Thread by @OBusybody

THE HORRIFIC COST OF LOCKDOWNS

Data from just the last 2 months:
✔️ Cognitive decline (1,2)
✔️ Mental health issues (3-7)
✔️ Global disease (8,9)
✔️ Missed medical care (10-12)
✔️ Racial inequality (13,14)
✔️ Learning losses (15-17)
✔️ Economic harm (18,19)
✔️ Dead children (20)

2/5 -- Cognitive decline (1, 2) & Increased mental health issues (3-5)
1 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…
2 news-medical.net/news/20210324/…
3 cbc.ca/news/canada/ha…
4 wate.com/news/record-nu…
5 wbur.org/commonhealth/2…

3/5 -- Increased mental health issues (6,7), More global disease (8, 9), & Missed medical care (10)
6 apa.org/news/press/rel…
7 wsj.com/articles/pande…
8 telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…
9 who.int/news/item/26-0…
10 eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2…

4/5 -- Missed medical care (11, 12), Racial inequality (13, 14), & Education losses (15)
11 nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-hospital…
12 menshealth.com/health/a361638…
13 bbc.com/news/education…
14 spiked-online.com/2021/04/14/loc…
15 ox.ac.uk/news/2021-04-0…

5/5 -- Education losses (16,17), Economic harm (18, 19), & Dead children (20)
16 pnas.org/content/118/17…
17 bbc.com/news/education…
18 wsj.com/articles/a-sta…
19 mackinac.org/new-report-sho…
20 bbc.com/news/world-asi…