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That is a narrative that misses the point of the thread and is generally not compatible with hard data. For example, the amount of suicides in US during 2020 we

That is a narrative that misses the point of the thread and is generally not compatible with hard data. For example, the amount of suicides in US during 2020 went down.

peytn 5y ago
Parent was talking about missed cancers and drug abuse, not suicides. Alcohol sales were up ~20% [1]—that too is hard data. [1]: https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2020/11/16/nielsen-covid-beverage-alcohol-insights https://wineindustryadvisor.com/2020/11/16/nielsen-covid-bev...
- ceejayoz 5y ago
  Off-premises alcohol sales were up; the article indicates it's a shift from on-premises to off-premises, which... shouldn't be surprising, given a lot of those premises are shut.
AzzieElbab 5y ago
And the number of deaths due to seasonal flues is practically 0. I actually do not think any of these statistics matter, because data driven decisions are not timely by definition. What mattered is that the entire western world failed to react in time.
Izkata 5y ago
CDC only tracks actual suicides, not attempts. Attempts and suicidal thoughts are up: https://www.aappublications.org/news/2020/12/16/pediatricssuicidestudy121620 https://www.aappublications.org/news/2020/12/16/pediatricssu... Also, on the CDC stats, deaths by "unintentional injuries" is up by way more than suicides are down.
- scarby2 5y ago
  Has anyone not had suicidal thoughts since the lockdown?