08-03-2021, 11:21 PM
(08-03-2021, 12:53 PM)searchinmyroots Wrote:(08-03-2021, 10:48 AM)Blue Bird Wrote: This is not about vaccines, I just read this article about people who are indirectly affected by the current events. They can't talk about their lives anymore.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021...ecord-high
Yes, there is another pandemic with loss of lives that is happening.
“We’re living in a parallel pandemic: a drug, alcohol, and mental health pandemic that has only worsened due to the virus. Enough is enough … we need to come together as a society and take real action.”
“Covid-19 has impacted on the nation’s mental health, but the effect of isolation, financial insecurity and fear has hit many of those who were already vulnerable..."
A very sad reality are the deaths due to the reaction of the virus not the virus itself. Newslink after newslink continue to report the virus as the main culprit rather than the reaction to it. Why is that? We've had flu viruses in the past and did not respond by crushing livelihoods and destroying peoples lives. We dealt with it as a part of life and death. While the death rate remains incredibly low especially among children and young people the impact of the lockdown and mandated mask wearing has certainly caused its share of harm.