"Be better off dead" nghĩa là gì?

"Be better off dead" = thà chết cho rồi, chết quách cho xong -> nghĩa là đang vô vọng, đau khổ hoặc lâm nguy nên không muốn sống, không thiết sống nữa.

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Nearly half of staff working in intensive care units (ICU) in England in the COVID-19 pandemic have severe anxiety, depression or post-traumatic stress disorder (rối loạn căng thẳng sau chấn thương), with some reporting feeling they’d be better off dead, according to a study published on Wednesday.

In addition to these issues, Heroin and drug abuse is linked to teenage suicide (tự tử). These drugs besides creating a high, create depression. At times a depression so severe that a teenager decides they would be better off dead and they commit suicide. For the age group 10 to 24 years old, suicide has gone from the third leading cause of death to the second leading cause of death now (CDC). Therefore, we need to pay attention to the pain killers and other drugs kids are using. And yes 10 year old kids are using these drugs too.

The summit follows a meeting in October in response to the death of Joyce Echaquan, a 37-year-old Atikamekw woman who filmed her last moments in a Quebec hospital. Echaquan's viral video captured her screams of distress as hospital staff made degrading comments, calling her stupid and saying she would be better off dead. While the fall meeting focused on hearing stories about racism (chủ nghĩa phân biệt chủng tộc) in the health-care system, this week's meetings were about changing the treatment many Indigenous people encounter when they seek health services.

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