35 Articles: Children Suffered Under Covid Regulations

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In my book: “Gone Viral: How Covid Drove the World Insane” I highlight a number of articles and sources vindicating our stance on how children were NOT terribly at risk for Covid and that policies impacted them in terribly negative ways. Here are 35 articles on the pandemic and its impact on kids.

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Child Health and Development

• Infant abuse increased due to the implementation of lockdowns.: https://medpagetoday.com/pediatrics/domesticviolence/100490

• Immunocompromised children have a low risk of contracting Covid.: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S016344532100548X

• It is uncommon for children to experience Long COVID.: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00431-021-04345-z

• The impact of lockdowns on teenagers is devastating.: https://nytimes.com/2022/03/31/health/covid-mental-health-teens.html

• The regulations imposed due to Covid had a devastating impact on teenagers.: https://christianpost.com/news/44-kids-were-sad-hopeless-during-covid-19-lockdowns.html

• The disruption caused by Covid has led to a rise in child labor worldwide.: https://time.com/6170432/bangladesh-child-labor-pandemic/

• The Covid pandemic caused the deaths of 228,000 children in South Asia due to disruptions.: https://bbc.com/news/world-asia-56425115

• The Covid regulations have caused a surge in anxiety among children.: https://nytimes.com/interactive/2022/05/29/upshot/pandemic-school-counselors.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

• Babies experienced developmental delays due to restrictions.: https://usatoday.com/in-depth/news/education/2022/06/09/pandemic-babies-now-toddlers-delayed-development-heres-why/9660318002/

• The implementation of lockdowns resulted in a crisis in child development.: https://dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10910683/Some-children-arriving-primary-education-unable-say-NAMES-teachers-report-finds.html

• Vax has not been as effective in children as expected.: https://nyheder.tv2.dk/samfund/2022-06-22-set-i-bakspejlet-fik-vi-ikke-meget-ud-af-at-vaccinere-boernene-erkender-brostroem?cid=_soco%3Atw%3A4%3Anews%3A%3A%3A

• The UK has initiated compensation payments for vaccine-related injuries.: https://bbc.com/news/health-61898694

• Children are greatly affected by lockdowns.: https://spectator.co.uk/article/lockdown-s-impact-on-young-children-a-look-at-the-data

• The implementation of Covid regulations could result in millions of additional child marriages.: https://thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)01241-7/fulltext?dgcid=raven_jbs_etoc_email

• The implementation of lockdowns resulted in an increase in child labor.: https://savethechildren.net/news/covid-19-left-children-india-anxious-facing-more-violence-rise-child-labour-study

• The development of children is negatively impacted by masks and isolation.: https://kron4.com/news/eye-contact-speech-expression-speech-pathologist-treating-issues-stemming-from-covids-social-distancing/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=socialflow&utm_source=t.co

• Head Start children are still required to wear masks.: https://nytimes.com/2022/09/07/us/head-start-masks-toddlers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

• The incidence of child abuse increased significantly during the lockdown period.: https://bmjpaedsopen.bmj.com/content/6/1/e001553

• The cancellation of sports had a severe impact on children.: https://aap.org/en/news-room/news-releases/conference-news-releases/covid-19-pandemic-cancellations-took-harsh-toll-on-teen-athletes-whose-mental-and-physical-health-improved-significantly-after-sports-resumed/

• Less than 1 in 500 children under the age of 5 were hospitalized after receiving the vaccine.: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2797451

• Covid does not pose a risk to infants.: https://washington.edu/news/2022/11/02/infants-less-likely-to-contract-covid-develop-severe-symptoms-than-other-household-caregivers/

• The reporting of abuse was prevented by lockdowns.: https://sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014521342200463X

• The implementation of Covid regulations resulted in an increase in cases of child sexual abuse.: https://bbc.com/news/world-asia-63658818

• It is not advisable for children to take boosters due to the potential risks involved.: https://jme.bmj.com/content/early/2022/12/05/jme-2022-108449

• Improving Covid outcomes can be achieved by interacting with kids.: https://cnbc.com/2022/12/16/interacting-with-small-kids-may-lower-risk-of-severe-covid-outcomes.html

• The vaccination rates among children are still declining.: https://the74million.org/article/child-vaccination-rates-already-down-because-of-covid-fall-again/

School closures and education during Covid

• Learning loss is a significant consequence of lockdowns.: https://srcd.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cdev.13738

• The quality of education through remote learning is unsatisfactory.: https://nytimes.com/2022/03/08/us/pandemic-schools-reading-crisis.html

• The experience of remote learning was a complete failure.: https://edsource.org/2022/student-math-scores-a-five-alarm-fire-in-california/669797

• The learning of 1.6 billion children was disrupted due to Covid regulations.: https://nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01387-7

• The global learning crisis was worsened by restrictions.: https://unicef.org/reports/state-global-learning-poverty-2022

• Students were greatly affected by the disastrous impact of lockdowns.: https://nytimes.com/2022/07/19/us/pandemic-learning-loss-recovery-time.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

• There is further proof that remote schooling was a complete failure.: https://edworkingpapers.com/sites/default/files/ai22-609.pdf

• Students are ill-equipped due to the implementation of remote schooling.: https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-health-race-and-ethnicity-milwaukee-5ab5394b2513e7136b9b854355770a1a

• Head Start expresses dissatisfaction with Covid regulations.: https://k12dive.com/news/covid-19-rule-disruptive-to-head-start-programs-advocates-say/629976/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue:%202022-08-18%20K-12%20Dive%20%5Bissue:43938%5D&utm_term=K