contract them. right now infants under six months are being hospitalized at seven times the rate of rsv than they were prepandemic. that can t be explained by an immune gap. what can explain it is that studies have shown that pregnant mothers pregnant with covid deliver infants with higher levels of an inflammatory marker that impact their health long term. or mothers that contract covid deliver inwants with lower lung volumes than others. so there are a lot of things at play here. that s really interesting. can you talk about the ways these three viruses spread as people go from these big holiday gatherings, back to the workplace, back home. they don t all transmit the same, correct, the flu, rsv and covid? correct. for the most part, these are respiratory viruses, but viruses such as covid spread via airborne particles, whereas with the flu we re looking at respiratory droplets.
in our experience with grantees, including chinese grantees which we have had interactions with her very long period time, they are very competent, trustworthy scientist. sean: joining us with reaction, senator john kennedy of louisiana. senator. first it was no mask. a mask isn t going to work. then one mask, two masks. then maybe masks in perpetuity. then he told us if we got the vaccine we would never contract covid. now people that have the vaccine, they have two shots and they have two boosters and they have previous infection. now they are getting covid a second time. they were wrong on the science. the worst part to me is the lie and that is don t we know know for fact that nih money, taxpayer dollars went to fund this wuhan virology lab and they knew gain-of-function research and coronavirus research took place at that facility.
we should be talking about this all day. every day. nonstop. and according to the cdc s own guidance. upwards of 20% of individuals who contract covid and up having long term effects. or long covid as it is known. but just to be really clear here. 20% of every one who gets a covid case. not just people who end up in the hospital or in the icu on the ventilator. but that mild sniffle. where you feel it s like a bad flu. you have 20% chance according to the cdc of having a long term effect which could be debilitating to your abilities. not only to keep a job. but to be able to navigate the essential needs of cooking for yourself and taking care of yourself. you re seen as millions of people across the country in the world. who have been living in this sort of destitution for upwards
president biden canceled his travel plans after testing positive. the white house implemented contact tracing efforts. amy moyne enjoys me, now. dr., thank you for your time. my pleasure. i want to get a reaction about president biden, a contract covid then tested -4 times, tuesday to friday, before testing positive saturday. as you heard, he was treated to lower the risks of the virus. why do you think is covid rebounded? what lessons can people take away from this? this is something that we are seeing a lot more of, on a regular basis. the early data from pfizer suggested that 1% -5% of people excuse me 1% -3% rebounded
a lot of atypical symptoms associated with covid. so with fever, shortness of breath, there s fatigue, sore threat and if you have any of these symptoms, especially if you have known exposure, get tested right away. so what steps, dr. wen, should americans take with this new subvariant clearly on the rise right now? the single most important thing is to get vaccinated and boosted if you have not already. about half of american adults have not even received their first booster dose and they should get that as soon as possible. then also have a plan for what happens if you do contract covid. are you eligible for paxlovid, where can you get it from, and if you are immunocompromised, you could be eligible for an antibody. so know your options, prepare for what happenis if you do