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by downerending 2234 days ago
It's early days, but I suspect suicides will approach actual COVID-19 deaths in the end, at least in places and cultures where suicide is "acceptable". Even the most stable will have trouble with financial ruin and watching their children go hungry, and most of the newly jobless are not that stable.
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Just this morning saw mention of an Australian study indicating that the excess suicide count was projected to be 10x that of COVID-19 deaths.