age, they re often getting sick. runny nose, the fever, the coughing, the loss of appetite. how do parents know when to distinguish when it is time to go to the hospital? because they don t want to go prematurely given they re so at capacity? right. again, you re right, those symptoms, runny nose, cough, fever, very common. the baby that you saw in that video really labored breathing, not very common. and it s particularly at younger at risk. less than 6 months, considered to be at the highest risk. certainly, a parent with the younger infant having that kind of difficulty should be seeking medical care. i just want to ask you one quick question, last week, the big association that oversees you, the children s hospital and american academy of pediatrics went to the biden administration and said we need emergency aid because this in some children is equivalent to what this was precovid vaccine for adults. is that true, do you need emergency funding from the biden
rsv and they re seeing it all at once and it s leading to a big strain on our resources. in columbus ohio this mother is keeping watch over her 2-month-old son. it was a big struggle to get a breath of air. his diagnosis, rsv. if you ve seen a child in that kind of distress with that labored breathing, it s the most terrifying thing as a parent because you re completely helpless. our thanks to gabe gutierrez with that recording. joining us is dr. kavita patel, msnbc medical doctor. rsv generally presents like cold-like symptoms but could become more severe. what should we as parents be looking out for? reporter: jose, you heard a little bit of it in that clip. you should be looking for any child by the way, it does affect older adults as gabe mentioned. looking for signs of distress and especially under 12 months
labored breathing, it s the most terrifying thing as a parent because you re completely helpless. all right. we ll be following this. that s nbc s gabe gutierrez with that report. that does it for us this morning. who he zay diaz-balart picks up msnbc s coverage after a quick, final break.
trump political apparatus. there are really good reasons to question if executive privilege applied here at all. i thank you so much for being with us this morning to help shepherd us through this what we just witnessed. i appreciate it. coming up, we expect to see president biden speak this hour on deficit reduction. we re going to get a preview of that ahead. plus, who is going to be britain s next prime minister? can that person last longer than the 44 days liz truss had on the jobs? and why so many babies and young kids are ending up in the hospital. talk to a doctor about this respiratory illness that is affecting so many. if you ve seen a child in that kind of distress with that labored breathing, it s the most terrifying thing as a parent because you re completely helpless. becausyoe u re completely helpless
to that limit its travel and interactions with voters. that logistical challenges grow tremendously when he stays somewhere up overnight as they try to keep him in a covid safe bubble in a new environment. so jason, how can he expect to effectively govern the country if he is doing the kind of hologram presidency as he did the hologram campaign. he said he was going to be with the people. that is what he promised last week at his big press conference. jason: well, i hope that he actually speaks to the american people. that is what it is going to take to win or to avoid the catastrophe that you talked about for democrats in the midterm. he has to get out. but keeping him safe from covid test to keep him from doing the labored breathing that we saw president trump doing when he caught covid. when he was hospitalized, and wasn t able to. laura: wait a second. the vaccine works.