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Patients that are getting very, very sick from omicron. >> you say that any infection symptoms, a runny nose, a sneeze, anything is covid until proven otherwise. >> absolutely. ive seen a lot of talk about people trying to differentiate between a common cold, the flu, and covid. people, this is not for you to do at home. get a test. if your head hurts, if you have a fever, if you have muscle aches, runny nose, whatever it is, its not your allergies. its not a cold. its covid until you have a tes...

>> well, with the cdc changing recent quarantine and isolation guidelines, there are a lot of questions from people who test positive and need to know just exactly how long do i need to stay home or people who may have had close contact with someone who was covid-positive and although they may not have symptoms, questions surrounding whether they should quarantine. there are a lot of questions that are surrounding this pandemic. all we can continue to do is talk about the facts, talk about the d...

>> its not just omicron. delta is still around, but with how infectious omicron is and how quickly it spreads, there is no doubt in my mind we are going to continue to see this surge get worse as children get back to school. i definitely think its a great idea to implement a test-negative strategy prior to children returning to school, but testing is an issue right now, not just access to testing but the quality of tests. were hearing from the fda that the rapid tests currently are not as sensit...