It Was Never About a Virus

It was a collection of globalists doing their test-runs for what comes next.

Does that sound conspiratorial?

Wait a few weeks and see what one thinks:

Jobs in the government sector grew at a rate much faster than in the private sector since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new study shows.

The study released by the Fraser Institute found that the net job growth in the public sector outpaced the private sector by more than three times during the period from February 2020 to June 2023.

Nationwide, the number of government-sector jobs at the federal, provincial, and municipal levels increased 11.8 percent during that period while the number of private-sector jobs, which include the self-employed, increased only 3.3 percent.

The authorities didn't give a solitary care to what their global house-arrests did to students and they still don't care:

President Biden dropped the administration's goal for kids returning to school post-pandemic in order to avoid conflict with a teachers' union boss, according to a new book.

The Atlantic writer Franklin Foer's latest book, "The Last Politician," revealed that Biden had cut the administration's goal after meeting with American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten.

"For the sake of avoiding conflict, especially conflict with an ally, the Biden administration trimmed its goal of returning kids to school to a fraction of what had been promised on the campaign trail," Foer wrote.

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COVID-19 school closures led to a decline in Canadian students’ academic performance, and they were implemented despite early evidence that the benefits would not outweigh the harms, concludes a new Fraser Institute study.

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, students were swiftly sent home from school. In British Columbia, kindergarten to Grade 12 students remained at home for a minimum of 10 weeks (50 school days) between 2020 and 2022. In Ontario, schools were closed for a minimum of 27 weeks (135 days) during the same period. The rest of the country ranged between 11 and 25 weeks. In addition to official closures, individual students missed class for an unknown number of days due to strict illness policies that required children to stay home if they had symptoms of COVID-19.

Provincial data show how the pandemic seems to have affected students.

In Ontario, students’ scores in province-wide tests in reading, writing and math declined in Grade 3 students, including a 10 per cent drop in written scores in 2021-22 compared to 2018-19. For Grade 6, the report notes, results were more mixed and in fact scores in the Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test actually improved.

“What is consistent across all grades is a drop in average math scores,” the report notes. “Average math scores in grade 9 dropped from 75 per cent to 52 per cent following the school closures.”

Similar outcomes were reported in other provinces. In Alberta, the Calgary Board of Education reported that in 2018-19, 77.8 per cent of students passed the Grade 12 math final exam. In 2021-22, that had dropped to 63.6 per cent. And the number of students who passed English exams declined in that same period from 86.8 per cent to 78.8 per cent.

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Research from other countries, the report notes, shows “learning loss affected children unevenly, widening gaps between vulnerable and high-achieving students as the lowest-performing students suffered the most significant declines.”

“Prior to the arrival of COVID-19, research had already demonstrated that missed classroom time does result in learning loss and has individual life-long impacts such as a reduction in lifetime earnings, and societal impacts such as a reduction in economic activity,” it notes.

During this time, there was also a drop in the self-reported mental health of young people. A Mental Health Commission of Canada survey from 2020 found that 64 per cent of Canadians aged 15 to 24 reported “poor mental health” during the pandemic — the highest of any demographic. Another survey, by the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health, found that 59 per cent of Ontario students felt depressed about the future. One in five reported self-harm, and 18 per cent had suicidal thoughts.

“The same survey found that 91 per cent of students reported feeling safe at school, and 74 per cent reported feeling close to people at school and feeling like they are part of their school,” the Fraser Institute report notes.

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The report concludes that officials should have known better than to close schools, and that there will be consequences for Canadian young people for years to come.