On Thursday, ABC talkfest
And according to Meghan McCain, people are
sick.
Will life ever return to normal?
Those may constitute trick questions according to co-host Whoopi Goldberg, there might be a way “out of this,” but that could require the abnormal continuation of masks.
Amid discussion of the CDC’s renewed call for face-covers, Whoopi asked Meghan, “Are the…mandates gonna be the only way out of this? Is it really gonna come down to, finally, ‘Everybody, put on your masks. We don’t care what you say’?”
McCain made an assertion with which many would surely agree D.C. is ridiculous:
And for most of 2020, change came in a fierce way.
Undoubtedly, many adults loved staying home more.
But kids aren’t meant for isolated idling. A social component to their daily lives is an important part of development.
And suddenly, due to a medical anomaly, that element was taken away.
Especially for young girls.
At the start of the lockdown, suicide attempts among teens ages 12-17 began to rise.
Boy, did the fight last.
Among collateral damage: child and adolescent emotional health.
Per the CDC, during February and March of this year, ER visits due to suspected suicide attempts skyrocketed compared to the same period in 2019.