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from Psychological health to Drug overdoseHowever, some of the obvious unintended consequences of the COVID-19 lockdowns and pandemic restrictions are finally getting the public’s attention. However, the global repercussions of the lockdown orders on the world’s poorest people have somewhat flew under the radar – and the dire consequences mentioned above would seem light in comparison.
A research organization dedicated to documenting the consequences of government epidemiological interventions, Collateral Global, has released a may analysis A review of research on how closures affect children’s prospects. The results were amazing.
“The COVID-19 pandemic and restrictive mitigation policies have pushed millions of children around the world into poverty, with devastating effects on their access to education, nutrition, shelter, sanitation and overall survival,” the Collateral Global research team Reports.
They found that:
- Global child poverty increased by 15% to 1.2 billion children living on less than $2 a day
- Disruptions in access to health care, vaccines, nutrition, etc. could result in up to an additional 1.2 million children dying before their fifth birthday.
- The 7 to 9.7 million children who missed school during the pandemic will never come back
- Up to 100 million children will not reach basic reading proficiency
Of course, some of these repercussions could not have been avoided in light of the pandemic. But — especially for children who are at minimal risk of dying from COVID-19 — much of it is certainly down to government restrictions that have closed schools, limited access to health care, and closed economies.
We must weigh these high costs against the fact that studies have shown that closing orders have الإغلاق Little or no effect on the spread of COVID-19 The fact that the virus It is widely spread at home. If the world’s population takes this cost-benefit analysis seriously, policymakers will have a lot to answer.
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