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- May 3, 2019
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Mental health calls have increased 2 fold in the last 6 to 8 monthsI ran into an acquaintance the other day, that I had not seen in years. She seemed not particularly concerned with the virus but very concerned with her job being eliminated because of it, I was about the get into why we must open everything up, when she started talking about her 8 year old daughter. She mentioned that she hadn't been out of the house since late March and that she would not be returning to school into this is completely gone. Her daughter has no health issue, but she is scared to death that she will die. I tried to explain to her the facts that her daughter had almost zero risk and she went crazy, including crying. She is 100% scared to death of this virus and that is 100% on the media for lies, misinformation and meaningless data without context. Her daughter is suffering real harm, no contact with friends, no school due to something that is less risky than dozens of things she never worried about previously and probably won't going forward. I think this women is something like 15-20% of the population and airlines (restaurants, sport, entertainment too) are doomed until these brainwashed people somehow get convinced it is safe to resume normal life.
Suicides are up as well due to isolation.
Now we have a president that cares more about illegals than actually helping real Americans
I just hope we survive the next 4 years without completely destroying the entire economy