CDC data shows U.S. teen girls 'in crisis' with unprecedented rise in suicidal behavior

[malthaussen]

18. The "pandemic" makes a convenient excuse.

A couple of things occur to me. First, I'd like to know if suicide is up all over, and not just among teenaged girls. I suspect it is, but I wouldn't be surprised to see the largest increase among that cohort, because our culture is doing everything in its power to degrade and abuse them even more than heretofore.

I am not convinced there is a causal link between the pandemic and these feelings of hopelessness, although certain circumstances of the lockdowns and other preventative reactions are probably contributory. For one thing, it isolates the potential victims of rape or sexual assault, or other violence. I seem to recall that other forms of domestic violence took an upturn during the pandemic, for exactly this reason of isolation and lack of a safety valve.

-- Mal