Posted on 02/10/2021 6:14:49 PM PST by CheshireTheCat
A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania found that opioid overdoses increased in black and Hispanic Philadelphia residents during the coronavirus lockdowns.
However, public health officials in the city are still supportive of the restrictive measures.
“[O]pioid overdoses have increased during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic,” the paper, published in the American Medical Association’s JAMA Network Open, said.
The team found that the first three full months of the lockdowns, April 2020 to June 2020, showed a 60 percent increase in fatal opioid overdoses in black Philly residents compared to December 2019 to February 2020.
Hispanics also saw an in opioid overdoses during that time period. Overdoses decreased in white residents.
The 2020 increase from April to June “represents the first time in recent history in Philadelphia that the absolute number of deaths was higher among non-Hispanic Black individuals than among non-Hispanic White individuals,” the paper said.....
(Excerpt) Read more at thecollegefix.com ...
Another waste of $$$$.
“However, public health officials in the city are still supportive of the restrictive measures.”
It’s okay if people die from being alone, drinking, doing drugs, and suicide.
The team found that the first three full months of the lockdowns, April 2020 to June 2020, showed a 60 percent increase in fatal opioid overdoses in black Philly residents compared to December 2019 to February 2020.
Hispanics also saw an in opioid overdoses during that time period.
Overdoses decreased in white residents. More proof of the racist Covid virus.
A psychologist at one of the major rags talked about this very thing last April. Drug overdoses, domestic violence, child abuse, alcoholism would all spiral out of control under lockdown. It triggers a fight or flight mode in the brain. It’s not just blacks and Hispanics, it is hitting everyone regardless of race or religion.
If it saves one person from dying of Covid it’s worth it! /s
That double-masking thing is sure to go over well with minorities, I’m guessing.
What percentage of minorities compared to whites have jobs where they can work from home?
Poor, black/ hispanic, drug addicts hardest hit!
Not to worry: Biden has fixed this by opening the border. It will no longer be locked up inside the USA and can freely flow into Mexico.
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