relentlessly on the stump, including last night, suggesting that the governor should return here to focus on florida in an interview this morning, mr. desantis denied any problems internally with his campaign, suggesting instead he is the target of a consistent media narrative meant to undermine him ahead of a potential general election against president biden. kate garrett haake, thank you. still ahead tonight, the mystery deepens after a missing alabama woman returns home safely. her family members had feared she was abducted plusus, the retuturn of the summer cold why y it s roariring back.
lot of people that i m getting a summer cold. i haven t gotten it for the last two or three years. are you seeing the same thing here, that numbers are going up so compared to the rates of positivity for things like rhinovirus, enterovirus, adenovirus, we are seeing increased numbers compared to prior years. reporter: those are some of the viruses that can cause the common cold. and if you look at the cdc chart, it shows how the identifiers have peaked this summer nationwide. sick. absolutely sucks and i ve been going through a million and one tissues. it was kind of weird to stay inside and have a cold and want to drink tea when it was 85 degrees outside. reporter: so why are we seeing more colds now? it s basically we are not masking. we re not hand-washing as much. reporter: doctors believe those pandemic precautions so many took kept the cold at bay. if you do have a cough or cold, make sure you hand-wash up to you if you would like the wear your mask or not. repo
Though summer colds are not as common as the winter variety, they can be as vexing with symptoms including sneezing, nasal congestion, an itchy or sore throat and rhinitis, inflamed
concerning a lot of americans. absolutely and unfortunately we don t have all the answers because the right questions are not being asked. why were they tested? were they all asymptomatic? were we just identifying obsolete viral particles in people who have fought off the virus because they were vaccinated? we know at this point that with the delta variant we are seeing more breakthrough cases, meaning that people who have been fully vaccinated or recovered from infection are developing some illness. they may be able to give it to someone else as well but thankfully, it turns out this is really turning into what seems like a summer cold. but that should not lead to any hesitancy. think of what we ve been dealing with with the flu vaccine and the flu vaccine has an effectiveness rate of anywhere from 30 to 60% but we all know getting the flu shot, you can still get the flu. but the good news is if you get the fluid is going to be much more mild than it would have been had you not gott
americans. absolutely. unfortunately we don t have all the answers i because of right are being asked. why were these individuals tested to come up with asymptomatic or were they asymptomatic? just identifying obsolete fought off because they were vaccinated? with the delta variant we are seeing more breakthrough cases meaning that people who have been fully vaccinated or recovered from infection are developing some illness. they may be able to give it to someone else as well but thankfully it turns out that it s really turning into what seems like a summer cold. but that should not lead to any hesitancy. think of what we ve been dealing with the flu vaccine. the flu vaccine has an effectiveness rate of anywhere between 30 and 60% but we all know with the flu shot youan can still get the flu. the good news is if you do get the flu it would be much less