• InevitableSwing [none/use name]
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    13 hours ago

    I wondered what the CDC was doing about it. In non-surprising news - pretty much nothing. It's a public health issue so they're not interested and they are counting on people to solve the problem. They did make a webpage though. Here's a tweet from September - emphasis mine.

    More than 49,000 people in the U.S. lost their lives to suicide in 2022.

    Learn 5 actions your community can take to lower suicide risk in a new CDC #VitalSigns report. bit.ly/4dY0PDc

    https://xcancel.com/CDCgov/status/1833898439517565092#m

    Here's the page.

    Suicide Risk Is Tied to Local Economic and Social Conditions | VitalSigns | CDC

    Rates are lower in counties with more health insurance, internet access, and income

    • MonsterRancher [none/use name]
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      13 hours ago

      Guy with this profile picture saying "marxiam is not the answer" to the CDC tweet. The absolute dregs of life that float to the visible surface somehow.

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      • MonsterRancher [none/use name]
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        13 hours ago

        And then the other dipshits that think spotty lockdowns for like 6-ish --big ish here-- months is a trauma that will never be lifted. That's why they waited to end it like 2 years after the fact. Fuckin' idiots.

        • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]
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          edit-2
          12 hours ago

          [CW COVID deaths]

          spoiler

          Yeah it was the lockdowns and not the vans of dead people killed by the disease that traumatised people

        • Belly_Beanis [he/him]
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          12 hours ago

          As someone with anxiety, the lockdowns meant nothing because it actually became easier to stay inside lmao

          "Lockdowns? Quarantine? Neat! Now I don't have to worry about my body going into fight mode anytime I think about going outside."

    • peeonyou [he/him]
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      13 hours ago

      but they didn't lose their lives, they ended their lives

      sounds a bit floofy when they say people "lost their lives" as if it's just something that just kinda happened to them