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It is stated in the article. The first voxpop is from a Mind Cymru project. They are a Welsh non-profit working with mental health. The other one from Royal Col

by tokai 5y ago

It is stated in the article. The first voxpop is from a Mind Cymru project. They are a Welsh non-profit working with mental health. The other one from Royal College of General Practitioners Wales. You can find their oppinion here[0] and the study with the specific 50% figure here[1]. I think you are overselling how little information is provided. Taking in account the venue and audience it is still easy to look up more specific information with what the article provides. [0] https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/faculties/old-age/position-statement-on-loneliness-and-isolation-dec-2019-(3).pdf?sfvrsn=52a394f0_4 https://www.rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-source/members/facult... [1] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30007359/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30007359/

IMTDb 5y ago
You might argue that a non-profit organisation that describes itself as "[...] an unstoppable community of people in Wales who won't give up [...]" (See: https://www.mind.org.uk/about-us/mind-cymru/ https://www.mind.org.uk/about-us/mind-cymru/) might not be the most neutral entity that can produce non biased studies/data. I do believe in their cause, and "raising awareness" usually is a major mission for these orgs. But "raising awareness" is a marketing/communication/political process, that is incompatible with scientific rigour.
- tokai 5y ago
  >You might argue that a non-profit organisation that describes I'm not. You are arguing against something in your own mind.