Wellbeing levels fell with the pandemic but improved under lockdown, data shows
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Re: Wellbeing levels fell with the pandemic but improved under lockdown, data shows
#2I think this is less informative than the authors are thinking. Their methodology doesn't seem sufficient to distinguish concrete effects of lockdown from general hedonic adaptation. (The fact that suicidal ideation is significantly down is pretty surprising, though.)
Re: Wellbeing levels fell with the pandemic but improved under lockdown, data shows
#3I think this is less informative than the authors are thinking. Their methodology doesn't seem sufficient to distinguish concrete effects of lockdown from general hedonic adaptation. (The fact that suicidal ideation is significantly down is pretty surprising, though.)
I dunno, it looks like they cover the differences between groups in enough detail.
I was wondering if, for instance the well-being of some people lowered during pandemic, but then the many who's life improved once they received pay to stay home and chill just outweighed all those who were diminished by the pandemic earlier.
Re: Wellbeing levels fell with the pandemic but improved under lockdown, data shows
#4I'm convinced this is too high-level to draw any meaningful conclusions. Personally, as I have a family, staying at home with them while I work, and having no commute, is wonderful and has significantly improved my health and wellbeing. Someone stuck in a one-person flat will have a different experience.
Re: Wellbeing levels fell with the pandemic but improved under lockdown, data shows
#5I wonder if this can be treated as a little bit of an unscientific UBI study? Can we conclude from this that well-being levels would overall improve with a UBI as well?
Re: Wellbeing levels fell with the pandemic but improved under lockdown, data shows
#6Also reports of far fewer premature babies under lockdown...likely a result of less stress on the working mother.
Re: Wellbeing levels fell with the pandemic but improved under lockdown, data shows
#7I'm convinced this is too high-level to draw any meaningful conclusions. Personally, as I have a family, staying at home with them while I work, and having no commute, is wonderful and has significantly improved my health and wellbeing. Someone stuck in a one-person flat will have a different experience.
>Someone stuck in a one-person flat will have a different experience.
As someone in this position I can say that the lack of a commute has been amazing, I'm sleeping much better and less stressed overall but the lack of social contact is definitely weighing down.
Re: Wellbeing levels fell with the pandemic but improved under lockdown, data shows
#8In Denmark, prematurely born babies went down 90% due to lockdowns (source below).
Researchers said the most plausible reason was due to reduced stress levels in pregnant women.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/19/health/coronavirus-premat...
Re: Wellbeing levels fell with the pandemic but improved under lockdown, data shows
#9Lockdowns are terrible for human mental health. We're not meant to live that way. I mean, we put people in prison as punishment because it sucks. I don't care what these people read in to the data - lockdowns are hurting everyone's mental health and making people act strangely.
We know a lot about COVID now - who's most vulnerable, how likely people are to die, etc. What staggers me is that huge groups of people are clamoring for more lockdowns and reduced freedoms. It's like Stockholm syndrome writ large. There is so much fear being peddled by the media and others that people have lost all perspective.
Re: Wellbeing levels fell with the pandemic but improved under lockdown, data shows
#10Lockdowns are terrible for human mental health. We're not meant to live that way. I mean, we put people in prison as punishment because it sucks. I don't care what these people read in to the data - lockdowns are hurting everyone's mental health and making people act strangely. We know a lot about COVID now - who's most vulnerable, how likely people are to die, etc. What staggers me is that huge groups of people are…
> I don't care what these people read in to the data - lockdowns are hurting everyone's mental health and making people act strangely.
"I'm right and you can't convince me otherwise" is the cause of a lot of suffering in the world.