Originally Posted by e6bpilot

I think Covid certainly didn't help, but you guys are wrapping up a lot of correlation into causation. The reason we have so many people in mental health crises walking around in the public right now is because we defunded mental health care in this country decades ago and continue to try and find a solution that doesn't cost money. Government does a lot, and being a safety net for mentally ill people used to be one of the services it provided society. Not any more. Now it's up to the untrained cops, EMS, and people who have to interact with the public to "take care" of the problem and shuffle them from place to place untreated. It's ugly as anyone with family with severe mental health issues knows, and you don't think about it until it is at your doorstep or in your airplane.
Sounds like all you doctors with degrees from podcast U have it all figured out, though.