> are the type of numbers that make me wonder why we are permitting the economic impact of lockdowns. Permitting? What do you propose be done? The economic imp

> are the type of numbers that make me wonder why we are permitting the economic impact of lockdowns. Permitting? What do you propose be done? The economic impacts aren't primarily from civil direction -- there may be a margin that comes from that, but the vast majority of shifted behavior comes because people don't feel safe. You could wave a magic wand and drop ALL restrictions today and the economic gains would be marginal until people do credibly believe their safe. The basic idea of a dichotomy between economics and epidemic is wrong. Economic impacts are an inevitable part of an uncontrolled epidemic. > none of the aforementioned includes lockdown-related suicides Are there numbers for lockdown related mental health impacts? In general, health and well-being don't seem to suffer like you'd expect from economic difficulty: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090928172530.htm https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090928172530.h... https://www.history.com/news/great-depression-economy-life-expectancy https://www.history.com/news/great-depression-economy-life-e... > lack of medical care for existing medical conditions This is actually one reason some civil direction to control covid cases is necessary. Having followed family members through multiple non-covid hospitalizations recently, I can tell you that the system isn't keeping margins of unused capacity for covid, it's struggling to keep up with demand imposed by it.