American Cities with the Highest Increase in Homicide Rates
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Re: American Cities with the Highest Increase in Homicide Rates
#2Kind of a dumb question based on my own anecdotal observations. Is there any chance that mild brain damage to a large portion of the population (say from long covid in select individuals) produces more violent and aggressive tendencies, similar to lead poisoning from leaded gasoline?
Again, completely anecdotal question based on my own observations of myself after having covid (I myself felt very slow mentally and frustrated after having covid), and some of the rise in aggressive tendencies of consumers (e.g. airline passengers and retail consumers), not to mention incidents of road rage.
Edit: help me understand why you’re downvoting. Is it ignorance on my part? I prefaced this by saying it was not an evidence based question
Re: American Cities with the Highest Increase in Homicide Rates
#3Kind of a dumb question based on my own anecdotal observations. Is there any chance that mild brain damage to a large portion of the population (say from long covid in select individuals) produces more violent and aggressive tendencies, similar to lead poisoning from leaded gasoline? Again, completely anecdotal question based on my own observations of myself after having covid (I myself felt very slow mentally and fr…
The lengthy isolation most of us have endured last few years isn't exactly great for mental health, regardless of Covid infection.
Re: American Cities with the Highest Increase in Homicide Rates
#4Q2 of 2020 was one of the weirdest quarters in American history. From covid lockdowns to race riots, to heightened police-civilian tensions; there was nothing normal about it.
I would love to see these exact same graphs juxtaposed against a normal year such as 2019.
Anecdotally, the crime rates in west coast blue city downtowns have skyrocketed. It seems impossible to park your car in Seattle/Portland/SF downtowns and not have it be broken in. The average junkie seems to have gotten more aggressive and bashful too.
I wonder if the rise of p2p meth has something to do with it. (https://dynomight.net/p2p-meth/)
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#5Kind of a dumb question based on my own anecdotal observations. Is there any chance that mild brain damage to a large portion of the population (say from long covid in select individuals) produces more violent and aggressive tendencies, similar to lead poisoning from leaded gasoline? Again, completely anecdotal question based on my own observations of myself after having covid (I myself felt very slow mentally and fr…
I have always said anyone who points a gun at another person outside of a self defense scenario has brain damage or a mental illness (Even if it's unknown).
Re: American Cities with the Highest Increase in Homicide Rates
#6Kind of a dumb question based on my own anecdotal observations. Is there any chance that mild brain damage to a large portion of the population (say from long covid in select individuals) produces more violent and aggressive tendencies, similar to lead poisoning from leaded gasoline? Again, completely anecdotal question based on my own observations of myself after having covid (I myself felt very slow mentally and fr…
I would think that there are other environmental stressors that have influenced the behavior first, specifically the economic stagnation of the middle and working classes, combined with things like the opioid epidemic, income and housing insecurity with everything further exacerbated by the pandemic, social isolation, economic and supply chain constraints and now record inflation, all within the last decade and with minimal support systems available, along with the rise of divisive populist politics permeating everything and social media pushing people into echo chambers that radicalize their opinions even further.
A lot of people are probably beyond stressed and stretched way past their tolerance point by now.
Re: American Cities with the Highest Increase in Homicide Rates
#7Kind of a dumb question based on my own anecdotal observations. Is there any chance that mild brain damage to a large portion of the population (say from long covid in select individuals) produces more violent and aggressive tendencies, similar to lead poisoning from leaded gasoline? Again, completely anecdotal question based on my own observations of myself after having covid (I myself felt very slow mentally and fr…
I don't know about long COVID, but there is definitely an issue with new forms of methamphetamine (specifically, P2P meth) inducing aggression and mental instability in otherwise stable people. Among other sources, The Atlantic published an article about it: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2021/11/the-new...
Re: American Cities with the Highest Increase in Homicide Rates
#8Kind of a dumb question based on my own anecdotal observations. Is there any chance that mild brain damage to a large portion of the population (say from long covid in select individuals) produces more violent and aggressive tendencies, similar to lead poisoning from leaded gasoline? Again, completely anecdotal question based on my own observations of myself after having covid (I myself felt very slow mentally and fr…
I would think that there are other environmental stressors that have influenced the behavior first, specifically the economic stagnation of the middle and working classes, combined with things like the opioid epidemic, income and housing insecurity with everything further exacerbated by the pandemic, social isolation, economic and supply chain constraints and now record inflation, all within the last decade and with…
I think if those were the underlying factors we would've seen a rise in the homicide rate earlier than immediately after the beginning of the pandemic.
Re: American Cities with the Highest Increase in Homicide Rates
#9Kind of a dumb question based on my own anecdotal observations. Is there any chance that mild brain damage to a large portion of the population (say from long covid in select individuals) produces more violent and aggressive tendencies, similar to lead poisoning from leaded gasoline? Again, completely anecdotal question based on my own observations of myself after having covid (I myself felt very slow mentally and fr…
I have always said anyone who points a gun at another person outside of a self defense scenario has brain damage or a mental illness (Even if it's unknown).
There is a clear difference between being evil and being mentally ill.
Re: American Cities with the Highest Increase in Homicide Rates
#10Kind of a dumb question based on my own anecdotal observations. Is there any chance that mild brain damage to a large portion of the population (say from long covid in select individuals) produces more violent and aggressive tendencies, similar to lead poisoning from leaded gasoline? Again, completely anecdotal question based on my own observations of myself after having covid (I myself felt very slow mentally and fr…
I have always said anyone who points a gun at another person outside of a self defense scenario has brain damage or a mental illness (Even if it's unknown).
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