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Unsurprisingly, a representative from Alabama is asking non-expert Lucy McBride about "dramatic increases in suicide." She has no expertise or credentials to testify on this.
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@USRepGaryPalmer : "we saw a surge in teen suicide, particularly among women" (factually incorrect, teen suicides did not increase nor women's suicides)
* ER visits didnt increase
* Suicide rates did not increase in women.
* Teen suicides didn't increase significantly.
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* ER visits didnt increase
* Suicide rates did not increase in women.
* Teen suicides didn't increase significantly.
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@drlucymcbride : "I think you're right that lockdowns have done enormous harm..." "...the surgeon general has issued a concerning report about teen ... mental health."
"It's not a coincidence."
She doesn't correct his inaccurate statement.
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"It's not a coincidence."
She doesn't correct his inaccurate statement.
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Yes Tracy, because we actually have expertise in relevant areas, like child development & mental health.
Your awful summary &stance on mental health during covid measures is *not* scientific or expert, and despite no expertise you have been wrongly writing & opining for >1y
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Your awful summary &stance on mental health during covid measures is *not* scientific or expert, and despite no expertise you have been wrongly writing & opining for >1y
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In March 2021, you opined with other MH non-experts Gandhi, Henderson, and Johnson that "COVID-19 deaths in children and adolescents are magnitudes smaller than deaths from suicide, some now driven by school closure"
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You and those same non-MH experts testified about harms in April of 2021 to the Sacramento School Board about "harming children."
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