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This is nonsense. Suicides are down in 2020. It was a virus that killed people, the deaths were reported. Conspiracy theories are so exhausting

• shiftpgdn 5y ago
  You say that with such certainy but the official number I've seen is a 10% increase. Also there is no measure for misery.
  • shlant 5y ago
    it would be helpful if you provided your sources
• lettergram 5y ago
  The government has an incentive to report deaths as covid deaths. I'm simply stating it is not 100% clear what causes the deaths. The reason I suspect a higher suicide rate than otherwise estimated is that the number of people with suicidal ideation has doubled. NOTE, I was also considering unintentional suicide (overdoses), which were dramatically up (38%). https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p1218-overdose-deaths-covid-19.html https://www.cdc.gov/media/releases/2020/p1218-overdose-death... https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6932a1.htm https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/mm6932a1.htm https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/16/suicides-fell-in-2020-while-rates-of-anxiety-depression-and-overdoses-continue-to-climb/ https://thefederalist.com/2021/04/16/suicides-fell-in-2020-w...
  • ryandrake 5y ago
    > The government has an incentive to report deaths as covid deaths. What is this incentive? How did governments benefit from more covid deaths?
    • anoncake 5y ago
      It makes their policies appear sensible.