Please pardon what may seem like semantic quibbling--I do have a purpose, and it's not to argue with the content of your important and urgent message.

An "unintended consequence" only has meaning when there is an intention involved, and an intention only makes sense if there is some human choice available. Ignoring the seriousness of the threat of Covid 19 early on in order to protect the economy had the unintended consequence of wrecking the economy, for example. Opening countries and states up prematurely may have unintended consequences as well.

But the disease resulting from a virus doesn't have an unintended consequence (and the virus itself can't be said to have an intention).

It is not the unintended consequences of Covid-19 that puts kids at risk. It is the unintended (I hope) consequences of human beings and agencies that refuse to enact preventative policies to make sure that in the event of an unintended disaster (like a novel virus) the health needs of our most vulnerable populations (children, the poor, the underprivileged) will still be met.

To differ verbally again, we don't "need to turn our attention to the most vulnerable among us"; we need to turn our attention to those individuals and organizations that use their social, political, and economic power to deny adequate healthcare to the vulnerable, and to forestall efforts to extend to the unfortunate the same benefits that the fortunate enjoy.

Thank you for drawing our attention to these vulnerable populations. May we all work diligently and tirelessly to rescue them from the unintended consequences of our indifference and selfishness.