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Australia runs out of farmers
Last year we learned, "One farmer takes his life every four days."
And shortly after that we had a pertient reminder that statistics quoted in the media are often pulled out of the journalist's butt.
The statistic in question turned out to be (a) two decades old, (b) was every six days anyway, not every four, and (c) completely un-related to the current drought.
Although the current drought is very bad and clearly related to climate change, suicide patterns of farmers probably have more to do with a lack of social support in rural areas, particularly for men who are trying to fit into a socially acceptable role of tough Aussie bloke.
On Drought predicted to spread across Australia and the United States posted 2 years, 2 months ago 9 Responses