Data point: my kids are doing fine. They hated lockdown, but who didn’t? They aren’t behind in either academic or social terms. However, they had parents who s

Data point: my kids are doing fine. They hated lockdown, but who didn’t? They aren’t behind in either academic or social terms. However, they had parents who supported them throughout with home learning, extracurricular learning, love and encouragement, and a network of friends and families in similar conditions who worked together to keep up virtual contact and socialisation. What I worry about are the kids who didn’t have this kind of support. We had the resources to compensate for lockdown. A lot of families didn’t In the final evaluation, I expect this will result in a deepening rich-poor divide. This is somewhat ironic considering it was predominantly leftward politicians advocating for more/deeper lockdowns that disproportionately harm the poor, and rightward politicians advocating for relaxing lockdowns and sacrificing the elderly.