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In the U.K. there’s no evidence of any change in suicide rates in 2020 (it’s normally about 6,000 a year). Registration delays means that we don’t know the numb
by midasuni 6y ago
In the U.K. there’s no evidence of any change in suicide rates in 2020 (it’s normally about 6,000 a year). Registration delays means that we don’t know the numbers for 2020, but early indications are not much change (suicide has been increasing though and is at a record high)
A much bigger issue is the lost of QALYs from lockdown but not from deaths, including the socio-economic impacts.
ONS have a more through report than a Sunday morning post from a phone.
https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/estimatingtheimpactsofcoronavirusonenglandsmortalityandmorbidity https://www.ons.gov.uk/news/statementsandletters/estimatingt...
The people who mainly benefitted from lockdown measures are the over 60s
The people who mainly lost out were the under 35s
The recovery plan needs to address this - including fixing the massive wealth disparity. A generation of property owning shareholders who have retired have seen their wealth and income balloon over the last year (and decade). But it won’t, millennials will be screwed.