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ROB: THE GOVERNOR ALSO OUTLINES A PLAN TO ALLOW FOR DENTISTS, EYE DOCTORS, AND SOME ELECTIVE SURGERIES TO RETURN BY MAY 4. AND AS KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S ANDREW OZAKI REPORTS, SOME FOLKS IN SOME OF THOSE FIELDS WORRY ABOUT COMING BACK TOO SOON. ANDREW: SOME SAY ALLOWING BUSINESSES SUCH AS DENTAL OFFICES TO OPEN IN LESS THAN TWO WEEKS IS A LITTLE HARD TO SWALLOW. >> DENTAL PROVIDERS ARE ONE OF THE HIGHEST AT RISK PEOPLE FOR CONTRACTING THE VIRUS IN OUR WORKPLACE, AND I DON’T THAT -- I DON’T SEE THAT IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD BE OPEN IN PHASE ONE. ANDREW: TAMMY DUGAN IS A REGISTERED DENTAL HYGIENIST IN OMAHA. SHE IS CONCERNED NOT ONLY ABOUT HER SAFETY -- >> I KNOW THAT OUR OFFICE HAS TRIED TO GET N95 MASKS, AND THOSE ARE NOT AVAILABLE TO US. ANDREW: BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE PROTECTION OF PATIENTS BECAUSE OF ALL THE WATER AND AIR USED DURING A DENTAL PROCEDURE. SHE SAYS THAT CAN SPREAD THE VIRUS IN THE AIR. >> AND THERE’S NO WAY TO CLEAN THE AIR. WE CAN CLEAN THE SURFACES, BUT NOT THE AIR. ANDREW: GOVERNOR PETE RICKETTS SAID HE HAS FAITH THE DENTAL INDUSTRY WILL COME OUT WITH NEW BEST PRACTICES. GOV. RICKETTS: EVERYBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO THINK, THE WAY I DID THINGS BEFORE, IF I AM GOING TO OPEN UP, IS GOING TO HAVE TO BE DIFFERENT. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO MAKE CHANGES. >> JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE SAYING, WE ARE OPENING A VALVE, I THINK THAT IS WHAT WE WILL DO. ANDREW: OMAHA DENTIST, RICHARD MANNING, SAID HE WILL SCREEN, TAKE TEMPERATURE CHECKS, HAVE CLIENTS WAIT IN THEIR CARS UNTIL READY, AND EACH EXAM ROOM WILL BE THOROUGHLY CLEANED BETWEEN PATIENTS. >> THERE WILL BE A LITTLE BIT OF ANXIETY OPENING UP, BECAUSE SOME OF IT WILL BE, BUT I JUST FEEL -- WILL BE UNKNOWN, BUT I JUST FEEL CONFIDENT OF WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DOING. ANDREW: STILL, DUGAN BELIEVES THE RISKS ARE TOO GREAT. >> EVEN THE PRESIDENT HAS RECOMMENDED THAT PHASE ONE NOT START UNTIL THERE HAS BEEN A DECLINE FOR A TOTAL OF TWO WEEKS, AND WE’RE NOT EVEN THERE YET. ANDREW: ANDREW OZAKI, KETV NEWSWA

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Some health professionals are finding Gov. Pete Ricketts' plan to allow for dentists, eye doctors and elective surgeries to return May 4, a little hard to swallow. "Dental providers are like one of the highest at-risk people for contracting the virus in our workplace and I don't think that should be open phase one," said Tammy Dugan, a registered dental hygienist in Omaha."There are hygienists that are definitely afraid of coming back," Dugan said.She is concerned not only about her safety."I know that our office has tried to get N95 masks and those are not available to us." Dugan said. But she is more concerned about protecting her clients."It would be very disheartening to have one of my patients that I've had for six to seven years and catch the virus," Dugan said.She said the use of all the water and air during a dental procedure and that can spread the virus in the air. "And there's no way to clean the air. We can clean the surfaces but not the air," Dugan said.Ricketts defended his decision saying he has faith the dental industry will come out with new best practices."They are in the health care industry. This is kind of their expertise," Ricketts said."Everybody is going to have to think, the way I did things before, if I am going to open up, is going to have to be different. We're going to have to make changes," Ricketts said.Omaha dentist Richard Manning said they are waiting for those guidelines. "Just like everyone else saying, 'We're going to open that value slowly, so will we,'" Manning said.Manning said his office will screen clients, take temperature checks. Clients will wait in their cars until ready and each exam room will be thoroughly cleaned between patients."There will be a little bit of anxiety opening up because some of it will be but I just feel confident of what we're going to doing," said Manning.Dugan said it is still too big a risk too early. "Even the President has recommended that phase one not start until there has been a decline for a total of two weeks and we're not even there yet," Dugan said.Currently, dental offices can conduct emergency procedures. The governor's order would allow elective work and check-ups to resume.