Skimm Special: COVID and Kids

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🗓️ 11 April 2022

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

If you’re a parent of young kids, you’ve probably spent the last two years thinking a lot about your kid’s health and how to keep them safe. Chances are: You’re exhausted, overworked, worried, and confused. So together with Boston Children’s Hospital, we set out to put your mind at ease. In this special episode, we ask a pediatrician the Q’s that Skimm’r parents told us are keeping them up at night. She answers things like: How should we evaluate risk in our everyday lives? How should parents think about vaccines for their young kids? And what’s the best way to spot a child who is struggling with mental health? In this episode, you’ll hear from Dr. Kristin Moffitt, pediatric infectious disease specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital. This episode is Skimm’d by Senior Director of Audio Graelyn Brashear and Senior Manager of Branded Content Jana Pollack. It is engineered by Andrew Callaway. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by Boston Children's Hospital.
0:04.6	They've got tools and resources that can help you keep your family healthy.
0:12.0	The other week, something happened that I've been dreading for over two years,
0:16.0	ever since I got pregnant in February of 2020.
0:20.0	My son got COVID.
0:25.0	Welcome to a special episode of SCIMBIS.
0:28.0	I'm Jan Apollick and I'm a senior manager of Brandon Content at SCIMBIS.
0:33.0	And don't worry, the story has a happy ending.
0:36.0	My 16-month-old, Lou, is doing great.
0:39.0	But if you, like me, have a small human in your life,
0:43.0	the last two years have introduced you to a special kind of stress.
0:47.0	You've had so many questions.
0:50.0	How dangerous is COVID for our kids?
0:52.0	How do we weigh the risks?
0:54.0	And what about all the negative impacts on the pandemic beyond the disease itself?
0:59.0	I know, because I've wondered all of that.
1:04.0	And for so long, we really haven't had a lot of good answers.
1:08.0	But that's changing.
1:11.0	Doctors and researchers know way more when it comes to this disease.
1:16.0	We wanted to break down the latest when it comes to COVID and kids,
1:19.0	so we called up one of those doctors.
1:22.0	Dr. Kristen Moffit is a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Boston Children's Hospital.
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