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Americans are being prescribed significantly more anti-anxiety and anti-depression medication compared to before the coronavirus outbreak began, a sign that the country's restrictions and economic shutdowns, as well as fear over contracting the disease itself, has begun to take its toll on peoples' mental health.

A study released on Friday from Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit management organization, states that anti-anxiety prescriptions here have skyrocketed over 34 percent since the pandemic arrived in the United States. Antidepressants were up nearly 19 percent, while anti-insomnia drugs jumped almost 15 percent.

The spike at least temporarily reverses half a decade's worth of declining psychotropic use in the country. Anti-anxiety medication use had dropped 12 percent from 2015, while anti-insomnia prescriptions had fallen by a similar amount.

The high numbers reflect the myriad significant concerns faced by millions of Americans over the past several weeks, chief among them a loss of income stemming from the pandemic. A record 22 million Americans have filed for unemployment in less than a month, the spiraling numbers reflecting the rolling economic shutdowns that nearly every American state has enacted to slow the coronavirus's spread.

Though the virus and its symptoms have dominated the news cycle for months, a third of Americans in a recent Just the News Daily Poll say that loss of income tops their list of worries during the outbreak. Boredom, isolation and fear of running out of supplies topped the list. Just 4 percent of respondents said health concerns weighed most heavily on their minds.

Studies have indicated that prescriptions for antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications usually go up during recessions.

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By Daniel Payne
Last Updated:
April 18, 2020 - 6:14pm

President Trump on Saturday evening made several impromptu interruptions of his own coronavirus press conference to underscore the significantly low COVID-19 mortality rates declared by China and Iran, suggesting to reporters that the statistics have been falsified by the two countries.

The president twice stepped in while Coronavirus Task Force Response Coordinator Deborah Birx was speaking to reporters, calling their attention to a slide she had presented on the coronavirus mortality rates of several countries. The slide listed China's rate at 0.33 deaths per 100,000 citizens, with Iran's at 6.06. Both were markedly lower than the United States, France, the U.K., and other countries

"Excuse me, does anybody really believe this number?" the president said at one point, pointing to China's position on the list.

"I put China on there so you could see how basically unrealistic this could be," Birx told reporters, noting that the "highly developed healthcare delivery systems" of numerous European countries are listing fatality rates much higher than China, the origin and for several brutal weeks the epicenter of the pandemic.

Trump shortly thereafter called attention to Iran's reported fatality rate. "You see what's going on here," he told reporters.

U.S. intelligence officials have concluded that China significantly underreported the extent and death rate of the outbreak in that country. The country's government this week revised the number of deaths in Wuhan up by 50 percent, citing a further review of the death toll in that region.

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The World Health Organization’s Director General Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus shared random one worded messages on Twitter throughout the day on Wednesday amid increased U.S. scrutiny of his organization.

On Tuesday, the Trump administration announced a halt in funding of the WHO over its alleged mishandling of the coronavirus pandemic.

“They told us when we put on our travel bans, a very strong travel ban, there was no need to do it, don’t do it. They actually fought us,” Trump said at Tuesday’s briefing.

He added, “The WHO’s reliance on China’s disclosures likely caused a 20-fold increase in cases worldwide and it may be much more than that. You look all over the world, tremendous death and economic devastation because those tasked with protecting us by being truthful and transparent refused to do so.”

The WHO leader responded to Trump at his Wednesday briefing saying the WHO ‘regrets’ the decision. In addition to his formal remarks, Dr. Tedros took to Twitter to share random words including “Solidarity.” “Humanity.” “Unity.” “Love.” “Stronger Together!”

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Some Good info about receiving Stimulus checks it this it the same version I saw live...


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As Americans struggle to conform to a new way of life imposed by government restrictions to control the coronavirus pandemic, government officials are struggling just the same to understand the ever conflicting models and data regarding the severity of the outbreak.

There are more questions than answers. And with possibly more than eight weeks of lockdown still ahead for the nation, concerns are mounting that keeping the country locked down for weeks or months to come could lead to an economic depression that will threaten growth, shudder small businesses and leave people jobless for months or years to come.

More importantly, what are we to believe with regard to various coronavirus models? These models – which vary in number – were and are the basis for the shut-downs implemented by State and local governments across the country. In a little more than four weeks, our way of life has been upended and many of the civil liberties we take for granted are now on hold until the wave of the virus subsides, a treatment is found or a cure.

It’s not to say that the deaths from the virus aren’t priority and it’s also difficult to ascertain the tragedy that many Americans have faced or will face as loved ones are lost to this global pandemic.

But understanding what has happened to our nation, comes with first understanding and ascertaining the facts and reality of the virus.

First, the coronavirus model from Imperial College in London, which was used by U.S. epidemiologists to guesstimate that 2.2 million lives in the U.S. would be lost if we failed to implement rules of social distancing, school closures and lockdowns is now found to be unreliable. Later we were told that other models revealed significantly less numbers of deaths, estimating that roughly 100,000 to 200,000 would succumb to the virus in the United States. Most recently, a new coronavirus model suggests that roughly 60,000 would lose their lives to the virus, which is tragic enough but far less than the original model.

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Attorney General William Barr told "The Ingraham Angle" Wednesday that he was disappointed over the partisan attacks leveled against President Trump during the coronavirus pandemic and blasted reporters for waging a "jihad" to discredit the effectiveness of the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine.

"It's very disappointing because I think the president went out at the beginning of [the coronavirus pandemic] and really was statesmanlike, trying to bring people together, working with all the governors," Barr said. "Keeping his patience as he as he got these snarky, gotcha questions from the White House media pool and the stridency of the partisan attacks on him has gotten higher and higher."

Barr's criticism toward the media sharpened when he addressed the coverage of hydroxychloroquine and its possible role in the fight against the coronavirus. He said before the president mentioned the drug, the media was fair in its coverage but as soon as Trump mentioned it, "the media has been on a jihad to discredit the drug," Barr said. "It's quite strange."

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Boris Johnson has been moved out of the intensive care unit of a London hospital where he has battled coronavirus, a spokesman for the prime minister said Thursday.

“The Prime Minister has been moved this evening from intensive care back to the ward, where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery,” the spokesman said. “He is in extremely good spirits."

 

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