It's a common speculation, but employment (and recreation, regular life, going outdoors) actually kills a lot of people. Every % rise of unemployment in Europe

It's a common speculation, but employment (and recreation, regular life, going outdoors) actually kills a lot of people. Every % rise of unemployment in Europe during the financial crisis resulted in a 3.5% drop in all cause mortality, and that includes a ~35% increase in suicides. We can probably extrapolate that for a scenario where business as usual also kills a good amount more people due to a pandemic. Clearly the US, being the US, could be different due to cultural differences in how the poor and underemployed are treated. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0091743514001224 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S009174351...