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Wednesday, August 26, 2020

How Do We Save People from the Tyranny of Lockdown?

The specific things we can all do. 



Prager U is looking at the impact of lockdown on our mental health and asking, "Was it worth it?"
In the last 30 days, around 40% of people have reported mental or behavioral health issues, 30% anxiety or depression, 26% trauma and stress and 10.7% have considered suicide.  You need to say it twice to stop yourself reading it like a shopping list. During lockdowns, one in ten people have considered suicide in the last 30 days. Look around you. One in ten...............4 in 5 U.S. workers live paycheck-to-paycheck. What do you say to a father who no longer has an income to pay the rent? Or a mother made redundant in March with no money to buy food? For many of us work is about much more than satisfying bills, or a providing a home. There is dignity in work, and indignity in the losing of it. This is not unique to lower income homes................Our reaction to this virus has been far more aggressive and deadlier than the virus itself...........To Read More.....        

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