Thread by @elleprovocateur, World Economic Forum: "Lockdown is the world's biggest #psychological #experiment

World Economic Forum: "Lockdown is the world& #39;s biggest #psychological #experiment - & we will pay the price"

Apr 9 2020 "With some 2.6 billion people around the world in some kind of #lockdown, we are conducting arguably the largest psychological experiment ever"

#Conditioning

"Unfortunately, we already have a good idea of its results. In late Feb 2020, right before EU countries mandated various forms of lockdowns, The Lancet published a review of 24 studies documenting the #psychological impact of quarantine."

#Handy

"The findings offer a glimpse of what is brewing in hundreds of millions of households around the world...

people who are #quarantined are very likely to develop a wide range of symptoms of #psychological #stress and #disorder..."

#Conditioning

"... including low mood, #insomnia, #stress, #anxiety, #anger, #irritability, emotional #exhaustion, #depression & post-traumatic stress symptoms. Low mood & irritability specifically stand out as being very common, the study notes." #PTSD

#RulingClass #LockdownExperiment

"In cases where parents were #quarantined with #children, the #mentalhealth toll became even steeper. In one study, no less than 28% of quarantined parents warranted a diagnosis of “ #trauma-related mental health disorder”.

"Among #quarantined #hospital #staff, almost 10% reported “high depressive symptoms” up to 3 yrs after being quarantined. Another study reporting on the long-term effects of SARS #quarantine among healthcare workers found a long-term risk for #alcohol #abuse, self-medication..."

"We know this from many examples, ranging from absenteeism in #military units after deployment in risk areas, companies that were close to Ground Zero in 9/11 and medical professionals in regions with outbreaks of #Ebola, #SARS and #MERS."

"RIGHT BEFORE the #lockdown, we conducted a benchmark survey among a rep. sample of the Belgian population... we saw that 32% of the pop. could be classified as highly resilient (“green”). Only 15% of the population indicated #toxic levels of #stress (“red”)."

#HumanExperiment

"... after 2 weeks of #lockdown, the green portion has shrunk to 25% of the population. The “red” part of the pop. has increased by 10 percentage points to fully 25% of the pop. These are the people at high risk for long-term absenteeism from work due to #illness & #burnout."

"In general, we know at-risk groups for long-term mental health issues will be the #healthcare workers who are on the frontline, young people under 30 & #children, the #elderly and those in precarious situations, for example, owing to #mentalillness, #disability & #poverty."

Feb 26, 2020: "The #psychological impact of #quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence".

"Appeals to #altruism by reminding the public about the benefits of quarantine to wider society can be favourable." https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30460-8/fulltext">https://www.thelancet.com/journals/...

The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence

The December, 2019 coronavirus disease outbreak has seen many countries ask people who have potentially come into contact with the infection to isolate themselves at home or in a dedicated quarantine...

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(20)30460-8/fulltext

"A study comparing post-traumatic stress symptoms in #parents & #children #quarantined with those not quarantined found that the mean post-traumatic stress scores were 4 X higher in children who had been quarantined than in those who were not quarantined." #PTSD

Who suffered most - and why?

#India population: approx. 1.3 billion. The lockdown was imposed on citizens when there were 10 deaths. The #fallout & #suffering is not anything that can be fathomed by the average person in the North.

India: deaths from/with Covid approx. 700.

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