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In a testimony for a Buck Institute webinar, Dr. Robert
Redfield said that the U.S. has a far greater number of suicides right now than
it does deaths from COVID-19. Overdose deaths also greatly outnumber deaths
from COVID-19, he said.
While Redfield didn’t say where he obtained the suicide numbers,
“a doctor at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, California, claimed the
facility has ‘seen a year’s worth of suicide attempts in the last four weeks,’”
Townhall reported. If that’s not enough, lockdowns and closed schools are
severely harming young people’s mental health, he added.
In respect to children contracting COVID-19, Redfield said
statistics so far show their risk of getting the virus is about 1 in 1 million.
In comparison, their risk of flu is five to 10 times higher. On the other hand,
the risk to teachers is potentially greater because they may have comorbidities
that put them at higher risk of acquiring the virus and of having more severe
symptoms.
SOURCES:
Townhall
July 28, 2020
Buck
Institute July 14, 2020