Some people will have (new) PTSD. Some people will have intense agoraphobia, some will have separation anxiety. https://twitter.com/Imani_Barbarin/status/1253852297198698496
Disordered eating. Hoarding. Anxiety of all shapes and flavors. Depression.

We're going to see a lot of new mental illness, and a lot of existing mental illness will get worse.

All while every kind of in person treatment is more dangerous.
Covid19 is a disability issue, not just because disabled people are disproportionately dying.

Not just because some people who survive will be disabled (deconditioned, lung function, amputation).
But also because people who never have more than extremely mild symptoms may still develop a new or worsened mental health disability due to everything going on.
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