1/ Updated thread. The impact of lockdown on children/adolescents 2021. Or, why we need to keep schools open.

2/ https://t.co/btxlm8CSZG
‘.. a group of UK academics who work with children and adolescents. … concerned about the lack of focus on the needs of this age group … in policy making during the pandemic. We provide scientific evidence that might help to redress this imbalance.’
3/ .@DrHelenDodd wrote about the importance of f2f play: ‘Without the opportunity to play closely with peers, children can feel lonely and socially isolated, which is linked to short- and long-term mental health problems.’
https://t.co/ljAGD72fol
4/ .@utafrith wrote on the impact of children missing school: https://t.co/IY4JHnCiAK

Conclusion: ‘The consequences of a large gap in schooling are waiting to be documented and these effects will occupy social services and mental health specialists for many years to come.’
5/ .@sjblakemore Highlighted the impact on teenagers. ‘Research … has demonstrated the crucial importance of social interaction and social learning in adolescence, which is a sensitive period of social brain development.’ https://t.co/SURM7tDdaI
6/Essi Viding, Eamon McCrory & Ian Goodyer wrote about the mental health crisis in young people

https://t.co/WDSSlXC2LT
Concluding: Ensure safeguarding, bereavement, & mental health needs are promptly identified & evidence-based provision is made available to those who need it
7/ @neilhumphreyUoM & @darren_a_moore highlighted impact of lockdowns on education - they are vast and the stark inequality is growing daily.
https://t.co/UCXeBgqt5Z
8/ @Tamsin_J_Ford highlighted need for mental health services to adapt urgently

‘Regional & local multi-agency planning to support the mental health of those known to be vulnerable & to maximise capacity to meet increased need over the next few years.’
https://t.co/qbRUnJmzad
9/ Guest writer @MariaLoades wrote a powerful piece about the impact of lockdown on loneliness
‘Loneliness is associated with later depression and anxiety, up to 9 years later.’
https://t.co/j7DKZmwYDV
10/ I wrote about the impact on self-harm https://t.co/gj8U3MJMa5

Importantly I noted ‘Suicide is the leading cause of death in England in 5-19 year olds and many more young people will die from suicide and road traffic accidents than Covid-19 this year’
11/ @sunilbhop & @DJDevakumar wrote about the urgent need to choose a different path in public health responses to avoid further damage to young people.

‘… we can choose to put the needs and rights of children first – we can choose a different path.’
https://t.co/44nWfvLol6
12/ Dr Matthew Owens wrote a powerful call to action in his guest briefing.
https://t.co/Bk0yFH2e4h

We must ask ourselves whether future actions will in fact, ‘help, or at least, do no harm... safeguarding young people is everyone’s responsibility.’
13/ @ProfAnnJohn wrote about suicide prevention

https://t.co/20uX1RLcP0
‘Self-harm has been rising in recent years, alongside anxiety & depression. A real worry is that the pandemic & the measures taken to curb the spread of COVID-19 will exacerbate &entrench these trends.’
14/ @ProfAnnJohn - public health approach to suicide prevention:
'Mental health research is underfunded. The current emphasis on COVID-19 research is likely to widen that inequality. Funders need to explicitly address this...to protect young people ...'

https://t.co/lIa30X8ctg
15/ 15 year old Tiasha Sen penned an inspiring guest piece on young people, mental health & gang membership

'More support needs to be readily available for those struggling with their mental health ...'

https://t.co/H0mFuipkzl
16/ The harms of denying the basic right of free education to millions of children are STILL not being named and accounted for. Why? Why are people not challenging this more? Why are repeating our mistakes over and over?
17/ What will it take for the government to factor young people into their decision making? #KeepSchoolsOpen

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This is NOT going to be zillow "here is how to google school districts and find walmart" we are not concerned with this malarkey, we are homeschooling and planting victory gardens and having gigantic happy families.

With that said, for my frog and frog-adjacent bros and sisters:

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Zillow is obvious one, but there are many good sites like Billy Land, Classic Country Land, Landwatch, etc. and many of these specialize in owner financing (more on that later.) Do NOT treat these as authoritative sources - trust plat maps and parcel viewers.

TARGET IDENTIFICATION AND EVALUATION:

Okay, everyone knows how to google "raw land in x state" but there are other resources out there, including state Departments of Natural Resources, foreclosure auctions, etc. Finding the land you like is the easy part. Let's do a case study.

I'm going to target using an "off-grid but not" algorithm. This is a good piece in my book - middle of nowhere but still trekkable to civilization.

Note: visible power, power/fiber pedestal, utility corridor, nearby commercial enterprise(s), and utility pole shadows visible.
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You asked. So here are my thoughts on how osteopathic medical students should respond to the NBOME.

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Look, even before the Step 2 CS cancellation, my DMs and email were flooded with messages from osteopathic medical students who are fed up with the NBOME.

There is *real* anger toward this organization. Honestly, more than I even heard about from MD students and the NBME.

The question is, will that sentiment translate into action?

Amorphous anger on social media is easy to ignore. But if that anger gets channeled into organized efforts to facilitate change, then improvements are possible.

This much should be clear: begging the NBOME to reconsider their Level 2-PE exam is a waste of your time.

Best case scenario, you’ll get another “town hall” meeting, a handful of platitudes, and some thoughtful beard stroking before being told that they’re keeping the exam.

Instead of complaining to the NBOME, here are a few things that are more likely to bring about real change.

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1. LWJ’s sword Bichen ‘is likely an abbreviation for the term 躲避红尘 (duǒ bì hóng chén), which can be translated as such: 躲避: shunning or hiding away from 红尘 (worldly affairs; which is a buddhist teaching.) (
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2. Sandu (三 毒), Jiang Cheng’s sword, refers to the three poisons (triviṣa) in Buddhism; desire (kāma-taṇhā), delusion (bhava-taṇhā) and hatred (vibhava-taṇhā).

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