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there is a famous addiction study where a rat in a cage will keep hitting the feeder bar for cocaine instead of food until it dies.
the problem with that study is that it& #39;s totally wrong.
rats are social animals. trapped alone, they are miserable. https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/nida-notes/2019/08/rats-prefer-social-interaction-to-heroin-or-methamphetamine">https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-even...
the problem with that study is that it& #39;s totally wrong.
rats are social animals. trapped alone, they are miserable. https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-events/nida-notes/2019/08/rats-prefer-social-interaction-to-heroin-or-methamphetamine">https://www.drugabuse.gov/news-even...
given the choice of drugs or being with other rats, rats choose other rats.
guess what other species are highly social animals.
and guess what happens when you scare them and isolate them for months on end... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/05/08/coronavirus-pandemic-boosts-suicide-alcohol-drug-death-predictions/3081706001/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/new...
guess what other species are highly social animals.
and guess what happens when you scare them and isolate them for months on end... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2020/05/08/coronavirus-pandemic-boosts-suicide-alcohol-drug-death-predictions/3081706001/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/new...
if you guessed "they hit the feeder bar for drugs until they die," gold star for you.
isolation is brutal on humans. there is a reason it& #39;s a feared punishment even in prisons.
many places in the US are seeing HUGE rises in drug overdose deaths. https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-drug-overdose-deaths-up-in-2020-st-0823-20200821-o7lrsnsp4zcxvpnrhg4so6lpmm-story.html">https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/n...
isolation is brutal on humans. there is a reason it& #39;s a feared punishment even in prisons.
many places in the US are seeing HUGE rises in drug overdose deaths. https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-drug-overdose-deaths-up-in-2020-st-0823-20200821-o7lrsnsp4zcxvpnrhg4so6lpmm-story.html">https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/n...
the country as a whole has surged to all time records (after being down last yr)
this is highly predictable. humans, like rats, want enriched, social environments.
deprived of this, they are miserable and desperate. add a healthy dollop of unremitting fear on top, and well...
this is highly predictable. humans, like rats, want enriched, social environments.
deprived of this, they are miserable and desperate. add a healthy dollop of unremitting fear on top, and well...
and that& #39;s not the only way these isolation deaths are emerging
this has been savage on the mentally ill, esp those with dementia and alzheimers
such people are difficult to reach in the best of times
in a time of enforced isolation they die of neglect https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8471689/Coronavirus-pandemic-led-spike-15-000-additional-Alzheimers-deaths.html">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...
this has been savage on the mentally ill, esp those with dementia and alzheimers
such people are difficult to reach in the best of times
in a time of enforced isolation they die of neglect https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-8471689/Coronavirus-pandemic-led-spike-15-000-additional-Alzheimers-deaths.html">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/ar...
this has spilled over into dozens of health categories from heart attacks and strokes where patients experiencing severe symptoms have failed to seek treatment and died or suffered preventable lifelong harm as a result. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/well/live/coronavirus-doctors-hospitals-emergency-care-heart-attack-stroke.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/0...
to cancer where missed appointments and missed diagnostic opportunities is going to lead to years of extra deaths and suffering. early detection is often the difference between successful treatment and "get your affairs in order." https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52876999">https://www.bbc.com/news/heal...
it& #39;s having effects on the very young as well.
lockdowns all over the world have disrupted vaccination programs for children and caused spikes in diseases like TB.
this is 1000X the risk to children that covid ever could be. https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/22/who-routine-childhood-vaccinations-disrupted-coronavirus/">https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/2...
lockdowns all over the world have disrupted vaccination programs for children and caused spikes in diseases like TB.
this is 1000X the risk to children that covid ever could be. https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/22/who-routine-childhood-vaccinations-disrupted-coronavirus/">https://www.statnews.com/2020/05/2...
especially if they become malnourished, and the ARE becoming malnourished.
and death from malnutrition is only the tip of the iceberg.
it also stunts growth and impairs cognitive development, often for life. https://www.france24.com/en/20200728-coronavirus-linked-hunger-kills-10-000-children-per-month-says-un">https://www.france24.com/en/202007...
and death from malnutrition is only the tip of the iceberg.
it also stunts growth and impairs cognitive development, often for life. https://www.france24.com/en/20200728-coronavirus-linked-hunger-kills-10-000-children-per-month-says-un">https://www.france24.com/en/202007...
all this isolation and fear has driven sufficient despair in the developed world that suicides are way up.
stop and think about this. this policy is making whole societies so miserable that they are taking their own lives and ODing in record numbers. https://www.rt.com/news/488070-australia-us-coronavirus-suicide-spike/">https://www.rt.com/news/4880...
stop and think about this. this policy is making whole societies so miserable that they are taking their own lives and ODing in record numbers. https://www.rt.com/news/488070-australia-us-coronavirus-suicide-spike/">https://www.rt.com/news/4880...
they are causing people to die for fear of seeking health care and disrupting health programs and education for children, especially those who need them most.
and their effect on COV has been basically zero. the absolute best case is a minor delay.
and their effect on COV has been basically zero. the absolute best case is a minor delay.
it& #39;s easy to get myopic and focus on deaths and cases and hospitalizations as we assess lockdown efficacy, but we must never forget that the also have immense costs and that every choice is always a trade off.
to pretend otherwise is the act of a fool.
to pretend otherwise is the act of a fool.
and this was all known and knowable. many people, including certain internet felines were predicting this in march.
and the evidence is now beyond crystal clear: lockdowns will kill far more people than covid. https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1283768775884644354?s=20">https://twitter.com/boriquaga...
and the evidence is now beyond crystal clear: lockdowns will kill far more people than covid. https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1283768775884644354?s=20">https://twitter.com/boriquaga...
they are also inflicting staggering economic costs, mental health costs, and ravaging whole societies. this was never that severe a pandemic crisis. we& #39;ve weathered far worse without such draconian policies and been just fine.
and lockdowns were always pseudoscience.
and lockdowns were always pseudoscience.
in 1968, we went to woodstock.
let it sink in that the hippies were made of sterner stuff than our leaders today.
they lived their lives instead of cowering in terror about things beyond their control. https://www.aier.org/article/woodstock-occurred-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic/">https://www.aier.org/article/w...
let it sink in that the hippies were made of sterner stuff than our leaders today.
they lived their lives instead of cowering in terror about things beyond their control. https://www.aier.org/article/woodstock-occurred-in-the-middle-of-a-pandemic/">https://www.aier.org/article/w...
it was the answer then and still is now. the catastrophic harm to lives, livelihoods, mental health, and life development caused by these lockdowns is orders of magnitude beyond their worth even if they stopped every single covid death.
they will be net killers, not net savers.
they will be net killers, not net savers.
and they will do so while inflicting a grievous price upon whole societies.
this is why trying to wrap them up in a cloak of ethical grandstanding and virtue signaling is so misguided and despicable.
it& #39;s pushing societal strychnine as a health tonic.
and it needs to stop.
this is why trying to wrap them up in a cloak of ethical grandstanding and virtue signaling is so misguided and despicable.
it& #39;s pushing societal strychnine as a health tonic.
and it needs to stop.
stop accepting these false appeals to dogmatic morality that have missed the whole point.
anyone saying "you cannot but a price on life" is a dullard who understands neither life nor trade offs.
lockdowns do not "save grandma" they kill societies.
anyone saying "you cannot but a price on life" is a dullard who understands neither life nor trade offs.
lockdowns do not "save grandma" they kill societies.
lockdowns are the self indulgent dogma of a secular religion that never had any basis in facts or science.
it ignored all trade offs to erect a false moral high ground from which to hector sense and rationality into silence.
it has done more than enough damage.
#DemandBetter
it ignored all trade offs to erect a false moral high ground from which to hector sense and rationality into silence.
it has done more than enough damage.
#DemandBetter
