Dr. M’s SPA Newsletter Volume 16 Issue 10 – Covid 6 Years Later –

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Covid 6 Years Later

What Ought to We Keep in mind

The COVID Submit-Mortem: What We Missed (and What We Nonetheless Can Repair)

We ran the most important public well being experiment of our lifetime.

We failed.

Not in all places.

Not all the time.

However within the locations that mattered most, kids, reality, and upstream well being, we acquired it flawed.

And if we don’t identify it clearly, we’ll do it once more.

The First Mistake: Forgetting the Little one

When the world shut down, we advised ourselves it was non permanent.
Two weeks.
Flatten the curve.
Regroup.
Then two months grew to become a season.
A season grew to become a yr.
For some youngsters, it grew to become a disappearance.
Over 230,000 kids vanished from the varsity system throughout 21 states.
Not misplaced like keys.
Misplaced like alternative.
Misplaced like trajectory.

And right here’s the uncomfortable reality:
The youngsters who disappeared weren’t the children with choices.

The well-resourced tailored:
Non-public colleges
Studying pods
Dependable web
Parental help
They bent. Some even thrived.

The weak?
They absorbed the shock.
Training misplaced → construction misplaced → diet misplaced → security internet misplaced.
and extra….

Dr. M