The percentage of a child's life lived during the pandemic:
Age 1 - 100%
Age 2 - 100%
Age 3 - 67%
Age 4 - 50%
Age 5 - 40%
Age 6 - 33%
Age 7 - 29%
Age 8 - 25%
Segregation, inequity, forced dress, anti-socialization and "us vs. them" thinking is being presented as "normal."
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Age 1 - 100%
Age 2 - 100%
Age 3 - 67%
Age 4 - 50%
Age 5 - 40%
Age 6 - 33%
Age 7 - 29%
Age 8 - 25%
Segregation, inequity, forced dress, anti-socialization and "us vs. them" thinking is being presented as "normal."
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History may not repeat, but it echoes.
The 1918 pandemic claimed 50,000,000 lives.
The civil unrest that followed it claimed 75,000,000 more.
In between, there was 20 years of addiction, blame, resentment, dehumanization and self-righteous morality.
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The 1918 pandemic claimed 50,000,000 lives.
The civil unrest that followed it claimed 75,000,000 more.
In between, there was 20 years of addiction, blame, resentment, dehumanization and self-righteous morality.
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Major conflicts over the last 200 years have a commonality: They were heralded by a rise in the use of the word "enemy" within literature. Today, it happens on social media.
Source: books.google.com/ngrams/graph?c…
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Source: books.google.com/ngrams/graph?c…
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Allowing children to develop friendships, freely, fearlessly and in person, may help to turn the tide.
In the spirit of liberalism, I share this statement, authored by doctors and scientists and co-signed by 900+ medical and health professionals: urgencyofnormal.com/our-statement
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In the spirit of liberalism, I share this statement, authored by doctors and scientists and co-signed by 900+ medical and health professionals: urgencyofnormal.com/our-statement
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