It's stressful already being a parent during this pandemic, but now we have an upcoming cold & flu season to worry about as well. Epidemiologists around the globe are worried about what the overlap of illness will look like this winter.
Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson joins us once again - she is a pediatrician and a spokesperson for the AAP and is here to guide us through this next season. She breaks down the difference between each sickness, the importance of those flu shots, and keeping calm heading into fall.
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Flu, Cold and COVID: What Will Happen This Fall?
Featuring:
Wendy Sue Swanson, MD, MBE, FAAP
Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson is leading the way to a new age in medicine, in which innovations in digital, social media, and prevention leverage the combined wisdom of clinicians, patients, and researchers to help build stronger relationships. Dr. Swanson was the founder and Chief of Digital Innovation at Seattle Children’s Hospital in 2013, a community pediatrician, a weekly TV reporter, blogger, and has continued to be an important thought leader online for over a decade. Dr. Swanson speaks to digital health, innovation in public health, prevention, and healthcare advocacy. She provides pediatric advice to the press weekly. She is the Chief Medical Officer of Before Brands, makers of SpoonfulOne, leading communication and health translation to clinicians and parents to protect against the development of food allergies.
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