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I saw a psychologist on the abc news last night who was saying that the suicide rate in teenagers has skyrocketed. The statistics she provided eclipses the "deaths" due Covid. She also said she is now seeing small children who are self harming due to the lockdown measures and home schooling.
Now suicide rate might be stable but yeah there might be 50% are due to lockdown.
https://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.au...May%202021.pdf
You can read for yourself, no real change in stats or skyrocketing in any particular age group. That's victoria alone though.
You can read for yourself, no real change in stats or skyrocketing in any particular age group. That's victoria alone though.
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I saw a psychologist on the abc news last night who was saying that the suicide rate in teenagers has skyrocketed. The statistics she provided eclipses the "deaths" due Covid. She also said she is now seeing small children who are self harming due to the lockdown measures and home schooling.
I saw a psychologist on the abc news last night who was saying that the suicide rate in teenagers has skyrocketed. The statistics she provided eclipses the "deaths" due Covid. She also said she is now seeing small children who are self harming due to the lockdown measures and home schooling.
nobody will say it.
but look at where the cases are. South west Sydney predominantly and also western Sydney.
you want to know why Gladys won’t do a proper lockdown there, Because she is afraid of being called racist. Yep. Afraid of being called racist by the kind of people who have just taken over in Afghanistan. There are hundreds of them in that part of Sydney. More like thousands. We saw them at their finest a few years ato at that protest in the centre of Sydney where they had their five year old children hold up signs saying behead all infidels. Did anyone really think they are going to worry about lockdown laws.But everyday we get Gladys at her press conference saying pretty please stay at home if you live in that area. Pwease. For gods sake.
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“All borders to reopen.” I think somebody missed that memo.
The hallmark of a capitalist economy is simply survival of the fittest, regardless of the situation. There is no such thing as a normal economy, it changes like life itself, a business this year might be gone next year depending on what it specialises in and demand dictates.
Business failure is just part of the process, sounds harsh, but hence the term "that's business".
Covid is just a blip or hurdle to make business adapt, could be this is the new normal and we are seeing the extinction level event for face to face companies that has been coming since the internet spawned. The measure of a countries economic output is its GDP, so if that is not changing much, business is coping or adapting enough. I provided the bankruptcy stats for 2019 a while back, was easy to see that the stats were down for 2020/21, why, a bad business loses more cash when its operating in harsh competition, than when its hibernating. The good businesses have "pivoted " to online and takeaway. Yeah general revenue is down across the board, but this ain't no depression, and when things do open up, people will spend their arses off. That's also why there has been no mass layoffs apart from aviation and tourism.
Business failure is just part of the process, sounds harsh, but hence the term "that's business".
Covid is just a blip or hurdle to make business adapt, could be this is the new normal and we are seeing the extinction level event for face to face companies that has been coming since the internet spawned. The measure of a countries economic output is its GDP, so if that is not changing much, business is coping or adapting enough. I provided the bankruptcy stats for 2019 a while back, was easy to see that the stats were down for 2020/21, why, a bad business loses more cash when its operating in harsh competition, than when its hibernating. The good businesses have "pivoted " to online and takeaway. Yeah general revenue is down across the board, but this ain't no depression, and when things do open up, people will spend their arses off. That's also why there has been no mass layoffs apart from aviation and tourism.
This isn't a blip. It's crushing in its inconsistency for business. It is more like a military occupation. This would be more apparent if Australia was not insulated in a number of ways.
That's my first recourse. I found nothing, hence the question to the Capn.
Yes, using readily accessible verified data to support an argument or contention ... what a novel approach!
Am I? Always on here saying how well the economy is going? Near as I can tell I haven't said boo about the performance of the Australian economy since the 7th and that was simply to state the facts that while the Australian economy shrank in 2020, by Q1-21 the economy had recovered such that it was larger than in Q4-19.
And when have I ever said 'things are better than they seem'? I generally look to quote data - it is what it is.
Separately there was our exchange relating to inflation here, in the US and Europe. You might recall that exchange was where you posted a link to an article that contradicted the point you were trying to make.
And when have I ever said 'things are better than they seem'? I generally look to quote data - it is what it is.
Separately there was our exchange relating to inflation here, in the US and Europe. You might recall that exchange was where you posted a link to an article that contradicted the point you were trying to make.
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So many people putting trust in the Prime Minister and Premiers comments that once this magical number of 70 to 80% vaccination is reached, it will be freedom all around! Really? Show me the evidence. Show me the accurate data to prove that this will be the case, that 80% will do the trick. Not 81% and not 89.6% but 80% apparently. Show me the risk modelling factoring in known and latent risks.!
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk
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I saw a psychologist on the abc news last night who was saying that the suicide rate in teenagers has skyrocketed. The statistics she provided eclipses the "deaths" due Covid. She also said she is now seeing small children who are self harming due to the lockdown measures and home schooling.
I saw a psychologist on the abc news last night who was saying that the suicide rate in teenagers has skyrocketed. The statistics she provided eclipses the "deaths" due Covid. She also said she is now seeing small children who are self harming due to the lockdown measures and home schooling.
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You might want to look at the UK data. Over 75% double jabbed, going on for 90% single jabbed, around 25k positive tests per day yet hospital admissions and deaths are low. We are suffering but we are functioning with the aid of ongoing public health measures. Most of us still mask up in shops and such, clean our hands and so on. It is not ideal, but things are returning to some semblance of normal.
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk
https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk
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nobody will say it.
but look at where the cases are. South west Sydney predominantly and also western Sydney.
you want to know why Gladys won’t do a proper lockdown there, Because she is afraid of being called racist. Yep. Afraid of being called racist by the kind of people who have just taken over in Afghanistan. There are hundreds of them in that part of Sydney. More like thousands. We saw them at their finest a few years ato at that protest in the centre of Sydney where they had their five year old children hold up signs saying behead all infidels. Did anyone really think they are going to worry about lockdown laws.But everyday we get Gladys at her press conference saying pretty please stay at home if you live in that area. Pwease. For gods sake.
but look at where the cases are. South west Sydney predominantly and also western Sydney.
you want to know why Gladys won’t do a proper lockdown there, Because she is afraid of being called racist. Yep. Afraid of being called racist by the kind of people who have just taken over in Afghanistan. There are hundreds of them in that part of Sydney. More like thousands. We saw them at their finest a few years ato at that protest in the centre of Sydney where they had their five year old children hold up signs saying behead all infidels. Did anyone really think they are going to worry about lockdown laws.But everyday we get Gladys at her press conference saying pretty please stay at home if you live in that area. Pwease. For gods sake.
It also happens to be the area in which the lion's share of drug money is laundered, and that's for the whole of Australia. People who distribute drugs as a vocation are generally unperturbed by minor irritations like laws.
nobody will say it.
but look at where the cases are. South west Sydney predominantly and also western Sydney.
you want to know why Gladys won’t do a proper lockdown there, Because she is afraid of being called racist. Yep. Afraid of being called racist by the kind of people who have just taken over in Afghanistan. There are hundreds of them in that part of Sydney. More like thousands. We saw them at their finest a few years ato at that protest in the centre of Sydney where they had their five year old children hold up signs saying behead all infidels. Did anyone really think they are going to worry about lockdown laws.But everyday we get Gladys at her press conference saying pretty please stay at home if you live in that area. Pwease. For gods sake.
but look at where the cases are. South west Sydney predominantly and also western Sydney.
you want to know why Gladys won’t do a proper lockdown there, Because she is afraid of being called racist. Yep. Afraid of being called racist by the kind of people who have just taken over in Afghanistan. There are hundreds of them in that part of Sydney. More like thousands. We saw them at their finest a few years ato at that protest in the centre of Sydney where they had their five year old children hold up signs saying behead all infidels. Did anyone really think they are going to worry about lockdown laws.But everyday we get Gladys at her press conference saying pretty please stay at home if you live in that area. Pwease. For gods sake.
None of the state of NSW is in 'lockdown'. The Local Government Areas in Sydney in which most of the cases are arising are not in 'lockdown'.
When the areas in Sydney in which most of the cases are arising are actually 'locked down', NSW will move from half-arsed to fully-arsed. The difficulty with going fully-arsed in those areas is that many of the residents are not used to and are not inclined to do what they've been told by the 'authorities'.
The same does not apply to much of the rest of NSW.
When the areas in Sydney in which most of the cases are arising are actually 'locked down', NSW will move from half-arsed to fully-arsed. The difficulty with going fully-arsed in those areas is that many of the residents are not used to and are not inclined to do what they've been told by the 'authorities'.
The same does not apply to much of the rest of NSW.
Every day, paediatrician and child psychiatrist Alberto Veloso sees children as young as five struggling with anxiety, depression and thoughts of harming themselves. But what is different is the number of those seeking help has gone up drastically during the pandemic.
"We are getting a 30 to 40 per cent increase in referrals and increasing demand that we have trouble keeping up [with]," Dr Veloso said. "We now have a waitlist. To see one of our clinicians is a couple of months. Source
"We are getting a 30 to 40 per cent increase in referrals and increasing demand that we have trouble keeping up [with]," Dr Veloso said. "We now have a waitlist. To see one of our clinicians is a couple of months. Source
With Victoria undergoing its sixth lockdown, residents in rural areas of the state are waiting up to three months to see a psychologist, as the strain of repeated stay-at-home orders continues to grow.
Boort psychologist Naomi Malone said that, in every lockdown, more people sought help, and waiting times had blown out. "With our little practice, we usually get one or two enquiries a day, but [during] the last lockdown we had 30 enquiries a week," Dr Malone said. Source
Boort psychologist Naomi Malone said that, in every lockdown, more people sought help, and waiting times had blown out. "With our little practice, we usually get one or two enquiries a day, but [during] the last lockdown we had 30 enquiries a week," Dr Malone said. Source