Makes me wonder what the CDC's recommendation will be. More medication? More pills? Isn't that their answer for everything. We are already the most medicated society on earth. I guess a little bit more won't hurt.
The only teens who have been "isolated" for two years are maybe some of those at very high risk (or the unfortunate children of hyper-paranoid parents). No need to exaggerate.
A lot of people would, and did, isolate even without being told too until they were vaccinated. They would have done so out of fear. All that governments really did by mandating lockdowns was enforce it on the part of the population that wouldn't do it with the hope that it would stop the spread of COVID. In some countries it worked, in others it didn't.
All this is to say there is no causal relationship between the government lockdowns (mandated at the state level in the USA, no?) and the CDC reporting on mental health. Both occured independently. There are however plenty of plausible arguments to make for lockdowns being causal on mental health though.
> 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.
