Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a study shows
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Re: Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a study shows
#2Not surprised at all to hear this - there was a period (maybe a few months into the initial lockdown) I was regularly hearing my neighbours completely lose their shit on a regular basis. Not even the same people either - random, different people each time.
WFH + high stress + forced close proximity + drunkenness is a recipe for disaster
Re: Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a study shows
#3Not surprised at all to hear this - there was a period (maybe a few months into the initial lockdown) I was regularly hearing my neighbours completely lose their shit on a regular basis. Not even the same people either - random, different people each time. WFH + high stress + forced close proximity + drunkenness is a recipe for disaster
The whole world that stayed home is stressed, depressed, not recovered. This includes high functioning adults, kids, teenagers. I am in this group as is most of my friends.
Re: Alcohol-related deaths spiked during the pandemic, a study shows
#4Not surprised at all to hear this - there was a period (maybe a few months into the initial lockdown) I was regularly hearing my neighbours completely lose their shit on a regular basis. Not even the same people either - random, different people each time. WFH + high stress + forced close proximity + drunkenness is a recipe for disaster
The whole world that stayed home is stressed, depressed, not recovered. This includes high functioning adults, kids, teenagers. I am in this group as is most of my friends.
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#5Recently (within the last two years) I had to help someone suffering with alcoholism/DTS and I was horrified by the abysmal outpatient support the medical system here provides. If he didn't have health insurance and a ride I would not have been able to convince him to go, and he could have died.
It's very hard to argue with his contempt for hospitals and doctors when all they do is give you an overpriced potassium IV (very painful) then push you out the door and tell you to find an AA group.
I don't even know what the solution is, but I do know the current way of doing things is inadequate and probably getting a ton of people killed. It's very sad.
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From the article, number of alcohol deaths
> rising to 99,017 in 2020, up from 78,927 the previous year
Covid deaths in the US: 300k in 2020
Looks like another misrepresentation by the "covid skeptics"
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#9> Covid’s toll extends
> to cope with the stress of the pandemic
An euphemism at the level of "rapid unscheduled disassembly".
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From the article, number of alcohol deaths > rising to 99,017 in 2020, up from 78,927 the previous year Covid deaths in the US: 300k in 2020 Looks like another misrepresentation by the "covid skeptics"
Regardless of which side you’re on I think everyone needs to be willing to engage in civil discourse. We’re more divided than ever and should actively work to fix it.
It’s true that some people are anti lockdown and there may be merit. There may not be.
The truth is we won’t know for a few years until we have more information.