r/unitedkingdom • u/[deleted] • Sep 09 '24

Covid lockdowns prematurely aged girls’ brains more than boys’, study finds

https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/sep/09/covid-lockdowns-prematurely-aged-girls-brains-more-than-boys-study-finds
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u/-strawberryfrog- Sep 09 '24

The lockdowns are clearly gonna be blamed for literally every collective and individual ill from now until 2050. Actually I bet the lockdowns are gonna be blamed for the way 2020s kids will be parenting their own children, and for those kids’ shitty life outcomes. If we’re lucky the Covid lockdowns will provide “scientific” “research” fodder for the next 60-70 years! It’s the gift that keeps on giving.

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '24

How do you think that they wouldn’t have caused any harm though? You can’t possibly just think this will be used to shrug off issues as though the lockdowns didn’t cause very real suffering? Not unless you were so personally privileged that it just flew over your head.

The suspension of support systems, the fears and impacts of the most vulnerable, the lack of access of green spaces for those locked down in tower blocks for example… those locked down with abusers..

Are you really just going to disregard all of that suffering and pretend it won’t have had any impact?

Why?

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u/-strawberryfrog- Sep 09 '24

You sure are putting a lot of words in my mouth. There’s a really wide delta between “the lockdowns had no effect whatsoever on anything and anybody” and “the lockdowns literally ruined humanity forever and also girls’ brains are old now”. But do go on, it seems like you need the release 🤷‍♂️

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u/[deleted] Sep 09 '24

Well, to be fair here, you are the one that fucked on about how “lockdowns are going to blamed for everything now! 🤪” nonsense, on an article that is simply informing you of the harms that have been caused.

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u/AonghusMacKilkenny Sep 10 '24

Covid deniers/lockdown sceptics are incapable of seeing nuance.