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Hello and welcome to Raising Good Humans.

I'm Dr. Eliza Pressman and today we are talking about COVID-19 from the perspective of a

psychologist an immunologist and a pediatrician. Basically, I really want to address this, but I also recognize

that there's such an oversaturation in the media and it's causing such a frenzy

that I certainly don't want anyone who's over consuming to add to their

list and in that case I would say start by turning this off and come on back and join us next week. In the meantime, I just wanted to go over a few things

because I know that there have been a lot of questions out there. So this is a strange time and keep in mind that a podcast or at least this

podcast is recorded a few days before the episode comes out and because the science of

this new coronavirus pandemic is changing by the day,

some of the information may be outdated by the time you guys hear this from the

perspective of the immunologist and the pediatrician. So always keep track of

what's going on. I would not again over-saturate yourself limit the amount of time you spend

reading about this because there's so much conflicted information and

conflicting information and opinions so pick a couple of really strong scientifically accurate

resources and that's it. I highly recommend the Johns Hopkins University of Medicine

Coronovirus Resource Center that has lots of great accurate up-to-date

information. In the meantime, I want everybody to give themselves a break if they're

feeling anxious. You know, it's very hard not to feel anxious when things are ambiguous and this is an ambiguous time.

There's vague information. There's unknowns. Things change every day and it's really this is unprecedented

So give yourself a break if you are freaking out at the same time help normalize that with your kids as well.

So you don't want to, if you feel super calm but you notice that your kids are anxious,

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