COVID-19 Outbreak Information Updates (Reboot) [over 150.000,000 US cases (est.), 6,422,520 US hospitilizations, 1,148,691 US deaths.] (6 Viewers)

[SWJJ]

Girls tend to be more sociable and rely heavily on the group social dynamic, especially in school settings. They often seek support from their peers rather than approaching the teacher, who may be preoccupied with managing more vocal or disruptive students. Additionally, girls are generally more dependent on social feedback, which makes them more vulnerable to the effects of social isolation. Numerous scientific studies have shown that social isolation disproportionately affects girls, often resulting in higher rates of depression and lower self-esteem compared to boys.

Another important factor highlighted in the reports is that girls are more likely to take on additional responsibilities at home, such as assisting with housework and tutoring younger siblings. While these activities can enhance their understanding of foundational concepts, they also reduce the time available for learning new skills or exploring personal interests.

I taught high school during the pandemic. Boys are, in general, are more drawn to technology. Some of the girl who excelled when we had in-person learning struggled with distance learning, and some of the boys that struggled in class (especially with classes early in the day) excelled with distance learning (and the log indicated they were doing much of the school work late in the evening.

My observations, of course, are anecdotal, but I shared my experiences with colleagues and several had similar observations, but of course it was likely we were looking at the same cohort.

 

[Optimus Prime]

Girls tend to be more sociable and rely heavily on the group social dynamic, especially in school settings. They often seek support from their peers rather than approaching the teacher, who may be preoccupied with managing more vocal or disruptive students. Additionally, girls are generally more dependent on social feedback, which makes them more vulnerable to the effects of social isolation. Numerous scientific studies have shown that social isolation disproportionately affects girls, often resulting in higher rates of depression and lower self-esteem compared to boys.

Another important factor highlighted in the reports is that girls are more likely to take on additional responsibilities at home, such as assisting with housework and tutoring younger siblings. While these activities can enhance their understanding of foundational concepts, they also reduce the time available for learning new skills or exploring personal interests.

Makes sense

I do wonder if this would be increased if the pandemic year was their high school freshman or senior year, to not have all the social excitement and celebrating of starting or ending a chapter of their lives

 

[Saintman2884]

I taught high school during the pandemic. Boys are, in general, are more drawn to technology. Some of the girl who excelled when we had in-person learning struggled with distance learning, and some of the boys that struggled in class (especially with classes early in the day) excelled with distance learning (and the log indicated they were doing much of the school work late in the evening.

My observations, of course, are anecdotal, but I shared my experiences with colleagues and several had similar observations, but of course it was likely we were looking at the same cohort.

Another factor worth considering that might indicate why some students performed better with distance-learning then having in-person class sessions is that regardless of gender, typically people in general perform better at tests, class assignments, writing or composing essays when their not surrounded by a bunch of people and there isn't this rigid, imposed time class limit (2 hours or less, etc.) hurrying them up or compelling HS/college students to rush their responses or answers even if their sufficiently prepared by studying in advance.

 

[Saintman2884]

Makes sense

I do wonder if this would be increased if the pandemic year was their high school freshman or senior year, to not have all the social excitement and celebrating of starting or ending a chapter of their lives

Considering that Covid-19 was a once-in-a-century, not a lifetime event, Optimus, the fact that so many of our friends, classmates, co-workers, wives and girlfriends and husbands got extremely sick and many died worldwide due Covid is an experience where you thank God you're alive, you survived and mourn the 7-8 million people who died across this planet. We can all discuss, compare and try to make palpable, acute sense of our shared experiences later on. Very few people who mightve been 2-3 years old when H1N1 "Spanish Flu" pandemic that originated at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas in early 1918 that killed 4-5x more people then Covid did could describe how terrifying and fearful it was to live in those initial apacolyptic months in 1919 when schools, hospitals, stores, businesses all shut down and their were shady peddlers worldwide standing outside train stations, street cars or side of streets in major U.S. cities offering totally useless "spray cures" for protection from being infected.



This was an historical event that even in 2020-21 many of us recognized and knew was something we'll be trying to explain satisfactory to our children and grandchildren and even then, it's a medical, social and historical phenomenon and time period that will still be hard to quantify.

 

[Saintman2884]

FWIW, it's almost unfathomable to imagine that little over two months from now, it will mark officially 5 years since Covid-19 was announced to be a pandemic by the CDC and the WHO.


Here we are on January 10, 2025 and over 20 million people worldwide have died as a result due to Covid-19 and millions more made permanently sick with breathing, pulmonary, heart and circulatory "Long Covid" issues and symptoms.

 

[Dragon]

FWIW, it's almost unfathomable to imagine that little over two months from now, it will mark officially 5 years since Covid-19 was announced to be a pandemic by the CDC and the WHO.


Here we are on January 10, 2025 and over 20 million people worldwide have died as a result due to Covid-19 and millions more made permanently sick with breathing, pulmonary, heart and circulatory "Long Covid" issues and symptoms.

And 5 years are still too short time to know the long term consequences of COVID-19 infections like increased risks of heart disease, myocarditis, arrhythmias, and blood clot formation due to damage to the heart and blood vessels, which again could lead to organ damage or strokes.

If serious long-term damage to the body and mind affects even just 1% of people who have had COVID-19 once, the resulting number of individuals with chronic health issues could overwhelm healthcare systems, disability support networks, and long-term care facilities. This would lead to increased medical costs, reduced workforce participation, and significant economic strain on countries worldwide.

 

[Saintman2884]

And 5 years are still too short time to know the long term consequences of COVID-19 infections like increased risks of heart disease, myocarditis, arrhythmias, and blood clot formation due to damage to the heart and blood vessels, which again could lead to organ damage or strokes.

If serious long-term damage to the body and mind affects even just 1% of people who have had COVID-19 once, the resulting number of individuals with chronic health issues could overwhelm healthcare systems, disability support networks, and long-term care facilities. This would lead to increased medical costs, reduced workforce participation, and significant economic strain on countries worldwide.

I understand fully, Dragon. My previous comments were more of a general observation or reflection of just how significantly (and severely) Covid-19 has affected so many various aspects of so many people's lives worldwide in so many unforeseen ways that would've seemed near-impossible to consider except from discussing this from strictly hypothetical scenarios 10-15 years ago on SR or at international WHO or CDC health conventions.

I do realize and vaguely know about a few other minor pandemics that occured throughout the 20th century, particularly a short-lived 1968 pandemic, but my God, the closest, analogous example to the novel-coronavirus-19 was the 1918-21 H1N1 "Spanish Flu" pandemic that broke out during the last 6-7 months of WWI and was called the "Spanish Flu" because some of the first accurate, European reports about cases of the H1N1 virus came from a still-uncensored neutral Spanish press. Very few people who were even 1-2 years old at the time of the outbreak were alive by the time of Covid's spread, much less could they give us first-hand, contemporary accounts of psychological, social and economic fissures or attrition it further caused in so many war-ravaged European countries. And our world was a lot less interconnected a century ago then it is now.

Hunger, malnutrition, disease and economic stagnation or regression affected even neutral countries like Holland, Switzerland and your own Denmark due to pre-war international, interconnected commercial trade networks and shipping lanes being mostly severed due to the British blockade of German ports and German navy's restricted/unrestricted submarine attacks on commercial and passenger ships, like the Lusitania in 1916.

 

[Saint_Ward]

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I taught high school during the pandemic. Boys are, in general, are more drawn to technology. Some of the girl who excelled when we had in-person learning struggled with distance learning, and some of the boys that struggled in class (especially with classes early in the day) excelled with distance learning (and the log indicated they were doing much of the school work late in the evening.

My observations, of course, are anecdotal, but I shared my experiences with colleagues and several had similar observations, but of course it was likely we were looking at the same cohort.

My daughter is more introverted. She was living her best life with remote learning. 8th to 9th grade.

 

[Taurus]

And 5 years are still too short time to know the long term consequences of COVID-19 infections like increased risks of heart disease, myocarditis, arrhythmias, and blood clot formation due to damage to the heart and blood vessels, which again could lead to organ damage or strokes.

If serious long-term damage to the body and mind affects even just 1% of people who have had COVID-19 once, the resulting number of individuals with chronic health issues could overwhelm healthcare systems, disability support networks, and long-term care facilities. This would lead to increased medical costs, reduced workforce participation, and significant economic strain on countries worldwide.

This is another reason I've tried this entire time to never contract C-19