Posted on Jan 14, 2022
An overlooked consequence of COVID-19: The hundreds of thousands of orphans left behind
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More than 167,000 kids in the U.S. have lost at least one parent or primary caregiver to COVID-19.
Dr. Charles Nelson coined the term COVID orphans to describe children who have lost one or both parents, or primary caregivers, to the disease. One in four adult deaths to COVID-19 leaves a child orphaned or left without a caregiver — something the Harvard University professor of pediatrics and psychiatry describes as a hidden cost of the pandemic.
Dr. Charles Nelson coined the term COVID orphans to describe children who have lost one or both parents, or primary caregivers, to the disease. One in four adult deaths to COVID-19 leaves a child orphaned or left without a caregiver — something the Harvard University professor of pediatrics and psychiatry describes as a hidden cost of the pandemic.
An overlooked consequence of COVID-19: The hundreds of thousands of orphans left behind
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Sadly, one of many 2nd, 3rd order effects of this pandemic -- make the right decisions for you and your family and be safe
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Except that losing ONE parent does not an orphan make.
Once again, an assault on our language.
Yes, this is a problem. And losing a parent, even when you still have one left, is usually both tragic and traumatic. But let's not change what words mean.
Once again, an assault on our language.
Yes, this is a problem. And losing a parent, even when you still have one left, is usually both tragic and traumatic. But let's not change what words mean.
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OK, I'm going to call BS on this headline. There has been a total of 56,529 deaths attributed to Covid 19 in the 18 to 50 crowd per the CDC. Are they stretching the definition of Primary Caregiver to Grand Parents that have died? That's the only way those numbers work.
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SFC Casey O'Mally
Well, when a 45 year old "child" loses their 70 year old parent, that still counts, right?
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