In a coloring book, the virus might be a spiky orb with an impish grin and devilish eyebrows, mooching a ride like a sinister hitchhiker on a cough or a sneeze.
Under an electron microscope, the infectious agent that causes the respiratory illness COVID-19 is a submicroscopic particle covered with protein spikes.
"We know sometimes that medical things like diagnoses are difficult to understand because they're under the surface or they're very small and not something we can see," said Rachel Schmelzer, child life specialist at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital."So coming up with a visual for it gives children a reference. It makes the information a little bit more digestible.
Over 10 illustrated pages that depict a boy, a girl, a parent, a nurse and the sometimes anthropomorphized virus itself, the coloring book provides basic instruction and bits of information . "It was a challenge," she said."I didn't want to make him too scary ... I tried to go for a little more mischievous look, rather than make him a villain."
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