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Increase in suicides https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(22)00182-1/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2

Increase in suicides https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6065(22)00182-1/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanwpc/article/PIIS2666-6... Increase in police brutality https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/covid19-lockdown-measures-have-exacerbated-racial-profiling-and-police-violence-says-report https://www.theparliamentmagazine.eu/news/article/covid19-lo... Delay or avoidance of medical care https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6936a4.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6936a4.htm This is without counting the huge economic downturn it caused and the pause on developing of small children Extended strict lockdowns were an incredible mistake, I didn't even think it was controversial

_djo_ 4y ago
None of those are calculated to come anywhere close to the excess deaths caused by COVID. Overall, suicide rates in most countries either dipped or remained the same. [0][1] Whether or not police brutality saw an increase, its effect on mortality was negligible at population levels. As for the delay or avoidance of medical care, which did have statistical impact, that has been as severe in places that didn't have severe lockdowns as for places that did. Turns out if the medical system and hospitals become overwhelmed with a novel disease that has an effect on their ability to perform regular treatment too. Very, very few places did extended strict lockdowns. [0] https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/16/the-pandemic-didnt-increase-suicides-that-shouldnt-be-a-surprise/ https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/16/the-pandemic-didnt-incre... [1] https://www.samaritans.org/about-samaritans/research-policy/coronavirus-and-suicide/one-year-on-data-on-covid-19/what-do-we-know-about-coronavirus-and-suicide-risk/ https://www.samaritans.org/about-samaritans/research-policy/...

_djo_ 4y ago

None of those are calculated to come anywhere close to the excess deaths caused by COVID. Overall, suicide rates in most countries either dipped or remained the same. [0][1] Whether or not police brutality saw an increase, its effect on mortality was negligible at population levels. As for the delay or avoidance of medical care, which did have statistical impact, that has been as severe in places that didn't have severe lockdowns as for places that did. Turns out if the medical system and hospitals become overwhelmed with a novel disease that has an effect on their ability to perform regular treatment too. Very, very few places did extended strict lockdowns. [0] https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/16/the-pandemic-didnt-increase-suicides-that-shouldnt-be-a-surprise/ https://www.statnews.com/2021/11/16/the-pandemic-didnt-incre... [1] https://www.samaritans.org/about-samaritans/research-policy/coronavirus-and-suicide/one-year-on-data-on-covid-19/what-do-we-know-about-coronavirus-and-suicide-risk/ https://www.samaritans.org/about-samaritans/research-policy/...