WELL,
WELL, DESPITE BEING A PATIENT HIMSELF NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP ONCE AGAIN COMPARING KOVIK 19
TO THE SEASONAL FLU.
BUT TWITTER IS FACT CHECKING
HIM.
YOU CAN NO LONGER SHARE THAT
PRESIDENTIAL TWEET BECAUSE HE
VIOLATED TWITTER'S RULES
AGAINST WHAT THEY SAY SPREADING
MISLEADING A POTENTIALLY
HARMFUL INFORMATION RELATED TO
KOVEN 19.
FACEBOOK ALSO REMOVED A SIMILAR
POST FROM THE PRESIDENT BUT
MANY PEOPLE DO BELIEVE KOVEN,
19 IS JUST LIKE THE SEASONAL
FLU AND HEALTH EXPERT DR. PAUL
COLEY JOINS US NOW TO HELP
BREAK THAT DOWN A LITTLE BIT.
SO DR. COLEY, LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE DIFFERENCES BECAUSE IT'S
THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER WE'RE
GOING TO OPEN THE DOOR ON FLU
SEASON.
OUR FIRST ONE WITH A PANDEMIC
AND A LONGTIME HOW DO YOU KNOW
WHAT TO HAVE AT WHAT YOU'RE
DEALING WITH MIGHT BE THE FLU
VERSUS CAUVIN.
SO TOM, REALLY THE ONLY
SIMILARITY BETWEEN CORBITT 19
AND FLU IS THAT THEY'RE BOTH
RESPIRATORY VIRUSES SO THEY'RE
SPREAD IN THE SAME WAY AND THEY
HAVE OVERLAPPING SYMPTOMS.
SO COFFEE OR SHORTNESS BREATH,
MUSCLE ACHES AND JUST FEELING
UNDER THE WEATHER.
BUT THERE'S SO MANY IMPORTANT
DIFFERENCES ABOUT HOW THE VIRUS
IS SPREAD.
AND REALLY THIS GRAPHIC
SUMMARIZE IT VERY WELL.
SO ESSENTIALLY THE BIGGEST
DIFFERENCE IS SYMPTOMATIC
VERSUS ASYMPTOMATIC SPREAD WITH
THE FLU WHICH IS LARGELY
SYMPTOMATIC AND ONLY REALLY
SPREADS WHEN YOU'RE HAVING
SYMPTOMS AS OPPOSED TO COLVERT
19 WHICH AS YOU KNOW CAN HAVE
NO SYMPTOMS AT ALL, CAN HAVE
UNUSUAL SYMPTOMS SUCH AS LOSS
OF TASTE OR SMELL OR CAN HAVE
VERY SEVERE LIFE-THREATENING
SYMPTOMS.
THE INCUBATION PERIOD OF THE
FLU IS A LOT SHORTER.
SO ON AVERAGE IT'S ONLY ABOUT
TWO DAYS AS COMPARED TO FIVE
DAYS FOR KOVEN 19 WHICH IS THE
TIME FROM EXPOSURE TO THE TIME
OF SYMPTOMS.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT YOU
HAVE A LOT LESS TIME WHEN YOU
HAVE THE FLU TO BE SPREADING TO
BE SPREADING THE VIRUS BEFORE
YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS.
SO WITH THE FLU IT'S ONLY
REALLY INFECTIOUS FOR ONE DAY
BEFORE YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS
WHEREAS WITH COLBERT 19 IT CAN
BE, YOU KNOW, THREE TO FIVE
DAYS WHERE YOU'RE SYMPTOMATIC
AND SPREADING THE VIRUS.
NOW OF COURSE HOW LONG YOU'RE
CONTAGIOUS ALSO VARY.
SO WITH THE FLU USUALLY RECOVER
IN ABOUT FIVE TO SEVEN DAYS
WHEREAS KOBAN 19 CAN TAKE UP TO
10 DAYS TO RECOVER.
AND THEN THE MOST IMPORTANT
DIFFERENCE IN MY OPINION IS
THAT FLU IS PREVENTABLE.
WE HAVE A VACCINE THAT IS
EFFECTIVE AND SAFE AS OPPOSED
TO COVID 19.
BUT WE'RE STILL TRYING TO GET
THAT.
WELL, WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE.
CAN BOTH IS WHAT I'M GETTING
AT.
CAN YOU HAVE COVID 19 AND THE
FLU?
IF SO, THAT COMBINATION I
IMAGINE WOULDN'T BE ANY GOOD,
YOU KNOW?
YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN HAVE BOTH.
AND BACK IN MARCH WHEN THE
PANDEMIC WAS REALLY HEATING UP,
FLU ACTIVITY WAS GOING DOWN.
SO WE HAD A VERY LOW RATE
OF INFECTION IS WHAT WE CALL IT
WHERE YOU CAN HAVE BOTH
SIMELANE INFECTIONS AT THE SAME
TIME.
BUT NOW WE'RE IN THE OPPOSITE
TRAJECTORY WHERE FLU ACTIVITY
IS GOING UP.
KOLBERT, 19, IS STILL REALLY
HOT.
AND SO THAT RATE OF OF
INFECTION MAY ACTUALLY BE
HIGHER THAN BEFORE.
BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW, TOM, IS SO
FAR ABOUT TWO POINT THREE
PERCENT OF THE U.S. POPULATION
HAS BEEN INFECTED WITH KOPACZ
19 IN JUST UNDER A YEAR AND
EVERY SEASON THE CDC ESTIMATES
THAT ON AVERAGE ABOUT EIGHT
PERCENT OF THE U.S. POPULATION
WILL GET THE FLU.
NOW IF YOU START ADDING UP
THOSE NUMBERS TWO POINT THREE
PERCENT WITH COALBED WHICH WE
KNOW IS AN UNDERDIAGNOSIS
BECAUSE THE LIKELY THE
INFECTION RATE IS PROBABLY FIVE
TO 10 TIMES HIGHER PLUS EIGHT
PERCENT HAVING FLU.
YOU'RE REALLY STARTING TO SEE
TROUBLE THERE WITH A LARGE
PROPORTION OF THE POPULATION AT
RISK DURING THIS TO ENDEMIC.
WHAT ABOUT THE PEOPLE AT HIGH
RISK THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
PEOPLE WHO ARE HIGH RISK FOR
COVERED VERSUS PEOPLE HIGH RISK
FOR FLU?
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE OR A
PARALLEL THERE?
WELL, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT
OF OVERLAP SO THE HIGH RISK
GROUPS ARE GREATER THAN 65.
THOSE WHO ARE IMMUNOCOMPROMISED
AND PREGNANT WOMEN.
BUT A KEY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
THIS IS THOSE CHILDREN.
SO IN HEALTHY CHILDREN THE RISK
OF COMPLICATIONS FROM COLBERT
19 IS A LOT LOWER THAN IT IS
FROM THE FLU.
IN FACT, CHILDREN ARE
CONSIDERED ONE OF THE HIGH RISK
GROUPS WHEN IT COMES TO THE
FLU.
CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF FIVE.
NOW WHEN YOU HAVE INFANTS UNDER
THE AGE OF ONE, THOSE ARE
CONSIDERED HIGH RISK REGARDLESS
OF WHETHER IT'S FLU OR COLD.
19.
BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S JUST SO
MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS OUT
THERE, SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT
WE'RE STILL LEARNING ALMOST ON
A DAILY BASIS.
WE START TO IDENTIFY MORE AND
MORE HIGH RISK GROUPS SUCH AS
THOSE THAT ARE OBESE, FOR
EXAMPLE.
WELL, I WOULD SAY GET A FLU
SHOT BUT IT SOUNDS BETTER
COMING FROM YOU.
YOU WANT PEOPLE TO GO GET TIME
,RIGHT?
GO GET A FLU SHOT.
I GOT MINE ON SEPTEMBER 30TH.
NOW IS THE PERFECT TIME IS THE
ABSOLUTE RIGHT WINDOW.
DEFINITELY