Children born in the pandemic have significantly reduced cognitive performance [pdf]

Post by sieabahlpark » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 6:01 PM UTC

bryan0 wrote: post #89

dempseye wrote: post #82

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I live in a country with a vaccination rate over 90% and we still have partial lockdowns. So I suggest you reassess whether meeting that goal in your location would result in things going back to normal for you.

Good to know. Which country? Why are they implementing lockdowns? The other problem is that just hitting the % isn’t good enough. You need to keep up to date if boosters are required. So definitely not easy.

Post by sieabahlpark » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 6:04 PM UTC

jpdus wrote: post #38

I don't have time to look into methodology in great detail, but their model seems to be flawed? CDQ is designed to correlate with age[1] and it's expected that the most recently born children have lower scores. Just treating age as a model covariate seems wrong? Shouldn't they do some kind of propensity score matching (match equally old childs with comparable maternal education, weight, etc.)? instead? I also really…

Post by llampx » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 6:05 PM UTC

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I would bet on the growth of notepads and smartphone usage by children 0-2 age. There are evidences that electronics and smart screens are destructive for the cognitive development of infants, while they are super easy to adopt by lazy parents. Click on some YTube show and baby won’t bother you for the next hour or two.

> There are evidences that electronics and smart screens are destructive for the cognitive development of infants, while they are super easy to adopt by lazy parents. I know this is a poor form but fuck you. We work our asses off to give our kids what is generally accepted as a “good” upbringing and it’s hard. Hard during any normal period of time and even harder when dealing the pressures of the pandemic’s affect on…

Post by smt88 » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 6:05 PM UTC

Zababa wrote: post #27

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Our (Bay Area, CA) school district psychologist told us - “Most of our 4 and 5 years old are behind 1 to 2 year on their language and social development”. How this is not national news 24/7? It is a disaster. So much about protecting the children…

> So much about protecting the children… At least for covid, this has never been about protecting the children, mostly about protecting old people. I remember a classmate calling it "sacrificing the mental health of the youth for the physical health of the old".

Post by astrange » Sun, Dec 19, 2021, 6:06 PM UTC

conception wrote: post #77

gizmo385 wrote: post #58

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As evidenced by?

The large scale antivax movement for one.