COVID-19 Fact Or Fiction? Jets QB Gets Answers From NJ Doctor

MORRISTOWN, NJ - New York Jets Quarterback Sam Darnold showed he may have a broadcasting career in his future when he turned to Chief Medical and Academic Officer for Atlantic Health System, Jan Schwarz-Miller to separate fact from fiction when it comes to COVID-19.

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Responding to Darnold's questions, Schwarz-Miller discussed the difficulty in fighting this 'chameleon virus" due to how quickly it spreads and how different each patient presents to clinicians.

Schwarz-Miller said that some patients are walking around infected and symptom free while others have had much more serious reactions.

"When we first heard about this virus coming out of China we thought is predominately effected the lungs but now we are finding it effects the kidneys, it affects the heart, it affects the nervous system," she said.

Schwarz-Miller also said that while there are many devastating cases in the elderly population the people with preexisting conditions, they have seen young, healthy people in the fight for their lives as well.

The pair also discussed what people should be doing daily to help spread the stem of the virus and what people should expect for the summer as people start returning to work.

You can see the complete 21 minute video below:

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