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JeffreyRaze posted...

As someone who lost their brother to suicide I'm feeling really uncomfortable right now.

I'll also say suicidal ideation can very much be a chemical problem too, so uh. I'm not really sure what I'm trying to say, other than seek help, more people care about you than you know, etc.

honestly the situation is just messed up on all fronts and there's really no good answer. there's a lot of "should have happened" ideas that haven't and there's a lot of "should happen" that won't so we're getting stuck between a few different evils and there isn't a way to solve this cleanly.

the worst aspects of covid disproportionally affects people over 70, the worst aspects for mental disorders disproportionally affects people under 45 and even more under 25.

if you lock things down too much, you're gonna get a firm rejection and start triggering fight or flight responses with people rejecting more than they would have if it was simply left to guidance and best practices. if you don't lock anything down, you're gonna get a collapse of the medical system. these two aren't independent either, if one aspect fails so will the other (i.e., a collapse in the medical system will lead to more mental issues, a hamfisted lockdown will result in more violence and ironically more infections). there's an in between somewhere and nobody knows where it is, so the best that can be done is to see how everything is lining up and nudge people towards greater precautions without fucking everything up. basically, give validation to others as you reel 'em in. for most, that should work and seems to be the approach people like Fauci and Biden have gone towards. thanksgiving supposedly will have the majority of people taking more precautions (they say it in surveys but we'll see the reality of it) but Christmas is just another beast. have said it before but if you thought Happy Holidays was a "war on Christmas," good luck when it's "government doesn't want you to have Christmas."

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