THE STATE OF THE PANDEMIC

A Conversation on COVID-19 with Dr. Dela Taghipour

Since the day we met Dr. Dela Taghipour, we were fans, friends and instantly family. A trusted and reliable source, serving as an ABC Medical Correspondent, she is our go-to regarding all things COVID-19. She is also the Awareness Ties Official Ambassador for Heart Disease Awareness. We are thankful for her advice (and for her infectious smile). - Jack & Allié M.

ALLIE: Personally, what’s been the most difcult thing for you through all of this?

DELA: I think the human contact part has been impossibly hard. We’ve made some accommodations and adjustments for seeing certain family members and not and trying to do it in a socially distanced way and doing it in a yard or a boat... Everyone tries to find their sort of sliver of an excuse of how to get through this, and I am no exception, but it’s really hard not to be able to see your loved ones and be around them. If you're single, it's hard to date. If you're married, it's hard to be quarantined in the same space. There's a challenge no matter what your circumstances are. I wish that wouldn't divide people. I wish that would actually bring people together. We're all going through the same thing at the same time. Yeah, it looks diferent for everyone. Not everyone's experience is going to be the same, but we are facing the same thing.

Watch the full interview with Dr. Dela Taghipour (page 50-51 in 'The America Edition' of AwareNow with link at the end of the article), as Jack and Allié have a conversation about where we've been and where we're going as a country with COVID-19.

Dr. Dela Taghipour is a physician, medical Journalist, activist & Awareness Ties™ Ambassador for Heart Disease Awareness. See and hear her story at www.awarenessties.us/delataghipour and follow her on Instagram @VEIN.DOCTOR.