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EmilyKatherine's avatar

Children and teenagers who were not vaccinated for COVID were further damaged because as in Calgary Alberta, they were not allowed to participate in their out of school activities such as: art, drama, hockey, swimming, gymnastics, dance. Furthermore they are forever psychologically impacted by being labelled as coming from families who are selfish, "grandma killers", and in the words of Justin Trudeau, demonized by being referred to as "misogynist, racist etc etc." FYI I write this as a great-grandmother.

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Jaye's avatar

Well, duh! I hope this information reaches beyond the choir loft.

Our youngest was in grade 9 when this all came down. He also has "multiple exceptionalities", that is, neurodevelopmental disabilities.

Despite living in an area that was very lightly affected, his life pretty much stopped. No classroom. No therapies. No clubs. His besty's family completely locked in, so he wasn't there. Fortunately one friend was able to.visit. Even the older siblings became unavailable, except via the exhausting Zoom chat.

Now, he would be quite happy to live out the rest of his life staring at a screen. We are busting our butts to get his now-adult self out into society again. He is resenting it immensely.

Despite the hours I spent trying to make an on-screen education work for him, his literacy and numeracy are much farther behind than they needed to be. And he is not economically or culturally disadvantaged.

I do not envy those who, in their waning years, are at the mercy of these now youthful folks.

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