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It'd be interesting if the quarantine from the coronavirus has also quarantined us from the ravages and stresses of day to day life, leading to improved cardiov
by scarmig 7y ago
It'd be interesting if the quarantine from the coronavirus has also quarantined us from the ravages and stresses of day to day life, leading to improved cardiovascular outcomes.
I'd be curious about suicide statistics as well--would they be going up or down right now?
- exmadscientist 7y agoSuicides are definitely up, though I haven't been able to find numbers. This lockdown is very hard on many people's mental health.
- Trasmatta 7y agoAnecdotally, I feel like stress has gone way up for most people, not down. Not sure it's that's true or not on the larger scale, but it definitely seems true for me and most of the people I know.
- scarmig 7y agoInteresting. For me, it's involved a sharp decrease in stress, though that's overlapped with quitting my job and having a substantial financial cushion.
- 6nf 7y agoSuicide helpline calls are up about 50% from early reports.
- downerending 7y agoIt's early days, but I suspect suicides will approach actual COVID-19 deaths in the end, at least in places and cultures where suicide is "acceptable". Even the most stable will have trouble with financial ruin and watching their children go hungry, and most of the newly jobless are not that stable.
- downerending 7y agoJust this morning saw mention of an Australian study indicating that the excess suicide count was projected to be 10x that of COVID-19 deaths.