Det er sjelden en sak er sort/hvitt. Men at Tegnell og co. hadde et sterkt håp om å oppnå flokkimmunitet er nok ganske sikkert. Det var lite kunnskap om viruset når de valgte strategien sin, så det er jo til en viss grad forståelig. Men de ble advart, også av fagfolk. Det som ikke er forståelig er arrogansen fra Giesecke og Tegnell med utsagn som nå får dem til å framstå som idioter. "Norge kommer til å ta igjen Sverige i antall døde" og "Sverige er bedre rustet for en andre bølge" for eksempel. Nå viser det seg jo at immuniteten forsvinner etter få måneder, og da er man nesten tilbake til start i Sverige.
Medisin og helse Corona
- Trådstarter Disqutabel
- Startdato
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30 september - Norge letter på tiltakene.
Regjeringen åpner for kontakttrening i breddeidretten
Titusener av spillere i ulike idretter kan forberede seg på organisert kontakttrening igjen fra 12. oktober. Kamper må vente.
www.vg.no
Giesecke synes jeg har uttalt seg mye dumt.
Tegnell har uttalt seg veldig mye og journalistene har vært veldig på jakt etter kontroversielle sitater. Han har stort sett uttalt seg nøkternt og forsiktig.
Legger ut denne også:
Disse tiltakene innføres i dag: - Dette er mye mer alvorlig enn folk tror
Regjeringen og helsemyndighetene med nye korona-krav
www.nettavisen.no
...kanskje ikke alle er idioter. Men sjefsrøra Tegnell er en som tilhører kategorien...
Men du skjønner at han bare er talsperson for Folkehelseinstituttet på lik linje med Camilla Stoltenberg..? Og at han hele tiden fronter etatens synspunkter.
Ikke gjør det vanskelig!
Ok, da er det vel en haug med idioter da... Var litt naiv et par sekunder.Rrr30629
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Frykter konkursbølge i 2021: – Det har aldri sett mørkere ut
Virke frykter vondt blir verre for reiselivsbedriftene neste år nå som egenkapitalen er spist opp. - Behovet for økonomisk hjelp er større enn i mars.e24.no
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Enhver strategi som går ut på å "flate kurven" som er hva stort sett alle land i verden har drevet med omfatter et element av immunitet. Det er jo derfor kurven går opp, når en topp og så faller igjen. Det er en egenskap ved modellen som brukes for å mene noe om utviklingen av dette. Kurven blir flatere fordi det er færre interaksjoner som kan spre smitte, og så begynner etter hvert kurvene å falle fordi flere og flere har blitt immune. Det gir ingen mening å snakke om "flate kurven" uten en underliggende antagelse om immunitet - da for et gitt nivå av sosial interaksjon eller hva man nå kaller det.
Om du ser på scenariene til FHI for ulike verdier av R så går kurvene i varierende grad av til himmels for så å falle igjen. Grunnen til at de faller er immunitet, ellers er det ingen grunn til at de skal falle for en gitt verdi av R. Om man nå antar at ingen immunitet av meningsfull lengde opparbeides så brukes en annen epidemiologisk modell der man, etter å ha vært smittet og blitt frisk, går tilbake i gruppen for hvem som kan bli smittet - eventuelt etter en viss tid. Da ser ting helt annerledes ut. Jeg vet ikke hva andre land bruker, men i Norge brukes fortsatt den samme modellen som i mars, og den antar immunitet.
Ser at man stort sett argumenterer utifra situasjonen "i dag". For 4 uker siden så det unektelig ut som om Sveriges håndtering faktisk var god. Jeg har alltid ment at man ikke kan dømme av faktisk resultat i ettertid. I tillegg er dette resultatet heller ikke enkelt å regne på, da det selvfølgelig innebærer mye mer enn direkte dødsfall av Corona og ikke minst må dette vurdert i et kost/nytte-perspektiv. Jeg tror faktisk ikke at det håndteringen av dette hadde vært noe kontroversielt dersom man for et år siden fikk en hypotetisk problemstilling om hvordan man skulle håndtere en slik type smittsom virussykdom med gitte utfall for alvorlig sykdom og død. Jeg mener fortsatt at dette spørsmålet er blitt sterkt politisert og de kraftige tiltakene har hatt en smittsom effekt mellom landene. Også et poeng at Sveriges håndtering er den samme som også norske helsemyndigheter anbefalte. Forøvrig en dårlig skjult hersketeknikk å snakke om "Tegnells håndtering" i Sverige og "myndighetenes håndtering" i andre land. Tegnell har selvfølgelig ikke diktatorisk makt og snakker jo på vegne av Svenske helsemyndigheter.
PS: Forøvrig synes jeg også OMFs argumentasjon tydelig viser at han snakker om hva han tror og i forhold til andre synes jeg han viser åpenbar evne til å se at det ikke er sikkert han har rett. I tillegg har han også gjentatte ganger skrevet om hva han tror vil komme til å skje. Legger vel derfor hodet på blokka i forhold til andre som er eksperter på etterpåklokskap.
Det var vel også derfor at Tegnells forgjenger gikk inn for alternativ 2.
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Tegnell er for øvrig ikke tilsvarende Camilla Stoltenberg, han er vel mer som Line Vold hos FHI - han er ikke leder for svenske FHI.
Johan Carlson - som ingen har hørt om - er generaldirektør for Folkhälsomyndigheten i Sverige.
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Tja hvorfor tror du covid-19 fortsatt modelleres som noe som stiger veldig fort for deretter å falle raskt for så å fisle ut i ca ingenting i Norge?Den eneste Johan Carlsson jeg har hørt om er en eiendomsmegler kjent for sin eiendommelige (sukk!) hårsveis.
Johan Carlsson, Fastighetsmäklare - Mäklarhuset Örebro
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Merkelig, jeg trodde alternativ 1 som vi valgte i Norge var riktig svar.
Hvordan var testkapasiteten i begynnelsen av mars? Men man trenger kanskje ikke å ta praktiske hensyn i din posisjon.
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Jeg ante ikke hvem som ledet svenske FHI men antok at det ikke var samme person som var statsepidemiolog siden det ville være noe merkelig å ha en øverste sjef som er leder for noe som omtrent aldri inntreffer.Den eneste Johan Carlsson jeg har hørt om er en eiendomsmegler kjent for sin eiendommelige (sukk!) hårsveis.
Johan Carlsson, Fastighetsmäklare - Mäklarhuset Örebro
Her er for øvrig Tegnell i et intervju fra midten av oktober i år:
Upplever du någon gång att du som enskild tjänsteman fått axla en väl framskjuten roll under coronakrisen?
”Både och. Egentligen axlar jag inte så mycket ansvar, jag har ju en chef över mig. Sedan har vi den politiska nivån, som tar ansvaret på sin nivå. Det har skapats en bild av att jag har ett väldigt stort ansvar, men i praktiken är det inte så.”
Samtidigt har det ”inte varit optimalt” att Anders Tegnell i så hög grad personligen blivit förknippad med hanteringen av coronapandemin säger han:
”Det hade varit bättre med en större fördelning, om andra synts mer. Jag jämför gärna med svininfluensan: ministern var där, jag och andra från myndigheten var där, det speglade ett gemensamt engagemang.
og et lite tegn i tiden kanskje...
Hur många beundrarbrev får du?
”Jag har inte räknat efter, men under en lång period kom det säkert 20 till 30 sådana mejl per dag. Nu får jag kanske tre till fyra.”
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Hvorfor er det forresten ingen som lurer på hvorfor FHi i Norge er så nedsnødde at de fortsatt antar at gjennomgått infeksjon medfører immunitet Er det fravæet av en Tegnell, nærværet av et kvinnelig statsoverhode eller at de ikke har google hos FHI og kan finne all mulig elendighet om de bare hadde giddet å lete etter juornalister som skriver saker om artikler de ikke har lest og om de hadde lest de neppe ville ha skjønt? De har jo doktorgrader alle kvinner og menn der i gården så man burde anta de kan å lese og innse det opplagte.
Nå har vi drevet med Corona i et halvt år og FHI benytter fortsatt SEIR. Men om modelleringsavdelingen hadde lest denne tråden så burde de bytte til SEIS for lenge siden. Den ene bokstaven som er byttet ut er forskjellen på immunitet eller ikke. Man går ikke til "recovered" men tilbake til "susceptible".Dauver man er man rimelig nok ute av modellen uansett antagelse. Og med den antagelse om ikke immunitet så gir ting som å flate kurven ingen mening. Hadde de f.eks lagt inn at man blir mottagelig etter et halvt års tid så ville kurvene steget raskt, fallt raskt og så steget igjen. Men der er altså fortsatt ikke norges FHI.Sist redigert:
Etter min mening baserer norsk strategi seg på å holde smitten nede på et håndterbart nivå uten å drepe økonomien frem til en vaksine foreligger. Ingen plan om immunitet å se. For å tegne et bilde;
Lange nedoverbakker med bil og campinghenger, lavgear inne (generelle minimale tiltak) bruke bremsene i tillegg, slippe opp for å kjøle bremsene, farten øker, inn med bremsene, slippe opp for å kjøle bremsene, deretter inn igjen osv.osv.
Hvorfor FHI fortsatt bruker ordet SEIR i sine rapporter kan man jo lure på, mulig de ser for seg at en immunitet som varer i noen uker kan forsvare det ?Sist redigert:Rrr30629
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Mener å ha fått med meg at FHI regner med en immunitet på 6 mnd. Ref. LV i en eller annen TV debatt.
The week on Planet Normal: If the models were wrong, why are we in lockdown?
Serious questions need to be asked about how our country has been shut down by Vallance and Whitty's blood-curdling flights of fancywww.telegraph.co.uk
Another backbench broadside came from Theresa May, last seen in tears at a lectern outside Downing Street. The former prime minister has since regained her poise. “The 4,000 deaths-a-day prediction was wrong before it was even used,” May told the Tory front bench. “It looks like figures are being chosen to support the policy, rather than the policy being based on the figures.”
She went on, urging ministers “to assess the costs of lockdown, in terms of non-Covid deaths due to a lack of NHS treatment, domestic abuse, mental health, possibly more suicides and, of course, the costs to the economy – jobs lost, livelihoods shattered, businesses failing, whole sectors damaged”.
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Det er også en enorm forskjell for langsiktig utvikling på om reinfeksjon er noe som skjer i sjeldne/få tilfeller eller om det er noe man må regne med, det er det meg bekjent fortsatt ingen som har svaret på. Man skulle forvente at det dukket opp stadig flere tilfeller på andre gangs smitte nå som det har gått lengre tid og tallene skyter oppover igjen. Det er mulig det også er tilfelle forsåvidt, men jeg har ikke sett noe om det i alle fall.
Men siden planen uansett er å få folk vaksinerte før man eventuelt finner ut av dette så er det kanskje mest av akademisk interesse.Rrr30629
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I samme debatten kunne de (FHI) fortelle om 13 bekreftede tilfeller i verden på reinfeksjon, dette for noen uker siden.I morgen får vi tall rett til himmels i Sverige. På bare en uke har de 58 nye intensiv pasienter, totalt 121. Altså kun meget alvorlig syke. Jeg var på gli til å mene at norsk strategi er alt for streng men alternativet er ikke veldig fristende.Rrr30629
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Hevder vaksine er 90% effektiv
Legemiddelfirmaet Pfizer sier mandag at koronavaksinen de utvikler er over 90 prosent effektiv, melder Reuters. Det viser de foreløpige resultatene fra en stor studie.Rrr30629
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Men når alt kommer til alt så er det som alltid bare èn ting som gjelder;
Forskningsprosjekt om koronaviruset
Oslo universitetssykehus presenterer tirsdag et forskningsprosjekt som skal undersøke om tran virker forebyggende på koronavirus. Studien vil inkludere minst 70.000 deltakere og vil være den største kliniske studien gjennomført i Norge noen gang.
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Kom ikke inn på den linken men her er Reuters sin;
Pfizer vaccine trial success signals breakthrough in pandemic battle
Pfizer Inc's <PFE.N> experimental COVID-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective based on initial trial results, the drugmaker said on Monday, a major victory in the war against a virus that has killed over a million people and battered the world's economy.www.reuters.com
Veldig gode nyheter. Vi får håpe. Fryktelig vekst i smitte nå. I Norge er det fortsatt ikke ute av kontroll da.I så fall er den like effektiv som meslingevaksinen og kan knuse epidemien fullstendig om nok folk tar den
Og demonstrerer også til fulle hvorfor ideer om flokkimmunitet ved infeksjon er fullstendig galskap nå
Exclusive: Number of people seeking help for suicidal thoughts has tripled since lockdown
Mental health services said to be 'overflowing' with patients as investigation reveals increases in ambulance call-outs
The number of people seeking help because of suicidal thoughts has tripled since lockdown, with some ambulance services seeing cases rise by almost two thirds, an investigation has revealed.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists said mental health services were "overflowing" with patients, with growing numbers struggling to copewith anxiety, psychosis and depression. Experts said millions were battling isolation, fear and post-traumatic stress, with many only seeking help when their crisis had become acute.
The number of people needing support and advice because of suicidal thoughts has tripled, with similar trends being seen among those with anxiety disorders, the new data shows.
London Ambulance Service has seen a 68 per cent rise in suicides and attempted suicides, with crews now attending 37 cases a day compared to 22 this time last year. A survey of almost 700 psychiatrists revealed that six in 10 are now dealing with an increased number of emergency cases, including people needing to be sectioned for their own safety.
One doctor said bed shortages were so extreme that he had recently been unable to secure a specialist bed for a 17-year-old boy suffering from psychosis anywhere in the UK.
After Britain entered lockdown, the number of referrals for talking therapies fell by more than a quarter between April and July, with some patients keeping away from services for fear of being a burden or catching Covid, while others struggled to access care.
Since then, the numbers seeking help have recovered to pre-lockdown levels – but experts warned that they are continuing to rise, leaving services struggling to cope.
Charities said Britain faced a "second pandemic" of mental health problems as a result of lockdown, with £200 million urgently needed to avert a growing crisis. They have written to Boris Johnson calling for a cash injection to enable public and voluntary sectors to keep up with demand.
The charity Mind said action was needed to protect mental health beds in hospitals during the second Covid wave, with NHS statistics suggesting that around 2,000 beds were commandeered by other services during the spring.
Health service figures showed record numbers of urgent and emergency referrals in July, with 2,276 more than at the same time last year. There was also a 19 per cent increase in people detained for mental health treatment who were admitted to acute beds.
Paul Farmer, the chief executive of Mind, said: "This is a critical moment for the Government to act to prevent a second, mental health, pandemic. It has to invest in mental health services in the community right now and give those most at risk the option of face to face support if they need it, even in areas with the strictest lockdown restrictions."
The charity Rethink Mental Illness said too many people were being left to struggle alone. Its research showed that the numbers turning to its website for advice about mental illness doubled in the six months since lockdown, with 1.69 million visits since March compared with 829,645 in the previous six months.
The numbers seeking help because of suicidal thoughts went from 80,298 to 232,271, while those for anxiety disorders went from 73,456 to 210,931, and those for self-harm from 16,920 to 56,418.
Lucy Schonegevel, the Rethink Mental Illness deputy campaigns director, said: "We are worried that growing numbers of people severely affected by mental illness are now getting to crisis point before they receive the support and treatment they need."
Dr Agnes Ayton, a consultant in eating disorders from Oxford who chairs the Royal College of Psychiatrists' eating disorders faculty, said services had seen referrals rise by around 30 per cent since lockdown, with increasing levels of anxiety fuelling illnesses such as anorexia and bulimia.
"We are seeing greater numbers and we are also seeing more and more cases who are very high risk," she said. "Eating disorders are one of the dangerous mental disorders – we cannot afford to leave these patients to wait. We are having to send patients from Oxford to Glasgow for treatment. This was happening before the pandemic, but we are now doing this in increasing numbers."
Dr Adrian James, the president of the Royal College, said the mental healthcare system was running "way too hot", with patients travelling hundreds of miles for care because local services were overwhelmed.
"We are already finding it very challenging to manage the capacity we have got. We have been running at full pelt," he said. "Our services before Covid were already stretched. The system was already overflowing."
Dr James, a forensic psychiatrist from Devon, said numbers were expected to keep increasing, adding: "All the indications are that there is going to be a big surge – we refer to it as a tsunami – of mental illness as a result of the pandemic."
While some patients with existing mental health problems became more paranoid as a result of fears about Covid, other patients who contracted the virus, and those who underwent intensive care treatment, were left suffering post-traumatic stress and anxiety.
"Covid-19 in itself causes mental health problems," Dr James said. "The more people who are infected, the more people will be ventilated, the more people will have PTSD, the more grief reactions we will have." Still more people were left suffering anxiety and depression through isolation in lockdown, with others bereaved in traumatic circumstances, he said. "You have got very complex grief reactions, you've got people who haven't been able to say goodbye to people," he said. "Their last contact with somebody was putting their hand on a glass pane in a care home."
Psychiatrists are particularly fearful about the impact of lockdown on children, with NHS data showing a 50 per cent rise in the number suffering from problems such as anxiety and depression.
Dr Ben Shooter, a consultant psychiatrist in Powys, said lockdown had "destabilised" many people without any history of mental health problems, as well as those who were already struggling, and voiced particular concern about the impact of isolation, especially on the young.
"I think we've vastly underestimated the impact of this on a whole generation of children," he said. "Some of these effects may last a lifetime.
“All of us, to some extent, will feel the effects of this – the loss of those everyday social connections, the stress, the low-level anxiety, being off work, school, in some cases losing jobs. All of it adds up to a constant attack on our mental well-being."
Childline said it had received nearly 43,000 calls from young people reaching out for help with their mental health since coronavirus restrictions were first introduced.
The children's charity NSPCC, which runs the helpline, said counsellors had heard from children who were feeling isolated, anxious and insecure after being cut off from important support networks.
The Royal College survey of 689 psychiatrists across the UK found 58 per cent of respondents reported an increase in workload in emergency cases when this September was compared with last.
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Den må visstnok oppbevares ved -80 grader så logistikken er "litt" komplisert.Rrr30629
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De er i hvertfall fornøyde med seg selv.
– Jeg har utviklet vaksiner i 35 år og sett noen virkelig gode resultater, men dette er ekstraordinært, sier Pfizers sjef for vaksineutvikling, Willian Gruber,
Pfizer sier vaksinekandidat er 90 prosent effektiv
En koronavaksine utviklet av Pfizer og BioNTech er 90 prosent effektiv i å hindre covid-19-infeksjoner, opplyser selskapene. Norge vil få tilgang til vaksinen via EU.
www.nrk.no
Børsene er også fornøyde ser jeg. Jeg fortsetter å telle til 10 og håper at det er noe i dette.Sist redigert av en moderator:
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Las på et annet sted at det store problemet med noe som må oppbevares så kaldt som -80 er at visstnok er betydelig lavere enn hva influensavaksiner trenger så eksisterende infrastruktur for den kan ikke brukes. De finner sikkert en løsning på dette også, men jeg husker fra tidlig av at de sa at to ting de virkelig håpte å unngå er en vaksine som krever flere doser eller en vaksine som stiller store krav til kjøling, begge deler gjør den allerede enorme oppgaven med distribusjon betydelig vanskeligere.
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Pfizer regner med å produsere 50 millioner doser i 2020 og 1.3 milliarder doser i 2021. Forutsatt da at de nødvendige godkjenningene kommer.
Vet ikke hva som er poenget med dette. Det kan knapt være overraskende at en pandemi så omfattende gjør noe med enkelte. Det som er sikkert er at psykiske problemer ville økt blant folk uansett strategi. Umulig å unngå.
Exclusive: Number of people seeking help for suicidal thoughts has tripled since lockdown
Mental health services said to be 'overflowing' with patients as investigation reveals increases in ambulance call-outs
The number of people seeking help because of suicidal thoughts has tripled since lockdown, with some ambulance services seeing cases rise by almost two thirds, an investigation has revealed.
The Royal College of Psychiatrists said mental health services were "overflowing" with patients, with growing numbers struggling to copewith anxiety, psychosis and depression. Experts said millions were battling isolation, fear and post-traumatic stress, with many only seeking help when their crisis had become acute.
The number of people needing support and advice because of suicidal thoughts has tripled, with similar trends being seen among those with anxiety disorders, the new data shows.
London Ambulance Service has seen a 68 per cent rise in suicides and attempted suicides, with crews now attending 37 cases a day compared to 22 this time last year. A survey of almost 700 psychiatrists revealed that six in 10 are now dealing with an increased number of emergency cases, including people needing to be sectioned for their own safety.
One doctor said bed shortages were so extreme that he had recently been unable to secure a specialist bed for a 17-year-old boy suffering from psychosis anywhere in the UK.
After Britain entered lockdown, the number of referrals for talking therapies fell by more than a quarter between April and July, with some patients keeping away from services for fear of being a burden or catching Covid, while others struggled to access care.
Since then, the numbers seeking help have recovered to pre-lockdown levels – but experts warned that they are continuing to rise, leaving services struggling to cope.
Charities said Britain faced a "second pandemic" of mental health problems as a result of lockdown, with £200 million urgently needed to avert a growing crisis. They have written to Boris Johnson calling for a cash injection to enable public and voluntary sectors to keep up with demand.
The charity Mind said action was needed to protect mental health beds in hospitals during the second Covid wave, with NHS statistics suggesting that around 2,000 beds were commandeered by other services during the spring.
Health service figures showed record numbers of urgent and emergency referrals in July, with 2,276 more than at the same time last year. There was also a 19 per cent increase in people detained for mental health treatment who were admitted to acute beds.
Paul Farmer, the chief executive of Mind, said: "This is a critical moment for the Government to act to prevent a second, mental health, pandemic. It has to invest in mental health services in the community right now and give those most at risk the option of face to face support if they need it, even in areas with the strictest lockdown restrictions."
The charity Rethink Mental Illness said too many people were being left to struggle alone. Its research showed that the numbers turning to its website for advice about mental illness doubled in the six months since lockdown, with 1.69 million visits since March compared with 829,645 in the previous six months.
The numbers seeking help because of suicidal thoughts went from 80,298 to 232,271, while those for anxiety disorders went from 73,456 to 210,931, and those for self-harm from 16,920 to 56,418.
Lucy Schonegevel, the Rethink Mental Illness deputy campaigns director, said: "We are worried that growing numbers of people severely affected by mental illness are now getting to crisis point before they receive the support and treatment they need."
Dr Agnes Ayton, a consultant in eating disorders from Oxford who chairs the Royal College of Psychiatrists' eating disorders faculty, said services had seen referrals rise by around 30 per cent since lockdown, with increasing levels of anxiety fuelling illnesses such as anorexia and bulimia.
"We are seeing greater numbers and we are also seeing more and more cases who are very high risk," she said. "Eating disorders are one of the dangerous mental disorders – we cannot afford to leave these patients to wait. We are having to send patients from Oxford to Glasgow for treatment. This was happening before the pandemic, but we are now doing this in increasing numbers."
Dr Adrian James, the president of the Royal College, said the mental healthcare system was running "way too hot", with patients travelling hundreds of miles for care because local services were overwhelmed.
"We are already finding it very challenging to manage the capacity we have got. We have been running at full pelt," he said. "Our services before Covid were already stretched. The system was already overflowing."
Dr James, a forensic psychiatrist from Devon, said numbers were expected to keep increasing, adding: "All the indications are that there is going to be a big surge – we refer to it as a tsunami – of mental illness as a result of the pandemic."
While some patients with existing mental health problems became more paranoid as a result of fears about Covid, other patients who contracted the virus, and those who underwent intensive care treatment, were left suffering post-traumatic stress and anxiety.
"Covid-19 in itself causes mental health problems," Dr James said. "The more people who are infected, the more people will be ventilated, the more people will have PTSD, the more grief reactions we will have." Still more people were left suffering anxiety and depression through isolation in lockdown, with others bereaved in traumatic circumstances, he said. "You have got very complex grief reactions, you've got people who haven't been able to say goodbye to people," he said. "Their last contact with somebody was putting their hand on a glass pane in a care home."
Psychiatrists are particularly fearful about the impact of lockdown on children, with NHS data showing a 50 per cent rise in the number suffering from problems such as anxiety and depression.
Dr Ben Shooter, a consultant psychiatrist in Powys, said lockdown had "destabilised" many people without any history of mental health problems, as well as those who were already struggling, and voiced particular concern about the impact of isolation, especially on the young.
"I think we've vastly underestimated the impact of this on a whole generation of children," he said. "Some of these effects may last a lifetime.
“All of us, to some extent, will feel the effects of this – the loss of those everyday social connections, the stress, the low-level anxiety, being off work, school, in some cases losing jobs. All of it adds up to a constant attack on our mental well-being."
Childline said it had received nearly 43,000 calls from young people reaching out for help with their mental health since coronavirus restrictions were first introduced.
The children's charity NSPCC, which runs the helpline, said counsellors had heard from children who were feeling isolated, anxious and insecure after being cut off from important support networks.
The Royal College survey of 689 psychiatrists across the UK found 58 per cent of respondents reported an increase in workload in emergency cases when this September was compared with last. -
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