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It's not immediately obvious that the excess deaths are lockdown related deaths. There's also a growing overdose epidemic among that age group, for example.
by chrisfosterelli 5y ago
It's not immediately obvious that the excess deaths are lockdown related deaths. There's also a growing overdose epidemic among that age group, for example.
- codeecan 5y agoIt's well supported that the combination of lock down isolation[1] in addition to the free CERB money resulted in the spike of drug abuse / suicide deaths[2]. [1] https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-coronavirus-is-killing-thousands-so-is-the-lockdown/ https://www.aei.org/op-eds/the-coronavirus-is-killing-thousa... [2] https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cerb-pandemic-opioid-addiction-overdose-1.5606188 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cerb-pandemic-opioid-addict... ... And I don't believe we have even begun to see the psychological / developmental effects of isolation and distance learning on young kids.
- nomdep 5y agoBut we can see the impact of those who has become orphans because of COVID. I prefer your armchair problems any day
- atomicUpdate 5y agoThe results of the study are that more orphans were created by the lockdowns than covid.
- nomdep 5y agoThe study doesn’t say those who die because of their addiction during lockdown were parents.
- DanBC 5y agoNo, it's absolutely not well supported that deaths by suicide have increased. I mean, from your own link: > We don’t have data that the lockdowns are causing more suicides,
- dcolkitt 5y agoI would guess that people who are socially isolated and unemployed are more likely to engage in drug abuse.
- betwixthewires 5y agoI believe that increasing trend in overdose deaths was accounted for in the excess mortality calculation used in the article.