![]() population, so to find 65% of children orphaned were of a racial or ethnic minority group is one of the most profound disparities we’re aware of.” ![]() Minorities represent only 39% of the U.S. “However, we were surprised by the degree to which these inequalities were magnified when looking at children losing their caregivers. “We were already aware that minorities were disproportionately affected by COVID-19 mortality,” says Alexandra Blenkinsop of Imperial College London, a co-author of the Pediatrics paper. ![]() For every one white American child orphaned, 1.8 Hispanic American children, 2.4 Black Americans and 4.5 Native Americans and Native Alaskans were struck. ![]() “It happened in the 1980s with HIV/AIDS, it happened with Ebola and it’s happening now.”Īs with so many things, the great orphaning is not hitting all demographic groups equally, with different racial and ethnic groups suffering different levels of death. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). “Any time you have something killing the adult, you’re going to have children left behind who suffer orphanhood,” says Susan Hillis, lead author of the study and a researcher at the U.S. ![]()
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