Earlier this week, more than 600 doctors signed their names on a letter to President Trump, referring to the continued lockdowns as a "mass casualty incident" and urging him to do what he can to ensure they come to an end".By late March, more people had died in just one Tennessee county from suicide than had died in the entire state directly from the virus." ("California doctors say they've seen more deaths from suicide than coronavirus since lockdowns", Washington Examiner)
So the lockdown is a "mass casualty incident"?
Of course it is. What else would you call it? People are locked in their homes indefinitely while the predatory media does everything in its power to terrorize them with one appalling horror story after the other. Did anyone consider this grim scenario before the lockdowns were imposed? Did anyone think that, perhaps, fragile people that are cut off from the world, their friends and their families- might become so depressed that they'd take their own lives? Of course none of this matters to the media that measures its success in terms of its ratings not the number of people they've killed with their relentless fearmongering. For that, they accept no responsibility at all. Here's more:
"Researchers warn that socially isolated people are over 40% more likely to suffer a heart attack, stroke, or other major cardiovascular event. Moreover, the socially isolated are nearly 50% more likely to die from any cause".The study was conducted by Dr. Janine Gronewold and Professor Dirk M. Hermann from the University Hospital in Essen, Germany. They analyzed data on 4,316 people (average age: 59 years old) who had been recruited for research between 2000 and 2003"
"We have known for some time that feeling lonely or lacking contact with close friends and family can have an impact on your physical health", Dr. Gronewold explains in a release. "What this study tells us is that having strong social relationships is of high importance for your heart health and similar to the role of classical protective factors such as having a healthy blood pressure, acceptable cholesterol levels, and a normal weight.""
"We don't understand yet why people who are socially isolated have such poor health outcomes, but this is obviously a worrying finding, particularly during these times of prolonged social distancing," Dr. Gronewold says." ("Social Isolation Increases Risk Of Heart Attack, Stroke, & Death From All Causes," Study Finds)
Repeat- "We don't understand why people who are socially isolated have such poor health outcomes??"
Yes, we do. It's because they're desperately lonely and cut-off from normal human-to-human contact. That, in turn, effects their overall health and well being. Of course if it was up to the malevolent Dr. Fauci we'd never even shake hands again. Fauci would like to repeal 5 thousand years of normal, social interaction and remake the world according to his own ghoulish specifications. Unfortunately, we are now seeing the blowback from that delusional world-view in the form of growing mental health problems, depression, anxiety and suicide. Should we tally the suicides alongside the Covid deaths to see whether Fauci's strategy is working or not or should we simply ignore the horrible human costs of this twisted lockdown experiment? Some day, the American people will demand an accounting for the last 10 weeks, but we're not there just yet. Here's more from Bloomberg News:
"Retail landlords are sending out thousands of default notices to tenants, a situation that could tip already-ailing retailers into bankruptcy or total collapse".Department stores, restaurants, apparel merchants and specialty chains have been getting the notices as property owners who've gone unpaid for as long as three months lose patience, according to people with knowledge of the matter and court filings.
""The default letters from landlords are flying out the door," said Andy Graiser, co-president of A&G Real Estate Partners, whose firm works with retailers and other commercial tenants. "It's creating a real fear in the marketplace," Graiser said." ("Default Notices Are Piling Up for Retailers Unable to Pay Rent", Bloomberg)
More bad news. The lockdowns have triggered a tsunami of defaults and bankruptcies. With no source of revenue, merchants cannot pay the rent nor can landlords roll over their debts. The economy is an interlocking row of dominoes that tumble in sequence once the first block is set in motion. The American people were sold the idea that the economy could be turned "on and off" like a light switch. Now they can see that the theory has no basis in reality. As the bankruptcies pile up, the job losses will continue to increase pushing the country deeper into recession. Fauci's directives have turned the country into a economic wastelands, that much is certain. Check out this excerpt from an article by is a clip from an article by Naomi Klein:
"". former Google CEO Eric Schmidt wrote an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal that both set the new tone and made clear that Silicon Valley had every intention of leveraging the crisis for a permanent transformation".
" Schmidt called for "unprecedented partnerships between government and industry"
At the heart of this vision is seamless integration of government with a handful of Silicon Valley giants with public schools, hospitals, doctor's offices, police, and military all outsourcing (at a high cost) many of their core functions to private tech companies".
If tech companies win their ferocious lobbying campaign for remote learning, telehealth, 5G, and driverless vehicles their Screen New Deal there simply won't be any money left over for urgent public priorities, never mind the Green New Deal that our planet urgently needs"
For them, and many others in Silicon Valley, the pandemic is a golden opportunity to receive not just the gratitude, but t he deference and power that they feel has been unjustly denied." (Screen New Deal, Naomi Klein, The Intercept)
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