1 00:00:00,367 --> 00:00:00,867 VICKI NGUYEN. 2 00:00:00,867 --> 00:00:03,136 YOU'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THE VIRUS AND HOW TO KEEP YOUR 3 00:00:03,136 --> 00:00:05,238 FAMILY SAFE. WE'RE GOING TO ANSWER SOME 4 00:00:05,238 --> 00:00:07,007 QUESTIONS. DR. OZ WILL GET US STARTED. 5 00:00:07,007 --> 00:00:09,075 HOW TO PROTECT OLDER FAMILY MEMBERS. 6 00:00:09,075 --> 00:00:11,611 THAT'S THE AGE GROUP MOST AT RISK. 7 00:00:11,611 --> 00:00:14,614 WHAT AGE SPECIFICALLY? DO WE KNOW? 8 00:00:14,614 --> 00:00:18,318 >> LET'S MAKE 60 THE CUTOFF. FROM THE CHINESE CDC, IT DOUBLES 9 00:00:18,318 --> 00:00:22,255 IN MORTALITY EVERY DECADE AFTER 60. 10 00:00:22,255 --> 00:00:27,293 4% CHANCE FOR DAYS, 60-69. 8% IN THE 70s. 11 00:00:27,293 --> 00:00:32,198 OVER THE AGE OF 80, IT'S 15% CHANCE OF DYING. 12 00:00:32,198 --> 00:00:34,167 FOLKS SHOULDN'T PANIC IF YOU'RE YOUNG AND HEALTHY. 13 00:00:34,167 --> 00:00:37,070 UNDER THE AGE OF 10, NO DEATHS IN THAT AGE GROUP. 14 00:00:37,070 --> 00:00:39,973 OVER 60, YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING CONCERN. 15 00:00:39,973 --> 00:00:43,410 THAT'S BECAUSE OF RISK FACTORS. >> WHAT ARE THE RISK FACTORS, 16 00:00:43,410 --> 00:00:49,749 OTHER THAN AGE? >> CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE. 17 00:00:49,749 --> 00:00:53,319 CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE. 18 00:00:53,319 --> 00:00:55,121 HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES AND CANCER. 19 00:00:55,121 --> 00:00:58,858 THESE ARE PREVALENT IN LARGE PERCENTAGES OF THE U.S. 20 00:00:58,858 --> 00:01:01,294 POPULATION. IF YOU HAVE THE RISK FACTORS, 21 00:01:01,294 --> 00:01:05,131 ESPECIALLY IF YOU'RE A SMOKER, IT'S A GOOD EXCUSE TO STOP 22 00:01:05,131 --> 00:01:10,270 SMOKING AND VAPING. >> WHAT ARE THE EXTRA 23 00:01:10,270 --> 00:01:11,471 PRECAUTIONS THAT OLDER PEOPLE SHOULD BE TAKING? 24 00:01:11,471 --> 00:01:13,807 >> IF I WAS YOUNGER, I WOULD TRAVEL. 25 00:01:13,807 --> 00:01:16,876 IF I WAS OLDER, I WOULDN'T. >> 60 OR OLDER? 26 00:01:16,876 --> 00:01:21,715 >> 60 OR OLDER. A 1% MORTALITY IF YOU'RE 50 AND 27 00:01:21,715 --> 00:01:23,450 OLDER. UNDER 50, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO. 28 00:01:23,450 --> 00:01:27,787 I LIKE THE ARM'S LENGTH RULE. YOU'RE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. 29 00:01:27,787 --> 00:01:31,157 YOU'RE PLAYING BINGO AT A SPORTING EVENT AND YOU CAN'T BE 30 00:01:31,157 --> 00:01:34,661 AN ARM'S LENGTH FROM THE PERSON NEXT TO YOU, IF YOU DON'T KNOW 31 00:01:34,661 --> 00:01:37,397 WHO WAS THERE, WHY TAKE A CHANCE? 32 00:01:37,397 --> 00:01:40,266 >> LET'S TALK ABOUT SCHOOLS. SCHOOLS HAVE MADE A DECISION TO 33 00:01:40,266 --> 00:01:42,736 SHUT DOWN. SOME OUT OF ABUNDANCE OF 34 00:01:42,736 --> 00:01:46,139 CAUTION, OTHERS TO CLEAN. IF YOU ARE A PARENT AND YOU'VE 35 00:01:46,139 --> 00:01:50,410 GOT A KID, AND THEY'RE HEALTHY, FROM A CLOSED SCHOOL, WHAT'S THE 36 00:01:50,410 --> 00:01:52,145 CONCERN THERE? WHAT'S THE RISK THERE? 37 00:01:52,145 --> 00:01:53,847 >> I'M NOT WORRIED ABOUT THE KIDS. 38 00:01:53,847 --> 00:01:56,816 THE MORTALITY RATES IS ZERO UNDER AGE 10. 39 00:01:56,816 --> 00:01:59,652 I DON'T WANT THEM EXPOSING THEMSELVES TO GRANDMA. 40 00:01:59,652 --> 00:02:02,455 THESE ARE THE SYMPTOMS YOU WANT TO LOOK FOR. 41 00:02:02,455 --> 00:02:07,093 NUMBER ONE SYMPTOM, EVERYONE THAT HAS CORONAVIRUS IS A FEVER. 42 00:02:07,093 --> 00:02:11,531 YOU WILL GET A DRY COUGH. AND YOU'LL GET DIARRHEA OR OTHER 43 00:02:11,531 --> 00:02:15,235 SYMPTOMS AND NAUSEA WITH THAT. >> YOU GET ALL OF THESE? 44 00:02:15,235 --> 00:02:16,970 >> NO. FEVERSAY, 45 00:02:16,970 --> 00:02:20,573 DOMESTIC TRAVEL IS OKAY. >> VICKI NGUYEN, GREAT 46 00:02:20,573 --> 00:02:21,708 INFORMATION. CRAIG, BACK TO YOU. 47 00:02:21,708 --> 00:02:26,312 >> I WANT TO CLEAR UP SOMETHING. WE WERE TALKING ABOUT FOLKS, 60 48 00:02:26,312 --> 00:02:28,882 OR OLDER. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE VERY 49 00:02:28,882 --> 00:02:30,383 CLEAR. ARE YOU SAYING THEY SHOULD NOT 50 00:02:30,383 --> 00:02:32,886 TRAVEL OR ONLY IF THEY HAVE CERTAIN RISK FACTORS? 51 00:02:32,886 --> 00:02:38,091 >> THE DATA I GAVE YOU WAS FROM THE CHINESE CDC. 52 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:40,226 THAT'S THE RISK OF DYING TO GET THE CORONAVIRUS. 53 00:02:40,226 --> 00:02:43,563 IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RISK FACTORS, YOU DON'T HAVE THE BIG 54 00:02:43,563 --> 00:02:46,099 RISKS. I WOULD PULL BACK IF I HAVE 55 00:02:46,099 --> 00:02:49,336 CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE OR AN AUTOIMMUNE PROBLEM.