Pandemic response resulted in IQ drop of 22 points? The NIH-funded study of children in Rhode Island is awaiting peer review and the authors of the study do not claim to attribute causation, but they suggest that stay-at-home orders, masking, and social distancing, which resulted in “missed educational opportunities and reduced interaction, stimulation and creative play with other children,” may have negatively affected early neurodevelopment. Nominated as our No Shit Sherlock winner for 2021.
