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   RS Wood to JAB   
   Re: Heat increases Suicides   
   15 Apr 19 18:43:17   
   
   From: rsw@therandymon.com   
      
   On 2018-07-23, JAB  wrote:   
   > Climate Change May Cause 26,000 More U.S. Suicides by 2050   
   >   
   > Unusually hot days have profound effects on mental health and human   
   > physiology.   
   >   
   > For almost two centuries now, scientists have noticed a place’s   
   > suicide rate bears troubling links to the changing of the seasons and   
   > the friendliness of its climate.   
      
   Makes sense.  When you're ridiculously hot it's a kind of msiery with no   
   way to regain comfort.  Off yourself to end the misery.   
      
   I think humans will/would adjust over a generation, as temperatures and   
   expectations adjust.   
      
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