Q: Have you discussed banning crowds of more than 250 people?



A: That's part of our planning process right now... We're looking at evaluating those things in the future. At this time we are not doing any of those types of actions.

Q: Are you encouraging people to still go out to bars & restaurants, or should they stay home?



A: We're encouraging people to just live your normal life. Like I said, the majority of people who do get this disease are going to be able to stay home and let it ride its course, and you'll get over it and be healthy. We don't want to discourage people from living their normal lives or affecting any of the businesses that are here in Hays county.

A2: I would say that some of the changes to that perspective would be that the new normal is, wash your hands, social distancing techniques such as elbow bumps, fist bumps, you know this is what we're doing on a regular basis in our community... Use those best practices, washing hands, utilizing sanitizer when we best need to. I think that's something that we're very hypervigilant of, but we would also promote it, and we want to be good stewards, and good examples of doing it, with fist bumping all the time.

Q: Do you know the exact number of cases that have been tested for the virus?



A: I don't know the exact number. This past week, the commercial labs were finally able to start testing. All testing has been done through the state labs, but now commercial labs can do it, that's why regular providers can order this test now.



I do want to tell people, if you do not have any symptoms, if you don't have a fever, if you don't have a cough, getting tested does absolutely nothing, you will come back negative. Typically you cannot test positive for this test until you've had a fever for about 48 hours.



So the random questions I keep getting from people, 'Should I go get tested because I think I was exposed?' the answer is no.



We don't need people showing up wanting to get tested for COVID-19 just because they think they were exposed.



You need to develop symptoms, and like I said, the majority are going to be a mild fever and a cough, you'll be able to stay home, you'll be able to get over it.



Q: What's considered a fever spike?



A: Typically with this, they're saying 100.4 is where the fever is spiked now. If you see a fever that's obviously higher than that, we want you to seek medical care. Like I said, there is no magic cure, there is no pill for this, so they're going to provide you with pain reliever, tylenol, advil or something along those lines to help reduce your fever, and then send you home. That's what most medical providers will be doing.