Today, Andy calls emergency room physician and public health expert, Dr. Leana Wen to get the best advice on how to manage their risk of contracting COVID-19, even while resuming some normal activities. But they start by talking about why racism and police violence is also a public health emergency.  

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Here are some other resources from today’s show:

• Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) have been linked to a variety of health concerns. You can learn more about the research from the CDC https://bit.ly/2BDuEvH and take a version of the assessment for yourself here: https://n.pr/2UhpH1U 
• Check out Dr. Wen’s writing on topics including harm reduction, having a baby during a pandemic, and a public health perspective on the protests: https://www.washingtonpost.com/people/leana-s-wen/ 
• Dr. Wen also wrote a book! Get your copy of When Doctors Don’t Listen here: https://www.amazon.com/When-Doctors-Dont-Listen-Misdiagnoses/dp/1250048486
• And remember to follow #opensafely and brush up on recommendations for keeping yourself healthy in the months ahead at https://www.open-safely.us/ 

Check out In Recovery with Dr. Nzinga Harrison, a new advice show from Lemonada Media about all things addiction. This week’s episode looks at racism as an addiction: http://www.lemonadamedia.com/show/in-recovery/

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