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https://www.dailywire.com/news/500-doctors-tell-trump-to-end-covid-19-shutdown-w...



The evidence seems to be emerging, that [apart from deaths caused by the LOCK-DOWN response itself!, from mental depression and the resultant suicides] it does appear to be any 'close confinement' environment which really helps the virus to spread ???

Look at how the virus has spread, in Australia and the USA and UK, within the 'close confinement' of environments like NURSING HOMES and on CRUISE SHIPS.

WWW search....



SK,

I blame Shiiiina.

Who do you blame ?



Let me guess!

Not more than if there was no shutdown.

SadKangaroo wrote on May 25^th, 2020 at 8:21am:



what about the AMA ? Professor Ian Hickie and Professor Mcgorry ?

https://ama.com.au/media/joint-statement-covid-19-impact-likely-lead-increased-r...


JOINT STATEMENT

Dr Tony Bartone, Australian Medical Association (AMA) President, and GP

Professor Ian Hickie AM, Co-Director, Health and Policy, The University of Sydney Central Clinical School, Brain and Mind Centre

Professor Patrick McGorry AO, Executive Director, Orygen, Centre for Youth Mental Health, University of Melbourne

COVID-19 IMPACT LIKELY TO LEAD TO INCREASED RATES OF SUICIDE AND MENTAL ILLNESS

Australia will likely see increases in youth suicide and a surge in demand for specialist mental health services as the full and lasting impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is experienced across the community.

AMA President, Dr Tony Bartone, and leading mental health experts, Professor Ian Hickie AC and Professor Patrick McGorry AC, are today calling for long-term modelling and investment in mental health to guide critical decision making in social, economic, and health policy to help Australia transition out of the coronavirus pandemic.

The National Cabinet has done an outstanding job in protecting Australia and taking decisive measures to stop the spread of COVID-19. As we consider how to transition back, there is an urgent need to prioritise mental health and suicide prevention.

Dedicated public mental healthcare services and practitioners have continued to provide the best care they can, within extraordinary and unprecedented constraints, during the crisis. Many health professionals - including GPs, psychiatrists, and emergency physicians - are seeing significant growth in the number of patients seeking treatment and support for their mental health.

We know that young people are going to be disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the measures that are needed to stop the spread of this deadly disease.

Dynamic modelling of the adverse impacts of COVID-19 on unemployment, social dislocation, and mental health - conducted by the Systems Modelling and Simulation Team of the Brain and Mind Centre at the University of Sydney, and the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence on prevention of youth suicide (YOUTHe), in which Orygen and the University of Melbourne are partnering - highlights the urgent need for the mental health sector and governments to put in place a national response to the pandemic.

The modelling shows that there may be a 25 per cent increase in suicides, and it is likely that about 30 per cent of those will be among young people. If the Australian economy deteriorates further, this number may increase.

We are facing a situation where between an extra 750 and 1500 more suicides may occur annually, in addition to the 3000 plus lives that are lost to suicide already every year.

Furthermore, this tragically higher rate is likely to persist for up to five years if the economic downturn lasts more than 12 months.

Such a death rate is likely at this stage to overshadow the number of deaths in Australia directly attributable from to COVID-19 infection.

John Smith wrote on May 25^th, 2020 at 12:53pm:



You should take that up with jasin.

jasin is sure, that he knows how to deal with your sin [guilt].




Me ?

I just push that boat out, away from the shore.

I know that it will find a safe harbour.



A boat, out on the water, is exactly where every boat was designed to be.