As expected, this continued lockdown is resulting in a surge of mental health problems. Prescriptions for anti-anxiety and antidepressants have increased substantially.
The coronavirus is taking a toll on mental health.
The number of prescriptions for antidepressant, anti-anxiety and anti-insomnia medications filled per week increased 21% between Feb. 16 and March 15, 2020, according to a new report by Express Scripts, a Cigna-owned CI, -0.62% pharmacy benefit manager. The study analyzed prescription claims filled between Jan. 19 and March 15 of this year among a sample of more than 31.5 million commercially-insured individuals, and found that claims peaked during the week ending March 15, when the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19 was declared a pandemic.
Anti-anxiety drugs saw the biggest spike, jumping 34.1%, which was more than double the number of insomnia aids (14.8%), and almost twice as high as antidepressants (18.6%).
This is more proof showing that the response to the coronavirus has been far more damaging than the virus itself. Most of the people who reportedly died from the coronavirus were old, fat or had preexisting health issues. These are people who would have died from something else any way.
But instead of simply isolating the highest risk people, the people in government decided to enforce these absurd lockdowns while simultaneously destroying the economy in the process.
I hope the virus doomsday-promoters are happy with themselves. They’ve totally fucked the world with their endless hysterics.
