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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If only they could use their skill set for something that would save lives, like gun control.[/quote]

The head of the Virginia chapter of the American Academy of Pediatricians said he's personally gone from admitting 1 kid every 6 months to the hospital for mental health issues to 1-2 kids a WEEK.

I think this issue matters.[/quote]

That issue does matter but not ALL of those cases are due to isolation or school on a screen. Some parents are now seeing that their kids need help (and needed it before but it was missed) and that only happened because of seeing the behaviors/struggles at home/online school 24/7. Luckily they are now getting help for their kids. Our kids struggle with anxiety so I feel for all parents with kids having mental health issues. [/quote]

DP, but we really need to stop downplaying the impact of social isolation and/or too much screen time on kids.  Were some cases missed before, sure.  But there are MANY more that have been CAUSED by the pandemic and its associated mitigation effects.

OP, the reopening group I'm part of (in MoCo) has a decent proportion of healthcare professionals, including psychologists and pediatricians.  Maybe some are lobbyists, I have no clue.  But there's certainly a higher degree of science literacy in this group than others I'm part of.[/quote]

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