The untold health toll of voting

Supriyanto, 54, passed out in the polling booth he was managing in West Java, Indonesia, on 14 February 2024. He was rushed to a nearby health facility where he was pronounced dead. Supriyanto had had breathing difficulties before he passed out, and his family said he had a history of asthma.Supriyanto was one of 181 election officials who died on polling day in Indonesia’s election. Another 4770 officials are recorded as being ill in the fortnight after. Most deaths were from heart attacks, road traffic accidents, septic shock, acute respiratory distress syndrome, and hypertension.In the six month run up to the 2020 US presidential election, participants in a study reported an increase in moderate to severe anxiety and depression, an increase in visits to mental health clinics, and increased prescription drug use—and a decline after the election.1 Another group of researchers reported that 68% of adults they surveyed said that…
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