SPECIAL - Coronavirus and Your Family: What Parents Need to Know - with Dr. Michael Daignault

The Child Repair Guide with Dr. Steve Silvestro

There's a flood of information about the COVID-19 coronavirus out there, and it can be challenging to tease out what it really means for you and your kids.

In this episode, I talk with Dr. Michael Daignault—an emergency medicine physician with a global health background who's been on top of providing info & guidance on coronavirus these last several weeks—and we break down everything parents need to know about the coronavirus outbreak.

We cover:

• What coronavirus is & why COVID-19 is such a big deal
• What's making this spread more than SARS & MERS
• Symptoms of coronavirus in your family
• What makes COVID-19 so deadly
• The current situation with children and coronavirus
• Recommendations to keep your family healthy
• The right way to wash hands
• Thoughts on your family's travel plans -- keep or cancel?
• Likely, best-, and worse-case scenarios of the coronavirus outbreak
• How should you prepare for coronavirus?
• Surgical masks vs. N95 masks -- whether they work & who should wear them
• Will disinfectants work against COVID-19?
• Current progress on treatments & vaccines for coronavirus

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