Teens are dying by suicide at an alarming rate. Public health officials call it a crisis. Researchers have identified several clusters nationwide. The survivors in this Arizona community are fighting back.
The narrative that suicides are spiking is being pushed by the right wing as a reason that all pandemic precautions need to be abandoned. Just FYI for some context.
from day 1 chuds were arguing that shutdowns/measures similar would result in lower mental health outcomes.
i mean they're not wrong but also working during a pandemic doesn't seem like something that would increase it lol, just give us some fucking money to pay for food and rent plz.
The lockdowns suck, but the biggest driver of suicide is eviction and financial destitution brought on by an artificially created scarcity of housing and resources. They cut everyone off from UI benefits then handwring about how suicides are rising while doing nothing to prevent people from losing their homes.
The ones in the article seem to date back to 2015 so no. But they are blaming everything bad that has happened since the pandemic began on the lockdown measures to control the virus.
People are committing suicide not because of the measures, but because the pandemic has created a crisis that has pretty much wiped out their livelihoods. Shouldn’t we be talking about how capitalism is the root cause?
The narrative that suicides are spiking is being pushed by the right wing as a reason that all pandemic precautions need to be abandoned. Just FYI for some context.
What? How do you go from “suicides are spiking” to “abandon all precautions”?
“The precautions are causing more problems than they’re preventing.”
There are people arguing pandemic precautions is the root cause of these suicides?
from day 1 chuds were arguing that shutdowns/measures similar would result in lower mental health outcomes.
i mean they're not wrong but also working during a pandemic doesn't seem like something that would increase it lol, just give us some fucking money to pay for food and rent plz.
They also don't give a fuck if it does, they're just trying to make people with any empathy argue against their general beliefs
The lockdowns suck, but the biggest driver of suicide is eviction and financial destitution brought on by an artificially created scarcity of housing and resources. They cut everyone off from UI benefits then handwring about how suicides are rising while doing nothing to prevent people from losing their homes.
The ones in the article seem to date back to 2015 so no. But they are blaming everything bad that has happened since the pandemic began on the lockdown measures to control the virus.
People are committing suicide not because of the measures, but because the pandemic has created a crisis that has pretty much wiped out their livelihoods. Shouldn’t we be talking about how capitalism is the root cause?
Every suicide is a murder by capitalism.
Yes
Look at this dude. He's so close to getting it.
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“keeping people cooped up is driving them to mental issues and suicide.”
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