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Read the following articles, critique them, and then write a summary essay about how COVID is being address as it pertains to vulnerable groups.  What does this mean from a human rights and a policy perspective?

Children and Covid

COVID articles and positions of the American Academy of Pediatrics

https://www.aappublications.org/news/2020/01/28/coronavirus (Links to an external site.)

CDC

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/hcp/pediatric-hcp.html#:~:text=In%20the%20United%20States%20and,17%20years)%20compared%20with%20adults.&text=While%20children%20comprise%2022%25%20of,of%20August%203rd%2C%202020 (Links to an external site.)

Washington Post - https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/08/16/coronavirus-covid-updates/ (Links to an external site.)

CNN- https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/11/health/covid-19-children-cases-rising-wellness/index.html (Links to an external site.)

NBC - https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/why-are-covid-19-cases-kids-rising-it-s-mostly-n1236496 (Links to an external site.)

My article – check out the hyper links

what if children and covid.docx

COVID and Elders

CDC - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/need-extra-precautions/older-adults.html#:~:text=Among%20adults%2C%20the%20risk%20for,or%20they%20may%20even%20die (Links to an external site.)

Hopkins

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-caregiving-for-the-elderly (Links to an external site.)

Medical News Today

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/the-impact-of-the-covid-19-pandemic-on-older-adults#Old-age-and-preexisting-health-conditions (Links to an external site.)

ACL - https://acl.gov/COVID-19 (Links to an external site.)

COVID and vulnerable populations

COVID impact on vulnerable populations youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7Gm3NEoSeE&feature=youtu.be (Links to an external site.)

Homeless people and COVID

https://endhomelessness.org/category/covid-19/?post_type=resource&gclid=Cj0KCQjw-O35BRDVARIsAJU5mQXyR5UXoFGiRLIzOlVdBcgbmCVUPZ93kNuKfVI6hPTj-gsr7Us9HAAaApMoEALw_wcB (Links to an external site.)

COVID impact on indigenous populations

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqNxUzfS_NM&feature=youtu.be (Links to an external site.)

COVID impact on asylum seekers and immigrants in detention facilities

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2lTNI0PgCI&feature=youtu.be (Links to an external site.)