• userbear [comrade/them]
    ·
    2 years ago

    sorry, I think this rules. The biggest stupidest anti vaxxers in the US go around saying, " those covid authoritarians made me have mental issues because I couldn't go to church or restaurants or the gym or online date and I was so victimized." I don't know what they're saying the impact on kids was, but it is also probably being overblown by a media that knows people will pay attention to debates like this

    • barrbaric [he/him]
      ·
      2 years ago

      The study just ignored children and teens, which it explicitly notes were most likely to be effected, so it's honestly kind of pointless. I will conveniently ignore that fact when arguing with pro-COVID dipshits though.

      • userbear [comrade/them]
        ·
        2 years ago

        Same. I do wonder what the genuine effects on children but I think some parents probably made it worse freaking their kids out about what was being done to them

        • barrbaric [he/him]
          ·
          2 years ago

          I imagine the bigger concern is likely the trauma done by COVID (death of parents/family members/friends, long covid, etc).

      • Chapo_is_Red [he/him]
        ·
        2 years ago

        Childhood poverty did decline during the pandemic, afterward is another story, but at least during the pandemic I could imagine some mental health benefits for kids in addition to the obvious drawbacks.