Veterans’ residences have been hard hit by COVID-19 infections, and some warn about threats to mental health wrought by the pandemic’s related recession.
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It estimates that “that as many as 550 additional U.S. veteran lives could be lost to suicide in the next 12 months and 20,000 additional American veterans could suffer from substance use disorders with every 5% increase in unemployment …”
While COVID-19 outbreaks have struck older veterans, the institute reports that your vets “face unique challenges in finding employment after separating from the military.”
Meadows asks that public policy decisions be guided by these twin threats.
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