THE HORRIFIC COST OF LOCKDOWNS
Data from just the last 2 months:
Cognitive decline (1,2)
Mental health issues (3-7)
Global disease (8,9)
Missed medical care (10-12)
Racial inequality (13,14)
Learning losses (15-17)
Economic harm (18,19)
Dead children (20)
Data from just the last 2 months:








2/5 -- Cognitive decline (1, 2) & Increased mental health issues (3-5)
1 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acp.3821
2 https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210324/Cognitive-decline-is-linked-to-COVID-19-lockdown-shows-study.aspx
3 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/pandemic-safety-measures-children-teen-health-impact-1.5953326
4 https://www.wate.com/news/record-number-of-deaths-in-knox-county-in-2020-not-all-covid-19-related/
5 https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2021/03/25/children-suicidal-suicide-attempts-pandemic-hospital?linkId=114550125
1 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/acp.3821
2 https://www.news-medical.net/news/20210324/Cognitive-decline-is-linked-to-COVID-19-lockdown-shows-study.aspx
3 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/pandemic-safety-measures-children-teen-health-impact-1.5953326
4 https://www.wate.com/news/record-number-of-deaths-in-knox-county-in-2020-not-all-covid-19-related/
5 https://www.wbur.org/commonhealth/2021/03/25/children-suicidal-suicide-attempts-pandemic-hospital?linkId=114550125
3/5 -- Increased mental health issues (6,7), More global disease (8, 9), & Missed medical care (10)
6 https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2021/sia-pandemic-report.pdf
7 https://www.wsj.com/articles/pandemic-toll-children-mental-health-covid-school-11617969003
8 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/back-square-one-pandemic-has-led-one-million-missing-tb-patients/
9 https://www.who.int/news/item/26-04-2021-immunization-services-begin-slow-recovery-from-covid-19-disruptions-though-millions-of-children-remain-at-risk-from-deadly-diseases-who-unicef-gavi
10 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/e-foc032321.php
6 https://www.apa.org/news/press/releases/stress/2021/sia-pandemic-report.pdf
7 https://www.wsj.com/articles/pandemic-toll-children-mental-health-covid-school-11617969003
8 https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/science-and-disease/back-square-one-pandemic-has-led-one-million-missing-tb-patients/
9 https://www.who.int/news/item/26-04-2021-immunization-services-begin-slow-recovery-from-covid-19-disruptions-though-millions-of-children-remain-at-risk-from-deadly-diseases-who-unicef-gavi
10 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-03/e-foc032321.php
4/5 -- Missed medical care (11, 12), Racial inequality (13, 14), & Education losses (15)
11 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-hospitals-in-crisis-after-biggest-january-february-on-record/7ICBYUJ6KVNKYSP7DXMZNBOTDY/
12 https://www.menshealth.com/health/a36163869/cost-of-delaying-care-during-covid/
13 https://www.bbc.com/news/education-56664180
14 https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/04/14/lockdown-has-been-a-disaster-for-racial-equality/
15 https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-04-08-children-learned-little-or-nothing-during-school-closures-despite-online-learning
11 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/nz-hospitals-in-crisis-after-biggest-january-february-on-record/7ICBYUJ6KVNKYSP7DXMZNBOTDY/
12 https://www.menshealth.com/health/a36163869/cost-of-delaying-care-during-covid/
13 https://www.bbc.com/news/education-56664180
14 https://www.spiked-online.com/2021/04/14/lockdown-has-been-a-disaster-for-racial-equality/
15 https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2021-04-08-children-learned-little-or-nothing-during-school-closures-despite-online-learning
5/5 -- Education losses (16,17), Economic harm (18, 19), & Dead children (20)
16 https://www.pnas.org/content/118/17/e2022376118
17 https://www.bbc.com/news/education-56889035
18 https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-state-lockdown-accounting-11618008397?mod=opinion_major_pos1
19 https://www.mackinac.org/new-report-shows-cost-of-michigans-second-lockdown
20 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56425115
16 https://www.pnas.org/content/118/17/e2022376118
17 https://www.bbc.com/news/education-56889035
18 https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-state-lockdown-accounting-11618008397?mod=opinion_major_pos1
19 https://www.mackinac.org/new-report-shows-cost-of-michigans-second-lockdown
20 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-56425115