The Scottish Government’s annual health survey notes that existing inequalities mean that the burden of alcohol-related mortality is greatest among those living in the most deprived areas. Dr David Walsh, public health programme manager at Glasgow Centre for Population Health, said self-reported consumption data was notoriously unreliable. He said there had always been a paradox around alcohol consumption versus harm. Five per cent of adults reported having Long Covid and the most common symptom was tiredness. “A similar but less dramatic drop was found in England during the pandemic in the Annual Population Survey.

Source: The Herald November 09, 2022 08:17 UTC