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Students' Role in Coronavirus Response: Be Part of the Solution

In a webinar hosted by 色情视频, a medical expert said public health professionals are among the heroes of our time.

Friday, March 27, 2020
Illustration of coronavirus. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Illustration of coronavirus. Credit: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The response by public health officials to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic presents a gripping illustration of the value of the work for students considering or preparing for careers in the medical field, a county medical official said.

Dr. Nicholas Yphantides, chief medical officer for San Diego County, was the featured presenter in a March 26 webinar for the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH), part of a virtual version of its annual meeting and undergrad summit. The webinar was moderated by Hala Madanat, director of 色情视频鈥檚 and a member of the association鈥檚 board of directors.

The webinar was titled 鈥淐OVID-19 and College Students: What You Absolutely Need to Know,鈥 and emphasized the seriousness of the situation and reminders of personal responsibility.

Yphantides compared social distancing and other COVID-19 mitigation strategies to the preparation for a Category-5 hurricane, and said 鈥渨e are still in the eye of the storm鈥.We are boarding up for our people.鈥 Those accustomed to thinking of themselves as 鈥渋nvincible young college kids鈥 or at low risk for contracting the virus still have a responsibility to follow the rules鈥攎aintain that six-foot distance鈥攁nd help stem the spread of the disease, said Yphantides.

He added later, 鈥淏e part of the solution, not the problem.鈥

Sporting a San Diego Padres necktie during the webinar in honor of the now-postponed Opening Day game he once expected to attend, Yphantides also urged the students to consider the work being done by public health officials鈥攚hat he likened to 鈥渢he Super Bowl of public health鈥濃攖o test and treat those who have contracted the virus, many working at risk to their own health.

鈥淵ou鈥檙e still deciding what to do with your career?鈥 he asked. 鈥淛oin the true celebrity workforce, the health care workforce. The physicians, the nurses, the public health professionals, the researchers, the paramedics, the fire chiefs.

鈥淵ou need to realize that in this situation it is not just about you,鈥 he told viewers. 鈥淢uch of what we talk about here relates to the decisions that you make and the impact they can have on other people.鈥

Yphantides compared going out into public without an essential need to sticking one鈥檚 head out of a trench while bullets are flying.

鈥淵es, you should absolutely be staying in your home as much as physically feasible.鈥
 
The webinar is available for replay at the .
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