show less than half of students at or above grade level in English and only a third in math. In all of these cited examples, the already disadvantaged students have been the most negatively impacted.
“We committed educational malpractice,”' said Fedorko. Now back in the classroom, every student is struggling with pronunciation or recognizing letter sounds. “I am often the only adult they interact with that can articulate the sounds, but they can’t see my mouth.” Fedorko adds that it is especially hard on autistic students who already have trouble reading faces and emotions.
Dr. Amy Beck is a pediatrician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and an associate professor of pediatrics at UCSF. She conductedin 2020 and 2021 examining the rise in child obesity among her San Francisco General patients, ages 4 through 12. Average yearly weight gain was around 19 pounds, compared with healthy weight gain for this age range, which is typically 4 to 7 pounds per year, she said. Some of her patients gained 40, 50 and even 60 pounds.
One of the real health nightmares is going to be the developmental disorders in future generations caused by how Covid was handled in the bay area.
hamill_law Um, is this a trick question?
As soon as their parents stop showing up to their appts sick or recovering from colds and shit yeah. We’re in a fucking pandemic and people literally still are going out with colds.
Yes
Free San Francisco!! It’s time to end these outdated Covid policies for schools and businesses!
Yes. Cults treat their children with more care and common sense.
All children need to be unmasked immediately. Anything less is state-mandated child abuse. UNMASKOURCHILDREN
This is so obvious, but to journalism's shame way too late. The world will look back at this time un shame and unbelief and Texas and Florida and most of Europe will look like heroes.
Excellent article, Laura! Thank you for so eloquently stating what many parents are feeling.
Congrats to the Libs! You made a small, temporary dent in COVID cases (even that is arguable) at the expense of the longterm health/maturity/education of an entire generation of kids.
Considering the explosion in suicides, substance abuse and other externalities, the policies in general have done more harm than covid altogether.
no shit... actually ,who the fck masks up their children?!?!
Bravo to the writer of this article. I could not agree more.
Answer to headline: Yes. Mandates were completely useless
How is this even a question? Of course it’s been immensely more harmful. It’s been clear for a year+ for those that didn’t bury their heads in the sand. Let these kids be kids again.
critica18495985 Yes, they belong in prison to deter any future would be “pandemicist”
160,000 kids have had a parent die of Covid. They never mention that cost.
An entire article covering cost-benefit analysis of mitigations/children without mentioning the reason for including children in mitigations. Infectious diseases can be spread by children as well. Let's debate what is necessary for this disease but acknowledge that basic truth.
not just kids. what numbskull looks at our hockey stick charts and thinks any of the public health response “worked?”
Yes
The anti-mask lady?
If Covid is so harmless for kids why did 1000 get admitted in the hospital in the last two weeks?
Glad to see SF Gate is in such need of clickbait that the crazy anti-mask lady at all the school functions gets a full page article. Go to meetings and talk to parents? Why do that when the 'I'm a 'journalist' for Salesforce' nut is pounding on your door for attention? Pathetic
To 'parents' that are more worried about COVID, your UNEDUCATED children - because you've been keeping them out of schools - will be woefully unprepared for the future. Boomers & Gen-X can remember that one loser who fell behind a grade, well that's your entire generation. Losers
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