Dennis PragerFounder, PragerU · Founder of PragerU | NYT best-selling author

How is the Lock Down Affecting Kids?

16 Sept 2020 · 2 min

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In this opinionated monologue, the speaker critiques the societal response to COVID‑19 as it relates to children. He describes a socially‑distanced Halloween candy chute invented in Ohio, notes how mask mandates have prevented a nearly‑two‑year‑old from playing with peers for months, and highlights airline policies that cancel flights when young children refuse masks, including those with autism. He likens the current climate of fear and regulation to the Salem Witch Trials, arguing that the hysteria is a product of left‑leaning elite ideology that has persisted far longer than historical apologies. Throughout, he expresses alarm at what he sees as overreach and loss of normal childhood experiences.

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Yes indeed. What? Ohio man creates socially distanced candy chute to save Halloween. So what happens? You go to the house and then you pick your own candy? A touch-free alternative. He slides the candy down the chute. I wonder how all of this is affecting kids. The masks. I, I have, uh, I know somebody, she has a 2-year-old, a nearly 2-year-old. He has not played with another child in half a year. I completely disagree, but it's not for me to, you know, I'm not like her father. I just know her on a professional basis. Your child has not played with another child in half a year because there's a virus out there. Kids are not allowed onto airplanes, autistic kids who are 3, if they don't have a mask on, or even non-autistic kids at 3. Airlines flights are canceled because the kid won't put on a mask. I'm watching my country go crazy before my eyes. Do you realize that? This is, this is truly— oh, the Salem Witch Trials are, are the, the thing that come to mind of, of course, it's just a part of a society. And I don't know if you know this, but they very quickly apologized profusely for the hysteria. There was a— they felt ashamed. This is not something that carried on with its elite for a long time like we're having now with leftism.