Lockdown Deaths May Eclipse Coronavirus Deaths

The CDC has been firmly in support of opening schools across the country this fall. Now, the organization even suggests that the mental health crisis that’s been caused by the lockdowns over the past six months may result in astronomical suicide and overdose rates among young people:

CDC re school closures, particularly high schools: "We're seeing, sadly, far greater suicides now than we are deaths from COVID. We're seeing far greater deaths from drug overdose that are above excess, that we had as background, than we are seeing deaths from COVID." pic.twitter.com/TTdEtCNfIA

— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) July 29, 2020