It is well known that the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically increased mortality among persons of advanced age, but its effect on disabled persons has received little attention. In a new study published in “Health Affairs Scholar,” I show that the pandemic had a devastating impact on disabled persons. There were nearly 260,000 excess deaths among persons with disabilities during the first two years of the pandemic. These excess deaths account for 26 percent of all excess deaths in America due to the virus. Patterns in the data show persons with disabilities were at high risk throughout the pandemic. The virus first hit New York City in the spring of 2020. The probability (or risk
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