It's hard to make sense of a policy that spends billions on lockdowns to 'save lives' while also assisting many of the same people to commit suicide.
The was a spike in the number of mental health referrals in the U.K. in March 2021 compared to February 2020, before the onset of lockdowns. At the same time, the number of patients actually receiving care has fallen.
Lockdown has been a major contributory factor to the increase in attempted suicides among Australians aged five-25 over the past six months, according to Kids Helpline.
The provisional rate of suicides for 2020 is lower than that of 2019 – but this may be due to delays to coroner inquests caused by Covid and lockdowns, meaning the real figure could be much higher, according to the ONS.
The last month has seen more suicides on the Humber Bridge than normally happen in a whole year. Many were young people. The lockdowns are taking their toll on mental health.
