BUT THAT IS NOT WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING OVERALL.
NO.
AN INTERESTING STORY.
SUPER INTERESTING.
AND JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
FLU, A CONCERN ABOUT THE
COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND THE
SEASONAL FLU AND THE TWINDEMIC
IDEA.
ALL YEAR LONG, WE HAVE THE
COMMON COLD TO WORRY ABOUT.
THINK ABOUT IT, THE FLU, THE
COLD, COVID, THEY ALL SHARE
THESE, QUOTE, FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS.
BUT THERE ARE THE KEY
DIFFERENCES.
AND HERE TODAY IS THE CHIEF OF
GENERAL PEDIATRICS AT CHILDREN'S
MINNESOTA.
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
ANYTHING YOU WANT TO ADD TO THE
CHILDREN AND COVID CONVERSATION
WE WERE HAVING?
NO.
YOU'RE EXACTLY RIGHT.
THERE'S LOTS OF REASONS WHY KIDS
EXPERIENCE THE SYMPTOMS LESS AND
HAVE A LESS SEVERE CASE.
BUT EVERY PERSON IS DIFFERENT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.
LAST FALL, IF I GOT A SORE
THROAT AND A FEVER, I STAY HOME.
IF MY KIDS HAD IT, KEEP THEM
HOPE AND GIVE THEM TYLENOL AND
WATER AND BE ON THE WAY.
THIS YEAR, WHAT DO YOU DO?
YEAH.
FIRST OF ALL, THANKS FOR SAYING
THAT YOU STAYED HOME EVEN LAST
YEAR.
I DON'T THINK THAT WAS ALWAYS
THE CASE FOR EVERYONE.
A LOT OF PEOPLE GAVE KIDS A
LITTLE BIT OF TYLENOL AND SENT
THEM TO SCHOOL OR WENT TO WORK
OR WHATEVER THAT WAS.
AND REALLY, WHAT WE'RE
ASKING NOW IS FOR PEOPLE TO
THINK OF THIS DIFFERENTLY.
BECAUSE THERE ARE, YOU
KNOW, THESE ILLNESSES.
THE DIFFERENCES MATTER.
THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN COLD AND
FLU, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE A LITTLE
BIT EASIER TO DISCERN.
BUT THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
COVID AND COLDS ARE NOT QUITE AS
EASY.
AND WE WANT PEOPLE TO REALLY
THINK ABOUT THAT.
SO IF MY CHILD COMES TO ME
AND SAYS, MOM, I'M NOT FEELING
GREAT OR I SENSE THEY HAVE A
FEVER, WHAT IS THE FIRST THING
TO DO?
YEAH.
THE FIRST THING TO DO IS KEEP
YOUR CHILD HOME FROM SCHOOL.
GO AHEAD AND TAKE THEIR
TEMPERATURE.
KIND OF KEEP TRACK OF WHAT
THEIR SYMPTOMS LOOK LIKE.
MAKE SURE THEY STAY WELL
HYDRATED.
CALL THE DOCTOR AND TALK THROUGH
WHAT YOU'RE SEEING.
THEY WILL WALK YOU THROUGH AND
THINK ABOUT WHAT ARE THE
DIFFERENCES AND TRY TO
CATEGORIZE SOME OF THE SYMPTOMS
TO UNDERSTAND DOES IT SOUND LIKE
YOUR CHILD AS FLU?
DOES IT SOUND LIKE YOUR CHILD
HAS COVID-19?
OR DOES IT SOUND LIKE A COMMON
COLD?
SOME OF THE DIFFERENCES, FOR
EXAMPLE, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
COVID AND FLU, THAT'S A LITTLE
BIT EASIER.
FLU, A FAMILY IS GOING TO
TELL US THEY WERE FINE ONE
SECOND, AND THEN THE NEXT
MINUTE, THEY HAD SUPER HIGH
FEVERS, THEY CAN'T GET OFF THE
COUCH, THEY'RE ACHING ALL OVER
THEIR BODY, AND THEY HAVE THE
RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS, A SORE
THROAT OR COUGH.
FOR COVID OR A COLD, THAT'S
GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, COVID COMES ON A
LITTLE BIT MORE SLOWLY OVER THE
COURSE OF A COUPLE OF DAYS, JUST
LIKE A COLD.
THEY'RE BOTH CORONAVIRUSES.
THE SYMPTOMS MIGHT BE MORE
CONGESTION AND SORE THROAT.
BUT IT'S NOT AS SUDDEN IN ONSET
AS THE FLU.
SHOULD YOU OR YOUR CHILDREN
GET A COVID TEST EVERY TIME YOU
GET THOSE FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS?
YEAH, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT'S
A REALLY IMPORTANT QUESTION.
AND I WOULD SAY THE ANSWER TO
THAT IS IT DEPENDS.
IT DEPENDS ON WHAT IS IT THAT
YOU ARE WANTING TO DO.
IF YOU HAVE -- IF THERE IS A
CONCERN THAT YOU HAVE A COLD OR
COVID AND YOU CAN STAY HOME FOR
14 DAYS, ISOLATE, AND MAKE SURE
THAT ALL OF YOUR CONTACTS ARE
NOT GOING TO BE -- KNOW OF THE
ILLNESS AND NOT GOING TO BE
EXPOSING OTHERS, YOU MIGHT BE
FINE STAYING HOME AND NOT DOING
THE TEST.
IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS AND YOU
NEED TO KNOW BECAUSE YOU WOULD
LIKE TO GO BACK TO WORK OR A