DETROIT A Metro Detroit doctor who knows the coronavirus (COVID-19) from every angle -- as an expert who treated it, a patient who survived it and a son who lost a father to it -- is sharing his important perspective on the threat. He warns the threat is still very present, even though cases are on the decline. Having already treated many of the first patients to face COVID-19 in Michigan, he was realistic about what that meant. I said, OK, I guess Im back.He recovered, but the virus wouldnt leave his family unscathed. As his family mourns, Kaatz warns the threat is not gone.

Published: May 22, 2020, 10:30 am Updated: May 22, 2020, 10:36 amDETROIT On this weeks episode we will talk to people who have survived COVID-19. There will also be a discussion about what can be done to address issues with Michigans aging, neglected and increasingly dangerous infrastructure. Segment One:Roundtable discussion on recovering from the coronavirus featuring Pulitzer Prize winning reporter, M.L Elrick and his wife Detroit Free Press reporter, Tresa Baldas; Rev. Segment Two:Discussion on the states dangerous infrastructure with Jacob Rushlow, president of the American Society of Civil Engineers Michigan section. Segment Three:Flashpoint host Devin Scillian wraps up this weeks episode.

DETROIT Michigan State coaches Tom Izzo and Mel Tucker paid a virtual visit to a doctor who ended up on a ventilator after treating patients with the coronavirus (COVID-19). Dr. Scott Kaatz survived his battle with the coronavirus, but his father did not. Kaatz cared for some of the first COVID-19 patients at Henry Ford Hospital while he was fighting the virus. His father, Dick Kaatz, a longtime funeral director in Michigans Thumb, was also hospitalized with the coronavirus. Ive seen that as a physician.

DETROIT – New medications and treatments for coronavirus (COVID-19) are being tested in medical centers across the country. READ: FDA approves plasma therapy treatment for coronavirusHenry Ford Hospital physician Dr. Scott Kaatz took care of some of the first coronavirus patients admitted to the hospital. He was enrolled in the convalescent plasma study while he was being treated at the hospital. “I was unconscious, paralyzed, on a ventilator.”Before he went on the ventilator, Kaatz was able to video chat with his family via Skype. So far 14 coronavirus patients have undergone transfusions of convalescent plasma at Henry Ford.