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    Sorry this is a Daily Beast article but I thought it was relevant anyways:

    If You Have Anxiety and Depression but Feel Better During Coronavirus, You’re Not Alone

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/corona...eel-better-now

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    Quote Originally Posted by Godfather View Post
    Sorry this is a Daily Beast article but I thought it was relevant anyways:

    If You Have Anxiety and Depression but Feel Better During Coronavirus, You’re Not Alone

    https://www.thedailybeast.com/corona...eel-better-now
    Or maybe it's more simple. They are home, eliminating large swaths of what their brain usually ruminates about, combined with a massive issue for their brain to focus on at the same time. But even the article says it's 20% better and 20% worse. I'm willing to bet those benefits are far more in the category of anxiety primary and depression secondary.

    Interesting nonetheless. Thanks.
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    I heard somewhere that suicides were up by a significant margin in the US... any truth to that?


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    Police: Will County man’s worries about COVID-19 prompts murder-suicide

    The bodies of a suburban Chicago man and a woman were found inside a residence in what authorities say was a murder-suicide that was apparently prompted by the man’s concern that the two of them had contracted the coronavirus.

    In a news release, the Will County Sheriff’s Office says that deputies who were dispatched to a home in Lockport Township to conduct a welfare check discovered the bodies of 54—year-old Patrick Jesernik and 59-year-old Cheryl Schriefer. The two, whose bodies were found in separate rooms in the residence, had each been shot once and a gun was near Jesernik’s body.

    The investigation determined that Jesernik had shot Schriefer in the back of the head before shooting himself.

    According to the release, relatives told detectives that Jesernik had been frightened that he and Schriefer had contracted the COVID-19 virus and that Schriefer was having difficulty breathing.

    The relatives told investigators that Schriefer had been tested earlier in the week but they did not believe she received the results yet. According to the release, an autopsy revealed determined that Jesernik and Schriefer tested negative for the virus.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DemonGeminiX View Post
    I heard somewhere that suicides were up by a significant margin in the US... any truth to that?
    I saw "expected", but no actual statistics. The reporting lag will impact this, versus call volume to a DV response team, for example.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Griffin View Post
    I'm actually sleeping more than ever. My naps have gotten to be like a Hobbits meals.
    Same.......... actually, my sleep schedule is completely cunted (3am here, i'm wide awake watching tv) Woke up at like 1pm today, had some brunch, got showered then went for a walk to the local shop, got home and stripped, cleaned and rebuilt my old valve amp, made some noise with the old Ibanez for an hour or so, made some dinner, played some xbox with a couple of Irish mates (always a good laugh), now it's back to tv in bed.

    Pretty much how my daily schedule has been the last couple of weeks..........

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    The societal impacts of Covid-19

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    https://gothamist.com/news/surge-num...related-deaths

    This will be interesting to look at long-term as well. Deaths reported at home in New York are up a staggering margin.

    The FDNY says it responded to 2,192 cases of deaths at home between March 20th and April 5th, or about 130 a day, an almost 400 percent increase from the same time period last year. (In 2019, there were just 453 cardiac arrest calls where a patient died, according to the FDNY.)

    That number has been steadily increasing since March 30th, with 241 New Yorkers dying at home Sunday — more than the number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths that occurred citywide that day. On Monday night
    Bodies collected from homes are not generally being tested for COVID it sounds like, so how will these stats be counted? Some are surely directly related to COVID-19 which points to a significant under-reporting of deaths - and acute coronary issues are now a known symptom of the virus - but others are likely people who did not go to the hospital out of fear. You could easily argue that those who didn't go to the hospital because of a pandemic are still 'pandemic related' but it definitely makes the numbers more murky. The article also doesn't reference the number of suicides in these 2000+ at-home deaths, which will be interesting as well (I'm presuming when they say 'natural deaths' that includes suicide as I believe that's how they're classified here, but that could be wrong).

    “While undiagnosed cases that result in at-home deaths are connected to a public health pandemic...not all suspected COVID-19 deaths are brought in for examination by OCME, nor do we provide testing in most of these natural at-home deaths,” Lanza said.
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    Easter is 'the most important weekend' in Australia's coronavirus fight as police warn of fines

    Officers in Victoria will also be checking holiday destinations to enforce compliance, Police Minister Lisa Neville said.

    "You can't go to an Airbnb, you can't camp, you can't caravan, you can't boat, you can't fish. Those are very clear rules," she said.

    "You can't catch up with friends or family that don't currently live with you."
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    So the Easter Wallaby wont be able to hide eggs this year huh?

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