> You cannot say this for certain There are dozens of countries that held off the pandemic for over a year. They mostly had the advantage of being islands. >

> You cannot say this for certain There are dozens of countries that held off the pandemic for over a year. They mostly had the advantage of being islands. > Claiming these lockdowns and restrictions didn't have a significant impact on children is being willfully ignorant. Im not disputing this because I do think they had a serious impact. I do dispute the argument that the CDC mandated lockdowns and then were surprised when it wrecked mental health. They weren’t, and they would have examined mental health anyway.