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Re:Excess mortality from March to December of 2020 by batiudrami on Friday December 04, 2020 @11:09PM (#25311659)
You're trying to see something in the data that isn't there. Even if there was a spike in suicides, it would be a drop in the ocean compared to the excess deaths attributed to physical symptoms of COVID-19.

For what it's worth, Melbourne just went through one of the harshest lockdowns (in order to successfully eliminite the COVID-19 in the state), with no spike in suicide rates [1].

[1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-27/no-spike-in-suicide-r...

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Re:Excess mortality from March to December of 2020 by centimeter on Saturday December 05, 2020 @04:17PM (#25318466)
If unemployment suicides maintain the normal relationship to unemployment rates, it’s likely that more people will die from suicides than from having covid as a primary morbidity.
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