CDC poll: 44% of students sad and hopeless due to lockdowns, 20% contemplated suicide

The US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) just released the results of a survey of students from grades nine through 12, that revealed a significant percentage experienced serious mental health struggles due to the lockdowns.

The survey found that:

44% experienced a persistent sense of hopelessness and sadness.
19.9% said that they seriously contemplated suicide.
9% stated that they did attempt suicide

According to the Christian Post, the study went on to suggest that 37% of the students experienced mental health struggles during the lockdowns and attributed it to the lack of social interaction.

The Christian Post noted that it was not just teenagers who were impacted by the lockdowns:

According to research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, 78,927 people died in the U.S. due to alcohol-related reasons in 2019. That number increased to 99,017 in 2020, an increase of 25.5%.

The research also found that while the death rates from alcoholism increased among all age groups, those between 35 and 44 years old saw the most pronounced jump in alcohol-related deaths. Among this group of adults, the alcoholism death rate roses from 22.9 to 32 per 100,000, or 39.7%.

READ: 44% of kids were ‘sad, hopeless’ during COVID-19 lockdowns; 19% contemplated suicide: CDC study

Terrorized students

I have mentioned this in the past, during the pandemic I often went bike riding. I would guess that fewer than 10% of the adults wore masks while outdoors.

But almost every student I saw (elementary and high school) was wearing a mask while walking and biking outdoors. In other words, the ones least affected by COVID are the ones who have been the most terrorized by it.