TO A BANK IN CORAL GABLES.
RECORDS SHOW HE WAS ADMITTED TO
THE FLORIDA BAR IN JANUARY
2008.
NOW, FLU SEASON THIS YEAR
WILL BE A BIT DIFFERENT DUE TO
THE PANDEMIC.
YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF WAKING
UP AND FEELING SICK AND
WONDERING IF THE SYMPTOMS ARE
FROM THE FLU, CORONAVIRUS, OR
BOTH.
HERE WITH US NOW TO DISCUSS THE
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IS
A DOCTOR HERNANDEZ OF UNITED
HEALTHCARE.
HELLO, DOCTOR HERNANDEZ.
GOOD EVENING, LAUREN, THANK
YOU FOR HAVING ME.
GOOD EVENING TO YOU.
LET'S START OFF WITH THE
SIMILARITIES, HOW ARE BOTH OF
THESE VIRUSES SIMILAR?
PRESENTING SIGNS OF
SYMPTOMS, USUALLY THINGS LIKE
FEVER, CHILLS, HEADACHES,
STUFFY NOSE, SORE THROAT, AND
FATIGUE.
THEY ARE VERY MUCH ALIKE, THE
BEGINNING OF EACH OF THESE
VIRUSES, AND THEY ARE BOTH
RESPIRATORY VIRUSES.
THE OTHER SIMILARITY, IS THAT
THEY SEEM TO HAVE HIGHER
COMPLICATION RATES AMONG THOSE
OLDER THAN 65 YEARS OLD, AND
THOSE WHO HAVE CHRONIC MEDICAL
CONDITIONS, SO BOTH VIRUSES
CARRY A HIGH RATE OF
PUBLICATIONS.
THE OTHER SIMILARITIES ARE THAT
THEY SPREAD PRETTY MUCH THE
SAME.
TALKING AND CROAK CLOSE
PROXIMITY, COUGHING, SNEEZING,
AND ALSO BY DROPLETS, RIGHT?
BY CONTACT.
SO A LOT OF THIS IS VERY
SIMILAR.
THERE ARE SOME KEY DIFFERENCES
THOUGH.
COVID-19 ACTUALLY SPREADS A
LITTLE BIT LONGER, IN OTHER
WORDS, THE RATE OF INFECTIVITY,
INSIDE THE FLU VIRUS YOU CAN
COME INTO CONTACT WITH SOMEONE
WHO IS SICK AND WITHIN 48
HOURS, TO 72 HOURS, YOU WILL
HAVE THE SYMPTOMS.
WITH COVID-19, YOU COULD COME
IN CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO HAS
IT AND YOU CAN ACTUALLY NOT
SHOW SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS FOR
ANOTHER 10 TO 15 DAYS.
SO, THOSE ARE SOME KEY
DIFFERENCES AMONG BOTH THE FLU,
AND KEVIN 19.
DOCTOR HERNANDEZ, IS IT
POSSIBLE TO HAVE BOTH OF THE
FLU AND COVID-19 AT THE SAME
TIME?
SO, WE SUSPECT, AGAIN, THAT
YOU COULD.
SO, PART OF ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT WE ARE ASKING IS TO FOLLOW
THE SAME SOCIAL DISTANCING,
WEARING MASKS, AND HYGIENE, IF
THAT COULD ALSO HELP PREVENT
THE SPREAD OF THIS DISEASE.
BUT, MOST IMPORTANTLY, LAUREN,
BASICALLY AS A CONDITION, AS A
DAUGHTER, AS A PARENT, IS TO
GET THAT FLU VACCINE, ANSWER
QUESTION ABOUT HAVING A YEAR
YEARS PRIOR, THIS YEAR IS NOT
THE YEAR TO QUESTION IT.
THIS YEAR IS TO AT LEAST
PREVENT ONE CASE THAT YOU CAN
CONTROL AS WE WAIT FOR A
VACCINE FOR COVER 19.
DESPITE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
IT WAS EASY BREEZY, NOW LET ME
ASK YOU DOCTOR, IF YOU THINK
YOU HAVE THE FLU BUT YOU'RE NOT
SURE, WHAT DO YOU RECOMMEND?
YOU DEFINITELY SHOULD GET
TESTED, BECAUSE PRESENTING
SYMPTOMS ARE VERY SIMILAR.
SO, YOU HAVE TO GET TESTED.
AGAIN, IF YOU HAVE HAD THE
ACTUAL FLU VACCINE PRIOR, THAT
IS A LITTLE DIFFERENT, BUT YOU
DEFINITELY NEED TO GET TESTED
TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
DESPITE YOU'VE MENTIONED IF YOU
GOT IN YEARS PAST NOW I WON'T
GET THE FLU VACCINE, WHAT ELSE
DO YOU WANT TO TELL PEOPLE, A
FINAL WORD FOR VIEWERS WHO MAY
BE ON THE FENCE ABOUT WHETHER
OR NOT THEY WANT TO GET THE FLU
SHOT?
IT'S A CONDITION I HEAR ALL
THE TIME.
OH, I GOT MY FLU SHOT LAST
YEAR, AND I GOT SICK.
AND, I TELL THEM, YOU ARE NOT
GETTING THE ANTIBODY.
YOU ARE GETTING AN ANTIGEN.
WHEN YOU DO GET THE FLU
VACCINE, BASICALLY, PURSUE
SOCIAL DISTANCING FOR AT LEAST,
AGAIN, FOR COVID-19, BUT ALSO
PROTECTING BECAUSE YOUR BODY IS
DEVELOPING, AND NEEDS TIME, TO
DEVELOP THESE ANTIBODIES, AT
LEAST 5 TO 7 DAYS.
SO, YOU MAY FEEL TIRED,
ESPECIALLY RIGHT AFTER GETTING
IT, YOU ARE THEN MORE
SUSCEPTIBLE. BUT, YOU WILL NEED
TO GIVE YOUR BODY SOME TIME TO
ACTUALLY BUILD THE ANTIBODIES.