Righteous Anger & Covid 19

[Josh]

Tell that to all the people who could have been prevented from dying. I have been dealing with the public during this for 15 months face-to-face witnessing fear and anxiety at a level I've never witnessed.

Amongst younger people, deaths from suicides and drug overdoses are much more significant than COVID. The cure seems to be worse than the disease.

[Bootstrap]

Tell that to all the people who could have been prevented from dying. I have been dealing with the public during this for 15 months face-to-face witnessing fear and anxiety at a level I've never witnessed.

Amongst younger people, deaths from suicides and drug overdoses are much more significant than COVID. The cure seems to be worse than the disease.

Apparently not. Suicides in 2020 were lower than in 2019, 2018, or 2017. By this tally, Covid-19 killed 345,323 in 2020, suicide killed 44,834, and because the rates are LOWER than in the years before Covid-19, it's really hard to argue that a large percent of these are due to Covid-19.

[Valerie]

Tell that to all the people who could have been prevented from dying. I have been dealing with the public during this for 15 months face-to-face witnessing fear and anxiety at a level I've never witnessed.

Amongst younger people, deaths from suicides and drug overdoses are much more significant than COVID. The cure seems to be worse than the disease.

Apparently not. Suicides in 2020 were lower than in 2019, 2018, or 2017. By this tally, Covid-19 killed 345,323 in 2020, suicide killed 44,834, and because the rates are LOWER than in the years before Covid-19, it's really hard to argue that a large percent of these are due to Covid-19.

Not sure that's accurate, i kept hearing suicide, drug overdose, domestic violence calls were up,. Perhaps that chart can be as trusted as covid-19 tests. Certainly could understand the amount of strain this last year has been on people I've never seen anything like it the stress on parents the stress on teens the stress on children the stress on teachers and you try to paint the picture that problems were worse before covid? That's not what I've been hearing reported so I don't know who's fudging numbers it seems everything's being reported with a lot of suspicion attached.

[Josh]

Tell that to all the people who could have been prevented from dying. I have been dealing with the public during this for 15 months face-to-face witnessing fear and anxiety at a level I've never witnessed.

Amongst younger people, deaths from suicides and drug overdoses are much more significant than COVID. The cure seems to be worse than the disease.

Apparently not. Suicides in 2020 were lower than in 2019, 2018, or 2017. By this tally, Covid-19 killed 345,323 in 2020, suicide killed 44,834, and because the rates are LOWER than in the years before Covid-19, it's really hard to argue that a large percent of these are due to Covid-19.

You’ll notice I said “younger people”. Looking at your data, apparently diabetes became a lot more hazardous to one’s health.