Haven't seen anyone run the numbers until now. Strong possibility that "flattening the curve" by shutting down the economy will kill more people by depression/suicide than it saves at the hospital.https://twitter.com/tickerguy/status/1243633502362492928 …
I thought the same. Suicides tend to correspond to lack of purpose, and times of acute crisis draw attention to purposeful action.
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Ceteris paribus, and disregarding the tactical geopolitics of economic shocks and revolution, it seems plausible that extreme political polarization is a byproduct of said shocks.
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Yes, there are any number of consequences to a self-imposed depression that could dwarf the gains at the hospital.
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My prima facie case is the rise of fascism after the Great Depression, wherein the US underwent isolationist policies. Extremist ideologies seem to be born out of chaos. This is chaos.
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