Tougher restrictions and a ban on outdoor exercising could lead to 'mass bloodbath' fears mental health help group Talk it Out
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Updated: 12:17, 13 January 2021
Tighter restrictions on social mixing could lead to a "mass bloodbath" among already vulnerable people, a mental health support group has warned.
Deal-based Talk it Out says those struggling with depression and anxiety are already âdrowning under the strains of Covid, and they fear a clamp down on outdoor meet-ups while exercising could lead to deaths.
Tracy Carr from Talk It Out fears people will take their lives if outdoor exercising with another person is banned
It comes as health secretary Matt Hancock said the government could ban meeting another person outside if too many people keep breaking the rule.