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Within the first months of the pandemic, several ICE detention centers were home to hunger strikes in response to inadequate COVID-19 protections. [57] Prisoners are more likely to have preexisting and/or underlying conditions which make them susceptible to illness, especially in facilities the deteriorating quality of which can exacerbate poor ...
The pandemic left millions of people in the U.S. at-risk when it comes to nutrition and overall health status. The pandemic complicated food insecurity among children, older adults, and undocumented immigrants. Feeding America stated that the estimated number of food-insecure kids could jump from 11 million to an estimated 18 million.
It is likely that the pandemic could result in a prolonged dip in women's incomes and labour force participation. The ILO estimates global unemployment to rise between 5.3 million ("low" scenario) and 24.7 million ("high" scenario) from a base level of 188 million in 2019 as a result of COVID-19's impact on global GDP growth.
The coronavirus pandemic has dealt a brutal blow to many small-business owners. A recent analysis conducted by the Federal Reserve Board found that the pandemic resulted in the permanent closure of...
Pandemic learning loss refers to the fact that kids who shifted to remote or hybrid learning during the height of the pandemic made less academic progress than they would have in a classroom (and ...
As the pandemic spread and closures became the standard not the exception, institutions started publishing expected revenue shortfall calculations. [335] For example, by the end of March: the Metropolitan opera expects to lose $60m in revenue; [336] the Metropolitan Museum expects to lose $100m [337] and SFMOMA predicted a 40% decrease in ...
The “educational harm” caused by the coronavirus pandemic has been “devastating,” according to a recent survey of 26 million K-8 students. 'Devastating': Pandemic learning loss needs ...
As of 2023, the COVID-19 pandemic is an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS CoV‑2). Its effect has been broad, affecting general society, the global economy, culture, ecology, politics, and other areas.