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You may have missed the fact that many countries / localities in fact did do lockdowns on and off for the last two years that did prevent childrend from seeing

You may have missed the fact that many countries / localities in fact did do lockdowns on and off for the last two years that did prevent childrend from seeing their peers in person outside of school. Couple that with the non-stop fearmongering by the media, and it's not an unreasonable assumption to make that many kids were probably kept at home and away from their peers, even between lockdowns.

vkou 5y ago
In the US, those on and off lockdowns[1] lasted for about a month per locale, and weren't even enforced during that time. What about the other 23 months? [1] 'Lockdown' is a completely inappropriate word to describe a world where the greatest practical impediment to your freedom is that you can't go to the theatre, the bar, or to Hawai'i. Or host a wedding.
- ryandrake 5y ago
  Everything is exaggerated nowadays. “Unenforced suggestions to stay at home” = lockdown. “A minor inconvenience” = torture. “Sensible public health policy” = tyranny. No US state implemented anything close to what a reasonable, sane person could describe as lockdown. Nobody was locked into their homes. Stay at home was routinely broken with zero consequences. Business closures went unenforced outside of a handful of urban areas. Calling it “lockdown” is clown world logic.
- jimmydorry 5y ago
  There is an entire spectrum on the scale of hard lockdowns to curfews to public health orders. The GP I was replying to made the assertion that they can't believe there would be even a single family that made the choice to keep their children isolated. Do you agree with their assertion that no portion of the population could have "over-reacted" to the prevailing health advice? Or that no family had vulnerable persons they were looking after that resulted in a higher level of isolation?
spookthesunset 5y ago
I dunno why this is downvoted. I know several people who intentionally isolated their kids for at least a year. These kids couldn't even go outside... Instead of telling people to remain calm, these fucking "experts" intentionally scared the living daylights out of people. And for many people in my particularly liberal region, they took it all to heart and went well above and beyond what these "experts" were demanding.

vkou 5y ago

In the US, those on and off lockdowns[1] lasted for about a month per locale, and weren't even enforced during that time. What about the other 23 months? [1] 'Lockdown' is a completely inappropriate word to describe a world where the greatest practical impediment to your freedom is that you can't go to the theatre, the bar, or to Hawai'i. Or host a wedding.

ryandrake 5y ago
Everything is exaggerated nowadays. “Unenforced suggestions to stay at home” = lockdown. “A minor inconvenience” = torture. “Sensible public health policy” = tyranny. No US state implemented anything close to what a reasonable, sane person could describe as lockdown. Nobody was locked into their homes. Stay at home was routinely broken with zero consequences. Business closures went unenforced outside of a handful of urban areas. Calling it “lockdown” is clown world logic.
jimmydorry 5y ago
There is an entire spectrum on the scale of hard lockdowns to curfews to public health orders. The GP I was replying to made the assertion that they can't believe there would be even a single family that made the choice to keep their children isolated. Do you agree with their assertion that no portion of the population could have "over-reacted" to the prevailing health advice? Or that no family had vulnerable persons they were looking after that resulted in a higher level of isolation?

spookthesunset 5y ago

I dunno why this is downvoted. I know several people who intentionally isolated their kids for at least a year. These kids couldn't even go outside... Instead of telling people to remain calm, these fucking "experts" intentionally scared the living daylights out of people. And for many people in my particularly liberal region, they took it all to heart and went well above and beyond what these "experts" were demanding.