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Drug overdose deaths spiked during the first few months of the 2020 pandemic-related lockdowns, according to provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
More than 83,500 people died from an overdose in the 12-month period ending July 2020—an average of 228 deaths per day.
It’s the highest number of overdose deaths ever recorded, and the final number, which is up 24 percent over the same period in the year prior, is expected to be even higher.
The CDC issued an emergency health advisory on Dec. 17, 2020, alerting public health workers...
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: chris_stibrany
I've been saying from the start that the long term effects of the shutdown will be much worse than any damage the pandemic could do.
Mental stress from the shutdown and stress from the economic damage will last much longer.
originally posted by: marg6043
Is worst actually now is 3 million children that can not be accounted for in the education system and none of the states affected are doing a darn thing about this children lost of time.
The future of America is been cancelled
originally posted by: Bluntone22
a reply to: chris_stibrany
I've been saying from the start that the long term effects of the shutdown will be much worse than any damage the pandemic could do.
Mental stress from the shutdown and stress from the economic damage will last much longer.
TextAs Many As 3 Million Children Have Gone Without Education Since March: Estimate
4.4 million households with children don’t have consistent access to computers for online learning during the pandemic
originally posted by: TXRabbit
originally posted by: marg6043
Is worst actually now is 3 million children that can not be accounted for in the education system and none of the states affected are doing a darn thing about this children lost of time.
The future of America is been cancelled
Do you have a source for this figure? I'm truly interested in this statistic.
Thanks