US suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations

[soothsayer]

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The number of U.S. suicides fell nearly 6% last year amid the coronavirus pandemic — the largest annual decline in at least four decades, according to preliminary government data.

US suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations
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[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. Not to be morbid but ... maybe because so many people died of covid ...

A LOT of suicides happen because of poor health diagnoses.

A LOT of people died of COVID because their overall health was poor.

Just a random guess, but I think the intersection of the two might have something to do with it.

[soothsayer]

2. Interesting. Still, I never bought trump's "we have to open up because suicides" lie

[Hugh_Lebowski]

4. Oh, yeah, me neither. And even if I did, I wouldn't have thought that it was a net positive

to open up to avoid a slight rise in them.

[BigmanPigman]

3. Perhaps people who don't get along well with their

employers, coworkers, family and friends didn't have to deal with the interactions that they found difficult to deal with on a daily basis. Maybe being away from other people is a good thing mentally. People with Borderline Personality Disorder have a hard time with relationships. This Covid "vacation" from those anxieties could be a plus.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

5. Also a possibility, yup ...

It's probably a combination of causes, really.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Definitely "many factors" are the cause

for the change. It should be studied by researchers.

[Hugh_Lebowski]

6. Maybe some people decided to hang on longer, hoping to see the day when IQ45 was defeated

disgraced, and jailed.

[Johnny2X2X]

8. Being home helped people get help

Being near loved ones was the difference for a lot of people between getting help or not.

I posted this a few days ago. Make sure you share it, down from 2019 and 2018 significantly. The BS Cons spewed about this the last year was total BS and this proves it.

[Phoenix61]

9. School age people are a large group for suicides.

No in person school means no bullying or stressing out over all the stuff they stress out over. Plus, at home with caregivers. Whatever the reason, it’s a good thing.