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1 YEAR OF LOCKDOWN: THE AWFUL COST
"Just 3 weeks to flatten the curve" today became ONE YEAR of Covid restrictions, and...
This thread reveals the shocking cost of lockdown to the UK's health, PLUS:
Did lockdowns even help the C19 picture?Or in fact, make it WORSE?
1 year of lockdown: NHS WAITING LISTSAs revealed in a @DailyMailUK report:
NHS waiting list has soared to a record high of nearly 4.6 MILLION 300,000 now waiting more than a year for treatment Up from just 1,000 when this is all started https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9386889/The-shattering-price-lockdown-health-economy-revealed-year-Covid-restrictions.html
1 year of lockdown: CANCER 400,000 fewer urgent suspected cancer referrals 4.4million fewer life-saving diagnostic tests 44,000 fewer patients started treatment last year 3 million people missed out on screenings Mar-Sep 2020 alone: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/health/cancer-checks-three-million-miss-out-coronavirus-a4568771.html
1 year of lockdown: HEART ATTACKS & STROKES Extra 6,000 people died already and... 470,000 fewer new prescriptions of preventative cardiovascular medications say @IPPR Expect 12,000 extra avoidable heart attacks and strokes over next 5 years https://inews.co.uk/news/health/avoid-thousands-extra-heart-attacks-strokes-ministers-warned-902334
1 year of lockdown: MENTAL HEALTH @Ldn_Ambulance attends 60% more suicides or attempted suicides per day than 2019 Eating disorders in children DOUBLED 44% of 18-24 year olds now facing a "clinical level risk" of mental health disorders https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/almost-half-young-adults-clinical-risk-mental-health-problems/
1 year of lockdown: DEMENTIA 43,000 missed diagnoses, denying access to specialist care/treatments GP assessments fell 13,000 a month Non-C19 deaths in private homes from dementia and Alzheimer’s 75% higher - likely due to lockdown isolation: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/news/2020-07-30/lockdown-isolation-causes-shocking-levels-decline-people-dementia-who-are-rapidly
1 year of lockdown: "DID LOCKDOWNS EVEN HELP THE C19 PICTURE?" [1/2]Many may say "OK: but what else could we do?"
Reality: "lockdown" *was* the experiment! No LDs recommended by @WHO pre-2020 No LDs in UK's well-established pandemic plan:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/213717/dh_131040.pdf
1 year of lockdown: "DID LOCKDOWNS EVEN HELP THE C19 PICTURE?" [2/2] 30+ credible scientific papers now find "lockdowns" barely / don't stop impact of c'virus:https://inproportion2.talkigy.com/do_lockdowns_work_2021-01-15.html
Yes: this is counter-intuitive. So why might this be? [see next tweet]
1 year of lockdown: "COULD LOCKDOWNS HAVE ACTUALLY MADE C19 IMPACTS WORSE?" Lockdowns may *encourage* dangerous new strains... ...by isolating those w/ mild symptoms, so the best spreaders are in hospitals where more dangerous strains are found: https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/covids-metamorphosis-has-lockdown-made-the-virus-more-deadly
1 year of lockdown: WHAT NOW? We haven't even touched the economic damage in this thread... But direct collateral damage to UK health is clear: on waiting lists, cancer, heart + stroke patients, dementia, mental health... Lockdown has created a crisis in the NHS...
1 year of lockdown: FIX THE NHS CRISIS Despite heroism of NHS workers, incompetent Govt + m'ment mean our health service is failingWithout urgent action now? 1 year's just the startWe’ll be locking down to save NHS forever, b/c each LD makes long-term problem worse
1 year of lockdown: JOIN RECOVERY AND LET'S MAKE LOCKDOWNS HISTORYWe must break the cycle of lockdowns. Lockdowns are not just cruel, useless, and wrong. They are literally killing us.
Join the Recovery campaign today and let's fight for a better way: https://timeforrecovery.org/
