Covid-19 Has Created Thousands Of Newly Single Parents And Orphans
6 Apr, 2021 | 01:24h | UTCBREAKING: Covid-19 Has Created Thousands Of Newly Single Parents And Orphans – Brief19
Original study: Estimates and Projections of COVID-19 and Parental Death in the US – JAMA Pediatrics
Commentary on Twitter
New study finds that in the United States alone, "37,300 children aged 0 to 17 years [have] lost at least 1 parent due to #COVID19" as of February 2021. The authors suggest that accounting for excess mortality may shift this tally up to as many as 43,000: https://t.co/v5fACWMwtP
— Dr. Maimuna Majumder (@maiamajumder) April 5, 2021