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Excessive drinking caused nearly 500 deaths per day during pandemic, CDC says
ktla ^ | 03/01/2024 | Jas Kang

Posted on 03/02/2024 12:22:51 PM PST by BenLurkin

Loneliness, depression, and mental health issues also spiked during a time when most people were asked to self-isolate.

Alcohol consumption and deaths also went up during that time, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A new report by the CDC found that there were roughly 488 deaths per day during the pandemic due to excessive alcohol drinking in 2020-2021.

“Stress, loneliness, and social isolation; and mental health conditions might also have contributed to the increase in deaths from excessive alcohol use during the Covid-19 pandemic,”

During 2016 and 2017, there were 137,927 alcohol-related deaths nationally. For 2020 and 2021, that number climbed to 178,307, according to the report.

Excessive alcohol consumption-related deaths went up by 35% amongst women during those two time periods. In comparison, for men, there was an increase of 27% in deaths over the same time period.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: covid; lockdown
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To: gitmo
On the last night, they whisked me out of my room and moved me into a room in the COVID ward. Several doctors have told me they did that so they could collect federal money because I was a COVID patient.

That explains why, as a VA guy shipped to Vanderbilt's hospital for specialized surgery, I saw the hallways lined with gurneys of ailing people. They were funneled from Nashville General and others while the money trough was open. At least I learned my immune system deflects Covid after several of those patients coughed it right at me.

41 posted on 03/02/2024 7:03:48 PM PST by MikelTackNailer (should have been dead from cancer five years ago but refuses to swirl down the bowl.)
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To: Round Earther
All the liquor stores were open.

As were all the weed stores.

But you couldn't buy varnish because it was too dangerous.

Do you find that interesting?

Because I find it simply fascinating.

42 posted on 03/02/2024 7:07:14 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Roses are red, Violets are blue, I love being on the government watch list, along with all of you.)
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To: Round Earther
If the dog is with you, you aren’t drinking alone.

Time to open a bottle of Cab, I just removed the brisket from the grill.

43 posted on 03/02/2024 7:12:35 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: Night Hides Not

Cab is a good choice for the brisket, for the strip, filet or rib eye, I recommend Malbec.


44 posted on 03/02/2024 7:46:35 PM PST by Round Earther
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To: BenLurkin

CDC officials cannot count and they never tell the truth.

End it.


45 posted on 03/02/2024 7:57:25 PM PST by Texas Fossil (Texas is not about where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind and Attitude.)
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oh shut the hell up CDC....


46 posted on 03/02/2024 8:02:34 PM PST by cherry
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To: BenLurkin

they set the standard for a positive covid test so low that almost all “had” it per their rigged system.....the test was never adminstered like they would for flu....


47 posted on 03/02/2024 8:03:54 PM PST by cherry
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To: BenLurkin

Baloney. These are probably vax deaths.


48 posted on 03/02/2024 8:04:48 PM PST by DouglasKC
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To: Round Earther

Today is Texas Independence Day, and the Cab came from land once owned by COL William Travis. The brisket was great, too.


49 posted on 03/02/2024 9:07:22 PM PST by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Gonzales! Come and Take It!)
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To: BenLurkin

I was never tempted by alcohol except during the COVID lockdowns.

I’m not an extrovert. I force myself to reach out to people.

I’m not a tea-totaler but alcohol was never an important part of my life either. I could have a drink (or a few) on a special occasion and then not even think about alcohol for literally years.

But during the lockdowns I found myself drinking alone just to feel better. Terrible. I was on my way to alcoholism.

Currently, I’m not having any issues, but I learned something about myself during that time.

Being connected to people is the opposite of addiction.


50 posted on 03/02/2024 10:19:34 PM PST by unlearner (I, Robot: I think I finally understand why Dr. Lanning created me... ;-)
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