Australia has gone crazy

We in Australia have about 3000 suicides each year. Since the pandemic started less than 1000 people have died from covid. Just trying to put things in perspective here.

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windinhishair · 61-69, M

Sounds like the government has been doing a good job with covid. I'm in the US, where we've had over 627,000 people die of covid. So far. Want to switch places?

LandOfOz · 61-69, M

@windinhishair We have about 27 or 28 Million people here

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@LandOfOz Compared to our 330 million. Like I said, nice job keeping covid at bay.

windinhishair · 61-69, M

@LandOfOz The US had 47,511 suicides in 2019. That's about 14.4 per 100,000 people. Based on the data you provided, you have about 10.7 per 100,000 people. Easy access to guns contributes to the higher rate in the US.