How long will the crisis last?

What are the rules off social distancing and how can you tell if you were infected to answer the questions on everyone's mind?

Less transport with one of the most respected doctors in America, Dr Ezekiel Emanuel, also known as Dr Zeke.

I spoke to Dr Zeke from an empty studio in the virtual ghost town that is now New York.

It seems like we've been in this for a long time, but we actually probably just gotten started.

How How long do you suppose this is going to last months?

Not days.

I think people who have given schools and workers two weeks notice that's on that it's going to be much longer than two weeks.

Exactly how long?

Very hard to say.

If you look at China and you make an extrapolation, I would suggest Ah, mid May is what you ought to be keeping in mind.

The experts like yourself say this is the most critical period.

Why is it so critical?

And what are the implications?

If we did not close everything down?

We really have less than two weeks toe get this fully implemented.

If we don't do it before April 1st.

Really?

We're gonna have a very high peak of, you know, the total number of people getting it that the peak will be 10 million people getting covert 19 on potentially a 1,000,000 deaths.

If we get social distancing and put it in place and are very, very good about it, we can decrease that peak number of people getting it toe under a 1,000,000 we can reduce the number of deaths under 100,000.

So what you're saying, then, is if we're successful in the next two weeks, you're still looking at figures of under 100,000 which you would consider success.

Well, we're basically looking at doubling the number of people who die from influenza every year, and that would be a success.

Ironically enough, there is no cure.

So if you do get it, what can you do?

I mean, you're say you're so you have a picture, not to the point where you have to be hospitalized.

What do you do?

Stay at home.

Just that simple.

But tell me specifically about someone staying at home about about hydrating about what medications they can take.

It tell me exactly what people should do.

It's like having the flu during the winter.

Right?

You need to hydrate.

Well, you can take, um, you know, Ah, leave Or Advil or Ah, Tylenol.

Remember, if you sneeze or cough, do it in a tissue, do it in your elbow.

Don't spray it on other people around you.

Although it's very likely if you're in AA living situation with other people, they're going to get it, too.

And we thank Dr Zeke for sharing his expertise, all right?