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    Heidi Stevens: Ask your kids about coronavirus teasing. There's a good chance they're witnessing it

    by Heidi Stevens, Chicago Tribune Mar 10, 2020 4 minutes

    I help run a writing club at my son's school, and late last week we took a slight departure from our regularly scheduled programming.

    "Has anybody noticed any teasing or bullying about coronavirus?" I asked the group of mostly fourth and fifth graders.

    Chicago Public Schools has been sending email updates about COVID-19 risk factors and safety procedures for the past couple of weeks. In one of last week's notes, this paragraph stood out:

    "Finally, COVID-19 does not distinguish between race, nationality or geographic borders. Stigma and discrimination against the afflicted discourages early reporting of symptoms and."

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