Starting a thread of deaths resulting from Covid quarantines. 1) NHS Scotland sees hundreds die after hospitals keep patients on waiting lists as Covid is prioritized
2) In Bay Area, suicides on the rise after shelter-in-place order abc7news.com/suicide-covid-…
3) U.S. Drug Overdoses Spike 18% During Pandemic Lockdowns npr.org/sections/coron…
4) “Lockdown measures for the pandemic could result in an additional 6.3 million cases of T.B. and 1.4 million deaths.” nytimes.com/2020/08/03/hea…
5) Study finds Covid lockdowns claim 10x more lives than the virus itself revolver.news/2020/08/study-…
6) Study says Ontario surgery backlog due to COVID-19 could take 84 weeks to clear globalnews.ca/news/7310078/c…
7) "The rate of children ending up in Victorian emergency rooms after self-harming has jumped by a third since this time last year, according to government data seen by the ABC." abc.net.au/news/2020-08-0…
8) "Pennsylvania hospitals are treating more children with severe child abuse injuries, indicating the state's most vulnerable kids are not safe at home during the coronavirus outbreak." eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nat…
9) Study: 'Years of life lost due to the psychosocial consequences of COVID19 mitigation strategies based on Swiss data' medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
10) "More than 40 states have reported increases in opioid-related mortality as well as ongoing concerns for those with a mental illness or substance use disorder in counties and other areas within the state" since lockdowns began ama-assn.org/system/files/2…
11) CDC: One quarter of young adults contemplated suicide during pandemic politico.com/news/2020/08/1…
12) "Multiple cases of COVID-19-related suicides in the USA, UK, Italy, Germany, Bangladesh, India and other countries have been reported in mass media and psychiatric literature” academic.oup.com/qjmed/advance-…
13) "A 2011 meta-analysis of international research .. found that the risk of death was 63 percent higher during the study periods among those who experienced unemployment than among those who did not” mises.org/wire/unemploym…
14) "According to the latest survey from Survivor Views … half (51%) of all those surveyed reported some impact on their [cancer] care due to the virus … nearly one in four report a delay in care or treatment.” ascopost.com/news/april-202…
15) “The number of people in Denver who died of cardiac arrests at home in the two weeks following the statewide stay-at-home order was greater than the total number of people who died of COVID-19 in the city during that time.” coloradosun.com/2020/08/17/den…
16) "The number of deaths due to the disruption of cancer services is likely to outweigh the number of deaths from the coronavirus itself over the next five years. The cabinet was told it could be up to 150,000 avoidable deaths." thetimes.co.uk/edition/commen…
17) Covid-19’s collateral damage: More Americans are dying from heart attacks and other health issues wsj.com/articles/death…
18) Hundreds of thousands of cancer screenings were deferred after worries about Covid-19 shut down much of the U.S. health-care system .. Bc many cancers can advance rapidly, months without detection could mean ... more deaths wsj.com/articles/covid…
19) Death tolls soar, not from non-Covid; diabetes victims up 86 percent in 6 months; prostate cancer victims up 53 percent; breast cancer up 47 percent; bowel cancer up 46 percent pressreader.com/uk/metro-uk/20…
20) Ontario shut down non-urgent health services in the spring. Now hospitals are seeing many more patients with advanced cancers thestar.com/news/gta/2020/…
21) Suicides Up Nearly 100% Among Young People in Wisconsin’s Second Largest County madison.com/wsj/news/local…
22) In UK, Number of patients waiting more than a year for non-coronavirus treatment highest since 2008, with 139,545 patients waiting more than a year for treatment news.sky.com/story/covid-19…
23) UK Health Study Found 26,000 "Extra" Non-COVID Deaths At Home Amid Lockdowns zerohedge.com/medical/new-uk…
24) Suicide claimed more Japanese lives in October than 10 months of COVID cbsnews.com/news/japan-sui…
25) Number of domestic abuse victims killed by partner 'more than doubles' in lockdown mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
26) San Francisco Drug Overdose Deaths Far Outpace City’s COVID-19 Death Count bongino.com/san-francisco-…
27) The Pandemic Has Led To More Drug Overdoses In A 12-Month Period Than At Any Point In US History dailycaller.com/2020/12/23/pan…
28) Dozens of cruise employees died by suicide during coronavirus quarantine: report bloomberg.com/features/2020-…
29) San Francisco lost a total of 699 people to overdoses last year, a 59% rise from 2019 sfchronicle.com/local-politics…
30) Extra 10,000 dementia deaths in England and Wales in April theguardian.com/world/2020/jun…
31) Surge of Student Suicides Pushes Las Vegas Schools to Reopen nytimes.com/2021/01/24/us/…
32) "Over 81,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the United States in the 12 months ending in May 2020, the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded in a 12-month period." cdc.gov/media/releases…
33) Thread detailing teen suicides since the government began imposing lockdowns and social isolation
34) Overdose deaths skyrocket in Pennsylvania during COVID-19 pandemic local21news.com/news/local/ove…
35) Pregnant woman dies during childbirth from treatable condition undiagnosed due to coronavirus restrictions, family says washingtonexaminer.com/news/pregnant-…
36) Alcohol deaths hit record high during Covid pandemic bbc.com/news/health-55…
37) Texas boy, 12, hangs himself after battling depression amid COVID-19 nypost.com/2021/02/11/tex…
38) San Francisco sues schools, citing high number of suicidal students nypost.com/2021/02/12/san…
39) Friends say former Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh became incurably depressed after Covid lockdowns hit, which resulted in drug abuse and his eventual death forbes.com/sites/angelauy…
40) Three NYC school kids killed themselves in three weeks amid COVID-19 pandemic nypost.com/2021/02/17/3-n…
41) Overdose deaths skyrocket in Pennsylvania during COVID-19 pandemic local21news.com/news/local/ove…
42) U.S. overdose deaths on pace to surpass 100,000 in a single year statnews.com/2021/03/02/add…
43) Expert: Kids 10 times more likely to die of suicide than Covid thefederalist.com/2021/03/03/joh…
44) Study projects 27,644 to 154,037 "deaths of despair" (alcohol, drugs, suicide) resulting from Covid lockdowns/social isolation drive.google.com/file/d/1MiezBY…
45) NHS faces 'hidden backlog' of six million patients awaiting treatment due to pandemic telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/0…
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