Writing at National Review, statistician Robert VerBruggen has the data to show four unfortunate U.S. effects of the corona virus pandemic. See his charts for details on the first two.
1) When the economy contracted, employment declined most for the working class and poor.
2) Kids’ math learning shows exactly the same pattern.
3) The CDC reports that a quarter of 18-to-24-year-olds, when surveyed in late June, said they’d seriously considered suicide in the past 30 days.
4) Social distancing increased domestic-violence calls by about 6 percent.
