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40,000 children have lost a parent to Covid-19
Title (Dublin Core)
40,000 children have lost a parent to Covid-19
Description (Dublin Core)
(NEXSTAR) – In a grim reminder of the death toll from COVID-19, a new study published by the American Medical Association found that nearly 40,000 U.S. children have lost one of their parents to the virus.
It’s a heartbreaking new angle to the number of U.S. deaths since the pandemic began – 555,273 as of Monday afternoon, according to Johns Hopkins University.
“This may come as a surprise, since 81% of lives lost in the US have been adults 65+,” study author Rachel Margolis, an associate professor at the University of Western Ontario, tweeted. “However, we are also seeing high mortality among younger adults, many of whom have children under 18.”
It’s a heartbreaking new angle to the number of U.S. deaths since the pandemic began – 555,273 as of Monday afternoon, according to Johns Hopkins University.
“This may come as a surprise, since 81% of lives lost in the US have been adults 65+,” study author Rachel Margolis, an associate professor at the University of Western Ontario, tweeted. “However, we are also seeing high mortality among younger adults, many of whom have children under 18.”
Date (Dublin Core)
April 5, 2021
Creator (Dublin Core)
Nexstar Media Wire
Contributor (Dublin Core)
Dana Bell
Event Identifier (Dublin Core)
HST580
Partner (Dublin Core)
Arizona State University
Type (Dublin Core)
link
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Controlled Vocabulary (Dublin Core)
English
Emotion
English
Health & Wellness
English
Public Health & Hospitals
English
News coverage
Curator's Tags (Omeka Classic)
death toll
study
children
parents
tragedy
mortality
Contributor's Tags (a true folksonomy) (Friend of a Friend)
mortality
death
deathways
children
AMA
American Medical Association
parents
Collection (Dublin Core)
Children
Deathways
Linked Data (Dublin Core)
Date Submitted (Dublin Core)
04/22/2021
Date Modified (Dublin Core)
05/08/2021
09/27/2021
04/18/2022
08/02/2022
Date Created (Dublin Core)
04/05/2021
This item was submitted on April 22, 2021 by Dana Bell using the form “Share Your Story” on the site “A Journal of the Plague Year”: https://covid-19archive.org/s/archive
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