• AbolishAmerikkka [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    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.

    • VILenin [he/him]
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      4 years ago

      What? How do you go from “suicides are spiking” to “abandon all precautions”?

        • VILenin [he/him]
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          4 years ago

          There are people arguing pandemic precautions is the root cause of these suicides?

          • artangels [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            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.

            • Runcible [none/use name]
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              4 years ago

              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

              • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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                4 years ago

                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.

          • AbolishAmerikkka [he/him]
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            4 years ago

            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.