S2 E4: Children’s Health and COVID-19

This episode explores the effects of COVID-19 on children’s health from a physical, mental, and social standpoint. The goal of this episode is to shine a light on children ’s well-being which has often been forgotten during this pandemic. This episode features Dr. Arunima Bera, MD, a board certified pediatrician who currently works as an ICU pediatric hospitalist at Valley Children’s hospital in Madera, CA. Dr. Bera, discusses her experiences as a physician who has cared for children affected by COVID-19 and other serious illnesses. Dr. Bera, discusses the effects of mask mandates, COVID-19 and safer schools, and misinformation surrounding the COVID-19 vaccines; Dr. Bera, discusses how each of these factors has affected children’s physical and mental health. This episode serves as a tool to educate parents' about mask wearing, vaccinating their children, vaccinating themselves before, during, or after pregnancy, and keeping up with their child’s routine vaccine schedule and pediatric care in the midst of the pandemic.