SPACE. REBECCA? REBECCA? >> GREAT AT VICE, TREVOR. >> GREAT AT VICE, TREVOR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE TURN TO A GMA HEALTH ALERT. WE TURN TO A GMA HEALTH ALERT. AN UNSEASONABLE UPTICK OF AN UNSEASONABLE UPTICK OF VIRUSES HAS PUT EXPERTS ON ALERT VIRUSES HAS PUT EXPERTS ON ALERT FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS. FOR THE SUMMER MONTHS. BUT WILL THIS YEAR BRING MORE BUT WILL THIS YEAR BRING MORE SUMMERTIME SICKNESS THAN USUAL? SUMMERTIME SICKNESS THAN USUAL? DR. JEN IS BACK WITH MORE. DR. JEN IS BACK WITH MORE. DR. JEN, THIS ISSUE, ARE WE DR. JEN, THIS ISSUE, ARE WE ACTUALLY SEEING MORE VIRUSES ACTUALLY SEEING MORE VIRUSES THIS TIME OF YEAR THAN THIS TIME OF YEAR THAN PREVIOUSLY? PREVIOUSLY? >> FIRST OF ALL THERE'S A THING >> FIRST OF ALL THERE'S A THING IN MEDICINE. IN MEDICINE. WHEN YOU LOOK FOR SOMETHING, WHEN YOU LOOK FOR SOMETHING, YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY MORE LIKELY TO YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY MORE LIKELY TO FIND IT. FIND IT. SO OUR AWARENESS MIGHT BE UP SO OUR AWARENESS MIGHT BE UP BECAUSE OF WHAT WE JUST CAME OUT BECAUSE OF WHAT WE JUST CAME OUT OF WITH THE PANDEMIC. OF WITH THE PANDEMIC. IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SCIENCE AND IN PUBLIC HEALTH AND SCIENCE AND CLINICAL MEDICINE AND THE CDC, CLINICAL MEDICINE AND THE CDC, WE DO TRACK MULTIPLE INFECTIOUS WE DO TRACK MULTIPLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES ALL THE TIME. DISEASES ALL THE TIME. SO I THINK THAT INFECTIOUS SO I THINK THAT INFECTIOUS DISEASE EXPERTS ARE LOOKING AT DISEASE EXPERTS ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY FOR CERTAIN THE POSSIBILITY FOR CERTAIN THINGS GOING UP LIKE HMPV, THAT THINGS GOING UP LIKE HMPV, THAT RESPIRATORY VIRUS AND OTHER RESPIRATORY VIRUS AND OTHER THINGS WILL TREND DOWN IN THE THINGS WILL TREND DOWN IN THE SUMMER, LIKE COVID. SUMMER, LIKE COVID. IT'S NOT ALL BAD OR GOOD. IT'S NOT ALL BAD OR GOOD. IT JUST IS. IT JUST IS. >> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS >> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS SUMMER'S FORECAST? SUMMER'S FORECAST? >> I DON'T HAVE MY CRYSTAL BALL >> I DON'T HAVE MY CRYSTAL BALL HERE. HERE. ANYONE WHO -- ANYONE WHO -- >> WILL I GET SICK THIS SUMMER? >> WILL I GET SICK THIS SUMMER? >> HOLD ON, GET LET ME CHECK THE >> HOLD ON, GET LET ME CHECK THE CRYSTAL BALL. CRYSTAL BALL. ANYONE WHO SAYS THEY KNOW JUST ANYONE WHO SAYS THEY KNOW JUST DOESN'T. DOESN'T. WE HAVE TO BE VIGILANT. WE HAVE TO BE VIGILANT. WE DO EXPECT CERTAIN THINGS, WE DO EXPECT CERTAIN THINGS, DIFFERENT PATHOGENS, NOT THE DIFFERENT PATHOGENS, NOT THE SAME WE SEE IN WINTER MONTHS, SAME WE SEE IN WINTER MONTHS, TEND TO TICK UP IN THE SUMMER. TEND TO TICK UP IN THE SUMMER. OTHERS KIND OF GO DOWN. OTHERS KIND OF GO DOWN. >> ANOTHER CRYSTAL BALL QUESTION >> ANOTHER CRYSTAL BALL QUESTION FOR YOU, JEN. FOR YOU, JEN. WHICH VIRUSES DO YOU EXPECT? WHICH VIRUSES DO YOU EXPECT? >> THIS WE KNOW. >> THIS WE KNOW. THERE IS DATA ON THIS. THERE IS DATA ON THIS. IF YOU LOOK AT KIND OF THE BIG IF YOU LOOK AT KIND OF THE BIG CATEGORIES, THE NONPOLIO VIRUSES CATEGORIES, THE NONPOLIO VIRUSES LIKE THE COMMON COLD, INSECT LIKE THE COMMON COLD, INSECT BORN TIE VIRUSES, LYME, LYME BORN TIE VIRUSES, LYME, LYME DISEASE. DISEASE. MOSQUITO BORN ILLNESSES. MOSQUITO BORN ILLNESSES. THEN OTHER VIRUSS THAT ARE NOT THEN OTHER VIRUSS THAT ARE NOT COVID OR INFLUENZA, WE SEE THEM COVID OR INFLUENZA, WE SEE THEM IN THE SUMMER AS WELL. IN THE SUMMER AS WELL. TRAVEL RELATED ILLNESS. TRAVEL RELATED ILLNESS. IF YOU'RE TRAVELING WITHIN THE IF YOU'RE TRAVELING WITHIN THE COUNTRY OR TO OTHER COUNTRY, YOU COUNTRY OR TO OTHER COUNTRY, YOU CAN GET SICK, UNFORTUNATELY. CAN GET SICK, UNFORTUNATELY. >> YOU BRING UP THE TICK BORNE >> YOU BRING UP THE TICK BORNE ILLNESSES. ILLNESSES. WE ARE BOTH PARENTS, AS ARE YOU. WE ARE BOTH PARENTS, AS ARE YOU. WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING AHEAD OF WHAT SHOULD WE BE DOING AHEAD OF BIG GET TOGETHERS? BIG GET TOGETHERS? >> COMMONSENSE PREVAILS. >> COMMONSENSE PREVAILS. JUST BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF THE JUST BECAUSE WE'RE OUT OF THE PANDEMIC DOESN'T MEAN THESE PANDEMIC DOESN'T MEAN THESE THINGS SHOULD GO ON THE SHELF AS THINGS SHOULD GO ON THE SHELF AS WELL. WELL. HAND HYGIENE REALLY IMPORTANT. HAND HYGIENE REALLY IMPORTANT. AVOIDING TOUCHING YOUR NOSE AND AVOIDING TOUCHING YOUR NOSE AND FACE AND MOUTHS IS REALLY FACE AND MOUTHS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. IMPORTANT. IF YOU ARE CONCERNED, WEAR A IF YOU ARE CONCERNED, WEAR A MASK. MASK. IF YOU ARE IN A HIGH RISK IF YOU ARE IN A HIGH RISK SITUATION OR HIGH RISK SITUATION OR HIGH RISK POPULATION, STAY HOME IF YOU'RE POPULATION, STAY HOME IF YOU'RE SICK. SICK. WEARING PROTECTIVE CLOTHING WEARING PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AGAINST TICKS. AGAINST TICKS. USING BUG SPRAY. USING BUG SPRAY. DOING BODY CHECKS FOR TICKS AND DOING BODY CHECKS FOR TICKS AND OTHER BUG BITES. OTHER BUG BITES. ANY TIME YOU ARE OUTSIDE. ANY TIME YOU ARE OUTSIDE. TICKS DON'T RESPECT A STATE TICKS DON'T RESPECT A STATE LINE, RIGHT? LINE, RIGHT? JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE IN AN AREA JUST BECAUSE YOU'RE IN AN AREA WHERE THERE MIGHT NOT BE ONE WHERE THERE MIGHT NOT BE ONE TYPE OF TICK DOESN'T MEAN THERE TYPE OF TICK DOESN'T MEAN THERE ISN'T ANOTHER. ISN'T ANOTHER. >> REALLY