This study looks at the consequences of trauma in children and the development of neural connections between the amygdala (emotion and fear response) and the prefrontal cortex which regulates those very same things.

Acute and potentially chronic disturbance, like perhaps forcing 1-2 year olds into masks after scaring the fuck out of them over the flu, creates a situation where as they grow their ability to control their whacked out emotions and panic is stunted.

Almost like it is by design to fuck up the next generation irreparably.

https://www.intechopen.com/books/the-amygdala-a-discrete-multitasking-manager/traumatic-experiences-disrupt-amygdala-prefrontal-connectivity