Re:I am a New York City public high school student. The situ...
by parkingrift on Saturday January 08, 2022 @12:03PM
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If we want to have this discussion, we should have it holistically.
Negative mental health outcomes for children don't fall neatly into regularly discussed statistics. Poor educational outcomes don't fall neatly into regularly discussed statistics.
Suicide attempts among young persons aged 12-25 have risen 30-50% during the pandemic. An order of magnitude more children aged 5-18 will attempt suicide or die from suicide than will have died from Covid-19.
Negative mental health outcomes for children don't fall neatly into regularly discussed statistics. Poor educational outcomes don't fall neatly into regularly discussed statistics.
Suicide attempts among young persons aged 12-25 have risen 30-50% during the pandemic. An order of magnitude more children aged 5-18 will attempt suicide or die from suicide than will have died from Covid-19.
https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7024e1.htm?s_cid=mm...