Thread by @drclairetaylor

I want to share something I was recently told- verbatim.

‘We are dealing with an increased level of aggression in primary schools across Scotland’

Apparently
-there are meetings being held
-they don’t know what to do about it
- they don’t know why 🧠

https://twitter.com/drclairetaylor/status/1716021333845332176

I was told this as my 9 year old daughter was threatened with a KNIFE at school.
My attempts to speak to the head of education for my area have been blocked at every point.
Teachers tell me- we don’t know what to do with this group of pandemic children.

The automatic assumption is ‘lockdowns’
But three years on- we are still dealing with a much higher than average illness absence rates in children.
Especially‘persistent absence’

Solution from government- get them all back into school, even if sick. Even if it’s Covid. Get them all in spreading it to each other and ‘hope’ they get some immunity

Please please please look at this research @educationgovuk
Please take note when teachers say they are dealing with an ‘increased level of aggression’ in primary school aged children

Apparently these children:
Have difficulty concentrating
Controlling their emotions
Playing together
Controlling anger
Hitting
Bullying

What other things cause difficulty concentrating in children? Oh that’s right- ADHD.
This is how the brain affects ADHD
aacap.org/AACAP/Families…

I’ve said it before and was slated by paediatric minimisers.
Here is an article about all the other reasons a pandemic may lead to Inc in ADHD diagnosis eg change in routine. I don’t disagree
additudemag.com/adhd-symptoms-…

But life is apparently back to normal now. So we are told. Last lockdown years ago.

What if Covid affects children’s brains causing neuroinflammation and an ADHD or neuroinflammation like presentation?
What if?
And if that’s a question (it is for me) what are we doing?

Well there’s hardly any research.
I found this:



‘ADHD is associated with poorer outcomes in COVID-19 infection.’
One could posture they are more at risk if inflammation.journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/10…

inflammation and ADHD:
This study looked at ADHD, inflammation&obesity.

‘We found significant correlation between IL-6, as well as TNF-alpha, and hyperactivity/ impulsivity subscores that held even AFTER controlling for BMI and oppositional symptoms.’

sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Dig a little deeper and search ‘ ADHD PET scans’

‘PET scans showing decreased levels of dopamine transporters in ADHD patients.’

Remember the basal ganglia affected in the recent @polybioRF neuroinflammation study?

sites.dartmouth.edu/dujs/2009/11/2…

ADHD is a risk factor for long Covid
Are we unmasking pre-existing ADHD or do we have ADHD-like neuroinflammation?

nature.com/articles/s4157…

A study of long Covid&cognitive function found:

‘a specific deficit of the same magnitude as intoxication at the UK drink driving limit or the deterioration expected with 10 years ageing, which appears to contribute significantly to the symptomatology of long-COVID’

Say what?

Those with long Covid scored as if they were above the drink driving limit or had aged 10 years?
What about children? Are their brains magically protected?

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

There is a study of long Covid, PET scans and children with long Covid.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

It found:

Similar patterns of [18FJ-FDG brain PET hypometabolism in paediatric and adult patients with long Covid

‘Despite lower initial severity at the acute stage of the infection, paediatric patients demonstrated on average 5 months later a similar brain hypometabolic pattern as that found in adult long COVID patients, involving bilateral medial temporal lobes, brainstem and cerebellum’

Contd

‘also the right olfactory gyrus, with partial PET recovery in two children at follow-up.’

Summary:
-We have apparently increased levels of aggression and poor concentration in children in primary schools across Scotland
-We know those with ADHD have increased risk of severe Covid outcome
-PET scans from adults&children with long Covid show same abnormalities

Maybe someone should start scanning our children and see how their brains are doing.