Daylight Saving Time Is a Public Health Crisis (And We Do It On Purpose)
Welcome to my absolute least favorite day of the year.
Last night, an hour was stolen from most of America. We don't get it back until we return to standard time in the fall. This morning, millions of people dragged themselves out of bed feeling like garbage. Tomorrow morning is going to be worse, because the acute hit of the clock change compounds when the work week starts and the alarm goes off earlier than your biology is ready for.
It's asinine. I hate it. I've hated it for years, and the data keeps giving me more reasons to.
The Numbers Aren't Subtle
The Monday after spring forward is one of the most dangerous days on the calendar. Not because of anything mysterious. Because sleep deprivation is hitting an entire population at once.
Heart attack rates spike roughly 24% in the days immediately following the spring transition. Stroke hospitalizations increase in the two days after the clock change. Car accidents go up. Workplace injuries climb. Suicide rates tick higher. Produc...
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