Show 1287: Managing Stress and Anxiety During COVID

The People's Pharmacy

Joe and Terry Graedon

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Kids & Family, Alternative Health

4.5 • 934 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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The COVID-19 pandemic has been dragging on for longer than most people imagined possible. With each new variant, cases surge and people need to make complex risk calculations about school, work and social interactions. Needless to say, all this can create a great deal of anxiety. Health care workers are under enormous strain. So are […]

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0:00.0	I'm Joe Gradyton and I'm Terry Grady. Welcome to this podcast of the People's Pharmacy.
0:06.1	You can find previous podcasts and more information on a range of health topics at
0:11.5	People's Pharm pharmacy.com.
0:14.0	How are you coping with the stresses of the pandemic?
0:18.0	The unpredictability of this virus has been challenging.
0:22.0	This is the people's Pharmacy with Terry and Joe Grayden. The pandemic experience has brought the best and the worst out in people.
0:39.2	Some people, especially health care workers, have been selfless in their efforts to help others.
0:44.0	Now the strain is becoming overwhelming.
0:47.0	Many of us are feeling cooped up and deprived of hugs.
0:51.0	Zoom meetings are not a satisfying substitute for real social contact.
0:56.0	Those who have lost friends and family members have had an especially hard time grieving the death in isolation.
1:02.0	Coming up on the People's Pharmacy,
1:04.0	get help on how to deal with stress, anxiety, depression,
1:08.0	and uncertainty. In the People's Pharmacy Health Headlines, did you have trouble finding a rapid COVID test over the winter holiday? Lots of people did. Now a government sponsored
1:25.6	website COVID tests.gov has started providing free tests. Each household can order up to four rapid tests for home use. People who live
1:37.0	in zip codes that have been hit especially hard by COVID-19 infections will be given priority. The administration plans to provide 1 billion
1:45.6	home tests through the program. Those without internet access will be able to
1:51.3	order their tests over the phone.
1:53.0	People who need tests will have to plan ahead, though.
1:56.0	The program expects to ship orders between one and two weeks after receiving them.
2:02.0	In addition, the post office may take several
2:04.8	days to deliver them. Besides free home COVID tests, Americans will now be able to
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