Developmental disabilities heighten risk of Covid-19 death
Originally published November 11, 2020 by New York Times
An analysis of almost 500,000 private insurance claims revealed that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are about three times as likely to die from Covid-19 than people with no other health conditions. The study found that developmental disabilities and intellectual disabilities were first and third, respectively, on a list of health conditions such as heart failure, chronic kidney disease, leukemia and lung cancer, that make Covid-19 more deadly.
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