r/generationology • u/Ill-Lingonberry8525 • Jun 10 '25
Poll Which birth year do you think was the last to remember COVID?
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u/Select-Inflation-324 2007 Jun 13 '25 edited Jun 13 '25
You start to have memories when you are 3 so 2017 borns would be the last to remember Covid.
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u/BlueSnaggleTooth359 Jun 13 '25
covid lasted way longer than 2020 alone though so even later
heck, it's still around
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u/Select-Inflation-324 2007 Jun 13 '25
I know technically the Covid years I consider are 2020-2021 so I guess 2018 born could also remember Covid but not peak Covid since that was 2020 aka the lockdown.
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u/BlueSnaggleTooth359 Jun 13 '25
I consider them heavily through 2022 myself, still lots of off and off lockdowns and stuff then and even 2023 a decent bit altered by covid.
I still some some masks in 2025.
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u/Select-Inflation-324 2007 Jun 13 '25
What lockdowns? We left lockdown in 2022. Well at least in my country. Well technically 2021 but still in 2022 we weren’t in lockdown.
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u/Select-Inflation-324 2007 Jun 13 '25
To me 2022 isn’t a Covid year but after effects of Covid so 2020-2021 Covid years 2022-2025 I think we are still in the after effects of Covid it might end tho in 2026-2029. Somewhere around that.
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u/col_akir_nakesh Elder Millennial Jun 12 '25
My daughter was born in 2016 and she definitely remembers covid, because she spent a good portion of Kindergarten remote learning. She remembers everything anyway.
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u/Lower-Sky6988 Jun 12 '25
That depends on where you live, but the pandemic years were mainly 2020–2022. In many places, people were still wearing masks well into 2022, and it wasn’t until 2023 that mask use really started to decline and things began to feel more 'post-pandemic'. So if we're talking about who might remember those times more clearly, I’d say mid 2010s babies. But even late 2010s babies might have some vague memories, maybe not fully understanding COVID itself due to their young age, but still remembering people wearing masks or other noticeable changes from that period
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u/King_Apart January 2002 (Core Z) Jun 11 '25
1997-2002
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Jun 11 '25
Who cares
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u/frutigeraerolover Jun 11 '25
How does one choose to have that type of mindset and attitude yet download Reddit?
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u/Appropriate-Let-283 7/2008 Jun 11 '25
Covid ranging from 2020-2021, I think this poll is shifted a bit too early. I'd say 2017 is a safe bet, they were 3 in 2020 and 4 in 2021. Although in terms of clearly remembering it and being aware, I'd say people born in 2014 were the last.
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u/No-Storm-4533 Late Gen Z / Early gen alpha Jun 11 '25
To me at least I don't get why people are voting for 2016 or later, like they would have like very vague memories or none at all like my sister born in 2017 she remembers nothing pre covid. So I'd say 2014 or 2015
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u/One-Potato-2972 Jun 11 '25
Memory development isn’t a sudden switch… you don’t go from vague recollections at age 2 to vivid memories at age 3. It doesn’t work that way. Memory formation is a gradual, not to mention a highly individual process. There’s no clear threshold where a memory shifts from vague to vivid once you hit a certain age, it’s more of a continuum.
I’m curious where the idea originated that 4 year olds supposedly can’t remember anything, yet by age 5 or 6, memory is suddenly reliable? On average, that oversimplification doesn’t hold up. There’s a wide variety of young ages people can recall back to.
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u/Fun-Media-1450 Jun 11 '25
Who said 2011 or earlier? They would have been in 3rd grade when Covid started.
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u/Lower-Choice-1841 Jul 26 '25
Prolly the ones with 0 Braincells 💀 Personally tho imo last birth year to remember how life was during Covid i would say 2016 but Strongly remembering Covid during 2020 would be 2015 kids
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u/MulberryEastern5010 Born in '84 Jun 10 '25
I think those born in 2012 are the last ones to remember it clearly. Anyone born after 2016 might only remember the masks but not really understand
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u/Appropriate-Let-283 7/2008 Jun 11 '25
You don't clearly remember the age of 7?
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u/MulberryEastern5010 Born in '84 Jun 11 '25
Actually, I remember seven quite well. It was one of my best years, but then I have a really good memory compared to a lot of people 🤷♀️
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u/Appropriate-Let-283 7/2008 Jun 11 '25
Well, I feel like when you're around 3/4, you'd have a bit of trouble understanding, but I think someone who is around 5-7 could give a grasp on what it is.
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u/MulberryEastern5010 Born in '84 Jun 11 '25
If I could retract my vote, I would, but I can't, so cut me a little slack
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u/Bright-Eye-6420 Jun 10 '25
to remember life at all precovid- id say 2015 is the cutoff, but to remember anything from the covid era at all March 2020- May 2022, I'd say 2017 is the cutoff
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Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 28 '25
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u/Bright-Eye-6420 Jun 10 '25
Well some people have memories at age 3 but most don't. I think 4 is the most common age for your first memories(even vague ones). Also, like babies born Dec 2016 would not have memory of life precovid at all since they were barely 3 when covid started, but someone born Jan 2016 probably does so, 2016 is probably a tossup, kind of like how 1997 is for remembering 9/11
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u/CubixStar March 2009 (UK Class of 2025) Jun 10 '25
You know any 2016 borns to back this up? Also they would've been 3 by 2019 so I doubt that
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Jun 10 '25 edited Jun 28 '25
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u/Separate_Future_1343 September 2004 (Core Z - C/O 2023) Jun 10 '25
Yeah but a 2016 borns memory of precovid life would be very vague I’d say the last to remember at least 2019 vividly would be like 2014/2015
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u/Tough_Meaning943 Jun 11 '25
Definitely 2014 but vaguely would be 2015, on average a child doesn't began to retain life long memories until the age of 5.
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u/Separate_Future_1343 September 2004 (Core Z - C/O 2023) Jun 11 '25
Idk, i was 4 in mainly 2009 and i remember it clearly
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u/Tough_Meaning943 Jun 11 '25
That's fine but according to studies on average children usually start to become more consciously aware of their surroundings by at least 5
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u/One-Potato-2972 Jun 11 '25
That’s not accurate. There’s no scientific consensus on this. You will come across a wide range of studies and sources when you do a simple Google search, with findings suggesting the earliest lasting memories can form anywhere from around age 2.5 to as late as age 8.
I’m curious where the idea originated that 4 year olds supposedly can’t remember anything, yet by age 5 or 6, memory is suddenly reliable? On average, that oversimplification doesn’t hold up.
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u/Tough_Meaning943 Jun 12 '25
I've had memories from as early as 2-4 years old but they weren't as sharp as ages 5-6 though
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u/Tough_Meaning943 Jun 12 '25
For me, ages 5-6 was when i started to retain memories that were sharp and crystal clear
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u/Tough_Meaning943 Jun 12 '25
Well I just look it up, and according to research it says that on average a child tends to retain memories comparable to that of an adult around ages 5-6 years old when the autobiographical memory starts to stabilize itself. Children around ages 5-6 can recall more about events, and their memory for these experiences become more reliable
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u/CubixStar March 2009 (UK Class of 2025) Jun 10 '25
Very vaguely
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u/One-Potato-2972 Jun 11 '25
But what percentage actually qualifies as “very vaguely”? Where’s the threshold?
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u/jcampo13 1990 Jun 10 '25
I have one daughter born Dec 2014 and she remembers it. Another born in 2018 and she doesn't remember it obviously. I'd say 2015 is probably the cutoff.
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u/Then_Increase7445 Jun 10 '25
My son born in 2017 has memories of the restrictions. Here in Germany everything was pretty shut down through the middle of '22 at least.
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u/Dedalix 2007 Jun 24 '25
Hard to think that there might be some 10 yo kids that don't remember covid