Portland doctors see physical, mental toll of coronavirus pandemic on young people By Lizzy Acker, oregonlive.com
Share: A basketball sits on an empty court at Duniway Elementary School in SE Portland on Tues., Nov. 17, 2020. Portland Public Schools continues to use distance learning to keep kids at home in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus.
For Elinor Pozgay, third grade has been completely remote. The hardest part of online education for Portland 9-year-old is not getting to see her friends. The thing she misses most? Hugging.
“One of my friends said once, that once the pandemic is over, we’re not going to remember how to hug anymore,” Pozgay said Tuesday.
Portland doctors see physical, mental toll of coronavirus pandemic on young people
Updated Jan 13, 2021;
Posted Jan 13, 2021
A basketball sits on an empty court at Duniway Elementary School in SE Portland on Tues., Nov. 17, 2020. Portland Public Schools continues to use distance learning to keep kids at home in an attempt to slow the spread of the virus.The Oregonian
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For Elinor Pozgay, third grade has been completely remote. The hardest part of online education for the Portland 9-year-old is not getting to see her friends. The thing she misses most? Hugging.
“One of my friends said once, that once the pandemic is over, we’re not going to remember how to hug anymore,” Pozgay said Tuesday.