I remember when I was in primary school. Some police came in to teach us about "stranger danger" and "say no, never go".
It took me decades to realise, but having an authority figure coming to school to tell me "unmentionable horrors* WOULD befall Jimjam for interacting with strangers" actually ended causing me significant social anxiety, which fortunately now I have largely grown out from.
I wonder if being taught about a specific, deadly, unseen horror (c19) will cause worse social anxiety than the 'don't trust strangers, they'll lure you into a van with sweets, never to be seen again'.
I'm guessing it will be far, far worse, as I imagine they'll still be taught about the 'unmentionable horrors'.
*I'm guessing these would mean paedophiles, torturers and child killers. Please don't enlighten me about all the other terrible people to which it could also refer to. I think getting red pilled by the police at 5 years old was a bit much. I think there would have been less social harm to kids if they were blue pilled. Were the chances of being abducted in the 80s so high? If an assailant was determined, could a small child really stop them anyway?
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