Here's an interesting report on the effects of lockdowns on mental health in Australia:
Effect of lockdown on mental health in Australia Quote:Victorian women experienced greater mental health decline compared to the rest of Australia during 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns, new University of Melbourne research has found.
The negative impacts of lockdown were more severe for women in couples, with children under 15, and for women who lived in flats or apartments, data taken from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey showed.
Quote:The analysis showed that while, on average, the effect of the Victorian 2020 lockdown on mental health overall was very small (from 71.6 in 2019 to 69.4 in 2020) and on par with other states (from 72.0 in 2019 to 70.9 in 2020), coupled women with children experienced a 4.4 point decline during lockdown, compared with only 1.2 point decline for coupled men with dependent children.
No mention of the tens of thousands of lives saved by the lockdowns, of course.
The esteemed Dr. David Berger has something to say about it though:
https://x.com/YouAreLobbyLud/status/1806163472335638944 Quote:Minimal (though non-zero) effect on mental health from the lockdowns in Vic. Now, who are the 40,000 people you would have been prepared to see die who were prevented from dying, and do you think those deaths might have had any effect on mental health?
I won't be holding my breath waiting for an answer to that.