There is now a large body of evidence that says the lockdowns cost huge harms.

It was a mental health crisis of alarming proportions.

Girls 12 to 17 years old saw a 50% increase in suicide attempts in 2021 compared to prior

to the pandemic.

Let me read this really quick.

By early May 2020, ED visit counts for suspected suicide attempts began increasing among

adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, especially among girls.

During July 26th through August 22nd 2020, the mean weekly number of ED visits for suspected

suicide attempts among girls aged 12 to 17 years was 26.2% higher than during the same

period a year earlier.

During February 21st, March 20th, 2021, mean weekly deposit counts for suspected suicide

attempts were 50.6% higher among girls aged 12 to 17 years compared with the same

period in 2019.

Those are staggering numbers.

There's graphs that go along with this.

This is CDC numbers.

Alcohol-related deaths went up significantly.

Drug overdose, those deaths went up significantly.

There's something called deaths of despair.

And these are people who just are so depressed and they don't see a way out of their situation.

And again, these are younger people.

These are not older people.

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