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  • - We all know that the healthcare system is under

  • an immense amount of pressure right now,

  • so I'm about to talk to one of the many New York City

  • doctors who's fighting this crisis to find out

  • what we at home can do to help.

  • (bell dings)

  • Oh, hey Doctor Mike.

  • - How goes it?

  • Dr. Mike here, ready to answer some questions.

  • - Wow, you look like a TV doctor or something,

  • but you're a real doctor.

  • - Legitimate, board certified family medicine physician.

  • - Wow, wow. Okay, he's not just an everyday doctor.

  • Dr. Mike was also the 'Sexiest doctor alive'

  • according to People Magazine,

  • but I'm a professional so that won't be an issue.

  • (easy listening music)

  • Sorry, I've just been quarantined for many many days.

  • How does it feel to be a doctor right now?

  • - Well, it's scary times

  • 'cause we're facing equipment shortages

  • and we wanna take care of ourselves and our patients,

  • but we also need to understand

  • that we're taking a huge risk being on the front lines.

  • - So just to be clear, we need to adhere

  • to social distancing even if we are young and attractive,

  • is that right?

  • - Yes, that's really how it should stay

  • because you want to be socially distancing yourself

  • from others in order to flatten the curve

  • to decrease the demand

  • that's being put on hospitals nowadays.

  • - If you have to leave your house

  • and you have to go on some sort of run for food or medicine,

  • how close is too close?

  • - Ideally you'd want to keep six feet away from anyone

  • that you're not familiar with.

  • - Would this be too close?

  • - In my professional medical opinion

  • I would say that's too close.

  • So six feet, and washing your hands.

  • - Is this too close?

  • - That would be too close.

  • - (whispers) Too close.

  • - I mean someone that you live at home with,

  • totally different story.

  • - I'm not quarantined with anybody at home,

  • it's really just me.

  • - Nice.

  • (child speaking)

  • There is a child?

  • - Sorry, it's my super,

  • he's doing a quick repair on the refrigerator.

  • - Sounds young for a super.

  • - He's a grown man but he's very small, very small,

  • 'cause we have a mini fridge.

  • - That's not an adult.

  • - Yeah, you know, Dr. Mike,

  • we're all pretty freaked out about this.

  • How bad do you think it's gonna get?

  • - Well, my slogan here is, "Alert, not anxious."

  • Without getting emotional about it,

  • you're able to make better decisions.

  • - I'm glad you brought that up,

  • I would love to talk about my feelings

  • for a little bit with you,

  • and I'd love to hear about your feelings.

  • Right now I'm feeling alone,

  • would love to have someone to sit next to

  • and crack open a bottle of wine.

  • What are you feeling, Doc?

  • - I do want to warn you that drinking too much alcohol

  • actually impairs certain cells of your immune system

  • from fighting off viruses and bacterias.

  • So if you're gonna be having a glass of wine,

  • make sure it's just that, a glass of wine a night.

  • - What about one glass of each type of wine,

  • like you could do one red, one white, one rose,

  • a little champagne.

  • - I think you're just adding more alcohol

  • and that could be even described as binge drinking.

  • - Well, agree to disagree, but either way,

  • thank you Dr. Mike, for taking the time to speak with us,

  • and thank you to all the healthcare workers out there

  • putting yourselves on the front lines.

  • - Of course, it's my job.

  • - [Child] I have to go poo.

  • - You have to go poo?

  • I got it.

  • Sorry, my super has to go poo, so I gotta,

  • I gotta go.

  • All right, thank you Dr. Mike.

  • Um, yeah.

  • - [Child] I have to go poo.

  • - Okay, I'm coming, I'm coming.

- We all know that the healthcare system is under

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