COVID lockdowns are harming and killing millions of children

In May 2020, the chief of the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) predicted that extended, “indiscriminate” worldwide lockdowns would kill at least 1.2 million children, mostly in developing countries. 

“The risk of children dying from malaria, pneumonia or diarrhea … far outweighs any threat presented by the coronavirus,” Unicef told The Telegraph at that time. In September 2020, the UN reported that lockdowns so far had pushed an additional 150 million children into poverty, besides depriving them of education and basic health services.

By December 2020, the fallout of the lockdowns, which have impacted economic development and essential services across the board, is disastrous, the UN reported in a special session of the General Assembly. Most egregiously affected are women, young girls and children. For example, in April it was projected that “for every three months of lockdown, 15 million additional cases of gender-based violence occur,” along with a half-million or more girls being put at risk of child marriage in 2020 alone.

“Moreover, because of the restrictions in place, efforts to prevent violence and services to protect children and girls have not been able to function,” the report said.

SOURCES:

The Telegraph May 13, 2020

UN News September 17, 2020

United Nations December 4, 2020

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By Dr Joseph Mercola / Physician and author

Dr. Joseph Mercola has been passionate about health and technology for most of his life. As a doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO), he treated thousands of patients for over 20 years.

Dr. Mercola finished his family practice residency in 1985. Because he was trained under the conventional medical model, he treated patients using prescription drugs during his first years of private practice and was actually a paid speaker for drug companies.

But as he began to experience the failures of the conventional model in his practice, he embraced natural medicine and found great success with time-tested holistic approaches. He founded The Natural Health Center (formerly The Optimal Wellness Center), which became well-known for its whole-body approach to medicine.

In 1997, Dr. Mercola integrated his passion for natural health with modern technology via the Internet. He founded the website Mercola.com to share his own health experiences and spread the word about natural ways to achieve optimal health. Mercola.com is now the world’s most visited natural health website, averaging 14 million visitors monthly and with over one million subscribers.

Dr. Mercola aims to ignite a transformation of the fatally flawed health care system in the United States, and to inspire people to take control of their health. He has made significant milestones in his mission to bring safe and practical solutions to people’s health problems.

Dr. Mercola authored two New York Times Bestsellers, The Great Bird Flu Hoax and The No-Grain Diet. He was also voted the 2009 Ultimate Wellness Game Changer by the Huffington Post, and has been featured in TIME magazine, LA Times, CNN, Fox News, ABC News with Peter Jennings, Today Show, CBS’s Washington Unplugged with Sharyl Attkisson, and other major media resources.

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(Source: mercola.com; January 12, 2021; https://tinyurl.com/y6txjk2o)
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