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People are starting to commit suicide at higher death rates than coronavirus deaths. This was posted to HN not too long ago.
by mehrdadn 6y ago
People are starting to commit suicide at higher death rates than coronavirus deaths. This was posted to HN not too long ago.
- amanaplanacanal 6y agoWait, suicide deaths are higher than coronavirus deaths? That can't possibly be true. I think you misunderstood whatever it was you read.
- mehrdadn 6y agoI didn't mean globally, sorry if that's where your confusion was. I said "starting to" to mean it's happening in some places. > Doctors at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek say they have seen more deaths by suicide during this quarantine period than deaths from the COVID-19 virus. > "We've never seen numbers like this, in such a short period of time," he said. "I mean we've seen a year's worth of suicide attempts in the last four weeks." https://abc7news.com/suicide-covid-19-coronavirus-rates-during-pandemic-death-by/6201962/ https://abc7news.com/suicide-covid-19-coronavirus-rates-duri...