In 2018, there were 6,507 suicides registered in the UK,
Statistics on reported road casualties in Great Britain for the year ending June 2018 show there were 1,770 reported road deaths.
In the construction industry an average of 36 fatalities to workers and five to members of the public each year over the last five years;
That is an average of 542 suicides every month,147 deaths on the roads and three construction workers killed. Combined that is 693 deaths each month or about 23 deaths every day.
The 2019–20 coronavirus disease was confirmed to have spread to the United Kingdom on 31 January from China when the first two cases with the respiratory disease COVID-19, caused by the new coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, were confirmed in Newcastle upon Tyne.
That is about 6 weeks so while ten people have died from coronavirus about 743 will have committed suicide and 202 will have been killed on UK roads.
Since coronavirus started there have been 10 deaths in the UK, less than half the number of deaths from suicide and RTA in a single day. It is approximately the same as the average number of construction workers killed in six weeks but that is never mentioned.
Why is all the reporting on every news channel about the one virus and not about the deaths from other causes?
I hate to quote him but Corporal Jones in Dad’s Army seems to have the right idea when he says “Don’t panic”.
Take sensible precautions, wash your hands. Pay attention and don’t use a handheld mobile when driving, if you feel stressed ask for help. Use safety gear when working at heights.
There is nothing new, you do not need 100 toilet rolls, you just need to take sensible precautions.