There has been this strange idea out there that claims that "children aren't endangered by the coronavirus".
Yes, the elderly are more likely to die and more likely to need intensive care due to the coronavirus.
But this idea that "children aren't endangered by the coronavirus" is BOGUS!
I think much of that thinking is because, during the first few years of the coronavirus crisis, many parents wanted their children back in the schools.
To effectively push the narrative of "the children should be back in the schools", many covidiot pundits & influencers kept claiming "coronavirus doesn't really hurt the children that much" to soften the opposition to opening the schools.
It's one thing to want the children to be back in the schools.
But to dismiss concerns that the children would be vulnerable to the coronavirus in a place where social distancing isn't possible?
Really?
And the covidiots REFUSE to grapple with the fact that
- schools also employ adult staff members, many of whom are older adults who have additional vulnerabilities to the coronavirus
- children come from families, and can spread the virus to older relatives who have additional vulnerabilities to the coronavirus
- some kids did die from covid
- some parents or other guardians got infected from the kids who got covid from school
- schools had to lock down because some teachers and other staff either died or got severely infected from covid
- teacher's unions were willing to reopen on the condition that there's adequate public health safety precautions in place
- learning loss did occur, but was very minimal (Los Angeles had less learning loss than Miami, despite LA reopening schools later)
- it wasn't just school closures that affected mental health, it was that many of the students had family members and other loved ones who died from covid
- teen suicide and mental hospitalization ALREADY were on an increasing trend in the years BEFORE the pandemic.
When 11-year-old Jack Coviello contracted COVID-19 in January 2022, his worst symptom was a sore throat that kept him out of school for a week. A couple of days later, graver symptoms started to appear: gastrointestinal issues, tachycardia, panic attacks, and extreme fatigue that kept him sleeping 20 hours a day.
It would be a full month of running tests in which doctors continued to say Jack was "fine," until his pediatrician diagnosed him with post-COVID syndrome, also known as long COVID, and referred him to a specialized clinic, said his mother, Kelli Coviello, who is a principal's assistant at an elementary school in Massachusetts.
"It's been a challenge of them not really, truly understanding," Coviello told Salon in a phone interview. "They think it's just school avoidance, and he doesn't want to come in or maybe it's just anxiety, and all this other stuff. … But he's an 11-year-old boy, who is looking at you saying, 'Am I dying? What's happening to me?'"
Long COVID symptoms include severe fatigue, malaise, headaches and other neurological symptoms like brain fog, as well as nausea, decreased appetite, weight loss, joint pain and loss of smell and taste. Symptoms emerge in the three months after infection and last anywhere from a couple of months to years.
"Anything can pop up at any given time, and his symptoms change a lot," Coviello said. "It's like Whac-a-Mole. You'll say, 'Okay, we got rid of that symptom.' Then something new pops up or that old symptom comes back again."
The condition ranges in severity but can be debilitating, with about 80% of patients in Yonts' clinic experiencing extreme fatigue, she said. Long COVID can also impact children's mental health and development, especially after many were already facing academic delays due to virtual learning in the earlier stages of the pandemic.
"We had one young man that was set to go to college on a track and field scholarship — but because of this infection, that totally disappeared," Yonts said. "He had to reevaluate his plan for post-secondary education and what his life is going to look like because the critical timing was when all this happened to him — that all fell apart."
For Jack, long COVID impacted more than his physical health. He was a straight A student who played in the band and the basketball team. Although he's managed to stay at grade level, at one point he struggled to do simple math additions due to his brain fog.
Unfortunately, you won't hear a word of compassion for Jack coming from covidiots like Bill Maher, Ron DeSantis or Donald Trump.
Instead, covidiots will continue to bully those who wear protective masks, and they will yell "la la la, I can't hear you" whenever there are reports of increases in covid cases!
As for me, I will continue to wear a protective mask in public.
I will not surrender to covidiots!
- masks prevent a person's germs from spreading
- It's a good idea to wear a mask when preparing food
