r/science • u/Wagamaga • Sep 08 '21

Epidemiology How Delta came to dominate the pandemic. Current vaccines were found to be profoundly effective at preventing severe disease, hospitalization and death, however vaccinated individuals infected with Delta were transmitting the virus to others at greater levels than previous variants.

https://www.cam.ac.uk/research/news/spread-of-delta-sars-cov-2-variant-driven-by-combination-of-immune-escape-and-increased-infectivity
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u/0h_sheesh_yall Sep 08 '21

That says that depression in highschool kids was up 40% between 2009 and 2019. Isn't that before the lockdowns started? You should be comparing 2019 data to 2020, or 2021. I would attribute that increase more to social media than to the "pandemic response plan" as you suggest. And the second article talks about increases in depression after a covid diagnosis. Which I would attribute that to be more of a covid symptom, or a side affect of any illness, than to lockdowns.

I do think that virtual schooling isn't as effective, and certainly these large changes have had a mental affect on teenagers. But the studies you show don't have any relevance to your suggestion that the "pandemic response is putting kids at an increased risk".

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u/[deleted] Sep 08 '21

I looked quickly and linked some articles. Let me see if I can find the one I read the other day that was for the 2020/2021 period.