Of course. Massive spikes in suicides and attempted suicides. Critical thinkers get it.
Anyone reading this post by themselves in their home...while wearing a mask....probably doesn't.
Yeah, you’re such a critical thinker. Are you ever right about anything, welcher?
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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.
Death certificates are still coming in and the count could rise. But officials expect a substantial decline will endure, despite worries that COVID-19 could lead to more suicides.
It is hard to say exactly why suicide deaths dropped so much, but one factor may be a phenomenon seen in the early stages of wars and national disasters, some experts suggested.
"There's a heroism phase in every disaster period, where we're banding together and expressing lots of messages of support that we're in this together," said Dr. Christine Moutier, chief medical officer of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. "You saw that, at least in the early months of the pandemic."
An increase in the availability of telehealth services and other efforts to turn around the nation's suicide problem may have also contributed, she said.
U.S. suicides steadily rose from the early 2000s until 2018, when the national suicide rate hit its highest level since 1941. The rate finally fell slightly in 2019. Experts credited increased mental health screenings and other suicide prevention efforts.