Thread by @DailyCaller

THREAD: Today is the one-year anniversary of when our government told us it would only be "fifteen days to slow the spread." Here are just some of the devastating effects COVID-19 lockdowns have had on our country.

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A recent industry survey found at least 13.9 million, almost 45% of the nation’s small businesses are at serious risk of shuttering their doors by April 1.

This as corporations such as Amazon grow even larger.

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There are some American children that have spent all of this past year going to school at home on their computers. In places like Fairfax, Virginia, online learning has tanked academic achievement and led to an 83% increase in failing grades.

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In 2019, suicide rates in this country dropped for the first time in over a decade.

A CDC survey from last summer found that 25% of young adults had considered suicide during the pandemic.

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The pandemic lockdowns also coincided with more drug overdoses in a twelve-month period than at any time in American history.

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Overall mental health issues, including self-harm, substance abuse and overdosing, have skyrocketed among teenagers since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.

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As small businesses suffered under draconian, anti-scientific lockdown orders, "mostly peaceful protests" and violent riots were allowed to go forward in the middle of their communities, via @nypost.

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Even worse, many Americans had to watch as their elected leaders felt as though their own rules didn't apply to them.

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Unfortunately, we still have yet to fully understand just how devastating the effects of COVID-19 lockdowns will have on our country. "Fifteen days" turned into quite the long year.

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