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EXPERIENCE SHOWS THE ENORMOUS NEED FOR ALL OF US TO TAKE PROTECTIVE MEASURES. >> WHEN I WENT OUT THERE, I SAID WHAT IS THE BIG DEAL? YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE DIE OF FLU EVERY YEAR? DAVE: PART OF A FLORIDA STATE DISASTER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE TEAM, DR. JOHN MURRARY COUNTED HIMSELF A SKEPTIC WHEN SENT TO SAN DIEGO TO CARE FOR SICK CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS IN EARLY MARCH, TELLING HIS WIFE THE THREAT LEVEL WAS A TWO AND A HALF OUT OF 10. THAT CHANGED A WEEK LATER. >> AFTER BEING THERE A WEEK, I CALLED HER AND SAID THE THREAT IS 9.5, NOT 2.5. A LOT OF THE PEOPLE ON THE SHIP HAD FOLLOWED EVERY PROCEDURE, STAYED IN THEIR ROOM AND STILL GOT IT. IT’S A SLEEPER VIRUS, YOU GET IT, YOU WALK AROUND FOR TWO OR THREE DAYS WITH NO SYMPTOMS, GIVING IT TO OTHER PEOPLE. THAT’S UNLIKE EBOLA, THAT’S UNLIKE THE FLU DAVE: MURRARY SAYS THEY HAD PEOPLE COMING IN SEEMINGLY PERFECTLY HEALTHY AND WITHIN DAYS, THEY WERE IN INTENSIVE CARE. HE SHARED PHOTOS OF HIS EXPERIENCE, DECKED OUT IN PPE AND CARING FOR THE SICK. 38 PEOPLE THEY THOUGHT WERE FINE ENDED UP WITH THE VIRUS. ONE DIED. >> I WAS THERE, I SAW IT, I SAW FAMILIES RIPPED APART. DAVE: BUT THROUGH IT ALL, MURRAY BECAME A BELIEVER IN STAYING HOME, USING SOCIAL DISTANCING AND PERSONAL PROTECTION, USING THIS RAINBOW AS A SIGN. >> IF WE DO THIS, WE CAN GET TH

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A Seminole County doctor recently returned from San Diego after three weeks of treating sick cruise ship passengers.Dr. John Murray said his first-hand experience shows the enormous need for all of us to take protective measures.“When I went out there, I said ‘What's the big deal, this is flu, you know how many people die of flu every year?’” Murray said.Part of a Florida State Disaster Medical Assistance Team, Dr. Murray counted himself a skeptic when sent to San Diego to care for sick cruise ship passengers in early March, telling his wife the threat level was a 2.5 out of ten. He said that changed a week later.“After being there a week, I called her and said the threat is 9.5 not 2.5," Murray said.Dr. Murray points to COVID-19’s higher mortality rate and how easy it is to catch. “A lot of the people on the ship had followed every procedure, stayed in their room and still got it,” Murray said. “It's a sleeper virus, you get it, you walk around for two or three days with no symptoms, giving it to other people. That's unlike Ebola, that's unlike the flu.”Dr. Murray said they had people coming in, seemingly perfectly healthy and within days they were in intensive care.He shared photos of his experience showing himself decked out in personal protective equipment and caring for the sick. He said 38 people they thought were fine ended up with the virus and one person died.“I was there, I saw it, I saw families ripped apart,” Murray said.Through it all, Murray became a believer in staying home, using social distancing and personal protection.“If we do this, we can get through this and we will beat this,” Murray said.