We threw out every single thing we know about human nature in order to fight COVID and this is where it led us. Pieces like this crush me because it was so, so obvious this would happen. I could have predicted this piece in May. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/student-suicides-nevada-coronavirus.html
Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen

Firmly linking teen suicides to school closings is difficult, but rising mental health emergencies and suicide rates point to the toll the pandemic lockdown is taking.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/politics/student-suicides-nevada-coronavirus.html
If I told you that teenagers would be kept from seeing friends, learn only online, have their social lives conducted only on social media, not have any in-person interaction with supportive grown-ups, wouldn't I be drawing you a picture of rising suicide rates? Yet we did this.
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If you didn't want schools to open because Donald Trump wanted schools to open, well...
This is the story of just 1 district. Yesterday I asked about school districts closed since March & got a long, long list. And there are "open" districts like NYC that have part-time elementary schools and closed Middle and High Schools. It's a disaster. https://twitter.com/karol/status/1352672544021688320
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