25% Parents Less Than Truthful About Their Kids Having COVID-19 (IMAGE)

University of Utah Health

25% Parents Less Than Truthful About Their Kids Having COVID-19

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Among the most common reasons cited by parents for misleading others about their children having COVID-19 were an inability to stay home from work to care for their sick children and wanting to make decisions about their child’s health care without input from outside authorities. Angie Fagerlin, PhD, (left), and graduate student Holly Shoemaker (right).

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