Starting a thread of deaths resulting from Covid quarantines.

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 Starting a thread of deaths resulting from Covid quarantines.

1) NHS Scotland sees hundreds die after hospitals keep patients on waiting lists as Covid is prioritized Image

2) In Bay Area, suicides on the rise after shelter-in-place order
Suicides on the rise amid stay-at-home order, Bay Area medical professionals say
"What I have seen recently, I have never seen before. I have never seen so much intentional injury."
https://abc7news.com/suicide-covid-19-coronavirus-rates-during-pandemic-death-by/6201962/

3) U.S. Drug Overdoses Spike 18% During Pandemic Lockdowns
U.S. Sees Deadly Drug Overdose Spike During Pandemic
"During the pandemic, basically everything is pointed in the wrong direction," says one federal health official, who calls the convergence of COVID-19 and America's addiction crisis "a nightmare."
https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/08/13/901627189/u-s-sees-deadly-drug-overdose-spike-during-pandemic

4) “Lockdown measures for the pandemic could result in an additional 6.3 million cases of T.B. and 1.4 million deaths.”
‘The Biggest Monster’ Is Spreading. And It’s Not the Coronavirus.
Tuberculosis kills 1.5 million people each year. Lockdowns and supply-chain disruptions threaten progress against the disease as well as H.I.V. and malaria.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/03/health/coronavirus-tuberculosis-aids-mal

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