Adolescents are paying a high price for Covid-19 prevention – STAT

No graduations. No sports. No time with friends. Lonely teenagers are more likely to become depressed, obese, and unhealthy adults. Social isolation in childhood is linked to poor health, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and obesity in adulthood. Even in good times, about 8% of American teens try to kill themselves each year and about 70% suffer from loneliness. In 2020, these numbers will likely be higher.

Is it shocking that some young people see social isolation measures as a more deadly threat than Covid-19? Is it rational?

via www.statnews.com

This is true. We should at least end the lock downs on HS students so we can get back to our jobs being their chauffeurs. It is bad for them, I admit. I was socially isolated before, so it doesn’t make much difference to me. To some of my wife’s friends, though, it seems much worse.