Cara eventually returned to school unmasked, caught Covid and infected her immunocompromised mom. “It killed her. Cara self-harms because she blames herself. She hasn’t been to school since. Research shows that more than 70pc of Sars-CoV-2 transmission in households started with a child. The incidence was highest during unmitigated in-person schooling”
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.
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
