Some parents like Jil Hinds still just aren’t comfortable taking their children to the doctor.
Given that Georgia is a COVID-19 hot spot and now has more than 260,000 confirmed cases, Hinds feels even less comfortable taking her 9-year-old now than when the pandemic began.
“I just don’t trust that it’s safe,” said Hinds, who lives in Chattahoochee Hills. “My doctor’s office says it has put safety procedures in place, but I have this anxious, uncertain feeling of being in a closed environment that you didn’t clean yourself. They are checking temperatures, but you don’t have to have a temperature to have COVID-19. We know that someone can be a carrier and not have any symptoms at all.”
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