CDC: 25.5% of Americans age 18 to 24 seriously considered suicide in the past 30 days. 16% of age 25 to 44.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/69/wr/pdfs/mm6932a1-H.pdf">https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volu...
As CDC director Redfield has said, the coronavirus "has very limited pathogenicity under age 45."

Lockdowns, college closures, sports cancellations. These things are driving young people toward suicide.

It& #39;s unconscionable.
How many young people will die as a consequence of old people selfishly locking them down? https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1288611010534952963">https://twitter.com/kerpen/st...
Here is the best historical comparison we have, which several have asked for.

These numbers, however, were for a question asking have you seriously considered suicide in the past 12 months. The new survey asked past 30 days.
https://samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/cbhsq-reports/NSDUHNationalFindingsReport2018/NSDUHNationalFindingsReport2018.pdf">https://samhsa.gov/data/site...
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