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American Academy of Sleep Medicine calls for elimination of daylight saving time:
The AASM supports a switch to permanent standard time, explaining in the statement that standard time more closely aligns with the daily rhythms of the body's internal clock. The position statement also cites evidence of increased risks of motor vehicle accidents, cardiovascular events, and mood disturbances following the annual "spring forward" to daylight saving time.
"Permanent, year-round standard time is the best choice to most closely match our circadian sleep-wake cycle," said lead author Dr. M. Adeel Rishi, a pulmonology, sleep medicine and critical care specialist at the Mayo Clinic in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and vice chair of the AASM Public Safety Committee. "Daylight saving time results in more darkness in the morning and more light in the evening, disrupting the body's natural rhythm."
[...] "There is ample evidence of the negative, short-term consequences of the annual change to daylight saving time in the spring," said AASM President Dr. Kannan Ramar. "Because the adoption of permanent standard time would be beneficial for public health and safety, the AASM will be advocating at the federal level for this legislative change."
Journal Reference:
Muhammad Adeel Rishi, MD, et. al. Daylight saving time: an American Academy of Sleep Medicine position statement, Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine (DOI: 10.5664/jcsm.8780)
(Score: 2, Troll) by VLM on Friday August 28 2020, @01:47PM (7 children)
Big Brother has to show that he's in control all the time of the proles. So it ain't going away, if anything expect crackdowns to enforce weirder DST rules.
Kinda like gun control. Obviously it doesn't lower crime at all, but big brother will never admit it.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by MostCynical on Friday August 28 2020, @02:12PM (2 children)
Crime? No, Death? Yes [npr.org]
DST means almost nothing now people can be working anywhere in the world.
The argument that people prefer more daylight at the end of the day is complete bs.. I suspect two or three loonies in the 19th Century liked evening walks and managed to convince politicians it was a good idea...
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 28 2020, @11:51PM (1 child)
But DST turns an evening walk into an afternoon walk!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 28 2020, @11:53PM
No, but depending upon where people are living in the timezone, it can make things suck a bit less.
(Score: 2) by srobert on Friday August 28 2020, @02:37PM (3 children)
Arizona does not go on DST. It's on Mountain Standard Time year round. Just wait til Big Brother catches up with those rebels. If we do eliminate DST, I'd sort of like to get my state, Nevada, onto MST instead of PST. It's in the winter that I could use a little bit of daylight after my work day is over.
(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday August 28 2020, @06:40PM (2 children)
In Mississippi we set our clocks back 20 years.
(Score: 2) by shortscreen on Friday August 28 2020, @10:35PM (1 child)
Is that how they solved the Y2K issues over there?
(Score: 2) by Common Joe on Saturday August 29 2020, @06:37PM
Seeing as it's now 20 years later, this may explain the current 2020 dumpster fires.