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Developmental disabilities heighten risk of Covid-19 death

Posted on November 11, 2020

Originally published November 11, 2020 by New York Times
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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.

Read the full story from New York Times here.

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