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Here's a thread of all the things you are complicit in.
First off, 2.1 million people missing cancer screenings: https://www.google.com/amp/s/scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2020/06/01/impact-of-coronavirus-on-cancer-services-revealed-over-2-million-people-waiting-for-screening-tests-and-treatments/amp/
Here's a thread of all the things you are complicit in.
First off, 2.1 million people missing cancer screenings: https://www.google.com/amp/s/scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2020/06/01/impact-of-coronavirus-on-cancer-services-revealed-over-2-million-people-waiting-for-screening-tests-and-treatments/amp/
30000 excess cancer deaths https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/cancer-care-backlog-may-cost-30-000-lives-boris-johnson-told-2ttvw330l
Depression doubling https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/health-53820425
Global starvation https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/apr/21/coronavirus-pandemic-will-cause-famine-of-biblical-proportions
No education https://www.theguardian.com/education/2020/jun/15/2m-children-in-uk-have-done-almost-no-school-work-in-lockdown
Lockdown causing 'serious mental illness in first-time patients' https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/may/16/uk-lockdown-causing-serious-mental-illness-in-first-time-patients
Perhaps most significantly, 200000 potential deaths from lockdown: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/19/lockdown-may-cost-200k-lives-government-report-shows/
Irreversible damage to eyesight due to missed care: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52968845
Extreme poverty 'doubling by Christmas' https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/sep/14/coronavirus-extreme-poverty-in-uk-will-double-by-christmas-trust-predicts
Mental health charities facing an 'unprecedented number of calls' https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/mental-health-charities-greater-manchester-18123982
Alzheimer's sufferers 'giving up' https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/news/2020-07-14/lockdowns-side-effect-mental-health-deterioration-people-affected-dementia-third
(USA) 1 in four young adults considered suicide https://www.today.com/health/young-adults-mental-health-during-coronavirus-cdc-report-t189847
1.2 million babies could potentially die https://www.marketwatch.com/story/almost-12-million-babies-could-die-during-the-pandemic-but-not-from-the-coronavirus-2020-07-02
9 in 10 autistic people worried about their mental health during lockdown; 85% said their anxiety levels got worse
https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/news/coronavirus-report
https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/news/coronavirus-report
'Record numbers' contact NSPCC during lockdown with child welfare concerns https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/coronavirus-child-abuse-welfare-lockdown-nspcc-a9610631.html%3famp
The number of children living in poverty soared to nearly 1.2 billion, a 15% increase since the start of the pandemic. https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/09/1072602
Lockdown child abuse 'hidden by under-reporting.' https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54169197
986000 women missed mammograms at height of lockdown http://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-one-million-breast-screenings-missed-because-of-pandemic-12085578
More than a third of employers planning on making employees redundant over the next three months https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/oct/01/more-than-third-uk-employers-planning-make-staff-redundant-job-losses
The number of face-to-face visits to vulnerable children conducted by children’s services teams have begun to bounce back in parts of London following the easing of lockdown restrictions https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/vulnerable-children-london-face-to-face-visits-increase-a4569286.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1602578518
'Stay at home' message contributed to a 90% drop in hospital admissions https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1318103278354354178?s=19
Deaths from Alzheimers and heart problems at home soar https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1318248460831854594?s=19
