April 2023 "At least 204,000 U.S. children and teens have lost parents and other in-home caregivers to COVID-19—more than 1 in every 360 youth"
September 2022 The Number of Children Orphaned by COVID Keeps Rising"
By September 2022 COVID deaths: more than 10 million children lost a parent or carer
Every 6 seconds a child loses a parent or primary caregiver due to COVID-19: Globally, millions of children have become orphans during the COVID-19 pandemic. Orphanhood increases the likelihood of poverty, abuse, delayed development, mental health challenges, reduced access to education, and institutionalization. The number of children in urgent need continues to grow, a collaboration of 13 international organizations reveals.
Thread "Losing a parent may be one of the most destabilizing events of the human experience. Orphans are at increased risk of substance abuse, dropping out of school, & poverty. They are almost twice as likely as non-orphans to die by suicide..."
n every public school in the United States, on average two children have lost a parent or caregiver to the pandemic. America’s Pandemic Orphans Are Slipping Through the Cracks
