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Epidemiologist. Writer (Guardian, Observer etc). "Well known research trouble-maker". PhDing at @UoW Host of @senscipod Email gidmk.healthnerd@gmail.com he/him

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    1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 26 Aug 2020

      Health Nerd Retweeted The Age

      On the one hand, this does appear to contradict the widespread assumption of conservative pundits who argued that government actions would kill more through mental health issues than COVID-19 On the other, it's a bit more complicated than thathttps://twitter.com/theage/status/1298773921131626499 …

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      The AgeVerified account @theage
      BREAKING: There has been no increase to the number of Victorians dying by suicide this year, new data shows. The findings contradict widespread assumptions about the impact of #COVID19 lockdowns, writes @_Biancah http://ow.ly/9GVt50Ba8WX  #covid19vic #coronavirus
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    2. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 26 Aug 2020

      People like to tie suicide directly to mental health, but it's actually a pretty complex interrelationship For example, a reasonable number of people who commit suicide don't have an identified mental health issuepic.twitter.com/JX05D3T50t

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    3. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 26 Aug 2020

      Another way of thinking about this is that you can prevent suicides by restricting access to the means of suicide

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    4. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 26 Aug 2020

      What do I mean by that? Well, if you make it more difficult to access the method of suicide that people use, fewer people die from suicide OVERALL For example, putting up fences on bridgespic.twitter.com/HI5xiq1lyo

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    5. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 26 Aug 2020

      This is, in part, because suicide is more of an impulsive act than many people recognize Additional barriers, even pretty small ones, can deter a surprisingly large number of people from going on to die from suicide

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    6. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 26 Aug 2020

      What does this mean for COVID-19? Well, it's not as simple as "suicides didn't go up therefore everything's fine" Suicides numbers may not have risen, but there are complex reasons that this could be the case

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      Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 26 Aug 2020

      It's possible that the restrictions imposed that kept people at home also reduced their access to means, which then could've reduced the total rate suicide

      8:30 PM - 26 Aug 2020
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        1. Health Nerd‏Verified account @GidMK 26 Aug 2020

          Conversely, the impact of restrictions might simply be delayed, and we'll see a rise in suicides as the year progresses It's very hard to know for sure!

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