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Starting a thread of deaths resulting from Covid quarantines. 1) NHS Scotland sees hundreds die after hospitals keep patients on waiting lists as Covid is prioritized
2) In Bay Area, suicides on the rise after shelter-in-place order https://abc7news.com/suicide-covid-19-coronavirus-rates-during-pandemic-death-by/6201962/
3) U.S. Drug Overdoses Spike 18% During Pandemic Lockdowns https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/08/13/901627189/u-s-sees-deadly-drug-overdose-spike-during-pandemic
4) “Lockdown measures for the pandemic could result in an additional 6.3 million cases of T.B. and 1.4 million deaths.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/health/coronavirus-tuberculosis-aids-malaria.html#click=https://t.co/6zRkcIvv1F
5) Study finds Covid lockdowns claim 10x more lives than the virus itself https://www.revolver.news/2020/08/study-covid-19-lockdowns-deadlier-than-pandemic-itself/
6) Study says Ontario surgery backlog due to COVID-19 could take 84 weeks to clear https://globalnews.ca/news/7310078/coronavirus-ontario-surgery-backlog/
7) "The rate of children ending up in Victorian emergency rooms after self-harming has jumped by a third since this time last year, according to government data seen by the ABC." https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-08/young-people-self-harming-end-up-in-hospital-emergency-rooms/12532040
8) "Pennsylvania hospitals are treating more children with severe child abuse injuries, indicating the state's most vulnerable kids are not safe at home during the coronavirus outbreak." https://eu.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/13/hospitals-seeing-more-severe-child-abuse-injuries-during-coronavirus/3116395001/
9) Study: 'Years of life lost due to the psychosocial consequences of COVID19 mitigation strategies based on Swiss data' https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.04.17.20069716v3
10) "More than 40 states have reported increases in opioid-related mortality as well as ongoing concerns for those with a mental illness or substance use disorder in counties and other areas within the state" since lockdowns began https://www.ama-assn.org/system/files/2020-09/issue-brief-increases-in-opioid-related-overdose.pdf
11) CDC: One quarter of young adults contemplated suicide during pandemic https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/13/cdc-mental-health-pandemic-394832
12) "Multiple cases of COVID-19-related suicides in the USA, UK, Italy, Germany, Bangladesh, India and other countries have been reported in mass media and psychiatric literature” https://academic.oup.com/qjmed/advance-article/doi/10.1093/qjmed/hcaa202/5857612
13) "A 2011 meta-analysis of international research .. found that the risk of death was 63 percent higher during the study periods among those who experienced unemployment than among those who did not” https://mises.org/wire/unemployment-kills-longer-lockdowns-last-worse-it-will-get
14) "According to the latest survey from Survivor Views … half (51%) of all those surveyed reported some impact on their [cancer] care due to the virus … nearly one in four report a delay in care or treatment.” https://ascopost.com/news/april-2020/survey-shows-covid-19-pandemic-is-affecting-patients-access-to-cancer-care/
15) “The number of people in Denver who died of cardiac arrests at home in the two weeks following the statewide stay-at-home order was greater than the total number of people who died of COVID-19 in the city during that time.” https://coloradosun.com/2020/08/17/denver-coronavirus-deaths-heart-attack/
16) "The number of deaths due to the disruption of cancer services is likely to outweigh the number of deaths from the coronavirus itself over the next five years. The cabinet was told it could be up to 150,000 avoidable deaths." https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/comment/forgotten-illnesses-will-be-the-nhss-next-crisis-lxtqggt8l
17) Covid-19’s collateral damage: More Americans are dying from heart attacks and other health issues https://www.wsj.com/articles/death-toll-from-covid-19-pandemic-extends-far-beyond-virus-victims-11600507800?st=mxdny1fozj8dckj&reflink=article_copyURL_share
18) Hundreds of thousands of cancer screenings were deferred after worries about Covid-19 shut down much of the U.S. health-care system .. Bc many cancers can advance rapidly, months without detection could mean ... more deaths https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-outbreaks-led-to-dangerous-delay-in-cancer-diagnoses-11602756013?st=v5xwzwgiy1699j6&reflink=article_copyURL_share
