Australia has a mental health crisis, especially suicides, which itself has been described by some authorities as a “pandemic,” which is a suggestive term. That is not a matter of debate. It is a reasonable hypothesis that the so-called Covid pandemic, and mainly the attempt to deal with it by lockdowns, are the most probable causes. The main demographic affected is the young, especially young woman, who suffer acutely from the isolation effects of being locked down in their cages. This is especially problematic given the failure of lockdowns to control the spread of the virus, as argued in extract two and three below. Presented is a comprehensive summary of the health ill-effects of lockdowns.