Dr. Colm Henry:

That said, as Dr. Martin pointed out, there are certain symptoms and clinical red flags that we have to drum again and again into health professionals who are sometimes seeing people at high volume. We are telling them that in all the volume of people they are seeing in any one day in a GP surgery or an emergency department, there are certain red flags that they must be alert to that involve people where it is not just a viral illness but something much more sinister that needs early intervention. Balancing that message for healthcare professionals is challenging enough and then conveying that to the public is another challenge again.