Lara Griffiths, 53, from Boston Spa, West Yorkshire, got through all the cash despite carrying on working full-time, buying secondhand cars and flying economy.
on the government s plans to end all covid restrictions in england, which the prime minister is due to outline in a statement to the house of commons later this afternoon. joining me now is nick powdthavee who is a professor of behavioural science at warwick business school. you must have had such an interesting time in the last couple of years watching how british people behave during a pandemic and how it compares with other countries. all kinds of lessons from that. what about coming out of a pandemic, because that is a different challenge again? because that is a different challenuaeaain? ,, ., challenge again? needless to say i m cautiously optimistic challenge again? needless to say i m cautiously optimistic but challenge again? needless to say i m cautiously optimistic but when - challenge again? needless to say i m cautiously optimistic but when my - cautiously optimistic but when my colleague and myself were thinking about the exit strategy two years ago now, really, we
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How Google searches reveal the hidden cost of lockdown
The number of people searching online for topics that are related to boredom, loneliness and worry rose sharply at the beginning of the first lockdown, a new study shows.
Experts examined Google Trends data from 10 countries across Europe and the United States and
found search patterns suggested lockdown had “severely affected” mental health.
They tracked how often people searched on Google for terms such as panic, divorce, suicide,
boredom and wellbeing.
When compared to the same period in 2019, the number of searches in Europe at the time of the
lockdown in 2020 for boredom rose by 93 per cent, loneliness 40 per cent and worry 27 per cent. In America, the number of searches at the time of the lockdown in 2020 for boredom rose by 57 per cent, loneliness by 16 per cent and worry by 12 per cent.