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Re:As U.S. schools shuttered, student mental health cratered... by logicchains on Sunday March 21, 2021 @11:52PM (#26536678)
>traumatized from death of relatives

The average age of covid deaths was over 80. I hate to break it to you, but people over 80 don't exactly have a long time to left live. Arguably somebody who is traumatised (as opposed to just saddened) by an elderly relative dying isn't very emotionally adjusted, as dying of old age is inevitable.

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Re:As U.S. schools shuttered, student mental health cratered... by ryandrake on Monday March 22, 2021 @02:58AM (#26537616)
What’s more traumatizing is the knowledge that so many people are willing to just throw the elderly under the bus because hey, they are going to die soon anyway. “I gotta eat my Olive Garden, so someone’s granny needs to die 10 years too soon from a preventable illness.”
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