CORONA UK: Just 25 Under 18’s Died From COVID in England, Hundreds Died From Suicide and Trauma

Dennis Olson

Chief Curmudgeon
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Just 25 Under 18’s Died From COVID in England, Hundreds Died From Suicide and Trauma

Studies find lockdown measures aimed at kids “may prove a greater risk than that of SARS-CoV-2 itself.”

Published 4 days ago on 9 July, 2021
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New figures released by researchers in the UK show that just 25 under-18’s died from COVID from March 2020 to February 2021, two-thirds of whom had “chronic” health conditions, and that lockdown measures aimed at children “may prove a greater risk than that of SARS-CoV-2 itself.”

The numbers show that there is around a 1 in 500,000 chance of children dying from coronavirus in England, and that includes victims of pre-existing medical conditions, like heart disease and cancer.

“More than 75 per cent of the children who died had chronic conditions, while two thirds had more than one underlying condition and 60 per cent had life-limiting conditions,” reports the Daily Mail.

During the same time period, 124 children died from suicide and 268 died from trauma.


Studies conducted by researchers at University College London, the University of York and the University of Liverpool found that lockdown measures which remove children from social environments “may prove a greater risk than that of SARS-CoV-2 itself.”

The numbers should inform the government when it comes to considerations of the pros and cons of vaccinating children, although don’t expect the story to receive much wider media attention.

Earlier this year, experts in the UK warned that isolation and depression caused by lockdowns had created a “mental health pandemic.”

According to mental health experts in Australia, COVID-19 lockdowns were found to have been a major contributing factor in a doubling in the number of youth suicides

 

Meemur

Voice on the Prairie / FJB!
I'm always sorry to read about tragic events like this, but as an INTJ I can't relate to their stress. I have totally enjoyed working from home and having fewer interactions with people. If I could've done something like this as a teenager, it would've greatly helped me!
 

summerthyme

Administrator
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I'm always sorry to read about tragic events like this, but as an INTJ I can't relate to their stress. I have totally enjoyed working from home and having fewer interactions with people. If I could've done something like this as a teenager, it would've greatly helped me!
Yeah, we INTJs are very different! I would have LOVED remote schooling... I would have finished up my work by 9 am and would have been out on my horse all day!

I've go to say, though, we MUST start raising more resilient children. Our son has said he wants his girls to "experience disappointment"... he believes it is vital for them to learn that life isn't fair, that things go wrong, and then how to handle it and recover. I know growing up in the farm, with the whole birth-to-inevitable-death cycle taught our kids very young.

But gee... I thought young people were all about "virtual" socializing! Or was it the constant drumbeat of doom that made them lose all hope?

Summerthyme
 

Blacknarwhal

Let's Go Brandon!
Yeah, we INTJs are very different! I would have LOVED remote schooling... I would have finished up my work by 9 am and would have been out on my horse all day!

I've go to say, though, we MUST start raising more resilient children. Our son has said he wants his girls to "experience disappointment"... he believes it is vital for them to learn that life isn't fair, that things go wrong, and then how to handle it and recover. I know growing up in the farm, with the whole birth-to-inevitable-death cycle taught our kids very young.

But gee... I thought young people were all about "virtual" socializing! Or was it the constant drumbeat of doom that made them lose all hope?

Summerthyme

I'm sure there would have been some requirement for you to show up at certain times to Zoom meetings. Can't just let kids whip through a day in a half-hour and then go do something they enjoy; how in the world will they prepare for long hours of sitting in neat rows doing exactly what they're told as adults?
 
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