Streaming services provide welcome diversion from the tedium of being stuck at home while computer games rein in stir-crazy kids champing at the bit.Perhaps, but the benefits outweigh the risk, according to Dr Bert te Wildt, chief physician at Diessen Convent Psychosomatic Hospital in Germany.
The pluses, he points out, range from online video calls — which let you see your loved ones while you practice social distancing — to online continuing education courses and YouTube cooking classes. Intensive use of these media in the current, extraordinary circumstances can, however, have negative consequences, te Wildt warns:"I worry that the number of Internet addicts could soar."
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