Coronavirus - Overall
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Chinese work colleague (form Wuhan originally) was musing today that in China almost 3 years ago (e.g. late 2019 etc) if you said covid was dangerous then you could be put into jail. Now, (with omicron) if you say covid is not dangerous you can be put in jail.
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@Kid-Chocolate I think you vastly underestimate the resilience of kids.
The generation that lived through WW2 with the potential loss of their homes loved ones etc came through without a tsunami of negative side effects.
Kids adapt better to change than adults. I am far more optimistic than you are.
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Optimism is good, i guess.
This Harvard study is slightly less.
Remote learning likely widened racial, economic achievement gap
A new study found that students in high-poverty schools that offered remote instruction for most of 2020-2021 experienced huge learning losses.
And I’ve only read the summary of this paper but it was not too optimistic either.
And I’m not as optimistic as you are that today’s kids have the same spinal, mental and intestinal fortitude as grandpa’s generation. With impeccable timing last nights’ CBS 60 Minutes, their flagship news program, did a feature titled “Crisis” about the psychological damage teenagers have undergone from Covid lockdown. Understand, leftie concern troll 60 Minutes loved lockdowns 18 months ago, but they’ve done a full Tony Hawk reversal, having seen the stats and studies, now they’re sympathetic and trotting out teenage girls talking about how they want to kill themselves.
Its the middle feature from last nights’ program. Worth seeing just to witness how soft these kids are. Harsh call, sure, but it is what it is. Soft. You would never hear grandma saying stuff like this.
Video is not up at youtube yet, but here’s the video directly on their site.
Watch 60 Minutes Season 54 Episode 34: 5/8/2022: Mark Esper, Crisis, Ballet in Exile - Full show on CBS
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper talks with Norah O’Donnell; U.S. kids grappling with mental health crisis made worse by the pandemic; Russia’s invasion of Ukraine scrambles global ballet community into action.
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@Kid-Chocolate I don't hold much truck with what 'ologists pontificate. Like professional mourners they have a vested interest in a dire outcome.
If kids do suffer in the way predicted it will largely be because of the actions of (well intentioned) adults around them convincing them there is an issue.
Actually thinking of today's adults yes it is highly likely their 'concern' will result in a generation of fucked up kids.
None of the above is too suggest that their won't be individual kids who suffer. Each one of whom will be a tragedy
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@dogmeat yea I agree, society was already trending in this direction.
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Was there ever any doubt?
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@Kid-Chocolate said in Coronavirus - Overall:
Optimism is good, i guess.
This Harvard study is slightly less.
Remote learning likely widened racial, economic achievement gap
A new study found that students in high-poverty schools that offered remote instruction for most of 2020-2021 experienced huge learning losses.
And I’ve only read the summary of this paper but it was not too optimistic either.
And I’m not as optimistic as you are that today’s kids have the same spinal, mental and intestinal fortitude as grandpa’s generation. With impeccable timing last nights’ CBS 60 Minutes, their flagship news program, did a feature titled “Crisis” about the psychological damage teenagers have undergone from Covid lockdown. Understand, leftie concern troll 60 Minutes loved lockdowns 18 months ago, but they’ve done a full Tony Hawk reversal, having seen the stats and studies, now they’re sympathetic and trotting out teenage girls talking about how they want to kill themselves.<
I wouldn’t give them that much credit for their faux empathy. They created this environment for kids out of their own projected fears. We knew kids were not negatively affected by this virus from the beginning yet they had to surrender their lives to protect grandma or some other unhealthy person. Of course they will never look themselves in the mirror and accept that they were selfish and that they created the problem. That would mean accepting responsibility and admitting that they were wrong. They will fein sympathy and probably ask for more money for schools to deal with it.
And the kids are soft because the parents are. They are just a reflection.
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Permanent pandemic.
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I have tested positive but thus far have no symptoms at all.
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@Frank said in Coronavirus - Overall:
I have tested positive but thus far have no symptoms at all.
Touch fuckin wood.Hope it all goes well mate
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@canefan
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@Frank said in Coronavirus - Overall:
I have tested positive but thus far have no symptoms at all.
Touch fuckin wood.My daughter had that the first time, zero symptoms (Delta, unvaried as was 11 at the time). 2nd time around got Omicron (I assume), still wasn't vaxxed (still 11), and was like a head cold.
She's pretty fit though maybe that helped. Though it seems more like luck is the prevailing factor to be fair.
Good luck mate!
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@Frank said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@canefan
Trying to Google around. Seems this does happen.I think Coronavirus is quite widespread but due to herd immunity and weak symptoms, people maybe don't notice. Mrs M has to do a Lateral Flow test every day when visiting her mum in the nursing home and she's had it twice in the last 6 months with absolutely zero symptoms.
Hope it stays the same way for you.
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@Frank said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@canefan
Trying to Google around. Seems this does happen.The range of symptoms is wide. From sniffle common cold or little to none, to full blown medical emergency (generally for those with predispositions)
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@voodoo said in Coronavirus - Overall:
@Frank said in Coronavirus - Overall:
I have tested positive but thus far have no symptoms at all.
Touch fuckin wood.My daughter had that the first time, zero symptoms (Delta, unvaried as was 11 at the time). 2nd time around got Omicron (I assume), still wasn't vaxxed (still 11), and was like a head cold.
She's pretty fit though maybe that helped. Though it seems more like luck is the prevailing factor to be fair.
Good luck mate!
@voodoo no luck at all. She is a fit child as you describe her. Kids rarely die from this virus when healthy.
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Hey, this is a fresh novel idea. But maybe we need to slow down and not be in such a rush?
WHO says COVID-19 ‘lab leak’ theory needs further investigation
"There are key pieces of data that are not yet available for a complete understanding of how the COVID-19 pandemic began," the expert said.
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@MiketheSnow I have seen some some this “unexplained” neuro deficits. Thing is that did not dx it as GB but it presents like GB. Blood clots were an issue after they chased their tails not wanting to admit the obvious.
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Hmmmmm…
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Permanent Pandemic, by Justin E. H. Smith
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