The mainstream Australian media are not reporting all that much on the negative effects of continuous lockdowns, especially upon mental health. People, especially the young are facing slightly more comfortable positions to those in solitary confinement in prisons, something explicitly designed for punishment. I myself suffer greatly, not being able to see my grandchildren, and great grandchild. If fact, I have not yet even seen the most recent birth, that of my great grand daughter, Emily, born in a home birth. Without the internet, I would be totally isolated. The telly does not do much, pumping out the same old nonsense. They have certainly made it a lonely world, and apart from the devastating economic consequences, people are hurting, as always, the little people like us.