Doctors, scientists policymakers and even 'non-experts' posting on social media have argued that shuttering the health-care system to all non-emergency care risks sparking other public health crises from a spike in heart attacks and advanced cancer diagnoses, to so-called "deaths of despair."
In some areas, a spike in suicides has already been recorded since the start of the outbreak. And now, a newly published paper released Friday has attempted to quantify deaths that might occur because of the mental-health ramifications of widespread economic chaos caused by the crisis. The research - which hasn't yet been peer-reviewed - found the isolation, grief and economic hardship related to COVID-19 are conspiring to supercharge America's already-burgeoning mental-health crisis, likely setting the stage for tens of thousands of suicides down the line.
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I'm curious to know how many deaths attributed to suicide they figured into the equation when they unleashed this virus
It's only the hospitals in minorities areas that are not doing these things. Others are moving along as if nothing happened. The more affluent are still getting their chemo, biopsies, other diagnosis and even plastic surgery.
Liberal Idiots and their Basement dweller cousins die big deal, they would be dumb enough to support Biden so not much of a loss.
This is the best thing that has happened to some people. They have never seen pay checks like that. When it dries up they just may take their lives or ours. A little taste of what a living wage paycheck and they'll never wanna go back.
But they don't want to go to work either.
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