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All of us are going to need a lot of therapy to deal with the PTSD from this pandemic. It's very difficult to know how to weigh small but measurable risks. Mean

All of us are going to need a lot of therapy to deal with the PTSD from this pandemic. It's very difficult to know how to weigh small but measurable risks. Meanwhile the unseen risks of years of lockdowns will reverberate through generations.

tehjoker 4y ago
- pinewurst 4y ago
  The main difference is China has a government that will happily reap your organs while you are still alive if you disobey.
- addicted 4y ago
  The funny thing about all these “risks of lockdown” is that the country facing the biggest post pandemic mental health crises, etc., is the US. A country which never even had a real lockdown and even if we consider the US’s “well, don’t eat meals indoors in restaurants for a few months” fake lockdowns to be the same as say European “you can’t meet people outside your household for months” lockdowns, European countries just had much longer lockdowns. Yet European countries are not exhibiting all these negative effects of the lockdowns the U.S. is. Crime, suicides, traffic violence, none of those surged in comparable European countries the way it did in the U.S.
  - beebeepka 4y ago
    Maybe these things are largely manufactured. Good PR can absolutely dictate how the masses feel. Or at least give a false impression that looks real enough. Companies do it as well.
  - nivenkos 4y ago
    This isn't true at all - in Spain teenage suicide and other mental health issues grew massively. https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20211209/7898188/covid-disparado-195-intentos-suicidios-chicas-catalunya.html https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20211209/7898188/covid-dis... https://www.lavanguardia.com/vivo/psicologia/20201108/49260473202/pandemia-aumento-suicidios.html https://www.lavanguardia.com/vivo/psicologia/20201108/492604... Europe isn't some magical wonderland. It's just poorer than the US but with better infrastructure.
- concordDance 4y ago
  "We"? You assuming everyone on hackernews is American again?
- nivenkos 4y ago
  Lockdowns are evil - Spain is still recovering for teenage suicide rates, etc. https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20211209/7898188/covid-disparado-195-intentos-suicidios-chicas-catalunya.html https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20211209/7898188/covid-dis... https://www.lavanguardia.com/vivo/psicologia/20201108/49260473202/pandemia-aumento-suicidios.html https://www.lavanguardia.com/vivo/psicologia/20201108/492604... It wasn't worth the cost.

tehjoker 4y ago

pinewurst 4y ago
The main difference is China has a government that will happily reap your organs while you are still alive if you disobey.
addicted 4y ago
The funny thing about all these “risks of lockdown” is that the country facing the biggest post pandemic mental health crises, etc., is the US. A country which never even had a real lockdown and even if we consider the US’s “well, don’t eat meals indoors in restaurants for a few months” fake lockdowns to be the same as say European “you can’t meet people outside your household for months” lockdowns, European countries just had much longer lockdowns. Yet European countries are not exhibiting all these negative effects of the lockdowns the U.S. is. Crime, suicides, traffic violence, none of those surged in comparable European countries the way it did in the U.S.
- beebeepka 4y ago
  Maybe these things are largely manufactured. Good PR can absolutely dictate how the masses feel. Or at least give a false impression that looks real enough. Companies do it as well.
- nivenkos 4y ago
  This isn't true at all - in Spain teenage suicide and other mental health issues grew massively. https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20211209/7898188/covid-disparado-195-intentos-suicidios-chicas-catalunya.html https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20211209/7898188/covid-dis... https://www.lavanguardia.com/vivo/psicologia/20201108/49260473202/pandemia-aumento-suicidios.html https://www.lavanguardia.com/vivo/psicologia/20201108/492604... Europe isn't some magical wonderland. It's just poorer than the US but with better infrastructure.
concordDance 4y ago
"We"? You assuming everyone on hackernews is American again?
nivenkos 4y ago
Lockdowns are evil - Spain is still recovering for teenage suicide rates, etc. https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20211209/7898188/covid-disparado-195-intentos-suicidios-chicas-catalunya.html https://www.lavanguardia.com/vida/20211209/7898188/covid-dis... https://www.lavanguardia.com/vivo/psicologia/20201108/49260473202/pandemia-aumento-suicidios.html https://www.lavanguardia.com/vivo/psicologia/20201108/492604... It wasn't worth the cost.