So Burdo I have a lot of emails here from patrons that I thought you and I would read and we would answer what do you say my good friend Umberto?

I love it. Let's do it. This is the Psychology and Seattle podcast. I'm your host Dr Kirkconda. I'm a therapist and a professor. My name is

Alberto Kassena and I pick Huckleberries. This first email is from

upper tier patron Nicole from Los Angeles she writes, I watched a video on YouTube in which a

pediatrician discussed reopening school campuses during the pandemic.

And she gave the link there. She goes on to say

they thought that school campuses in most cases should be reopened

and they cited the mental health of children as the reason. They also said that we needed to be

honest that some teachers and perhaps children at higher risk would die in this

process, but it was worth it.

As a mental health professional, what are your thoughts?

Would the mental health issues caused by distance learning be so irrevocable and detrimental for the many that it would be worth risking the

health and lives of some and of email. So I watched the video and they said the following things. It's like a half hour video.

They said, we need to talk about COVID-19 in a nonpartisan, non-political way if we're going to get

through it.

They also said that the flu is more fatal for children than COVID-19 is.

They said that children don't seem to spread COVID-19 very much.

They said that most pediatricians are in favor of children going back to school.

They didn't cite any research by the way, they just made these claims.

They said that some areas might have in-person school because the schools are more remote,

whereas other areas might opt for having distance learning because of the town that they're in.

They also said that kids do need to socialize and that kids are being traumatized by the isolation.

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