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Do you have any direct source for that statistic? The article that you've linked to is the Babylon Bee -- a site best known for their satire and fake articles -- lifting some infographics from an (uncited) article in the Daily Mail. Neither of these sources inspires confidence.

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What about this one? https://www.gov.uk/government/news/alcoholic-liver-deaths-in...

That actually says something subtly different than what the other article was claiming. Not only does it point to the pandemic as a whole as a cause rather than lockdowns in particular, as the Babylon Bee article did, but it suggests that the most problematic changes in behavior were increases in drinking among people who were already heavy drinkers, not people "becoming alcoholics" who didn't previously have a drinking problem.

Sorry I saw this circulate a few days ago and linked the first thing I found on DDG.

I have no reason to think it's fake news.

> I have no reason to think it's fake news.

Very sound logic (/s)! With this sort of reasoning people invaded the Capitol on January 6th, because they were certain their country was about to be taken over by a Chinese-backed coup. Guess what, they also think what they heard was legitimate, and they think their reasoning work(ed) perfectly fine.

Everything in Babylon Bee is 100% satire and fake. It's used as a fake news source by people wanting to spread misinformation.

But the running joke is that it often turns out becoming true. That's why they spun off NotTheBee to do real news. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/alcoholic-liver-deaths-in...

I'm always amazed when people try and use The Bee as a legit source of misinformation. They make no bones that they're a satire site.

Folks gotta be pretty gullible to not see that.

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