09-03-2021, 07:12 AM
(09-03-2021, 06:18 AM)PaulP link Wrote:https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07-20/r.../100305640
This article is from July this year. For Victoria, NSW, and Queensland, rates of suicide have not increased since the start of the pandemic. There have been increases in calls to mental support services, and increase in attempts to self harm.
Can't comment about the suicide rate (haven't seen data) but I have heard first hand anecdotal stories from paramedics.
Self harm - a clear, well defined precursor to suicide - often a 6 to 18 month lag, is off the charts. And some....
That comes from a very high up dude I know in a very high up place.
So we have a choice here - open up and a few vulnerable types will get very ill and a fewer number again may die (and by all means get vaxxed if you want to - all power to you)
OR
do what we are doing & sacrifice a generation of kids (and see many more deaths).
Destroy pretty much all small business and bump the domestic/familial violence stats skyward.
The choice is clear.
Don't be a bed wetter.
ps if certain people want to lock themselves behind doors on an ongoing basis, knock yourself out. Freedom of choice!
Finals, then 4 in a row!

