more activity when it comes to testing over vaccination. and these are on-site tests. when it comes to the take-home tests, miami-dade distributed more than 150,000 in pinublic libraries over a two day period and have run out and are asking more. yeah, people are desperate to get their hands on those take-home tests. thank you. and now let s bring in chief of infectious diseases at john hopkins all-children s hospital in st. petersburg, florida. dr. massena, thank you for joining us. what do you think of the new cdc guidance for folks with asymptomatic infections and those fully vaccinated and exposed to covid? a major change. yeah, definitely. i think that probably a lot of people were surprised about that. i do think that though the cdc is very carefully looking at the
i don t know. you tell me. folks supposed to have common sense. and it s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks not the regular folks. it s the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down. as a leader of the state don t you think it is your responsibility to try and help get this situation under control? i ve done all i know how to do. i can encourage you to do something but i can t make you take care of yourself. joining us now, an infectious disease physician and an emergency medicine physician at john hopkins all children s hospital in st. petersburg, florida. what is your reaction to the way the governor put it there? lawrence, i feel the frustration, because the greatest human cost is being carried by people who are unvaccinated. but in medicine and public health we tend not to blame the people who are carrying that.
welcome back. the dumbarton bridge at that time digital marketing world has figured out sending things based on your location. it sets up a target zone for your ads. you may have seen these ads pop up on your phone as you pass by a store front. it is now being used by recruiters wanting to target certain people with job openings. tom costello reports. reporter: mid-morning at johns hopkins all children s hospital in st. pete i m going to listen to your heart, okay? reporter: ashley shepherd is making the e.r. rounds. when s the last time you had a treatment? reporter: aas a specially trained pediatric physician s
we will take a look at it now. the reason we have been doing this is to make a very powerful point. this is what happens to a baby when its mother has been addicted to powerful prescription narcotics it goes through withdrawal. it s withdrawal that takes a long time to treat. this problem is exploding. particularly in the state of florida. all children s hospital in st. petersburg. here is some of the statistics that they have been seeing. addicted babies in 2008 nurebbed just 15. so far this year, 136 babies, 69 of them just since the first of july. that is a 9 fold increase over three years ago. and get this, of the 80 babies that are currently in the neonatal intensive care unit 30% of them were born addicted to drugs. morphine the drug of choice used to treat these young babies. here is what she told me. if not treated it is possible these babies would go on to die. we will intervene and start them