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[–] 18 points 1 month ago (10 children)

Daylight savings time causes accidents on the road and in workplaces as people are thrown off by the sleep pattern changes.

6-12% increase in car accidents and 6% increase in workplace accidents during the week following the time change.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Right... they're not saying make no changes.

    Permanent DST is the bad choice, permanent standard time should be the change. Health professionals and researchers have said this every time this is brought up, but for whatever reason the politicians always want to go with the shitty choice.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Permanent dst would fix problems caused by the change.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    So would permanent standard time, but with fewer side effects.

    Canadian health researchers are urging the country to choose permanent standard time over permanent daylight saving time if it ends the twice-yearly clock change, warning that darker winter mornings could harm sleep and mental health.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago

    It’s also been proven to increase heart attacks, and other health issues as well.

    And as someone who worked as a CNA in memory care for a few years, I can also testify that it fucks with people with dementia or Alzheimer’s.

    I hated working shifts the first week of a time change because it never failed that we’d have multiple code calls, and agitated patients.

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