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Coronavirus's risk to children is low. It's not true that there are no mitigations for Covid: children in the UK are being vaccinated against Covid, as often ha

Coronavirus's risk to children is low. It's not true that there are no mitigations for Covid: children in the UK are being vaccinated against Covid, as often happens against winter flu. Measures to protect adults against coronavirus have not come for free for children. Mental health referrals amongst children have doubled since before the pandemic [1]. In more unintended consequences, smoking amongst young people has also surged [2]. Now that we have the vaccine in the UK, and most adults and the vulnerable are vaccinated, I'm against anything that further disrupts a normal childhood, as at this stage, measures would be causing more harm than good. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/sep/23/childrens-nhs-mental-health-referrals-double-in-pandemic https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/sep/23/childrens-nh... [2] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58317263 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-58317263

q1w2 5y ago
No masks in schools - no distancing. They are not even doing the basics.
- heurisko 5y ago
  The basics are vaccinations. We have a vaccination now: this is the end game. There is nothing more we can do, unless we want to enforce children to wear masks and distance every winter flu season, which comes at a mental and developmental cost for children. Children should not have to wear masks for 6 hours a day, and should be allowed to interact with each other normally. Whilst being the group least at risk of coronavirus, the most has been asked from children and young people, and now is the time when we need to return to normal in society, accepting we balance freedom with risk, and that they will always accompany each other.
- postingawayonhn 5y ago
  Do you really think it's possible to make kids socially distance? And surely the social effects of that will be much worse than any possible positive benefit for the children?
- lamp987 5y ago
  Lmao have you ever been in a school? How would that even be geometrically possible?

q1w2 5y ago

No masks in schools - no distancing. They are not even doing the basics.

heurisko 5y ago
The basics are vaccinations. We have a vaccination now: this is the end game. There is nothing more we can do, unless we want to enforce children to wear masks and distance every winter flu season, which comes at a mental and developmental cost for children. Children should not have to wear masks for 6 hours a day, and should be allowed to interact with each other normally. Whilst being the group least at risk of coronavirus, the most has been asked from children and young people, and now is the time when we need to return to normal in society, accepting we balance freedom with risk, and that they will always accompany each other.
postingawayonhn 5y ago
Do you really think it's possible to make kids socially distance? And surely the social effects of that will be much worse than any possible positive benefit for the children?
lamp987 5y ago
Lmao have you ever been in a school? How would that even be geometrically possible?