They're vastly different outcomes, but the article is speculating that giving people stimulus checks is why they didn't kill themselves, while ignoring the incr

They're vastly different outcomes, but the article is speculating that giving people stimulus checks is why they didn't kill themselves, while ignoring the increased attempts. From a policy making standpoint, I don't think it should matter if someone cuts their wrists and bleeds to death, or cuts their wrists and is taken to an ER and saved. It seems like it would be more effective to focus on making people not want to kill themselves in the first place than trying to reduce how often they're succesful.