“Trump’s fault!” /sarc
This teen was probably teetering on the brink of suicide anyway. Either she was a member of the alphabet gang, or she had rabid leftist parents.
Lots of people are teetering in the brink of suicide.
Social isolation makes it worse. One of the reasons we shouldn’t have it.
I believe deaths of despair will exceed those of covid but I’ll never be able to prove it.
One teen commits suicide today.
I guess it’s “news” if you know her. Teens, adolescents and adults kill themselves in droves every day. The fact that a “teen” committed suicide is not National News.
Agreed. Devastating the economy like this will kill hundreds of thousands in various ways—and weaken us significantly against the aggression of China (e.g. https://twitter.com/yohiobaseball/status/1249397912670474241).
But sadly, teens and others commit suicide all the time. I saw one survey of kids enjoying the time with their families at home.
Lots of people who are near the brink of lots of things end up heading in different directions than they would have when major things happen.
It’s part of the human condition.
Pretending that we are in a very simple system with one variable, or a handful of variables that we grasp, and so can alter the system in major ways without all sorts of unforeseen consequences is hubris to the nines.
That’s kind of harsh don’t you think?