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A Deeper
Sickness

Museum of America in the Pandemic Year, 2020

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Thursday, September 24

US Cases 6.99 million
US Deaths 203,047

Sep 24: President Trump doubles down on his refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses the November election, saying he has concerns the vote won’t be “honest.” Fauci says masks will be necessary after the vaccine becomes available. A federal judge blocks Trump’s attempt to stop the Census count a month early.

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Child abuse has not decreased, but reporting it has become harder during COVID-19
Storm, Kylie. “Falling Child-Abuse Reports in Los Angeles Have Experts Worried.” Crosstown, August 10, 2020. https://xtown.la/2020/08/10/child-abuse-los-angeles-covid-19/.
Documents
Indiana Department of Child Services. “Assessment Decisions Summary by Child,” July 2019. https://www.in.gov/dcs/files/AssessmentDecisions201907.pdf, https://www.in.gov/dcs/3197.htm.
Indiana Department of Child Services. “Assessment Decisions Summary by Child,” July 2020. https://www.in.gov/dcs/files/AssessmentDecisions20207.pdf.
Kuehn, Bridget M. “Surge in Child Abuse, Harm During COVID-19 Pandemic Reported.” JAMA 324, no. 7 (August 18, 2020): 621. https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.2020.14433.
Rapoport, Eli, Hailey Reisert, Emily Schoeman, and Andrew Adesman. “Reporting of Child Maltreatment during the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic in New York City from March to May 2020.” Child Abuse & Neglect, September 9, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104719.
Schmidt, Samantha, and Hannah Natanson. “With Kids Stuck at Home, ER Doctors See More Severe Cases of Child Abuse.” Washington Post, April 30, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2020/04/30/child-abuse-reports-coronavirus/.
Sidpra, Jai, Doris Abomeli, Biju Hameed, Janice Baker, and Kshitij Mankad. “Rise in the Incidence of Abusive Head Trauma during the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Archives of Disease in Childhood, June 30, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2020-319872.
Storm, Kylie. “Falling Child-Abuse Reports in Los Angeles Have Experts Worried.” Crosstown, August 10, 2020. https://xtown.la/2020/08/10/child-abuse-los-angeles-covid-19/.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. “Child Abuse, Neglect Data Released.” Administration for Children and Families, January 15, 2020. https://www.acf.hhs.gov/media/press/2020/child-abuse-neglect-data-released.
Winton, Richard. “‘We Do Not Want Another Gabriel Fernandez’ Coronavirus Leads to ‘Alarming’ Drop in Child Abuse Reports.” Los Angeles Times, April 21, 2020. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-04-21/coronavirus-child-abuse-reports-decline.
Woodall, Candy. “Covid-19 in Pa.: Child Abuse Doctors See a Disturbing Trend as the Pandemic Continues.” York Daily Record, August 29, 2020. https://www.ydr.com/story/news/2020/08/29/covid-19-pa-child-abuse-doctors-see-disturbing-trend/3342976001/.
Bella, Timothy, Maria Sacchetti, and Marisa Iati. “Breonna Taylor Updates: Officers Shot, Suspect in Custody amid Unrest after Grand Jury Decision.” Washington Post, September 24, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/24/breonna-taylor-charging-decision-protests/.
Klein, Ezra. “How Mitch McConnell Is Changing the Democratic Party.” Vox, September 24, 2020. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/21450891/mitch-mcconnell-ruth-bader-ginsburg-senate-congress-democrats-2020-supreme-court-filibuster.
LeBlanc, Paul. “Education Department’s Child Abuse Outreach during Covid Doesn’t Go Far Enough, Experts Say.” CNN, September 27, 2020. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/27/politics/education-department-child-abuse-guidance/index.html.
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