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@joelle_emerson ("Joelle Emerson") retweeted:

@uche_blackstock ("uché blackstock, md") wrote:

Today, in the Pediatrics, the hidden toll of the COVID pandemic.

> 120,000 children lost a primary caregiver.

> 22,000 lost a secondary caregiver.

Native American, Black, and Hispanic children make up a disproportionate percentage of orphaned children.

https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/news-releases/2021/10/the-hidden-us-covid-19-pandemic-orphaned-children-more-than-140000-us-children-lost-a-primary-or-secondary-caregiver-due-to-the-covid-19-pandemic