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Families of high-risk children despair over COVID resurgence

The delta variant has led to a surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations across the country, leaving families with high-risk children who cannot be vaccinated especially concerned.

(Alison Chandra via The New York Times) In an undated image provided by Alison Chandra, Alison Chandra's son, Ethan, who has heterotaxy syndrome, which makes it difficult for his lungs to clear mucus, wearing his medical vest and using a nebulizer. When Ethan tested positive for the coronavirus, his mother vented her frustration on social media, blaming low vaccination rates in Utah.