Medical studies show that excessive stress and anxiety are among the most debilitating and deadly of all health hazards in the world. Beyond their obvious effects like
suicide and
substance abuse — these mental stressors are strongly related to and may trigger and inflame a
host of ailments like high blood pressure, digestive disorders, heart conditions, infectious diseases, cancer, and
pregnancy complications.
Based on a broad array of scientific data,
Just Facts has computed that the anxiety created by reactions to Covid-19 — such as stay-at-home orders, business shutdowns, media exaggerations, and legitimate concerns about the virus — will destroy at least seven times more years of human life than can possibly be saved by lockdowns to control the spread of the disease. This figure is a bare minimum, and the actual one is likely more than 90 times greater.
This study was reviewed by
Joseph P. Damore, Jr., M.D., who concluded: "This research is engaging and thoroughly answers the question about the cure being worse than the disease." Dr. Damore is a certified diplomate with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the Weill Medical College of Cornell University, an assistant attending psychiatrist at New York Presbyterian Hospital, and an adjunct professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership at the U.S. Military Academy.
Comment: Common sense prevails in Washington. A little bit. But it's too little too late because the lockdown hysteria has already taken a great toll on the psychological and economic health of many Americans. And now that many authoritarian leaders at the State level have gotten a better taste of pathological power, this is causing - in many areas across the US - a great dissatisfaction with those who are exercising a sick and sickening control over their lives.