After seeing so much fake news where claims are made but a simple before and after comparison of the claim is not given, you'd think people would be a bit better at recognizing it.
There was no 30 month milestones, it went from 2 years to 3 years.
For comparison at 2 years "Says sentences with 2 to 4 words" is the only reference given, there is no number of words specified.
And at the next marker at 3 years "Carries on a conversation using 2 to 3 sentences" Again, there is no specific number of words given.
"50 words at 30 months" is an entirely new marker, I have no idea why 30 months was chosen, it seems oddly random, but years before the pandemic, guidelines were similar, although it's hard to tell because "2 to 3 sentences" is not a specific number.
In regards to the other claim, the full article doesn't appear to be widely released, it's not even on sci hub. From reading the abstract alone, which is what all the wide claims are based on. They've just added new milestone markers for some reason. (Like the seemingly random 30 months) one. I don't know why, probably to justify their salaries, but if 67% of milestones have been pushed back due to masks, why have 33% been pushed forwards?
Masking kids is obviously fucked, but this is making something out of nothing. Random people on twitter posting claims of "X has changed in relation to Y" without showing the before and after are rarely worth paying much attention to.
It's 2 years 6 months. We generally measure milestones and things in 6 months intervals for the first few years.
For all the nonsense and other milestones being moved, the selection of '30' as some kind of milestone is at least sensible. If not for this milestone.
After seeing so much fake news where claims are made but a simple before and after comparison of the claim is not given, you'd think people would be a bit better at recognizing it.
This is the wayback machines record of the CDC developmental guidelines from 8th December 2018
There was no 30 month milestones, it went from 2 years to 3 years.
For comparison at 2 years "Says sentences with 2 to 4 words" is the only reference given, there is no number of words specified.
And at the next marker at 3 years "Carries on a conversation using 2 to 3 sentences" Again, there is no specific number of words given.
"50 words at 30 months" is an entirely new marker, I have no idea why 30 months was chosen, it seems oddly random, but years before the pandemic, guidelines were similar, although it's hard to tell because "2 to 3 sentences" is not a specific number.
In regards to the other claim, the full article doesn't appear to be widely released, it's not even on sci hub. From reading the abstract alone, which is what all the wide claims are based on. They've just added new milestone markers for some reason. (Like the seemingly random 30 months) one. I don't know why, probably to justify their salaries, but if 67% of milestones have been pushed back due to masks, why have 33% been pushed forwards?
Masking kids is obviously fucked, but this is making something out of nothing. Random people on twitter posting claims of "X has changed in relation to Y" without showing the before and after are rarely worth paying much attention to.
30 isn't random
It's 2 years 6 months. We generally measure milestones and things in 6 months intervals for the first few years.
For all the nonsense and other milestones being moved, the selection of '30' as some kind of milestone is at least sensible. If not for this milestone.