according to a study from brown university, "children born during the pandemic have recently reduced motor and cognitive performance compared to children born prepandemic. that's our future and we should be very concerned about it. meanwhile suicide attempts have risen more than 53%. it just a small indicator of what is actually happening. for every teen who tries to kill herself, 100 others are living in agony. a new report from the surgeon general finds attempted suicide, anxiety, depression all increase markedly in this country. but it's the addiction numbers that are the worst. the number of overdose deaths increased 100,000. at this point, more americans are dying from drug ods liniment dying from car crashes on gun death combined.