Covid lockdowns have been linked to a surge in babies and toddlers suffering from speech and other developmental issues, the largest study to date has found. The Telegraph has more.
Experts from the University of Edinburgh examined at the impact of successive lockdowns and social distancing measures on more than a quarter of a million babies and toddlers.
They found that the number of children with at least one developmental issue increased by up to 6.6% between March 2020 and August 2021 – the period in which the first lockdown began and ended.
Around one in 10 children in the UK has a developmental concern, which can include issues regarding their behaviour, emotional regulation, social skills or movement.
The authors of the report said the rise could be linked to “reduced social interaction and reduced attendance at early learning and childcare settings” during the period, which play an “important role in children’s development”. …
The latest research explored the scale of damage to the development of those yet to start school, with 18 months of restrictions coinciding with an increase in developmental issues, including speech and communication, behaviour and problem-solving.
The research included about 258,000 children aged 13 to 15 months and 27 to 30 months in Scotland, where restrictions were the same as in the rest of the UK.
This accounted for 80% of the children in the country, and they were tracked between January 2019 and August 2023 to give pre and post-lockdown trends.
The study was the largest analysis of data assessing Covid restrictions on child developmental outcomes in Europe.
Researchers found that the proportion of children with developmental concerns remained higher than pre-pandemic levels even after restrictions ended in August 2021.
Of particular concern was the proportion of children aged 13 to 15 months with issues continuing to rise even after lockdowns ended. Among those aged 27 to 30 months, the trend stopped increasing but remained above pre-pandemic levels, researchers said.
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And still nobody in jail.
Warnings were given at the time by multiple people, but ignored.
I think face masks played a huge role in delaying development. We refused to wear mask – if challenged we would haughtily claim a medical exemption. I remember when shopping, babies would stare in amazement that they could see our faces and watch our mouths moving when we talked or smiled. You can’t hate THEM enough!
The end of the face nappy rule was quite strange – a bit like waking up in a prison camp to find all the guards legged it during the night – as suddenly weeks in advance all the door guards at supermarkets were gone.
How could anyone have predicted this? Did the people involved speak up at the time to warn of this? All I remember is people saying “kids are resilient”.
Plenty of people spoke up, as very well reported on this site. What they were saying wasn’t in the script.
Indeed though I have a feeling not the people behind this study
I was just going to write the same.
I made a mental note of that comment which I first read in, shock, The Guardian.
Can’t remember who wrote it but it would be worthy of someone like Devi Sridhar.
Well this won’t help :
“Wes Streeting has ordered a 50% staff cut to NHS England as well as a 50% staff cut to the regional ICB’s. ICB’s are independent commissioning boards that took the place of CCG’s (clinical commissioning groups) a few years ago.”
I hope Ferguson is having sleepless nights – but I doubt he has a conscience.
Rona Reich, the ‘Education’ system and child abuse. If they don’t abort you, or euthanise you, they will certainly brainwash and abuse you.
Tranny’s, Queers, LDs, Diapers, Climate Bullshit in every ‘course’, anti-white racism, etc etc.
If I did not know better I would assume that the ‘government’ of globalists and arselings hates us.
And I forgot – stabs, stabs, stabs starting at 6 months. No magic stabby, no ‘school’.
Stab the kids, diaper them, lock them down. No hatred or abuse here.
Thanks for mentioning the stabs for little ones. It’s even worse than 6 months here in the UK, I’ve just discovered:
2 months old:
6-in-1 vaccine: first dose
Rotavirus vaccine: first dose
MenB vaccine: first dose
3 months old:
6-in-1 vaccine: second dose
Rotavirus vaccine: second dose
MenB vaccine: second dose
4 months old:
6-in-1 vaccine: third dose
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV): first dose
12 months old:
Hib/MenC vaccine
MMR vaccine: first dose
PCV booster
MenB booster
and on it goes, sticking needles into babies. Here’s the whole schedule for the UK and other countries, if anyone wants the horrible details:
The UK Vaccination Schedule | Vaccine Knowledge Project
Global Vaccination Schedules | Vaccine Knowledge Project
Well done for mentioning the endless stabs, sticking endless needles into babies & children. Here’s the whole childhood and adult vaccine schedule for various countries, including the UK.
Global Vaccination Schedules | Vaccine Knowledge Project