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No normalcy for kids who’ve lost parents to COVID

Those who have lost a partner to COVID are struggling to pay for childcare and other expenses as newly single parents.

Lila Blanks reacts next to the coffin of her husband, Gregory Blanks, 50, who died from complications from COVID-19, before his funeral in San Felipe, Texas, US [File: Callaghan O'Hare/Reuters]
Published On 31 May 2021

 

New research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics estimates that as many as 43,000 children have lost a parent to COVID-19 in the United States. And, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Native Americans, Black Americans, and Latino Americans have been disproportionately affected by coronavirus deaths in the country.

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With the US so far ahead in its vaccination rollout, many are looking towards getting back to normal.  But, for the families of those affected by the almost 600,000 coronavirus deaths in the country, there is no way back to normal without their loved ones. They are struggling with grief, but also financial burdens.

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Kaelyn Forde, @kaelynforde

Rachel Kidman, PhD, associate professor, Stony Brook Medicine

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Source: Al Jazeera