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Originally Posted by suzzer99
It's not just death - it's the long-haulers too. It's people who used to run marathons who can't walk up a flight of stairs w/o losing the breath - months after recovery. I know more and more anecdotal stories of this. Way more than kids committing suicide because they can't sit in class.
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There's also anecdotal stories of people with lung cancer and COPD having it and surviving.
Anecdotes are just that, anecdotes.
There's actual statistical data available that suggest the suicide rate is up anywhere from 20-30% this year over last year.
You don't want people to downplay the seriousness of the virus itself. Don't downplay the seriousness of the fallout of measures taken to reduce its spread either.
It's not either/or.