As cases and hospitalizations from the pandemic begin to decline, collateral damage on the populace appears to be on the rise.
In just a few months, the COVID-19 pandemic swiftly and substantially worsened mental health among U.S. hourly service workers and their children – especially those experiencing multiple hardships, according to new research from the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University and Barnard College.

The study leverages real-time, daily survey data collected from Feb. 20, before the pandemic hit the U.S., to April 27, when it was well underway, to examine how the crisis affected parents’ and children’s mental well-being. The 645 survey respondents were parents of young children working in hourly service-industry positions in retail, food service or hotel industries in a large U.S. city.
It is a sad sad situation. We were not created to live a life in isolation. And at the core, we all want to work and take care of our families. There are no easy answers here. It breaks my heart and I pray daily for the people in our nation and in our world 😢💔
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You’re right. There are no easy answers here. We are experiencing a paradigm shift.
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Isn’t that the truth…
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