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here, so you get an idea of how bad things are right now.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/11/23/covid-pandemic-rise-suicides/
https://archive.is/Bx0xP

Since the coronavirus arrived, depression and anxiety in America have become rampant. Federal surveys show 40 percent of Americans are now grappling with at least one mental health or drug-related problem. But young adults have been hit harder than any other age group, with 75 percent struggling.

Even more alarming, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently asked young adults if they had thought about killing themselves in the past 30 days, 1 of 4 said they had.

Americas system for monitoring suicides is so broken and slow that experts wont know until roughly two years after the pandemic whether suicides have risen nationally. But coroners and medical examiners are already seeing troubling signs.

In Arizonas Pima County, officials have sent two health bulletins alerting doctors and hospitals to spikes in suicides. In Oregons Columbia County, the number of suicides by summer had already surpassed last years total. In the sprawling Chicago suburbs, DuPage County has reported a 23 percent rise compared with last year. And in the city itself, the number of suicides among African Americans has far surpassed the total for 2019, even as officials struggle to understand whether the deaths are being driven by the pandemic, racial unrest or both. What has shocked medical examiners in Chicago is the age range from a 57-year-old deputy police chief to a 9-year-old child.

there's a lot more in the article as it's really long and it covers a few stories but that's the relevant part. but with data like this:


i can't say it's wrong to want to see family and friends for thanksgiving and christmas. you can call it selfish but right now a lot of people need that too as trying to restrict it will break them. damned if you do, damned if you don't.

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