6 Stories That Vindicate Team Reality

From Long Covid to Vaccines. These stories deserve more attention

Our good friend The Robber Baron on Twitter makes some choice finds today in the news JUST in the last 24 hours.

1) Lockdowns set global education back decades

https://blogs.worldbank.org/developmenttalk/school-closures-and-longer-term-implications-covid-19-inter-generational-mobility

This article discusses the potential long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on intergenerational mobility in terms of education.

Key takeaways:

1. The pandemic is estimated to reduce absolute mobility in high-income economies by 9 percentage points and in developing countries by 4 percentage points.

2. Relative mobility is estimated to decline by 2-3 percent in developing countries and 1-4 percent in high-income economies, depending on the effectiveness of remote learning.

3. The effects of the pandemic on long-term outcomes are not necessarily inevitable or irreversible.

2) Lockdowns caused an increase in youth suicide attempts by poising.

https://newsroom.uvahealth.com/2023/04/20/suicide-attempts-by-poisoning-increased-during-covid-19-pandemic/

This article discusses the alarming increase in suspected suicide attempts by poisoning among children and adolescents in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Key takeaways:

1. The rate of suspected suicide attempts by poisoning among children and adolescents ages 10-19 increased 30% during 2021 compared with 2019.

2. Girls accounted for 81.2% of the suspected suicide attempts among adolescents ages 10-19 in 2021.

3. The two most common substances involved in the reported suicide attempts were acetaminophen and ibuprofen.

3) We're wasting billions on Long-Covid research

https://www.statnews.com/2023/04/20/long-covid-nih-billion/

This article examines the lack of progress made by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in their $1 billion effort to study long Covid, despite a clear mandate from Congress to do so.

Key takeaways:

1. The NIH has not yet signed up a single patient to test any potential treatments for long Covid.

2. The majority of the NIH's money has been spent on broader, observational research that won't directly bring relief to patients.

3. The NIH has not asked Congress for any more funding for long Covid research.

4) The common cold shielded children from harmful Covid impacts.

https://scitechdaily.com/an-unlikely-hero-how-the-common-cold-shields-children-from-covid-19/

This article discusses how memory T cells generated by common colds in children may explain their milder COVID-19 symptoms.

Key takeaways:

1. Memory T cells generated by common colds in children may provide a prior level of immunity to COVID-19.

2. Memory T-cell response to coronaviruses develops as early as the age of two.

3. Memory T-cell response to coronaviruses is stronger earlier in life and weakens as individuals age.

5) Kids with Covid can be safely treated at home without any issues.

https://cosmosmagazine.com/health/study-shows-children-with-covid-19-can-be-safely-cared-for-at-home/

This article discusses a study by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute which found that children with COVID-19 can be safely treated at home, and the majority avoid hospitalisation altogether.

Key takeaways:

1. The Royal Children’s Hospital Hospital-in-the-Home (HITH) program was used to treat children with COVID-19.

2. Only 10% of COVID-19-positive children were readmitted to hospital, with just 5% needing medical intervention.

3. The HITH program helped reduce COVID-19 transmission in hospital during the first two years of the pandemic.

6) Public health's overzealous vax push led to decrease in overall child vaccinations

https://www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/people-lost-faith-childhood-vaccines-during-covid-pandemic-unicef-says-2023-04-20/

This article discusses the decline in public perception of routine childhood vaccines due to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report from UNICEF.

Key takeaways:

1. Public perception of vaccines for children declined between 2019 and 2021 in 52 of the 55 countries surveyed.

2. 67 million children missed out on one or more potentially lifesaving vaccines during the pandemic.

3. Vaccine confidence varied globally, with some countries seeing a decrease in confidence and others remaining the same or increasing

So there you go, 6 stories in 24 hours that are barely being talked about. This happens almost every day with Covid news that counters the mainstream narrative.