March 18, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
“I have never seen anything like this”
Dr. Hugh Don Cripps, a 48 year family physician in DeKalb County, appeared on WJLE this morning (Wednesday) along with local pharmacist Susannah Cripps to help educate the community about COVID-19.
Click the link below to hear the entire WJLE Radio Interview with Dr. Hugh Don and Susannah Cripps.
https://www.wjle.com/corona-virus-interview/
“We are in an epidemic now (nationally). Instead of going from containment, which we have lost the opportunity to do, we are now trying to manage it because we can’t prevent it any longer”.
“I think it’s going to be a hard problem to resolve until we get a treatment, vaccine, or cure. I think we will probably have to go through two seasons before its gone. It will probably quiet down as most coronaviruses do in the summer months but I don’t think it will disappear. I think it will raise its ugly head again in the winter,” said Dr. Cripps.
So far no one locally has tested positive for the Coronavirus.
“We have done testing from our office and we are getting them back in about four days. So far every test we have done has been negative. I think we have tested seven or eight. If a person is tested positive they should immediately be quarantined and if you have been in contact with them but were not wearing protective gear at the time you too should be quarantined,” said Dr. Cripps.
Click the link below to hear the entire WJLE Radio Interview with Dr. Hugh Don and Susannah Cripps.
https://www.wjle.com/corona-virus-interview/