U.S. Government's free COVID-19 tests program ending | FOX6 News Milwaukee

Published: Mar 06, 2024 Duration: 00:03:18 Category: News & Politics

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Intro ROOFING-- IN A CONTACT 6 REPORT. TODAY IS YOUR LAST CHANCE TO Those free tests through the United States Postal Service that will be suspended since January. Covid 19 cases, hospitalizations and deaths they've all been trending downward. Joining us to talk about this and our other health headlines, doctor Bill Hartmann. He is the clinical triallist at UW health. Doctor great to see COVID update you. So the government says we're past peak of Covid but it's still floating out there. It's absolutely still floating out there. And in fact, just last week throughout the United States, 17,000 people were still hospitalized with Covid. And so it's something that we still have to keep on our radar. We still have to, be aware of it, be cognizant of it, and test for it, despite these tests going away, the free test going away, if you have symptoms, it's still very important that you test yourself for it because there are vulnerable people, out and about. And the virus is going to affect different people, very differently, and some of them quite tragically. And so, do the best that you can to, to protect your, your family and yourself and the people around you. If you have symptoms. Again, test to see if you have Covid 19 and if you do, remain at home until Flu update you're symptom free for at least 24 hours, it takes like a minute to sign up and get these free tests you got today and tomorrow. So maybe you should go on that website and do it. But then after that, you know your insurance company might pay for some of the tests, right? That, that that is very true, the insurance companies will likely have to pick up, some of the tab, going forward, one thing that's important is that if you haven't ordered, any of the tests in this, this latest round of free testing, you are eligible for eight tests instead of four, as long as you get that, that order in, by tomorrow afternoon. I like all things free while stock up on anything. Hey. Interesting news about how Covid may be affecting our next flu shot. Talk to us about this, because it turns out a certain strain of the flu appears to have disappeared, right? So while it's quite debatable on how effective the social mitigation factors of masking and social distancing, etc. were on Covid, and I think that there's good arguments for both sides, it's clear that these mitigation factors had a very positive effect on other viruses , including influenza in particular, this Yamagata virus, which is long been part of the B strain of, flu viruses that's been part of the flu vaccine, it was sort of dwindling before the pandemic started. But because of these mitigation factors, the masking and the social distancing and the staying at home, the Yamagata virus is essentially disappeared, throughout the United States and throughout the world. And so it's been recommended and voted on by the FDA to remove this, strain now from the flu vaccines going forward, which really will make these vaccines a three strain vaccine inste

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