Thursday, April 16, 2020

On the Relationship Between Unemployment and Early Death - https://thefullest.com/2020/03/26/will-deaths-of-despair-outpace-deaths-from-coronavirus/

It appears to be quite pronounced and while a lot clearly depends on the level and length of the unemployment, a conservative estimate seems to be around several thousand premature deaths per year for ever one percent increase in the unemployment rate. And, so, yeah, if you're looking at a 20% unemployment rate which continues for two to three years, holy shit, huh?

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