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He spent seven hours slouched over a toilet vomiting until he dry heaved painfully. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“So I started to panic,” he says. “I was freaking out.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">It started to register that this could be COVID19, but it was hard to believe, because he had heard over and over that people his age are not generally at risk. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Eventually, Finnerty’s mother begged him to go to the hospital. He was diagnosed with mild pneumonia in one lung. A nurse collected a sample to test for COVID19 and urged him to self-quarantine. He was discharged with a bottle of antibiotics. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Two days later, Finnerty raced back to the emergency room. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“He looked like he wanted to jump out of his skin, clearly afraid of what was going on,” says Dr. Terry O’Connor, an emergency room physician at St. Luke’s Wood River Medical Center. “This does not look like anything else you’ve really seen before.”\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Nurses ordered morphine to relieve Finnerty’s pain. Further testing revealed pneumonia in \u003cem>both\u003c/em> lungs. 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"content": "\u003cp>With coronavirus testing still limited in California, epidemiologists say the best way to track the spread of the virus and its potential impact on the health care system is to watch what’s happening at the state’s hospitals: how many COVID-19 patients are being admitted and how many are under treatment in intensive care units.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But counties around the Bay Area have been slow to publicly release that information, if they release it at all. And most health care providers aren’t disclosing data, in some cases citing patient privacy rules.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re not getting hospitalizations consistently from all the counties,” said Steven Goodman, an epidemiologist at Stanford University.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The data the counties all release on a daily basis — featuring updated numbers of confirmed coronavirus cases — is skewed because of the inconsistent nature of testing for the disease, he says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The total case numbers “should be almost completely ignored, because it is so dependent on the availability of testing, which is increasing every day, and the highly variable criteria used for testing,” Goodman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more reliable numbers, aside from the number of deaths, are how many people get sick enough to be in the hospital and in the ICU,” he said. “That’s what we need to know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If epidemiologists have a clear hospitalization rate, they can predict how many people may eventually die from this coronavirus and estimate how many beds a hospital system will need as the virus spreads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So as long as people aren’t being turned away, we must focus on hospitalizations and ICU cases,” Goodman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under pressure from public health experts and the media, the state has begun releasing some overall numbers on the number of patients admitted to hospitals with COVID-19. As of Tuesday, the California Department of Public Health said the statewide count stood at 1,617 hospitalizations for the disease, including 657 patients being treated in ICUs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state says another 3,400 patients have been admitted with suspected COVID-19 symptoms, with 600 or so in that group also in ICUs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom began mentioning specific hospitalization numbers last weekend. But that was well after other jurisdictions experiencing major outbreaks, like \u003ca href=\"https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York City\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://ldh.la.gov/Coronavirus/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Louisiana\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/96dd742462124fa0b38ddedb9b25e429\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida\u003c/a> began posting detailed data on testing and hospitalizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the Bay Area has led the nation in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1957877/live-updates-coronavirus-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area#0331lockdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adopting aggressive social distancing measures\u003c/a>, detailed information on hospitalizations in the region is relatively scarce:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Alameda County\u003c/strong>: Does not report hospitalizations related to COVID-19.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County\u003c/strong>: 23 hospitalizations related to COVID-19 as of March 30.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Contra Costa County COVID-19 Numbers\" aria-label=\"Interactive line chart\" src=\"//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/PSBq2/1/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Marin County\u003c/strong>: 14 hospitalizations related to COVID-19 as of March 30.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa County\u003c/strong>: Does not report hospitalizations related to COVID-19.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>San Mateo County\u003c/strong>: Does not report hospitalizations related to COVID-19.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara County\u003c/strong>: 152 hospitalizations as of March 31.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santa Clara County's COVID-19 Numbers\" aria-label=\"Interactive line chart\" src=\"//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/nWiWL/4/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>San Francisco County\u003c/strong>: 58 hospitalizations related to COVID-19 as of March 30.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Sonoma County\u003c/strong>: 17 hospitalizations related to COVID-19 as of March 31.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Solano County\u003c/strong>:13 hospitalizations related to COVID-19 as of March 31.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Call for More and Better Data\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public health experts and reporters are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101876720/some-public-health-experts-call-for-more-transparency-for-coronavirus-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">calling\u003c/a> for more transparency around the state’s coronavirus data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a response to a reporter’s question Monday about why the state health department is not providing county hospitalization totals, Newsom said: “We will provide that information. We will make sure you get it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some places will report the latest hospital numbers when it’s requested, including San Francisco and Contra Costa counties. Other jurisdictions have begun to push their data through online dashboards, including Sonoma, Marin and Solano counties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While some counties have released data, it’s not enough to paint a clear picture of what is happening at hospitals around the Bay Area.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Making the picture harder to interpret, some counties, like Solano a report their total number of hospitalizations over the course of the pandemic, while Contra Costa and other counties track the daily total. Other places aren’t reporting hospitalizations at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t have the capacity to extract information and provide to the media or the public,” said Preston Merchant, public information officer with San Mateo County.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Santa Clara, the hardest hit county in the Bay Area, was \u003ca href=\"https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/24/coronavirus-when-will-bay-area-hospitals-see-surge-in-patients/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posting\u003c/a> daily public hospitalization numbers, but stopped doing that last week after introducing a streamlined \u003ca href=\"https://www.sccgov.org/sites/phd/DiseaseInformation/novel-coronavirus/Pages/home.aspx?utm_campaign=coronavirus&utm_source=scchomepage&utm_medium=banner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">data dashboard\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>County health officials said in an emailed statement that they “know the public is interested in receiving up-to-date information regarding hospital utilization and capacity in anticipation for the surge in COVID-19 cases. We are working to provide that information as quickly as possible. We plan to release additional elements of our data dashboard in the coming days.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In contrast to Bay Area counties, Southern California jurisdictions have been posting daily updates on the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19. On Tuesday, for instance, Los Angeles County \u003ca href=\"http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/media/Coronavirus/locations.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported\u003c/a> a total of 594 hospitalizations to date — up from 160 on March 25.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Similarly, \u003ca href=\"https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/content/sdc/hhsa/programs/phs/community_epidemiology/dc/2019-nCoV/status.html#Table\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">San Diego\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/coronavirus-in-oc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orange\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"https://www.vcemergency.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ventura\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://publichealthsbc.org/status-reports/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Santa Barbara\u003c/a> counties are all posting patient numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some health care providers say they won’t provide data on the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations they’re seeing, citing patient privacy laws.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sutter Health spokeswoman Angie Sheets said the company cannot release such data “out of respect for patient and employee privacy.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even in times of emergency, HIPAA (a federal health care law) still applies, and it is our duty to protect patient, staff and clinician privacy,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Kaiser Permanente, which operates more Northern California’s biggest hospital network, also declined to report its coronavirus patient numbers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But according to internal Kaiser information obtained by NPR, as of Monday evening, 184 coronavirus patients were hospitalized in Kaiser’s Northern California hospitals. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The more reliable numbers, aside from the number of deaths, are how many people get sick enough to be in the hospital and in the ICU,” he said. “That’s what we need to know.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If epidemiologists have a clear hospitalization rate, they can predict how many people may eventually die from this coronavirus and estimate how many beds a hospital system will need as the virus spreads.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“So as long as people aren’t being turned away, we must focus on hospitalizations and ICU cases,” Goodman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under pressure from public health experts and the media, the state has begun releasing some overall numbers on the number of patients admitted to hospitals with COVID-19. As of Tuesday, the California Department of Public Health said the statewide count stood at 1,617 hospitalizations for the disease, including 657 patients being treated in ICUs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state says another 3,400 patients have been admitted with suspected COVID-19 symptoms, with 600 or so in that group also in ICUs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom began mentioning specific hospitalization numbers last weekend. But that was well after other jurisdictions experiencing major outbreaks, like \u003ca href=\"https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-data.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">New York City\u003c/a>, \u003ca href=\"http://ldh.la.gov/Coronavirus/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Louisiana\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/96dd742462124fa0b38ddedb9b25e429\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Florida\u003c/a> began posting detailed data on testing and hospitalizations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although the Bay Area has led the nation in \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1957877/live-updates-coronavirus-in-the-san-francisco-bay-area#0331lockdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">adopting aggressive social distancing measures\u003c/a>, detailed information on hospitalizations in the region is relatively scarce:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Alameda County\u003c/strong>: Does not report hospitalizations related to COVID-19.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Contra Costa County\u003c/strong>: 23 hospitalizations related to COVID-19 as of March 30.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Contra Costa County COVID-19 Numbers\" aria-label=\"Interactive line chart\" src=\"//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/PSBq2/1/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Marin County\u003c/strong>: 14 hospitalizations related to COVID-19 as of March 30.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Napa County\u003c/strong>: Does not report hospitalizations related to COVID-19.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>San Mateo County\u003c/strong>: Does not report hospitalizations related to COVID-19.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Santa Clara County\u003c/strong>: 152 hospitalizations as of March 31.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Santa Clara County's COVID-19 Numbers\" aria-label=\"Interactive line chart\" src=\"//datawrapper.dwcdn.net/nWiWL/4/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"600\" height=\"500\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>San Francisco County\u003c/strong>: 58 hospitalizations related to COVID-19 as of March 30.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Sonoma County\u003c/strong>: 17 hospitalizations related to COVID-19 as of March 31.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>\u003cstrong>Solano County\u003c/strong>:13 hospitalizations related to COVID-19 as of March 31.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>A Call for More and Better Data\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Public health experts and reporters are \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101876720/some-public-health-experts-call-for-more-transparency-for-coronavirus-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">calling\u003c/a> for more transparency around the state’s coronavirus data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a response to a reporter’s question Monday about why the state health department is not providing county hospitalization totals, Newsom said: “We will provide that information. 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In written communication, Kaiser said, “Thank you for your sacrifice.” At the time the company defended the decision, saying that it was reserving the drug both for “critical care” COVID-19 patients and for serious cases of lupus. Then the company reversed course: by Friday, Kaiser was saying that it’s continuing to fill prescriptions for lupus patients, just for shorter periods: two weeks rather than 90 days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the drugs are well known to the estimated million-and-a-half lupus patients in the U.S., and to scattered travelers who use them as anti-malarials, most Americans likely had not heard of them by name until President Trump\u003ca href=\"https://youtu.be/ScdYrN3BWTM?t=58\"> mentioned the two drugs in a coronavirus task force briefing in mid-March\u003c/a>, touting them as a potential “game changer” that has shown “very, very encouraging results.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>No evidence supports the president’s claim that the drugs are a cure for COVID-19. 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"content": "\u003cp>\u003cem>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Update: April 9, 2020\u003c/span>\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">shelter-in-place directive,\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Californians can still enjoy the outdoors. You can walk your dog or enjoy a local hike, as long as you stay away from other people. However, experts say it’s not a good idea to leave the city and cozy up in a vacation home, rent an Airbnb or go camping. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The reason: The more we move around, the easier it is to spread the coronavirus. Every time someone reaches for a gas nozzle, uses a public restroom or buys food at the grocery store, they leave germs behind. You could be transmitting the virus even if you’re not sick yet — you might not show symptoms for 14 days, or in some cases, longer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officials have asked us — really, they’re almost begging us — to sit tight. State campgrounds are \u003ca href=\"https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=30350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">closed\u003c/a>. Yosemite, Kings Canyon and Sequoia National Parks are \u003ca href=\"https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2020/03/coronavirus-and-national-parks-whats-closed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">closed\u003c/a>. 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For many, that includes furry housemates like dogs, cats, rabbits, you name it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Our animals are especially important companions now as people are forced to distance themselves from one another, and as pets like dogs motivate many of us to venture outside for some essential (socially distant) exercise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But people still have many questions about the impact of COVID-19 on their pets, especially after the World Health Organization deleted a section on their \u003ca href=\"https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/advice-for-public/myth-busters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“myth busters” webpage\u003c/a> on March 12 that said there was “no evidence that companion animals/pets such as dogs or cats can be infected with the new coronavirus.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke with veterinarians \u003ca href=\"https://ohi.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/people/brian-bird\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Brian H. 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Their answers are below, along with guidance from the \u003ca href=\"https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/animals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, \u003c/a>edited for length and clarity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can I get COVID-19 from my pet?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dr. Brian Bird:\u003c/em> It does not seem like a likely transmission route, but we’re early on in an outbreak and we’re learning more and more every day.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>There is evidence that at least two dogs from Hong Kong have tested intermittently positive for the virus. These were pets of COVID-19 patients.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Were they able to shed the virus into the environment in a way that could have infected someone else? That’s completely unknown.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Editor’s Note: For more on the Hong Kong story, see this March 24 \u003ca href=\"https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3076480/coronavirus-hong-kongs-infected-dogs-were\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">article\u003c/a> from the South China Morning Post. From a Hong Kong University virologist quoted in the story: ‘“Neither of the two cases had the disease caused by the coronavirus. The public might have confusion, but when dogs are infected, it does not mean they have the disease or they are sick.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CDC:\u003c/em> At this time, there is no evidence that companion animals, including pets, can spread COVID-19 or that they might be a source of infection in the United States.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If someone coughs on my pet, could I get COVID-19 from their fur?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dr. Dorrie Black:\u003c/em> This is where it gets a little difficult. Technically, yes. If [someone infected with COVID-19] coughed over a dog, viruses in that droplet can survive for — and it depends on which article you read — somewhere between three-and-a-half to four hours.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So for my staff, when we receive a pet, we actually take a cloth that has been sprayed with one of the common antivirals we use, or soap and water, and we do a very gentle wipe-down of the fur, but not the animal’s face.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dr. Brian Bird:\u003c/em> The limited studies that are available have put [the new coronavirus] on solid surfaces and shown the virus can remain infectious for a period of hours to a couple of days. As far as I know, no one’s done any controlled experiments on hair.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If people are concerned about potential exposure, you could bathe your animal in regular soap or shampoo that’s appropriate for that pet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Can my pet get sick from COVID-19?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dr. Dorrie Black:\u003c/em> At this time, I feel relatively strongly that pets cannot come down with a disease associated with COVID-19. Coronaviruses do exist in pets: We have common coronaviruses in cats and dogs that cause respiratory as well as intestinal changes. They’re not novel to them, so they’ve adapted to them, and they’re not typically lethal at all. They’re usually transient processes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We have no evidence that COVID-19 causes disease in a dog. Even if we detected it in their blood, they’re not dying of pneumonia, they’re not dying of gastrointestinal disease, not at all.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dr. Brian Bird:\u003c/em> As far as we know, pets don’t get the disease caused by the virus.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>People notice when their pets are sick. With the burden of human cases that we have, I think sick pets would start getting reported. I am not aware of any uptick in the overall reports of ill pets.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>CDC:\u003c/em> CDC has not received any reports of pets or other animals becoming sick with COVID-19. Further studies are needed to understand if and how different animals could be affected by COVID-19.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Is it risky for my dog to go out with the dog walker?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Dr. Dorrie Black:\u003c/em> I think it’s OK as long as everyone is practicing what they preach. 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