Covid19 Also Kills Some People With Drink!

In 2020 in England and Wales, the Office for National Statistics found that almost 7500 people died as a direct consequence of alcohol misuse (https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/may/06/deaths-from-alcohol-misuse-in-england-and-wales-hit-20-year-high-in-2020). This record death rate from alcohol misuse, started to rise, at the beginning of the first Covid-19 lockdown in the UK. It then increased sharply, in each subsequent quarter. The victims were mostly people who already had a long-term drink problem. Their increased death rate was probably due to a combination of social isolation and being cut off from counselling and/or medical help. They would have had no problem getting booze, as this was freely available online from supermarkets. Even vulnerable people, who were self-isolating because of a medical condition, could get it (no questions asked). It's amazing how many different ways a little virus can get you!