Posted on 12/18/2020 6:24:41 AM PST by LoveMyFreedom
Any retrospective analysis of lockdown policies—the effectiveness which is seriously disputed—must be weighed against the loss of life and human suffering they caused.
In California and other parts of the country, Americans are headed back to lockdown or otherwise facing renewed restrictions on their day-to-day lives amid another spike of COVID-19. Yet a new Gallup poll shows these lockdowns come as people are already struggling with their mental health.
“Americans' latest assessment of their mental health is worse than it has been at any point in the last two decades,” Gallup reports.
The new polling found that 34 percent of respondents said their mental health was “excellent,” which is 9 points down from 2019. Similarly, 85 percent of Americans had rated their mental health as “good or excellent” in 2019. Just 76 percent did this year.
This poll only further documents an ongoing trend.
As Jon Miltimore previously explained for FEE.org, the Centers for Disease Control found that 1 in 4 young Americans considered suicide this past summer amid life under lockdown and unprecedented levels of social isolation. In one anecdote that painfully demonstrates this broader trend, a California hospital doctor told local news in May that during lockdown he witnessed “a year's worth of suicide attempts in the last four weeks."
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” “Americans’ latest assessment of their mental health is worse than it has been at any point in the last two decades,” Gallup reports.”
No known connection, but VMI has taken down the statue of General Stonewall Jackson.
Very significant uptick in alcohol abuse, severe depression, suicidality
For many, the Dystopia Virus has caused a perpetual state of nervous agitation. The trick will be keeping an even keel; a sophisticated psychological war is being waged on us all.
More jobs for psychological therapists. Probably government has to pay for it. If Biden becomes President, he will be more than happy to do it.
Suicide, alcoholism and drug rates through the roof but yeah, don’t let that stand in the way of propaganda.....
This is intentional. Beat people down and make them vulnerable. Easier to control/manipulate. Globalist agenda.
We should have a measure on stupid. We went from the jet age, the computer age, etc to the age of stupid. Wait till we see the test scores drop like a rock from kids asnd ‘distant learning’
I was telling someone last night that Crazy has become the new norm.
If you are not crazy, there must be something wrong with you.
I just endured one of the most stressful times in my life, and I feel fine.
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