Thread by @sgdambrauskas

A thread on pandemic effects on children
Be prepared for devastating news/reports

Children´s situation is THE neglected catastrophe and THE THREAT for humanity

We have transformed a pandemic in the most disrupting event for an entire generation of children: Coronnials

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"My child died from Coronavirus, not the way you think" (A father)

A rise in SUICIDE among children/adolescents have forced Las Vegas to reopen its schools

Schools closure "side effects" is just the tip of the iceberg of a preventable catastrophe

nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/…

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If you close schools, you loose red flags to detect domestic child abuse.

In 🇬🇧 a 10% fall in referrals to children's services between April and Nov 2020 but a 27% rise in serious incident notifications

theguardian.com/society/2021/j…

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In 🇨🇳 when pandemic begun, the combination of home quarentine+school closures was linked to anxiety and depression among adolescents (1 out of 5 developed it)

jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

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Families are SUFFERING in a multidimentional scale

Disruption in health care, mental disorders, food supply and insecurity, unemployment rise in 🇺🇸 affect the well-being of the tandem (child-parent) as reported in this national survey

pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/146/4/…

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Watch this 9 minutes report about concerns over impact of COVID-19 pandemic on children's mental health

Now add 4 more months to the situation (it is from Sep 2020)

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MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS

In 🇺🇸, compared with 2019, the proportion of mental health–related visits for children aged 5–11 and 12–17 years increased approximately 24%. and 31%, respectively.

cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/6…

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When you close schools, when you dont have access to doctor in-person services, you have the best fuel to worsen this mental health crisis.

npr.org/sections/healt…

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In 🇯🇵, after an initial decline, there was a surge in suicide rate during pandemic. Most at risk: children, adolescents (⬆️49%) and females ⬆️37% (especially housewives)

The Syndemic is harder to the most vulnerable

nature.com/articles/s4156…

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Decline in child routine vaccination rates have been reported in distant places such as Michigan🇺🇸 and Sindh 🇵🇰 during 2020

This could lead to the dangerous global return of deadly vaccine-preventable diseases (measles et al)

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32943265/

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Pandemic provides fertile ground for WAR recruiters
Almost as many children are estimated to have joined armed groups in 🇨🇴 in the first half of 2020 as in the whole of 2019

Schools (now closed) were the key line of defence against child recruitment

thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2…

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It is pretty obvious SC affects those who need education the most

Widening inequalities will make the bridging between social classes more and more difficult

news.yale.edu/2021/01/05/cov…

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36 billion meals missed by children since start of pandemic due to schools closure, according to an @UNICEF report

Yes, Billons.

#COVID19, childhood and hunger.

Be ready for starvation and malnourishment

unicef-irc.org/article/2086-n…

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"Closing schools, closing lives".

Report from @BBCBreaking about the dramatic situation of children and their families

Hard to digest

bbc.co.uk/news/amp/healt…

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Sierra Leone
A surge in child marriage due to Schools Closure.

Hard to swallow but real

@VPrasadMDMPH @BallouxFrancois @apsmunro @surf4children @Damian_Roland

https://twitter.com/dwnews/status/1356023204137975814?s=20

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A tsunami of health related and preventable diseases will arrive

The case of quarentine myopia
👇🏻

https://twitter.com/sgdambrauskas/status/1350256033885794304?s=20

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#COVID19 has set the perfect conditions for the increment of Human trafficking. Children at highest risk

jamanetwork.com/journals/jamap…

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When you are a child from a poor country and schools close, you might end laboring with No return

“I have no choice,” Surlina said. “This is my life. My family is poor. What else can I do?”

nytimes.com/2020/09/27/wor…

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Schools Closure disproportionally affects women at home

Gender disparities could worsen big time for an entre generation of women

washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/…

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More and more horrendous chronicles of the "online world“ children are living at:

A pediatrician from San Diego🇺🇸
👇🏻
“What we’re seeing is frightening, because it’s hard to see these faces. They are just empty,”.

sandiegouniontribune.com/news/education…

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2 pandemics colliding: Obesity

#COVID19 have set perfect conditions for an childhood obesogenic environment

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

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From the other side of the screen
The misery of prolongued zoom school described by a parent

wweek.com/news/schools/2…

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A decline in mental health and quality of life of children and adolescents in #Germany is reportes during the pandemic

link.springer.com/article/10.100…

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With schools closed, motherhood can become a penalty.
Pandemic hit families and academic mothers especially hard.

If mom suffers, children will too

sciencemag.org/careers/2021/0…

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More devastating reports from 🇺🇸on the mental health crisis, suicidal attemps increase among children.

Schools closure is this HUGE disaster

nypost.com/2021/02/12/san…

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Learning from home during 2020 lockdown in 🇳🇱 seems like a VERY DIFFICULT or FAILED task (students made little or NO progress during schools closure).
Worse in the most disadvantaged.

#preprint from @pengzell @ArunFrey @MarkDVerhagen @UniofOxford
osf.io/preprints/soca…

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Schools closure is also an ECONOMIC drama
In 🇺🇸 could led to student 3.8% drop-off during the next 10 years and their economic consequences lasting 70 years

frbsf.org/economic-resea…

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Mental health claim lines for children skyrocketed during 2020

Yes, they are asking for HELP

axios.com/teenagers-ment…