This is PEDYACAST.

Welcome to Pediacast, a pediatric podcast for parents.

And now, direct from the campus of nationwide children's, here is your host, Dr. Mike.

Hello, everyone, and welcome.

Once again to Pediacast.

It is a pediatric podcast for moms and dads.

This is Dr. Mike coming to you from the basement of my home, because we are physically distancing, just like many of you. Not social distancing, though. We've had more, I don't know, I've seen more of my family,

you know, like extended family that you

typically see on holidays and such, really seen more of them, since the stay-at-home orders

have been put in place over Zoom, you know, regular Zoom meetings.

And so, I don't know, I almost feel more social, but physically distant, than ever before.

And I imagine some of you are feeling the same way.

This week, we are going to talk about academic fitness during a pandemic.

It is episode of 460 of our podcast for April 15th, 2020.

And, you know, as a pediatrician, you know, I'm always asked lots of health and medical

related questions from patients and families and my own family and relatives and you,

the audience, listeners, write in as well.

And really, right from the beginning of this pandemic, one of the things that has come up pretty often is,

what if my child has underlying chronic medical conditions and they typically see a medical professional on a regular basis for this?

And then what about their immunizations and their yearly or, you know, more often than yearly

for babies?

Well, checkups, you know, should we go to those?

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