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Not talked about often enough with Covid and lockdowns.

This study shows OD's in VA up 39% for the first half of 2020, and 67% for the April to June first mass lockdown period.

While I haven't seen the actual numbers, I have to think suicide and child abuse (underreported with schools out) would also give us similar disheartening data.

Something to keep in mind when pushing lockdowns, while most of us go about our lives still mostly comfortable, with income, and relatively unaffected.

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Posted: 11/23/2020 at 11:16AM

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Not talked about often enough with Covid and lockdowns. -- Hoodafan 11/23/2020 11:16AM

Side note: the psychological toll on frontline healthcare workers is brutal -- Molina 11/23/2020 12:42PM

Agree. As I'm sure it was through Aids, Ebola and other health crisis'. But -- Hoodafan 11/23/2020 1:03PM

Well you could educate yourself and go look for those comparisons but I’m s -- 111Balz 11/23/2020 1:27PM

Will that tell me how the POTUS at the time was blamed for it? ** -- Hoodafan 11/23/2020 1:31PM

Trump is (rightfully) being blamed for his (lack of) response to the crisis ** -- vwahoov 11/23/2020 5:35PM

Blamed for what ** -- 111Balz 11/23/2020 1:40PM

Yeah.. unfortunately makes sense.. sad realization ** -- hooville1 11/23/2020 12:09PM

Exactly ** -- HokieDan95 11/23/2020 12:04PM

Also way up in 2020: TSA gun seizures 3x 2019 despite 75% less air travel -- Old Dorms Rule! 11/23/2020 12:04PM

It’s those criminal GOP politicians flying everywhere. -- WahooMatt05 11/23/2020 12:56PM

That's a wild statistic. Might need Freakanomics to explain that one for me -- Hoodafan 11/23/2020 12:11PM

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I've been meaning to pick up shotgun shells, but keep forgetting -- CAVern 11/23/2020 12:19PM

Everyone predicted this. Get the virus under control so we can return to -- HooAskedYou 11/23/2020 11:46AM

People being unemployed and out of work was happening pre lockdowns? -- BocaHoo91 11/23/2020 11:48AM

The demand was drying up before official lockdowns went into place. People -- HooAskedYou 11/23/2020 11:59AM

Increased suicides and domestic abuse are societal costs/symptoms of the -- vwahoov 11/23/2020 11:43AM

Glad you brought up domestic abuse. that increase is partly due to schools -- CAVern 11/23/2020 11:50AM

It's talked about a lot outside of MSM and liberal politicians ** -- ryno hoo 11/23/2020 11:36AM

What would you know about MSM? -- NJHoo 11/23/2020 11:44AM

It looks very much like not very much. ** -- Shenhoo 11/23/2020 12:18PM

Point me to a lockdown order that mentions it. ** -- ryno hoo 11/23/2020 11:53AM

You just got facepalmed again -- HoodatB 11/23/2020 12:40PM

Wow. Even CNN is falling down on the ol’ MSM coverup job -- hoolstoptheheels 11/23/2020 12:13PM

And here’s one from CBS for you. -- hoolstoptheheels 11/23/2020 12:12PM

A local NBC affiliate in Austin. -- hoolstoptheheels 11/23/2020 12:10PM

Another in the WAPO editorial section. -- hoolstoptheheels 11/23/2020 12:09PM

You think an order from a governor or mayor is going to list -- hoolstoptheheels 11/23/2020 12:08PM

But... liberals! ** -- vwahoov 11/23/2020 11:47AM

This is very true. -- WahooMatt05 11/23/2020 11:23AM

Did you just blame the increase of drug over doses and suicides on Trump? -- CAVern 11/23/2020 11:47AM

Of course Trump does not want that to happen but -- HoodatB 11/23/2020 1:26PM

I did ** -- hooville1 11/23/2020 12:10PM

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Thinking more of the anti-mask, it's-just-the-flu nonsense -- Fuzzy Dunlop 11/23/2020 1:11PM

I think the whole anti mask crap and such sucks -- CAVern 11/23/2020 1:19PM

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If those are results of the virus, and Trump is actively hindering our -- vwahoov 11/23/2020 11:50AM

And locally.the article mentions the sharpest increase took place april -- CAVern 11/23/2020 11:56AM

Well, tell trump to take easy on the rest of the world -- CAVern 11/23/2020 11:52AM