He concluded with the mayor’s remarks, “I’m not going to respond to the attacks or comments made about me. I know it’s tough to stay home. But I’m putting lives ahead of dollars.”<\/p>\n
The United States has 677,472 confirmed coronavirus cases, and the disease is being blamed for 34,814 deaths.<\/p>\n
Mental health experts say high unemployment results in increased rates of suicide. Researchers at the University of Oxford deduced in a 2013 study that suicide rates in Europe and the United States increase about one percent for every one percentage point increase in unemployment.<\/p>\n
It’s why we’ve heard from many politicians \u2013 including the President \u2013 that the cure cannot be worse than the virus.<\/p>\n
\nSadly, I think there is a good chance we could see twice as many suicides over the next 24 months than we saw during the early part of the last recession,” Aaron Reeves, lead author of the Oxford study told Reuters<\/i>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
If Reeves’ projections are correct, 20,000 additional dead by suicide would be experienced in the United States and Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak (D) says he will not rush into reopening the state unless there’s concrete evidence and recommendations from health officials that it’s safe to do so. Addressing the media from the state capital building in Carson City Thursday evening, the governor said Nevada will reopen for business “when the time is right.” […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":133351,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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