EVERY THURSDAY WE'RE TAKING
A LOOK AT A HEALTH ISSUE OR
CONCERN EFFECTING MANY PEOPLE
AND TELLING YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO
KNOW TO KEEP YOU HEALTHY.
IN TODAY'S ASK A DOCTOR SEGMENT,
DR. KALANI BRADY FROM THE JOHN
A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
JOINS US WITH MORE ON THE
CORONAVIRUS AND FLU SEASON.
GOOD MORNING, DR. BRADY.
GOOD MORNING, KELLY.
OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A VERY
DIFFERENT YEAR.
IN 2020 WE'RE DEALING WITH THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
AS WE'RE ABOUT TO BE HEADING
INTO FLU SEASON, WHAT SHOULD
FOLKS KNOW?
FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A SETUP
FOR A PERFECT STORM.
TWO KILLER DISEASES, COVID-19
AND INFLUENZA ARE BOTH GOING TO
BE AT THEIR PEAK IN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF MONTHS.
COVID-19?
THE PROCEDURES TO PREVENT
TRANSMISSION, FORTUNATELY THE
PROCEDURES TO PREVENT
IDENTICAL.
SO PRACTICING HAND WASHING
FREQUENTLY, AVOIDING CONTACT,
SIX FOOT DISTANCING, USING A
MASK, USING ALCOHOL-BASED
SANITIZER AND BASICALLY AVOIDING
EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE TO OTHER
PEOPLE WORKS FOR BOTH DISEASES
INFLUENZA AND COVID-19.
WE HAVE HAD QUESTIONS, KELLY,
FROM VIEWERS ASKING IS THE FLU
SEASON GOING TO BE MUCH LESS
PREVALENT THIS YEAR WITH
COVID-19, AND THE ANSWER IS VERY
POSSIBLY NO.
IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR FLU SHOTS
NOW.
MANY PLACES ARE OFFERING
INFLUENZA VACCINES OR FLU SHOTS
THE TIME TO GET THEM.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE
PROTOCOLS FOR AVOIDANCE OF
TRANSMISSION ARE IMPORTANT AND
THE SAD PART IS COVID-19, KELLY,
AND INFLUENZA START WITH THE
A SORE THROAT, NASAL CONGESTION,
HEADACHES, BODY ACHES, FEVER,
COUGH AND THE QUESTION IS, IS IT
INFLUENZA, IS IT COVID-19?
FORTUNATELY INFLUENZA CAN BE
TREATED WITH MEDICATION UNLIKE
COVID-19.
BUT INFLUENZA IS JUST AS DEADLY.
THOSE WHO ARE HOSPITALIZED WITH
INFLUENZA WHICH ARE A GOOD SIZED
GROUP, ONE OUT OF TEN OF THEM
WILL END UP WITH A HEART EVENT
DURING THEIR HOSPITALIZATION
FROM THE INFLUENZA.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT A SERIOUS
DISEASE WITH INFLUENZA AS WELL.
DEFINITELY.
AND WHEN IT COMES TO I GUESS
THE DEATH RATE, BECAUSE THE FLU,
IT APPEARS, HAS A SIMILAR DEATH
RATE AS CORONAVIRUS, DO YOU
THINK THERE WILL BE LESS DEATHS
ATTRIBUTED TO THE FLU DURING THE
CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK?
YES, BECAUSE I THINK THAT
CORONAVIRUS DEATHS WILL CONTINUE
TO BE HIGH.
INFLUENZA CAN BE CONTROLLED.
HOPEFULLY THERE WILL BE LESS
DEATH DUE TO INFLUENZA IF WE
TAKE OUR PROTOCOLS SERIOUSLY
AGAINST TRANSMISSION.
OKAY, GREAT TO KNOW.
SO BASICALLY WE SHOULD BE
DOING ALL OF THE SAME THINGS,
IT'S FLU SEASON SO WE NEED TO BE
WASHING OUR HANDS, WE NEED TO BE
WEARING OUR MASKS, WE NEED TO BE
STAYING SAFE AND HEALTHY AND OF
COURSE MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR
FLU SHOT.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO PROTECT
YOURSELF AGAINST THE FLU.
ALTHOUGH THERE'S NOT A COVID
VACCINE JUST YET, DOESN'T SOUND
LIKE IT'S TOO FAR AWAY.
HOPEFULLY NOT.
ALL RIGHT.
WE'LL KEEP OUR FINGERS CROSSED
AND GET THE LATEST FROM
DR. BRADY BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH