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At what cost? we've saved a few 80 year olds, but lost hundreds of younger people via suicide and created a huge long tail of mental health problems along with
by wisdomdata 6y ago
At what cost? we've saved a few 80 year olds, but lost hundreds of younger people via suicide and created a huge long tail of mental health problems along with poor educational outcomes (Australian here).
- boatmansloth 6y agoDo you have data the Australian Institute for Health and Welfare doesn't have? https://www.aihw.gov.au/suicide-self-harm-monitoring/data/covid-19 https://www.aihw.gov.au/suicide-self-harm-monitoring/data/co... In NSW suicide fell by 5% last year: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/23/nsw-suicide-rate-falls-by-remarkable-5-in-2020-lifeline-finds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/dec/23/nsw-s... There was also a dip in Victoria: https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/suicides-in-victoria-dip-despite-fears-pandemic-would-drive-increase-20210118-p56uwp.html https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/suicides-in-vict...
- ElCapitanMarkla 6y agoDon’t try brush it off as a few 80 year olds. Over half a million people have needlessly died in the states. How’s the mental well being of those half a million families, how’s the mental well being of the millions more who were sick and thought they were going to die.