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Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Thursday Jan 20, 2022
Charles Schleien, MD, describes the effect the omicron variant has had on children amid the recent surge of Covid-19 cases and hospitalizations. In addition, Dwayne Breining, MD, joins the podcast to answer common questions about Covid-19 testing.
Meet the experts:
Dr. Schleien is senior vice president and chair of pediatric services at Northwell Health and chair of pediatrics at the Barbara & Donald Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Dr. Breining is executive director of Northwell Health Labs and Pathology
Chapters:
00:38 - Covid-19 antigen test vs PCR test
02:47 - What to do if exposed to Covid-19
03:58 - Testing for variants
04:32 - Using a Covid-19 at home test
05:00 - False negative rapid covid test
05:50 - Covid-19 at home test recommendations
06:21 - Omicron's impact on testing
07:41 - How omicron impacts kids
10:01 - Hospitalizations
11:10 - Omicron on Long Island
13:24 - Pediatric vaccination rates
15:28 - Kids and long covid
16:51 - Protective measures for kids, families
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