Video: Boston doctor shares COVID-19 safety tips as children return from April Vacation
Updated: 6:06 PM EDT Apr 21, 2022
ED:AC VATION WEEK IS ALMOST OVER FOR THOUSANDS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS IN MASSACHUSETTS. HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS OUABT SENDING THEM BKAC TO CLASS IS DR. RICK MALLEY, AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE SPECIALIST AT BOSTON CHILDREN’S HOSPIT.AL JESSICA: AS YOU KNOW, IT’S A BIG TRAVEL WEEK FOR A LOT OF FAMILIES. DO YOU THINK INFECTIONS WILL SURGE WHEN THEY RETURN HOME? >> WELL, I THINK THERE’S GOING TO BE AN INCREASE BECAUSE YOU HAVE LOT OF KIDS WHO ARE TRAVELING AND GOING TO DIFFENTRE PLACES. I SUSPECT THE INCREASE WILL BE A LITTLEIT B LESS THAN OVER OTHER TRAVEL AND HOLIDAY HEAVY PERIODS. BASICALLY THERE’S NOT A HUGE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN T THEYPE OF EXPOSURE THAT KIDS ARE HAVING LOCALLY AND WHEN TYHE TRAVEL. I THINK THERE’S GOING TO BE A BIT OF AN INCREASE. PROBABLY NOT LEIK A SURGE. ED: MANY SCHOOLS HAVE DISCONTINUED POOL STTEING. WON’T THAT MAKE IT HARDER FOR PARENTS TO KNOW IF THEIR CHILD SHA BEEN EXPOSED? >> YES. IT BECOMES MUCH HARDER TO KNOW IF THERE’SN A EXPOSURE TO ASYMPTOMATIC CHILD. IF THERE’S A CHILD WHO PRESENTS THWI SYMPTOMS WHO IS DIAGNOSED WITH COVID, I THINK THE PARENTS WILL B AEBLE TO KNOW WHAT THE SCHOOL THAT WILL NOTYIF THEM. JESSICA: THE ONLY VARIANT CIRCULATING RIGHT NOW IS OMICRON. IF A CHILD IS INFECTED, WHAT IS USUALLY THE FIRST SIGN? DOEST I VARY CHILD TO CHILD? >> IT DO.ES THE MOST COMMON SPTYMOM IS NO SYMPTOM AT ALL AND THE CHILD IS ASYMPTOMATIC OR VERY MILDLY SYMPTOMATIC. SOMETIMES KIDS HEAV FEVER, SORE THROAT OR COUGHS. WITH THIS PARTICULAR VARIANT, IT SEEMS TO BE ASSOCIATED MORE OFTEN WITH A CONTIONDI CALLED CROUP. SOME PEDIATRICIANS CALLED TSHI PARTICULAR VARNTIA CROD.VI ED: COVID TESTS THAT YOU CANSE U AT HOME ARE AVAILABLE IN MYAN LOCATIONS, AND OFTEN, FOR FREE. IS THERE A CERTAIN BRAND THAT RKWOS BETTER FOR CHILDREN? WHAT’S YOUR ADVICE? >> YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO SWAB ETH NOSE. WHAT I TELL PARENTS TO DO, PARTICULARLYF I IT’S THERE NOT A STRESSFUL SITUATION. THE FAMILY THAT IT’S ACTUAYLL A VERY IMPORTANT EDUCATIONALúEXPER THESE TESTS WORK. WHAT THE POSITIVE CONTROL MEAN, WHAT IS A LATERAL FLOW. I THINK SOME KIDS REALLY GET A KICK OUT OF LEARNING LITTLE TBI OF SCICEEN BY MAKING ALSO SURE THEIR FAMILY IS HEALTHY. ED: THAT A’S GREAT IDEA. REAL LIFE APPLICATION W
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Video: Boston doctor shares COVID-19 safety tips as children return from April Vacation
Updated: 6:06 PM EDT Apr 21, 2022
The infectious disease specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital is expecting an increase in infections, but that it will be smaller than those associated with other travel and holiday-heavy periods.
The infectious disease specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital is expecting an increase in infections, but that it will be smaller than those associated with other travel and holiday-heavy periods.
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