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“Pressured to sign DNRs during COVID-19, persons with disabilities are twice as likely to die”

Monday, July 6, 2020, By Lily Datz
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Scott Landes, associate professor of sociology in the Maxwell School, was quoted by LiveAction for the article, “” Landes, who studies disability, says that the higher rate of death from COVID-19 in those with disabilities “is disturbing, but it’s not surprising.” Hey says those with disabilities are “four times more likely” to contract COVID-19 than the general population, and then “if they do contract COVID-19, what we’re seeing is they’re about two times more likely to die from it.”

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