This information attributed to the World Health Organization (WHO) has been denied by the latter. No daily report of the number of suicides exists, except for that of the American organization Save.
5000 likes in a single day. That’s how many likes an Instagram post generated the day after Donald Trump, reports the American daily USA Today . “2038 suicides today (November 6 in the United States, Editor’s note)”, indicates the post, which claims to quote the WHO suicide prevention program.
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In reality, this statistic never existed, as a WHO spokesperson explained to the American daily newspaper USA Today. The latter adds that the organization does not publish any such daily reports.
Although the viral post is no longer available, the information was picked up by X users: “over 2200 suicides reported since Trump’s election. That’s a scary statistic.”writes one user. “The mainstream media must be held accountable for each of these deaths, for manipulating the emotions of psychologically weak, mentally ill people.”reacted another Internet user.
720,000 suicides per year
The only daily report available today on the number of suicides comes from the American suicide prevention organization SAVE. 135 people worldwide take their own lives every day, according to their latest figures. 720,000 people end their lives every year. she WHO revealed in its latest report, published on August 29, that suicide is the third leading cause of death in the world. The organization also revealed that suicide is the third leading cause of death among 15-29 year-olds. These figures, published more than two months before Trump’s election, have nothing to do with this event.
Although he won the election on November 6, Donald Trump is not yet President of the United States. He must first be elected by the electors on December 17, before being certified by Congress on January 6. The country’s 47th president will be inaugurated on January 20.