The pandemic is especially impacting children across the globe. As of this month, more than 200 million children are fully out of school and remote. That represents about 1 in 8 learners, according to UNESCO. Harvard University’s Meira Levinson and Marc Lipsitch warn it’s only exacerbating inequalities across the globe.
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