Posted on 12/26/2021 9:54:02 AM PST by lightman
The nation’s recent lockdown policies and mask mandates will create a generation of children who exhibit lower IQs and signs of social brain damage, according to Dr. Mark McDonald, a clinical psychiatrist for children and adolescents, in an interview with host Cindy Drukier of a Dec. 25 episode of NTD’s The Nation Speaks.
McDonald cited an Aug. 11 study by Browns University (pdf) which found that “children born during the pandemic have significantly reduced verbal, motor, and overall cognitive performance compared to children born pre-pandemic.”
The masks, “zoom schools,” and lockdown mandates lead to “deprivation overall, of social contact, [of] not being able to see faces, being stuck at home all day long, has actually caused brain damage to the youngsters,” said McDonald.
In another interview in the episode, the director of Oxford University’s Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, Professor Carl Heneghan, cited evidence that pandemic restrictions and the “fear we instill into children” has led to “worsening” of “psychological problems.”
Heneghan cited his Oct. 2 study which concluded that “eight out of ten children and adolescents report worsening of behavior or any psychological symptoms or an increase in negative feelings due to the COVID-19 pandemic.”
“School closures contributed to increased anxiety, loneliness and stress; negative feelings due to COVID-19 increased with the duration of school closures,” the study reported. “Deteriorating mental health was found to be worse in females and older adolescents.”
Adolescents above the age of 12 also did worse than children under the age of 12, as adolescents face increasing peer pressure, social pressure, and are more aware of messages being delivered globally, according to Heneghan.
“The first thing is to de-escalate any fear and anxiety around COVID for children,” Heneghan said, adding that “for children, [COVID] is actually a very safe disease” and that children should not be worried about the impact of COVID “on themselves, or their future health.”
He also added that “shutting areas like schools was a mistake,” as keeping them open is good for education, “social connectedness, and well-being.”
“We should really prioritize education and those interventions that are in children’s best interest,” Heneghan stated.
According to a Dec. 20 study, data from the CDC (Center For Disease Control and Prevention) also showed that mental health-related visits in 2020, when pandemic restrictions were first imposed, increased by 24 percent in ages 5–11 and by 31 percent in ages 12–17 in comparison to 2019 data.
Anecdotally, Dr. Mark McDonald reported seeing children who “refuse to make eye contact, who are wetting their pants or wetting the bed at night, cannot go to sleepovers, being away from their mother for extended periods of time.”
Teenagers, on the other hand, come out of lockdown restrictions being “so wrapped up in social media and phones and zoom school because they’ve been trained for the last year and a half, that they do not even want to go out anymore,” said McDonald.
McDonald called the government and media corporations out for creating a “behavioral conditioning program” where children are subjected to “irrational, ridiculous” situations such as eating outside on a 40-degree day and having to run marathons or play sports with masks on.
As of Dec. 27, the Biden administration is recommending that children “too young to be vaccinated” should be “surrounded by vaccinated people and mask in public indoor spaces, including schools” according to the COVID-plan on the White House website.
“For those adolescents aged 12 and above who are eligible for vaccination, the most important step parents can take is to get them vaccinated,” the COVID-plan stated.
As of Dec. 27, the plan stated that “over half of the nation’s adolescents have been vaccinated.”
By compliant, I mean straight ticket democrat voters...
Masks prevent kids from learning how people express emotions. Yes, this does interfere with social development.
Even in the Epoch Times, the end conclusion is get them vaccinated.
And vaxx shills on FR.
I am also worried about the long-term psychological effect of this on children, especially those in the 5-8 age group for whom the current insanity will form their earliest impressions of what normal life is like.
The Democrats have condoned the slaughter of over 60 million babies in this country. Why should they care about brain damaging millions more in order the achieve their goal of a one party country.
Also, lockdown policies and mask mandates linked to lower IQ in those who implement them
We got a win this past week with Nevada stopping the vaccine mandate for college kids. Hopefully that sticks and we can also get an end to masks for all kids before school resumes in January.
+1
Echoes a comment posted by Keri Higgins on the epoch times comment sidebar:
“No surprise here, that’s exactly what the left wants… A dumber nation of people they can rule over and won’t question what’s going on or how things work. Now it’s on the parents to take charge of their childrens education and development (they way it should have always been). Kids don’t need to go to school to get what they need in education and life… My kids are homeschooled and are well rounded and social individuals. They aren’t exposed to covid mandates or CRT or lack of morals and vulgar language/talk or bullies/lack of respectful behavior. As someone who did both public school and private myself and now homeschooling my own children, I can attest to the fact that the further you get away from a public education, the better off you are!”
Brandon may be more senile from locking himself in basement during campaign.
“McDonald cited an Aug. 11 study by Browns University”
Is that the one affiliated with the Cleveland Browns? You can tell sometimes that the Epoch Times writers are not the most proficient in English.
Also linked with lower IQ politicians and fake doctors 🤪
Cursive writing, which our original founding documents are written with is no longer taught in many states. Not a coincidence. Thats why they were against slaves obtaining a goid education and thats why they never support school chouces.
Just think about a child that was born two years ago and lives in a blue city in a blue state. During the period of time that is most important to a child’s mental and cognitive development, they have be locked away from stimulus that promotes growth and learning. Can you imagine living in a 10th floor apartment in New York with three young children under the ages of eight or so. These children will never recover the skills and emotional growth they should have been experiencing during this time.
Now,
Switch “child” to “person”
And we’ll be cooking with gas
I thought liberals were supposed to be non-judgemental.
I guess now they are just ‘mental’.
The democrats want dumb, braindead followers. They want people that obey them and don’t question them.
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