# 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: ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronavirus-covid-19-2019-ncov-thread-2021-breaking-news/929428/1110 "2021-04-15T14:51:31Z")

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> [@Maserschmidt](#):
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> 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](https://apnews.com/article/pandemics-suicide-prevention-coronavirus-pandemic-d8d9168403baa6660e5125c040b2ae81)

I hope you don’t mind. I created [another thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/biggest-drop-in-suicide-rate-in-40-years-6-in-2020-amid-pandemic/940084) on this. This is shocking news to me. I’m interested in learning more about it.

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