> In some countries it worked, in others it didn't.
You cannot say this for certain. It will take much calmer heads before anybody can say these restrictions were worth their incredible costs.
> Both occured independently. There are however plenty of plausible arguments to make for lockdowns being causal on mental health though.
Kids were not allowed to go to school for more than a year. You don't need any research to suggest that isn't good for kids. Seriously. Claiming these lockdowns and restrictions didn't have a significant impact on children is being willfully ignorant.
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.
You cannot say this for certain. It will take much calmer heads before anybody can say these restrictions were worth their incredible costs.
> Both occured independently. There are however plenty of plausible arguments to make for lockdowns being causal on mental health though.
Kids were not allowed to go to school for more than a year. You don't need any research to suggest that isn't good for kids. Seriously. Claiming these lockdowns and restrictions didn't have a significant impact on children is being willfully ignorant.