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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I work in education and people who came of age and were still in K-12 or college during COVID are developmentally stunted. They don't seem to have coping or problem solving skills and ignore deadlines and have trouble taking initiative.[/quote]

We’re moving school districts next summer and are holding our daughter back - she’s young for her class and has diagnosed learning disabilities, and covid was a huge challenge to her learning.

I don’t know why it’s so difficult for people to acknowledge the intense trauma we all experienced.  Just because some of us coped better or were less materially affected does not invalidate other people’s experiences.  I guess that’s another fun legacy of covid: a notable decrease in empathy and compassion.  Ironically.[/quote]

But so much if it was self inflicted. That doesn’t make everyone a victim. People went way overboard and now have to suffer the consequences.[/quote]

NP. You highlight what has caused is shift in my worldview from which I am having trouble recovering. You think that people went "overboard" by following public health advice, taking COVID seriously as a health risk, and trying to do their part to avoid spreading it when certain members of the community were at greater risk. [b]Your "overboard" was my trying to be a decent human being[/b]. The new narrative is that any fallout from restricted activities or isolation was self-inflicted and, therefore, not worth acknowledging or addressing.

I'll say that my view of "experts" in various realms has become increasingly distrustful. This is particularly true with those in public health and education, where experts offered assurances that were solely focused on maintaining desired outcomes without honest acknowledgment or discussion of potential long-term consequences. [/quote]

Meh.  You lose me when you portray people who didn't behave the way you did as bad human beings.  The 20/20 hindsight lens on how long restrictions stayed in place is not a good look.  I don't think the data supports those decisions.  And yes, some people used more common sense and saw it at the time and spoke up and behaved differently and they were labeled as lacking empathy, unkind, not good people.

If I've learned anything it's trust my own instincts, trust my ability to get information and assess it on my own, do not follow the party line whatever the party is.  Independent thinking and judgment is your friend and yes, you will be punished for it by some no matter what "side" you are on.[/quote]

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