HOSTING A SPECIAL
STREAMING REPORT.
A CORONAVIRUS
DIGITAL DISCUSSION.
AN EXCLUSIVE WEB-
ONLY INTERVIEW
DEDICATED TO THE
PANDEMIC.
EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T
BEEN DIAGNOSED -
CORONOAVIRUS IS
AFFECTING NEARLY ALL
OF US IN ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER -- AND IT
COULD BE TAKING A
TOLL ON YOUR HEALTH.
JOINING ME NOW ON
ZOOM IS DR. MARGARET
BAUMGARTEN, EVMS
PORTSMOUTH FAMILY
MEDICINE.
DR. BAUMGARTEN-
THERE'S NO DOUBT
THIS PANDEMIC HAS
BEEN STRESSFUL ON
PEOPLE OF ALL AGES
AND SOMETIMES OUR
COPING MECHANISMS
COULD BE - DARE I SAY
WORSE THAN THE
VIRUS ITSELF -- IN
TERMS OF OUR HEALTH.
MANY ARE DRINKING
MORE OR USING
DRUGS --
MANY PEOPLE ARE
WORKING OR DOING
SCHOOL FROM HOME,
SOME HAVE BECOME
MORE SEDENTARY ..
THIS CAN BE BAD BOTH
SHORT TERM AND LONG
TERM.
AGAIN, AT HOME IN
FRONT OF A COMPUTER
ALL DAY -- MIGHT THIS
AFFECT OUR
EYESIGHT.. STARING AT
WORKING OR DOING
SCHOOL FROM HOME,
SOME HAVE BECOME
MORE SEDENTARY ..
THIS CAN BE BAD BOTH
SHORT TERM AND LONG
TERM.
AGAIN, AT HOME IN
FRONT OF A COMPUTER
ALL DAY -- MIGHT THIS
AFFECT OUR
EYESIGHT.. STARING AT
A COMPUTER ALL DAY.
EARLY ON WE SAW
PEOPLE AVOIDING E-R'S
DOCOTORS - AND AN
INCREASE IN DEATHS
OR MORE SERIOUS
COMPLICATIONS FROM
HEART ATTACK AND
STROKE -- BECAUSE OF
IT...
THE NATIONAL CANCER
INSTITUTE ESTIMATES
THERE COULD BE 10-
THOUSAND ADDITIONAL
BREAST AND
COLORECTAL DEATHS
OVER THE NEXT
DECADE AS A RESULT
OF MISSED
SCREENINGS AND
DELAYED DIAGNOSES
AND TREATMENT.
ALSO, WHAT, IF
ANYTHING, CAN WE DO
OR PERHAPS VITAMINS
WE COULD TAKE THAT
MAY HELP PROTECT US
FROM CORONAVIRUS?
(STEPHANIE)
THANK YOU, DR.
BAUMGARTEN FOR
JOINING US THIS
AFTERNOON- AND
THANKS TO ALL OF
YOUR WATCHING.
BE SURE TO JOIN US
ON-LINE AT THIS TIME
EVERY MONDAY FOR
MORE CORONAVIRUS
DIGITAL DISCUSSIONS.
I'LL HAVE A RECAP OF
THIS INTERVIEW,
COMING UP TODAY
STARTING ON 4:00 ON
WAVY NEWS 10.
I'M STEPHANIE HARRIS-
HAVE A GREAT
AFTERNOON.