Did the benefits of lockdown outweigh the harm to children’s education?

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PoisedKhakiUser · 11/10/2024 15:24

AIBU to ask whether the benefits of lockdown - saving lives and protecting health - outweighed the damage it did to children’s education and future life chances? I feel like kids lost out on so much during this time, and I wonder if the cost was too high.

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DoreenonTill8 · 14/10/2024 21:09

Crankyracoon · 14/10/2024 17:18

I never said that.

To be clear, the OP ask for opinions on whether people thought the lockdowns were worth the cost to children's education, it is my opinion that they were and my response was to the OP.

At no point have I asked you for your opinion.

Take this elsewhere.

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Not 'your' thread to issue commands.

ATenShun · 14/10/2024 21:17

x2boys · 14/10/2024 20:24

Wasent the often mentioned tik tok dance actually American ?
Maybe some staff were furlough,but why then were they asking for staff that had retired etc to come back(
And they were also ,employing students thst were months away from qualifying to fill in the gaps
There probably were some quiet areas ,but the general public were not allowed to just wander around ,critical care units .

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There were dances from all over. Loads of UK hospitals too.

I tracked the figures right from when they first being published. Hospitals were being run at far below capacity for the majority of lockdown and despite having more ICU available than ever before, the pre covid ICU numbers were sufficient.

While all these resources lay empty based on 'what if', thousands of people missed out on life saving & life changing treatment.

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