Thread by @strauss_matt, Thank you @DrDomPimenta and @digidebates1!I said I would tweet my references post [...]

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

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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Warning signs: more Canadians thinking about suicide during pandemic - CMHA National

For immediate release New national survey from the Canadian Mental Health Association and UBC exposes troubling pandemic mental health vulnerabilities across various groups Toronto, ON and Vancouv...

https://cmha.ca/news/warning-signs-more-canadians-thinking-about-suicide-during-pandemic

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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1 in 4 young people are reporting suicidal thoughts. Here's how to help

Large numbers of young people, particularly Black or Hispanic, are reporting suicidal ideation, depression and anxiety during the pandemic. Psychologists urge them to seek counseling or to call the...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/14/health/young-people-suicidal-ideation-wellness/index.html

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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Military suicides have increased by as much as 20% during the coronavirus pandemic

Senior Army leaders say they've seen about a 30% jump in active duty suicides so far this year.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/military-suicides-increase-coronavirus-pandemic/

Domestic Violence calles up 30% in France:

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/coronavirus-domestic-violence.html

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A New Covid-19 Crisis: Domestic Abuse Rises Worldwide

Movement restrictions aimed to stop the spread of the coronavirus may be making violence in homes more frequent, more severe and more dangerous.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/world/coronavirus-domestic-violence.html

And up 20-30% in Canada: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-at-least-nine-women-and-girls-killed-in-domestic-homicides-in-canada/

At least nine women and girls killed in domestic homicides in Canada during pandemic

The Ministry for Women and Gender Equality points to a 20- to 30-per cent increase in gender-based violence and calls to shelters, mirroring recent trends in China and France

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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'A worrisome trend': Rising murder rate is a national problem, data shows

Despite the prevailing narrative that murders and violent crime are mostly problems facing populous, Democratic-run cities like New York and Chicago, data shows that the reality is far more complex.

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/a-worrisome-trend-rising-murder-rate-is-a-national-problem-data-shows-163859069.html

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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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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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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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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A country level analysis measuring the impact of government actions, country preparedness and...

In this exploratory analysis, low levels of national preparedness, scale of testing and population characteristics were associated with increased national case load and overall mortality.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/eclinm/article/PIIS2589-5370(20)30208-X/fulltext

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