Why the uptick in respiratory illness each winter season? Besides viral transmission, could it have anything to do with the testing methods, lack of Vitamin D, sugar intake and improper sleep? Lawrence Palevsky, M.D. raises an important question: Why aren’t practitioners and parents considering contributors to sickness, other than germs? He also discusses the simple techniques that families have been using for years to treat the symptoms of a cold, flu or related sickness that work with the body’s natural immune response, rather than against it. Join these two doctors on ‘Pediatric Perspectives’ for a lesson on responding to news of a ‘tripledemic.’