Domestic violence soars under conservavirus lockdowns

The media's nonstop demands for lockdowns to fight conservavirus - even after cases of the virus have zoomed under Italy's lockdown - are indicative of bottomless ignorance of medicine, ethics, and social science. The ignorance may well be intentional, because it should be obvious to anyone with even a single brain cell they're wrong.

It's clear that lockdowns would destroy society by gutting its institutions. But this article discusses how this form of martial law has also led to a spike in domestic violence:

https://socialistresurgence.org/2020/03/26/covid-19-and-domestic-violence

Domestic violence increases when it's harder for victims to get away from abusers. Plus, under these lockdowns, victims have less access to services, and may be afraid to use a shelter because the virus may spread.

Under restrictions imposed in Wuhan, police reported that the rate of domestic violence doubled. In a nearby province, domestic violence tripled. In another, a victim had to walk for hours to reach her family after she was severely battered. Another woman committed suicide by jumping out her apartment window.

French police report that domestic violence is up 32% since France copied Italy's failed lockdown. It's a problem in the United States too. In Cleveland - where this martial law has only been in force for a few days - domestic violence is already up 30%.

I don't expect the pro-batterer media to digest these facts any more than it does with any other facts. I'm sure they know, but they just don't care, because protecting their money and political agenda is more important to them. They consider domestic violence victims' lives less important.