[Implicated]

> I don't care what these people read in to the data - lockdowns are hurting everyone's mental health and making people act strangely.

Ahem, "everyone"?

I, and the people I went into 'lockdown' with quite enjoyed ourselves. I'd argue that this period has been the most productive for my mental health in decades.

You aren't everyone.

[captainbland]

It's almost as though traveling to work, going out and seeing loads of people is great for some and horrible for others. Like humans aren't a homogenous blob that all prefer to live one way or the other. But even though under 'business as usual' we act like people have a lot of choice, in reality because of fiscal and social constraints we really, really don't. So the question should be: how do we enable people to choose? To really choose, not to be given some false choice where one has obvious horrible social and economic consequences and risks attached to it; and the other is the good 'preferred' way to live - but to really choose freely.