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COVID-19 and flu: Infectious diseases expert breaks down differences

COVID-19 and flu: Infectious diseases expert breaks down differences
MARLEI: WHEN IT COMES TO THE DANGERS OF COVID VERSUS THE FLU, THEY INFECTIOUS DISEASE DOCTOR SAID THE DIFFERENCE IS CLEAR. >> IF YOU HAD YOUR CHOICE BETWEEN COVID AND INFLUENZA, WILL YOU WOULD CHOOSE INFLUENZA, IT’S LESS DEADLY. THERE’S NO QUESTION. MARLEI: HE ALSO POINTS OUT, UNLIKE THE CORONAVIRUS, THERE IS A VACCINE FOR THE FLU. >> WITH INFLUENZA, ONLY HALF THE PEOPLE IN THE U.S. GET VACCINATED EVERY YEAR. IF WE DOUBLED THAT IMMUNIZATION RATE WE WOULD HAVE A LOWER DEATH RATE. AS OF TODAY, THERE IS NO COVID VACCINE. MARLEI: AS PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP QUARANTINES, MEDICAL EXPERTS REFLECT ON HISTORY TO THE HOSPITAL AND HIS DRIVE TO SEE SUPPORTERS WITH SECRET SERVICE AGENTS IN THE SAME VEHICLE. >> CDC GUIDANCE AS PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INFECTED SHOULD STAY ISOLATED AND NOT EXPOSE OTHER PEOPLE FOR 10 DAYS AFTER THE FIRST POSITIVE TEST. MARLEI: TODAY, NO UPDATE FROM THE PRESIDENT DR. ON WHAT MEDICATION HE MAY BE TAKING. SAYING TRUMP MAY BE DOING WELL. HIS DOCTORS REVEALED HE WAS GIVEN A STEROID THAT THIS UC DAVIS DOCTOR SAID THEY USE FOR MORE SEVERE COVID CASES. >> IT’S NOT USED ON AN OUTPATIENT BASIS, IT’S USED IN PATIENTS IN THE HOSPITAL WHO REQUIRE SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN. MARLEI: AS THE NATION MONITORS THE PRESIDENT’S RECOVERY, HE EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING PRECAUTIONS. >> I WOULD ENCOURAGE ANYONE WHO IS INFECTED OR THINK THEY ARE INFECTED, TO QUARANTINE AND ISOLATE YOURSELF AND DON’T EXPOSE OTHER PEOPLE. THIS SOONER THAT PEOPLE ARE QUARANTINING AND WE ARE ALL WEARING MASKS AND SOCIAL
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COVID-19 and flu: Infectious diseases expert breaks down differences
President Donald Trump isolated at the White House on Tuesday after testing positive for the novel coronavirus last week. On social media, Trump falsely equated COVID-19 to the flu.KCRA 3's Marlei Martinez talked to UC Davis Health's Dr. Dean Blumberg, who is chief of pediatric infectious diseases, about the differences in COVID-19 and the flu. Get the full story in the video above.

President Donald Trump isolated at the White House on Tuesday after testing positive for the novel coronavirus last week.

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On social media, Trump falsely equated COVID-19 to the flu.

KCRA 3's Marlei Martinez talked to UC Davis Health's Dr. Dean Blumberg, who is chief of pediatric infectious diseases, about the differences in COVID-19 and the flu.

Get the full story in the video above.