else advised

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that it's now safe to go back to work.

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I hope that's helpful.

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Together we can beat COVID.

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Thank you very much.

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