Coronavirus not very megathread.

[Nimrod]

Impact of lockdowns

DEATH


•40,000 excess deaths from the economic impacts over the next 50 years, as reduced income, unemployment and anxiety reduce life expectancy.1

•32,000 excess deaths among adults in social care by the end of March 2021 due to reduction in support and people being discharged from hospital early.1

•18,000 deaths due to cancelled operations.1

•10,000 deaths due to disruption to emergency care.1

•4,000 deaths due to not seeking help, even when suffering a heart attack or stroke.1

•There was a 52% increase in excess deaths of people dying of dementia during the first wave.2

•The equivalent of 560,000 lives will be lost as a result of lockdown. (This was calculated before the third lockdown.)3

MENTAL HEALTH

•The number of adults who experienced some form of depression increased from one in 10 to one in five during lockdown, by June 2020.4

•15% of people reported depression, anxiety, or fear as a direct result of government pandemic advertising.5

•One in eight adults developed moderate to severe depression during lockdown.6

•Nine out of 10 autistic people worried about their mental health during lockdown.7

•Autistic people were seven times more likely to be chronically lonely than the general population during lockdown.8

•Half of 16 to 25-year-olds said their mental health has worsened since the start of the pandemic.9

•One in three adults increased their consumption of alcohol during the first lockdown to cope with stress.11

•There was a 16.4% increase in deaths from alcohol-specific causes between January and September 2020 compared with the previous year.12 (An inquiry is needed to understand this, but I’m putting this impact in the mental health section for obvious reasons.)

•There was a 20% increase in opiate addictions and a 39% increase in number of relapses among addicts.13

•There were 15,541 calls relating to suicide or attempted suicide recorded by London Ambulance Service in the first six months of lockdown, from March to November 2020, compared to 11,703 calls over the same period in 2019.14

•87% of people with an eating disorder have seen their symptoms worsen because of social isolation.15

•161,699 fewer people per month in 2020 were able to contact mental health services than in 2019.16

•1.5 million children and 8.5 million adults will need support for depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorders and other mental health difficulties in the coming months and years.17

HEALTH

•Six in 10 people reported worse sleep since lockdown was announced.18

•Psychological stress is associated in a dose-response manner with an increased risk of acute infectious respiratory illness, so fear and lockdown measures would probably have increased infection.19

•27 million missed GP appointments by October 2020.20

•350,000 missed specialist referrals for cancer.21

•Cancer Research estimated there could be 35,000 avoidable cancer deaths as a result of lockdown.22

•30% of those who had a stroke during the pandemic delayed seeking emergency medical attention due to Covid-19. There were 825 excess deaths for stroke and 1,834 excess deaths for cardiovascular diseases (including cardiac arrest) as a result of delays to seeking help (or potentially the result of undiagnosed Covid-19).13

•Deaths from diabetes were 161.6% above average, potentially due to delays in care, from anxiety about seeking care or an overburdened healthcare system.13

•Until 8 September 2020, birthing partners were prevented from attending scans and early labour, causing stress and leaving women to endure difficult labours, traumatic news and miscarriages alone.

SOCIETY

•45,000 extra homeless people since the start of lockdown.23

•More than three-quarters of councils across England saw an increase in homelessness in their area since the start of the pandemic. More than four in 10 have seen a significant increase.24

•Half of children entitled to free school meals did not have access to the scheme during Covid-19 lockdown in the UK.25

•20% increase in babies suffering non-accidental harm.17

•There was a rise of 49% in the number of calls to domestic abuse services.26

•Two-thirds of domestic abuse victims were subjected to more violence from their partners during lockdown.27

•5.6 million people are struggling to afford essentials or have borrowed to make ends meet. The amount of arrears and borrowing among this group attributable to the impact of coronavirus is £10.3 billion.28

•A 25% reduction in pre-pandemic learning for primary school children and a 30% reduction for secondary school children.13

•The first lockdown saw the cancellation of 15,000 theatrical performances resulting in a loss of £303 million.13

ECONOMY

•The UK’s GDP fell by 9.9% in 2020, the worst result of any G7 country, and worst contraction the UK economy has experienced since the Great Frost of 1709.29

•The increase in public sector net borrowing (March to November 2020 rise in OBR estimates) could be as much as £385.2 billion.13

•Unemployment is expected to increase by between 450,000 and 2.45 million above pre-pandemic levels.13

•More than a quarter of pubs do not believe they will stay in business after lockdown.13

•The creative industries project a loss of £77 billion in 2020.13

•The manufacturing sector faced a Gross Value Added (GVA) loss of £71.7 billion from the first two lockdowns.13

•The construction sector faced a GVA loss of £40 billion from the first two lockdowns.13

•The retail sector faced a GVA loss of £33.8 billion from the first two lockdowns.13

•The impact on hospitality was a £37.4 billion loss.13

 

[icffedor]

71 total deaths involving Covid-19 deaths were recorded this month in Alabama. Alabama has around 4.9m residents. There has been more deaths caused by Pneumonia this month; 123.

What a joke and its on all of us, some just blindly obey out of fear
Its like the flu in everyway but it not flu? Some deadly disease these cowards predicted eh!???

 

[HOLA]

71 total deaths involving Covid-19 deaths were recorded this month in Alabama. Alabama has around 4.9m residents. There has been more deaths caused by Pneumonia this month; 123.

So...is it completely inconsequential now or has Joe Biden utterly failed to defeat it?

 

[MIKOM]

Phil Valentine, conservative radio host known for being a strong Trump supporter and vaccine skeptic is now on a ventilator.

Changed his mind when he got sick. Or at least that's what his brother claimed on the radio:

"First of all, [Phil]'s regretful that he wasn't a more vocal advocate of the vaccination. For those listening, I know if he were able to tell you this, he would tell you, 'Go get vaccinated. Quit worrying about the politics. Quit worrying about all the conspiracy theories.' "

A salutary tale

Before he contracted covid he said ...... “What are my odds of getting Covid? They’re pretty low. What are my odds of dying from Covid if I do get it? Probably way less than 1 percent. I’m doing what everyone should do and that’s my own personal health risk assessment. If you have underlying health issues, you probably need to get the vaccine. If you’re not at high risk of dying from Covid then you’re probably safer not getting it.”

Then.....

The radio host believed he would be back at his job within a few days of first getting the virus. Instead, he was “very close to death at several points” when his oxygen levels dropped, his brother says. While Phil Valentine has been communicative, health care workers have encouraged him to sleep as much as possible to save strength.
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Mr. Valentine is one of nearly 500 Covid patients currently hospitalized in Tennessee, representing an increase of 77 percent over the past two weeks, according to a New York Times database.

The state has also seen a 207 percent increase in new coronavirus cases over the past two weeks. The spikes have largely been attributed to the highly contagious Delta variant of the virus and low vaccination rates.

Tennessee, like much of the South, has one of the lowest vaccination rates in the country: Only 54 percent of the state’s adults have received at least one dose, and 48 percent are fully vaccinated, according to New York Times data.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/24/world/phil-valentine-hospitalized-coronavirus.html

 

[HOLA]

What a joke and its on all of us, some just blindly obey out of fear
Its like the flu in everyway but it not flu? Some deadly disease these cowards predicted eh!???

It's just the flu and/or a Chinese lab created demon strain. Or so I've been told by Proud American (RIP) etc.

 

[icffedor]

So...is it completely inconsequential now or has Joe Biden utterly failed to defeat it?

I was being sarcastic, its a fucking virus, it will infect all of us regardless of what piece if shit is in office. We all share common colds and covid spreads the same, luckily its just the flu as ive said since this shit show covid began

 

[Nimrod]

One of the most distressing collateral damages is the mental health epidemic among children. Children as young as eight ‘are self-harming amid an unprecedented mental health crisis fuelled by the stress of lockdown’,6 said accident and emergency consultant, Dr Dave Greenhorn. It is estimated that 1.5 million children and 8.5 million adults will need support for depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorders and other mental health difficulties in the coming months and years, according to the Centre for Mental Health.7 As their chief economist said, ‘the numbers are stark’.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-56417014
Covid lockdown: Children as young as eight self-harming, doctor says

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2378023120969339
distress is likely to emerge as a result of “fear and worry” about one’s personal health and the health of others, as well as one’s “financial situation or job” (CDC 2020a). Increased viewing of news about COVID-19 may amplify perceptions of threats to health and economic security and create increased distress for consumers

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1361287/
Psychological Stress and the Human Immune System: A Meta-Analytic Study of 30 Years of Inquiry


So much material, and people are still promoting these crimes against the people and against Children..

 

[HOLA]

A salutary tale

Before he contracted covid he said ...... “What are my odds of getting Covid? They’re pretty low. What are my odds of dying from Covid if I do get it? Probably way less than 1 percent. I’m doing what everyone should do and that’s my own personal health risk assessment. If you have underlying health issues, you probably need to get the vaccine. If you’re not at high risk of dying from Covid then you’re probably safer not getting it.”

Then.....

The radio host believed he would be back at his job within a few days of first getting the virus. Instead, he was “very close to death at several points” when his oxygen levels dropped, his brother says. While Phil Valentine has been communicative, health care workers have encouraged him to sleep as much as possible to save strength.

It's only ever real if it happens to them. Apparently when he got sick, but before things turned serious, he actually said, "god forbid I die, that will be embarrassing."

 

[icffedor]

It's only ever real if it happens to them. Apparently when he got sick, but before things turned serious, he actually said, "god forbid I die, that will be embarrassing."

He will be fine, do you know how many scary articles like this have been posted by good virtue signalling guys like yourself. This bullshit supposed to convince me its not just a flu???

 

[Nimrod]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...ment-knew-lockdown-severe-effects-health.html

Government knew that shutting the country down to contain Covid pandemic would have 'very severe effects' on some people's health

https://www.bps.org.uk/sites/bps.or...of Ethics and Conduct (Updated July 2018).pdf
Code of British psychological ethics..

The British Psychological Society has a Code of Ethics & Conduct.3 Under ‘Ethical Principles’, it states: ‘Psychologists value the dignity and worth of all persons, with sensitivity to the dynamics of perceived authority or influence over persons and peoples and with particular regard to people’s rights.’ It goes on to say that in applying these values, psychologists should consider consent, issues of power, self-determination and compassionate care.

It seems to me, and to the psychologists who wrote to the BPS, that the behavioural psychologists advising the government have blatantly failed to practise in a way that is consistent with those stated ethical values regarding the fear messaging.

 

[Nimrod]

He will be fine, do you know how many scary articles like this have been posted by good virtue signalling guys like yourself. This bullshit supposed to convince me its not just a flu???

Their whole narrative is based on FEAR...

‘Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.’

Marie Curie

 

[Rob Battisti]

Honestly used to wonder how a population could fall into following along with what later would become crazy notions of “normalcy” or how a country could believe propaganda that later seemed insane.


Now it’s clear it’s just humans are stupid.

 

[Rob Battisti]

One of the most distressing collateral damages is the mental health epidemic among children. Children as young as eight ‘are self-harming amid an unprecedented mental health crisis fuelled by the stress of lockdown’,6 said accident and emergency consultant, Dr Dave Greenhorn. It is estimated that 1.5 million children and 8.5 million adults will need support for depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorders and other mental health difficulties in the coming months and years, according to the Centre for Mental Health.7 As their chief economist said, ‘the numbers are stark’.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-56417014
Covid lockdown: Children as young as eight self-harming, doctor says

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2378023120969339
distress is likely to emerge as a result of “fear and worry” about one’s personal health and the health of others, as well as one’s “financial situation or job” (CDC 2020a). Increased viewing of news about COVID-19 may amplify perceptions of threats to health and economic security and create increased distress for consumers

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1361287/
Psychological Stress and the Human Immune System: A Meta-Analytic Study of 30 Years of Inquiry


So much material, and people are still promoting these crimes against the people and against Children..

I never felt any anxiety until a few days ago when my company mandated you’d need to be vaccinated to return to the office and I’m a part of a team that is required to go back to the office. I feel like I’m in limbo.

 

[The_Renaissance]

Honestly, I never felt any anxiety until a few days ago when my company mandated you’d need to be vaccinated to return to the office and I’m a part of a team that is required to go back to the office. I feel like I’m in limbo.

Find Allah.

They won't touch you.

 

[HOLA]

Their whole narrative is based on FEAR...

‘Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.’

Marie Curie

A good step one in understanding would finally be coming to the realization that Covid is not "a flu."

 

[Nimrod]

Honestly, I never felt any anxiety until a few days ago when my company mandated you’d need to be vaccinated to return to the office and I’m a part of a team that is required to go back to the office. I feel like I’m in limbo.

Yeah man.. Sorry to here this..

I went to the Dr's a long time ago and got put on my notes that I would be medically exempt forever and would never have to take this drug.. wasn't difficult.. Maybe you should do the same..

 

[Nimrod]

A good step one in understanding would finally be coming to the realization that Covid is not "a flu."

Ah .. trying to convince me that a virus isn't a virus but another type of virus.. about the same but different.. go away you silly little man..

 

[HOLA]

Ah .. trying to convince me that a virus isn't a virus but another type of virus.. about the same but different.. go away you silly little man..

You don't call a cat a dog, right?

You guys claim you want understanding but here we are 1.5 years later and you still think Covid is "a flu."

 

[Shadiata]

Impact of lockdowns

DEATH


•40,000 excess deaths from the economic impacts over the next 50 years, as reduced income, unemployment and anxiety reduce life expectancy.1

•32,000 excess deaths among adults in social care by the end of March 2021 due to reduction in support and people being discharged from hospital early.1

•18,000 deaths due to cancelled operations.1

•10,000 deaths due to disruption to emergency care.1

•4,000 deaths due to not seeking help, even when suffering a heart attack or stroke.1

•There was a 52% increase in excess deaths of people dying of dementia during the first wave.2

•The equivalent of 560,000 lives will be lost as a result of lockdown. (This was calculated before the third lockdown.)3

MENTAL HEALTH

•The number of adults who experienced some form of depression increased from one in 10 to one in five during lockdown, by June 2020.4

•15% of people reported depression, anxiety, or fear as a direct result of government pandemic advertising.5

•One in eight adults developed moderate to severe depression during lockdown.6

•Nine out of 10 autistic people worried about their mental health during lockdown.7

•Autistic people were seven times more likely to be chronically lonely than the general population during lockdown.8

•Half of 16 to 25-year-olds said their mental health has worsened since the start of the pandemic.9

•One in three adults increased their consumption of alcohol during the first lockdown to cope with stress.11

•There was a 16.4% increase in deaths from alcohol-specific causes between January and September 2020 compared with the previous year.12 (An inquiry is needed to understand this, but I’m putting this impact in the mental health section for obvious reasons.)

•There was a 20% increase in opiate addictions and a 39% increase in number of relapses among addicts.13

•There were 15,541 calls relating to suicide or attempted suicide recorded by London Ambulance Service in the first six months of lockdown, from March to November 2020, compared to 11,703 calls over the same period in 2019.14

•87% of people with an eating disorder have seen their symptoms worsen because of social isolation.15

•161,699 fewer people per month in 2020 were able to contact mental health services than in 2019.16

•1.5 million children and 8.5 million adults will need support for depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorders and other mental health difficulties in the coming months and years.17

HEALTH

•Six in 10 people reported worse sleep since lockdown was announced.18

•Psychological stress is associated in a dose-response manner with an increased risk of acute infectious respiratory illness, so fear and lockdown measures would probably have increased infection.19

•27 million missed GP appointments by October 2020.20

•350,000 missed specialist referrals for cancer.21

•Cancer Research estimated there could be 35,000 avoidable cancer deaths as a result of lockdown.22

•30% of those who had a stroke during the pandemic delayed seeking emergency medical attention due to Covid-19. There were 825 excess deaths for stroke and 1,834 excess deaths for cardiovascular diseases (including cardiac arrest) as a result of delays to seeking help (or potentially the result of undiagnosed Covid-19).13

•Deaths from diabetes were 161.6% above average, potentially due to delays in care, from anxiety about seeking care or an overburdened healthcare system.13

•Until 8 September 2020, birthing partners were prevented from attending scans and early labour, causing stress and leaving women to endure difficult labours, traumatic news and miscarriages alone.

SOCIETY

•45,000 extra homeless people since the start of lockdown.23

•More than three-quarters of councils across England saw an increase in homelessness in their area since the start of the pandemic. More than four in 10 have seen a significant increase.24

•Half of children entitled to free school meals did not have access to the scheme during Covid-19 lockdown in the UK.25

•20% increase in babies suffering non-accidental harm.17

•There was a rise of 49% in the number of calls to domestic abuse services.26

•Two-thirds of domestic abuse victims were subjected to more violence from their partners during lockdown.27

•5.6 million people are struggling to afford essentials or have borrowed to make ends meet. The amount of arrears and borrowing among this group attributable to the impact of coronavirus is £10.3 billion.28

•A 25% reduction in pre-pandemic learning for primary school children and a 30% reduction for secondary school children.13

•The first lockdown saw the cancellation of 15,000 theatrical performances resulting in a loss of £303 million.13

ECONOMY

•The UK’s GDP fell by 9.9% in 2020, the worst result of any G7 country, and worst contraction the UK economy has experienced since the Great Frost of 1709.29

•The increase in public sector net borrowing (March to November 2020 rise in OBR estimates) could be as much as £385.2 billion.13

•Unemployment is expected to increase by between 450,000 and 2.45 million above pre-pandemic levels.13

•More than a quarter of pubs do not believe they will stay in business after lockdown.13

•The creative industries project a loss of £77 billion in 2020.13

•The manufacturing sector faced a Gross Value Added (GVA) loss of £71.7 billion from the first two lockdowns.13

•The construction sector faced a GVA loss of £40 billion from the first two lockdowns.13

•The retail sector faced a GVA loss of £33.8 billion from the first two lockdowns.13

•The impact on hospitality was a £37.4 billion loss.13

Stay home, save lives

 

[Nimrod]

How were you medically exempted? Some sort of allergy?
I am reluctant to seek out medical exemption anyway, since it sort of concedes that its ok for the government to tell me what drugs to take, and the only reason I'm exempt is because I can't take it. I'd rather pursue religious or ethical exemptions, because those have a philosophical basis for resisting their mandates.

I'd rather not say on an open forum .. PM me if you want to know..