新型コロナによる「絶望死」7万５千も

75,000 Americans at risk of dying from overdose or suicide due to coronavirus despair, group warns
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By Mallory Simon, CNN

Updated 1623 GMT (0023 HKT) May 8, 2020

(CNN)As many as 75,000 Americans could die because of drug or alcohol misuse and suicide as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to an analysis conducted by the national public health group Well Being Trust.

The group is sounding the alarm that the growing unemployment crisis, economic downturns and stress caused by isolation and lack of a definitive end date for the pandemic could significantly increase so-called "deaths of despair" unless local, state and federal authorities take action.