Thank you @DrDomPimenta and @digidebates1!
I said I would tweet my references post debate, so here it goes. 1/ https://twitter.com/digidebates1/status/1313832356625690625
I said I would tweet my references post debate, so here it goes. 1/ https://twitter.com/digidebates1/status/1313832356625690625
3x more Canadians contemplating suicide this year over last:
https://cmha.ca/news/warning-signs-more-canadians-thinking-about-suicide-during-pandemic
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https://cmha.ca/news/warning-signs-more-canadians-thinking-about-suicide-during-pandemic
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25% of American young adults are contemplating suicide:
https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/health/young-people-suicidal-ideation-wellness/index.html
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https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/health/young-people-suicidal-ideation-wellness/index.html
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Completed suicides in US armed forces up 20% this year over last:
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-suicides-increase-coronavirus-pandemic/
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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-suicides-increase-coronavirus-pandemic/
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Domestic Violence calles up 30% in France:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/coronavirus-domestic-violence.html
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https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/coronavirus-domestic-violence.html
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And up 20-30% in Canada: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-at-least-nine-women-and-girls-killed-in-domestic-homicides-in-canada/
Homicides up 50% in USA:
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/a-worrisome-trend-rising-murder-rate-is-a-national-problem-data-shows-163859069.html
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https://ca.news.yahoo.com/a-worrisome-trend-rising-murder-rate-is-a-national-problem-data-shows-163859069.html
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Canada's all time worst mass shooting event took place at the height of lockdown, April 2020:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Nova_Scotia_attacks
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_Nova_Scotia_attacks
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Overdose deaths up ~3x in British Columbia:
http://www.bccdc.ca/resource-gallery/Documents/Statistics%20and%20Research/Statistics%20and%20Reports/Overdose/Overdose%20Response%20Indicator%20Report.pdf
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http://www.bccdc.ca/resource-gallery/Documents/Statistics%20and%20Research/Statistics%20and%20Reports/Overdose/Overdose%20Response%20Indicator%20Report.pdf
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Canada has spent more in 6 months of fighting COVID in inflation-adjusted dollars than on 6 YEARS of fighting WW2:
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/historical-sheets/industry
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https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/historical-sheets/industry
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The only study looking at actual real world outcome data showed NO EFFECT of lockdowns on COVID mortality
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30208-X/fulltext
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https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30208-X/fulltext
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