How much long term damage do you think the lockdown policies will have on children?

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RationalMadman: Are you avery?

So, how much damage do you think has been done?

Do you think that people went way too overboard with the lockdowns?

Do you think that lockdowns, mask, and/or other policies should continue to exist?

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So, how much damage do you think has been done? 

To children?  Not much and almost all that harm is in the past now.

Do you think that people went way too overboard with the lockdowns? 

No.

Do you think that lockdowns, mask, and/or other policies should continue to exist?

For COVID?  No.  I think we are past the point where COVID will overwhelm our medical system again.  Certainly, we should refine and be prepared to implement lockdown and/or masking strategies as appropriate for new disease outbreaks.

To children?  Not much and almost all that harm is in the past now.

The good hygiene portion of the hygiene hypothesis should be expected to have a greater impact than very young children staying at home which is most of what they do anyway.  Seems like the age group where the hygiene hypothesis comes into play is generally much younger than school age.  I suppose there were many children who would normally have gone to daycare for that year and gotten more exposure to diseases but children that young in daycare is also a relatively new phenomenon with unknown impacts.  I would guess the advantages of very young children spending more time with their families accrued more psychological survival advantages than immunological disadvantages.  I expect that if the most virulent generations of COVID had hit more children earlier, the long term impacts to some of those children would have far outweighed any  long-term immunological or psychological effects of quarantine.

The original solution proposed by Trump to deal with Covid was injecting disinfectants,

somehow getting sunlight into our bodies

and finally herd immunity.

Trump proposed more solutions for Covid than Biden. But it was Biden who get Covid under control.

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The original solution proposed by Trump to deal with Covid was injecting disinfectants,

No the original solution he parroted was a lock-down "two weeks to slow the spread".

somehow getting sunlight into our bodies

Not an idea he came up with, those vaunted experts were the ones trying to run blood through UV dialysis. Laugh at them if you want to laugh.

and finally herd immunity.

Which is by definition the only final solution.

Trump proposed more solutions for Covid than Biden. But it was Biden who got Covid under control.

The human immune system (thank you a billion years of evolution) got covid under control, there was some slight support from vaccines. The vaccines were made by vaccine specialists, not ancient politicians of questionable character and cognition.

In a billion years Covid was relatively unknown. How does the human immune system deal with the unknown?

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In a billion years Covid was relatively unknown. How does the human immune system deal with the unknown?

This is why people on your side trust "experts", you haven't a clue how things work nor it seems a clue how to begin to determine what makes sense and what doesn't.

It's essentially a system for extremely rapid mutation of potential binding sites. A great number of antibody types are released, the ones that work are targeted for further production.

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Of course we went overboard with lockdowns, but the damage mostly relates to the economy. People can always move on and get over things. There is lasting damage to global economies and people's finances after the massive disruption lockdowns caused to our supply chains, though. 

P.S anyone who thinks that kids don't directly interact with each other much, doesn't know much about children because they *still* do. All of my cousins were meeting with their friends before, during and after the lockdowns. From what I remember, it was only from March to June in 2020 that people were reluctant to go out...most of my family members, friends and peers were desperate to resume some normality after those initial three months.

Also, to some extent parents have to take responsibility. I.e just because the government says your kids can't go out, it doesn't mean that you can't keep them busy in other ways.

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lol are you even real? 

You claim that Asian countries followed by example, but what Asian countries? India is in Asia, yet they have the second highest infection and mortality rates (after the U.S).

South Korea is ranked at #6. Even the U.K has less deaths from covid. Vietnam is #13, Taiwan is #22, North Korea is #28, and Hong Kong is #51.

https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/countries-where-coronavirus-has-spread/

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Somehow I find SupaDudzs description more alarm ringing than your own,

Has COVID effected the adolescent mentality? (debateart.com)

Wearing face masks doesn't seem that large an issue for development to me, but maybe having seen the face regularly during formative years is something I take for granted,

It's not as though 'all people are wearing a mask, family, TV, people are still seen without masks.

Also seems to me people still have time to encounter microbes, though maybe not 'as much as they might have had. . .

I 'do remember being sick way more when I was young, than as an adult,

Though I don't know if that's because children are more susceptible, or if there's a lot of sicknesses we get as a kid, become immune to as adults.

I do agree that technology was already diminishing healthy social interaction from a psychological POV, but I feel as if the Covid lockdowns dialed it up to 11. Also, what are your thoughts on the possible long term effects to the immune system via the hygiene hypothesis + lockdowns and over-sanitization?

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I do agree that technology was already diminishing healthy social interaction from a psychological POV, but I feel as if the Covid lockdowns dialed it up to 11. Also, what are your thoughts on the possible long term effects to the immune system via the hygiene hypothesis + lockdowns and over-sanitization?

I feel like you watched too much news. 

Anyway it’s reasonable to assume an overwhelming majority of parents were sane enough to allow their kids to take their masks off at home.

the strict mask requirements only lasted for a couple of years. When it comes to mental and immune development, children below the age of 5 would be most effected I would say. TV and smart devices were probably helpful in this circumstance for young kids seeing faces. Though this all just common sense to me.

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The cognitive regression of boomers is more of a natural process.