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While the news relays the impact of COVID-19 through the enormous death rate and the economic downturn, there is another disastrous outcome that isn't receiving nearly as much attention. Depression and suicidal ideation have been on the rise during this period as well. The sheer enormity of the loss of life is partly to blame. Many have either lost loved ones or know someone who has lost a loved one. And grieving this loss has been complicated by the inability to have traditional funerals. I have attended funerals via zoom at this time which allowed me to be "present" to support the families, but not to hug them or hold them in the way that we typically comfort the grieving. The risk of catching the virus has changed the way we interact.
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