(Le Mars) — A physician at Floyd Valley Healthcare wants to make certain people know the facts as they relate to the spread of the COVID-19, coronavirus. Dr. Steven Meis has been a medical physician in Le Mars for 27 years. Meis says we don’t need to panic, but we do need to be aware, concerned, and cautious of the wide spread virus.
Meis says the other consideration we all need to remember is the coronavirus can mutate and multiply fairly quickly.
Meis says the medical industry is hoping to slow down the rate of exposure and positive cases in Iowa, by having schools, offices, businesses, and other entities being shut down.
The Floyd Valley physician says he hopes the rate of contamination can be maintained at a fairly level pace.
KLEM will feature additional comments from Dr. Meis as he discusses the facts about coronavirus.
Part 2
(Le Mars) — We continue today with our conversation with Dr. Steven Meis of Floyd Valley Healthcare regarding the spread of COVID-19, or coronavirus.
Dr. Meis has been a physician for 27 years. Many people may recall a few years ago we had the H1N1 or known as the “swine flu” that had spread across the world. Meis was asked why we are taking extreme precautions against the COVID-19 when we didn’t shut down schools, businesses, and offices during the
spread of H1N1.
Meis says a similar situation that health officials dealt with a few years ago was with the SARS virus, that also originated from China.
Dr. Meis says a similar situation with how the world reacted to the spread of a disease maybe back during the World War I era with the spread of the Spanish Flu.
The Floyd Valley physician believes the COVID-19 coronavirus will disappear, but he says it may be into the summer months before the danger of contamination is significantly reduced. However, he says there are signs the virus is diminishing in China, where the virus originated.
In our part three segment with Dr. Steven Meis, he will explain why it may take a while to create a vaccine against COVID-19.
Part 3
(Le Mars) — We conclude our conversation with Dr. Steven Meis of Floyd Valley Healthcare about the COVID-19 coronavirus during this part three of the series. Meis says the medical community has a limited number of available tests to detect the presence of the COVID-19 coronavirus.
Meis, a 27-year physician with Floyd Valley Healthcare, says since COVID-19 is a new virus, the medical community doesn’t know a lot about the virus. He says if you contract a cold or influenza…stay home.
People may wonder why pharmaceutical companies have not been able to create a vaccine for the COVID-19 coronavirus. Meis explains, it takes a long time and much testing, before a proven vaccine can be introduced to the public.
Meis says it isn’t just the time to create the vaccine, but also the time it takes to create the mass volumes of vaccines to be readily available to the public.
Most people may know this strain of coronavirus began in China, but The Floyd Valley doctor says many people may not realize how it started?
For additional information about the COVID-19 coronavirus, people can go to the Centers for Disease Control website at
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/index.html or visit the Iowa Department of Public Health website at https://idph.iowa.gov/
