For just one example of unintended consequences: In my south-central Pennsylvania county opioid overdose deaths are up FIFTY percent over the same time period of 2019.
Also, according to one meta-analysis of 42 studies involving 20 million people, the risk of death increases 63 percent when one loses their job, and that for every one percentage point increase in the unemployment rate, there are 37,000 deaths, mainly from heart attacks, but another 1,000 from suicides and another 650 from homicides.[92]
On Aug. 2[93] , it was reported that thirty-six of of the top 50 cities in America had a collective 24% jump in homicides this year compared to 2019, with a total of 3,612 murders in 2020 being reported so far.
And as concerns just suicide, we have reports such as “Calls to suicide and help hotline in Los Angeles increase 8,000% due to coronavirus,”[94] and “Doctors at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek say they have seen more deaths by suicide during this quarantine period than deaths from the COVID-19 virus,”[95] In addition to which is a high increase of overdose in some places during COVID. [96]As well as well as significant rise in divorces. [97] Linked here .
I am also concerned with long term effects of little kids wearing masks and not hugging their friends. Little kids need smiles and hugs. Actually so do adults.
“unintended” by whom?
I’m beginning to think very little of this may be “unintended”.