Editorial: Pandemics Interact With and Amplify Child Mental Health Disparities: Further Lessons From COVID-19.

Infectious diseases change our world. It is a simple understanding that history has consistently shown but it is a set of lessons that are routinely forgotten. From cholera1 to smallpox,2 pandemics amplify and run along societal fractures that form in the context of disparities. As of early September 2023, COVID-19 had caused nearly 7 million deaths worldwide, and there have been over 1.1 million deaths in the United States.3 The scale of this impact on children and families is only beginning to become clear.