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They have a lot of similarities in all three of these, okay? you are looking at this from a health perspective. as a physician, someone walks into your office, can you tell what they have? >> yes. >> bill: really? >> i've been studying flu and covid for a long time and i know the difference. the strain of covid is presenting with a sore throat, fatigue and low grade fever. flu is higher fever. rsv is mostly respiratory congestion. those are differences. i can do rapid covid test. if i'm worried about covid i do a rapid covid test. flu we have a rapid flu test not as good. rsv we have to figure...
And in a hospital e.r. i can test for rsv and a rapid flu test we can use. when mark meredith says he can't find a mmoxiamoxicillin, i want caution that a lot of pediatricians overprescribe it. we don't use it for viruses. that has to be for strep or bacteria. >> dana: who is most at risk. at what point and severity to you take your child to the doctor or hospital? >> another excellent question. most at risk is the child under the age of six months. the infants for the reasons i said. they have very small airways. what you want to look for is a change in behavior. they are not as responsive. m...
I know this because there is a kid in my son's preschool class who just tested positive. of course i'm on high alert for this. tell us a little bit about hospital capacity and how hospitals are overwhelmed. do hospitals have the capacity to help all of these kids? we have seen warning signs of staffing shortages especially since the pandemic. >> definitely challenging. when you look at the last few weeks and influx of patients we're seeing over 500 patients a day in our emergency room which is stressing the system. we're doing everything we can to accommodate those but we ask those who aren't ...
Kaiser Permanente is being accused of charging patients for COVID-19 tests. NBC Bay Area reports the lawsuit claims the healthcare provider was billing patients