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Pandemic effects may have lowered baby IQs, study says
EdSource ^ | EPTEMBER 17, 2021 | KAREN D'SOUZA

Posted on 10/03/2021 10:28:01 AM PDT by artichokegrower

The pandemic is leaving its imprint on all of us, but some experts suggest it may be most keenly affecting babies and toddlers.

A new study by researchers at five universities found that babies born during the pandemic may have lower IQ scores than those born before it. Babies who came into the world before the coronavirus had a cognitive score hovering around 100, according to this study. But the test scores of babies born during the pandemic fell sharply, to around 78. That’s 22 points lower than what’s considered normal.

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To: Berosus

“Do you have a theory on what is causing the IQ drop?”

With so many people working from home, it could be from overexposure to idiot parents instead of the people who get paid to interact with and watch children, namely, child care workers. Crazy, but possible.


21 posted on 10/03/2021 11:51:28 AM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: artichokegrower

Maybe the fake vaccine is crossing over and dropping IQ


22 posted on 10/03/2021 12:04:55 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Da Coyote

“ Even my wife’s fave horse show (Heartland) now has a smarmy little repulsive child repeating the standard “we’re ruining the earth” speeches”

Canadians 😒


23 posted on 10/03/2021 12:08:25 PM PDT by NWFree (Somebody has to say it)
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To: Alberta's Child

Or it revealed it.


24 posted on 10/03/2021 12:21:08 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: artichokegrower

Well, it sure seems to have lowered the IQ of the average sheeple by about 20-50 points. So many usually sane people have become conned by all the Covid bravo Sierra, even a number of FReepers.


25 posted on 10/03/2021 2:07:48 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: NWFree

Instead of ‘Canadians’, how about ‘Canadian sheeples’? Unfortunately, of the 38 million or so in Kanadahar, approximately 35 million fit that category, perhaps even 37 million!


26 posted on 10/03/2021 2:10:50 PM PDT by A Formerly Proud Canadian (Ceterum autem censeo Justinius True-dope-us esse delendam)
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To: Berosus

I do... The less time babies and toddlers are able to see facial expressions and mouth movement in the formation of words.


27 posted on 10/03/2021 2:50:45 PM PDT by freespirit2012
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To: artichokegrower

When people with lower IQ’s are having most of the babies, the average goes down. Duh....


28 posted on 10/03/2021 6:13:20 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite its unfashionability)
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To: artichokegrower

Not just IQ but Social IQ as well. Humans communicate very subtly through a myriad of tiny facial gestures, most of which are concealed by the mask (which doesn’t stop the spread of the disease n the first place).


29 posted on 10/03/2021 6:13:21 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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