Alright, we have this last segment with
Doctor Cynthia Snyder from Cone Health.
She's answering your questions
about COVID spread, about flu,
about all kinds of respiratory illnesses.
In fact, this question is asking about RSV.
So this person is asking do
adults need to be concerned
about RSV or is it just children?
So you know adults can also get an RSV
respiratory infection and commonly I
think parents get it from their kids.
So if you happen to live in a household
that has RSV it's important to mask
because you're considered exposed
right and and then you could continue
to go on with your activities and it's
usually supportive care and but if your
child has very or or if the adult.
That's very uh has difficulties
with breathing and or or worsening
cough it makes sense to be seen by
your medical provider.
So some folks
out there may not even know what
RSV is and how it differentiates
from like a cold or a flu.
So can we just quickly go over that? Yeah,
you know it's commonly,
it's a childhood respiratory infection
we see and especially in young,
young in newborns they are at risk of
having a respiratory distress requiring to
be hospitalized and potentially intubated.
Right now nationwide we're seeing
unprecedented ways of of RSV in
the community and typically.
You know, people can have like
really sudden onset of fevers,
chills, cough, cough and shortness,
shortness of breath.
It's probably not as severe in adults,
but if you're immunocompromised that tends
to be a little bit more significant. OK,
so one is asking can you review
COVID isolation guidelines?
So let's say you do have a coworker
or a family member that has COVID.
So then what happens?
So if you are exposed to COVID,
the uh, I think I would say like
the socially conscious thing to
do is to to wear a mask and you,
you don't necessarily have
to stay home and quarantine,
you can continue with your daily activities.
But wearing a mask for the
next 10 days if you're. Can't.
You can wait to see if symptoms show up,
but to get tested,
but alternatively you can test
after day five of isolation to
see if you've converted over.
OK. And so, you know, things have changed
too of when you say you're exposed.
So what would you consider exposed?
Is it just someone in the building
that has it or is it someone that
you're sitting close to for a while?
Yeah. So it's usually somebody that you're
sitting next to for a period of even like
15 minutes if it's in a closed space.
I would say folks who live in the
same household have a higher risk
of contracting COVID because it's
still very contagious and however if.
You found out that you're going to be your
coworkers and you were in a lunch room,
but greater than you know for further
away and not necessarily spending
that much time with each other.
That's probably not a significant exposure.
OK and then really quickly
we've got about a minute long.
Someone is asking about the
time span after getting COVID.
How long do you need to
wait to get your booster?
You know, some people can um
where your thought to be immune,
you know have a sufficient
ramp up of your antibodies for
anywhere from two to three months.
But we started to notice people
getting reinfected at three
months because of the different
sub variants in the community.
So it probably makes sense
to get back designated.
Of that two-month Mark or before the
two-month mark, right.
So don't even give yourself a
chance to possibly get it again.
Alright. Thank you so much for
your time and your expertise.
We appreciate it.
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