Many place a smile on the virus, perhaps to make it seem less menacing.Įxperts who work on mitigating the negative impact of disasters on youth emphasize that art and other creative outlets play an important role in helping children process what’s going on around them, and offer an important opportunity for parents to help them navigate potentially traumatic events. Others pit the virus as an invading army against an armed response. Some depict the virus as a looming presence outside, with families safe (or trapped?) inside. Thanks to social media-simultaneously a cesspool of misinformation and bastion of sanity during this crisis-hundreds of illustrations by children have been posted by parents eager to share. One concrete reflection of that can be seen in something young people do all the time: draw pictures.

With schools in dozens of countries closed down and strict social distancing measures in effect, some 50+ million children in the United States, and 300 million worldwide, are living in a whole new reality, and trying to comprehend it. The virus has not generally posed as great a risk to otherwise healthy children.īut children are vulnerable in other ways. The elderly appear to be most vulnerable to its worst effects-adults older than 65 represent 80 percent of the COVID-19 deaths in the United States. Much of the health concern around the coronavirus pandemic has rightly focused on the populations for whom recovery is most uncertain and difficult. Nancy (#6ftApartNotUnder) Stewart DO, MS March 17, 2020 #stayhome #FlattenTheCurve #WeAreATeam #covid19 #MedTwitter /UZ17b1tiGZ #coronavirus from the eyes of a 4 year old in northern Italy (my college friend lives there now- her daughter drew these yesterday).

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