"Australian TV" means Australian "Sky News." Australian ABC and SBS certainly aren't covering it.
Military suicide rate is up 20% according to CBS news. If this trend applies nationally, that's 10,000 additional deaths to suicide entirely attributable to lockdown. When you add in all other causes, lockdown has caused 10s of thousands of deaths, indisputably.
I joined this site specifically to say how completely fucking heroic this is. He's right. He's fucking right. COVID-19 is real. It is nasty. But, at worst, it's like have four bad flu seasons in one year, followed by a return to normal as herd immunity kicks in. It isn't worth wrecking the economy for it. The overwhelming majority, even in Trump's demographic, survive. Those who don't are in their 70s or 80s, or have signficant comorbidities. We're getting better at protecting ourselves every day. We shouldn't be afraid of it. Masks are a modern day talisman designed to ward off the fear that we ourselves have invented. This is the bravest statement by a President in 50 years..
Someone who can stomach reddit come back and tell me if r/anime_titties is covering this.