The impact of layoffs goes beyond suicide, drug overdosing, and drinking, however. Overall, the death rate for an unemployed person is 63 percent higher than for someone with a job, according to findings in the journal Social Science & Medicine. Now do the math: Layoff-related deaths could far outnumber the 60,400 coronavirus deaths predicted by the University of Washington researchers. This comparison isn't meant to understate the horror of the coronavirus for those who get it and their families." But heavy-handed state edicts to close all "nonessential businesses" need to be reassessed in light of the predictable harm to the lives, livelihoods, and health of the uninfected."
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The Real Killer is not the Virus, is the Shutdown.
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Los años hambrientos
En aquel entonces, estaba enojado por no tener dinero para comprar el almuerzo en la escuela, tener una comida al día, pasar hambre todos los días y tener que pelear con otros niños por el dinero del almuerzo. Todo lo que pude hacer fue culpar a Dios por abandonarnos, y al mismo tiempo, creó este deseo de ser rico a cualquier precio. Estar en la ruina significaba ser insignificante; El dinero da sentido a la vida.
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My New Years Prayer
As I believe and strive to change the world, I remember a phrase that resonated with me; those who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, WILL. Well, that describes me, I am mad enough to believe that I can change the world, and I will.
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