KXLY
August 2, 2021 7:14 PM
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SPOKANE, Wash. — Summer marks the time of year when families are finding ways to get outside and enjoy the sun and blue skies. Lately, though, summertime is painting an entirely different picture: wildfire smoke. That is making it dangerous for people to stay outside for any length of time.
While we want to spend as much time as possible outdoors, when the air quality hits 150 or higher, the overwhelming advice is just the opposite: spend as much time as possible
indoors. We spoke to Dr. Alma Chavez, a pediatric pulmonologist. She gets it; kids, in particular, have a lot of energy they need to burn off, and usually, that’s best done outdoors. It’s the beginning of August and they’ve already had a noticeable uptick in people calling for appointments and extra medication.