# Coronavirus COVID-19 (2019-nCoV) Thread - 2021 Breaking News

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone
**Tags:** covid-quarantine
**Created:** [January 1, 2021, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428 "2021-01-01T08:03:30Z")
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### Author: ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2021, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1101 "2021-04-14T12:22:18Z")

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Two bits of news, apologies if I missed these being posted before:

1. US suicide rates apparently dropped about 6% last year. The attached article has some speculation about why that might be, but increased support during the pandemic is a reasonable guess. (plus see below)  
[US suicides dropped last year, defying pandemic expectations | AP News](https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-suicide-prevention-coronavirus-pandemic-d8d9168403baa6660e5125c040b2ae81)

2. A longitudinal survey of veterans showed that almost half of them experienced post traumatic psychological growth during the first wave of covid. Not unexpectedly, those who survived Covid show a substantially heightened appreciation for life (I admit there’s a funny sample bias here, since a number of elderly veterans likely died, and obviously can’t be surveyed)  
[https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2778241](https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2778241)

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