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Covid and Kids
I have seen sooo many videos from teachers saying this exact same thing and it’s terrifying #kids #learning disabilities #brain
Thread Remember 2020, when we protected kids from infections, and then were told schools were safe, and also that kids would not die? Well, the data disagrees. Reference years are 2016-2018, to enable 2019 as a pre-pandemic comparator.
Thread Type 2 diabetes increased among youth during and after COVID-19 pandemic(Endocrine Society):
➡️The number of children(0-18y) diagnosed with type 1 and 2 diabetes continued to rise in the year following the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic(2021-2022):
T2D: +37% T1D: +106%
➡️They first tried to blame “school shutdowns causing kids to be less active, snacking more often, or eating more unhealthy foods led to increased weight gain and more cases of type 2 diabetes”…..but that didn’t work out well😉
➡️The increase in the proportion of new onset diabetes patients who developed T2D from years one(pre-pandemic) to four(second pandemic year) was statistically significant higher.
➡️Even though we may have returned to pre-pandemic times in several aspects, the increased risk of our youth developing type 2 diabetes that started during the pandemic has persisted"
➡️Striking……..No words on T1D anymore!
Thread Previously healthy and fit children with 'high social and academic performance' found to have brains that show classic signs of severe neurogenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's dementia as well as a significant drop in memory and intelligence after 'mild' Covid
Thread Unusual brain abscess in children under 18 have risen to new height.
These abscesses usually follow a respiratory infection like including COVID-19
https://sciencealert.com/abnormal-surge-of-brain-abscesses-in-american-children-cdc-says
Thread New study documents the case of two previously healthy sisters - 11 and 13-years-old - with new-onset cognitive decline after mild covid. The ability of their brains to consume glucose had been impaired - an initiating factor for dementia, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease 🧵
Thread New study documents covid-triggered brain inflammation resulting in the death of a previously healthy 9 year-old girl. From the doubled chance of type 1 diabetes, to brain damage and death, will the mass media ever report on the harm to children from repeat covid infections?
COVID nearly doubles the risk of Type 1 #diabetes in #children.
"Possible mechanisms include initiation of #autoimmunity or acceleration of disease progression."
As reported by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corp.
This is serious business. According to Harvard in 2015: "A Scottish study published this week in JAMA shows that at the age of 20, individuals with type 1 diabetes on average lived 12 fewer years than 20-year-olds without it."
New study:
“12-16% children and youth infected with Omicron met the research definition of #LongCovid at 3 and 6 months after infection, with no evidence of difference between cases of first-positive and reinfection”
Information on critical care management of children with #COVID19 or multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS-C) can be found here: