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Not exactly a trend, but I'm really worried about this next generation of kids that's coming up. During COVID they were locked down for a bit, which I think has caused some of them some socialization problems, and then they were just dumped back into school and there were no vaccines for kids so a lot of them just sort of got COVID freely.
We still have no idea what's going on with long COVID (and it seems to sometimes do something to the brain - people losing their taste and smell, brain fog etc.) so between missing out on key social milestones and a potential plethora of long-term and poorly understood health issues, I'm worried we're gonna have a really weird generation of people coming up in the next couple of decades.
Generations grew up breathing in lead from gasoline and everything turned out fiโฆ..shit.
Although lead poisoning literally reduces empathy and impulse control
I think a lot of kids, especially junior high and high schoolers, were not as dumb as people took them for and knew how they were being screwed over for political points. I know it's a complex subject, and feelings are probably conflicted (like wanting to be back with friends while also knowing how they couldn't be), but I think they do know that they were used as pawns to win political fights, and that their safety was put at risk because of it. "We need to open schools again for the kids". I think that's going to have an effect when voting age comes around
problem is, the democrats are the ones who declared the pandemic over. there's nobody who's actually pro public health to vote for
I've seen this talked about in some small subreddits, they were pushing back against the "kids are resilient" mantra. Sadly, I don't think much will be done to address the issue and we'll keep chugging along as business as usual.
Yep, a bit weird. Can't wait to see what they vote for when they are on their 50's